Vivian Blaine
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1921-11-22
Locus Natus: Newark, New Jersey, USA
Et ut: Vivian Stapleton
Guys and Dolls
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky...
release : 1955.12.23popularis : 10.964
Main Street to Broadway
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for...
release : 1953.10.12popularis : 2.533
State Fair
During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine...
release : 1945.08.29popularis : 6.843
Showbiz Goes to War
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the...
release : 1982.12.31popularis : 3.202
Jitterbugs
The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in wartime oil-short America. They are however soon...
release : 1943.06.05popularis : 6.752
Skirts Ahoy!
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small...
release : 1952.05.28popularis : 1.672
Doll Face
Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike...
release : 1945.12.31popularis : 2.7
If I'm Lucky
Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate...
release : 1946.09.02popularis : 2.363
Something for the Boys
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern...
release : 1944.11.01popularis : 4.335
Greenwich Village
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
release : 1944.09.27popularis : 4.588
Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold
A naive Texas beauty queen, seeking Hollywood stardom, quickly learns the realities of the business after attending an unethical modeling school.
release : 1978.10.23popularis : 2.577
Three Little Girls in Blue
Three sisters go to Atlantic City with hopes of finding rich husbands.
release : 1946.09.03popularis : 5.832
Nob Hill
A Barbary Coast saloon owner hopes to marry his way into San Francisco's high society. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the film was released in 1945.
release : 1945.06.13popularis : 1.822
Sooner or Later
Thirteen-year-old Jessie is in love with Michael, a 17-year-old guitar instructor and aspiring musician. When she finally captures his interest, she...
release : 1979.03.25popularis : 1.885
The Dark
At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of...
release : 1979.04.27popularis : 4.277
Broadway's Lost Treasures
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy...
release : 2003.08.10popularis : 4.681
The Cracker Factory
Drama depicting the problems of a suburban housewife suffering from fits of depression and alcoholism, and her stay in a psychiatric center after a...
release : 1979.03.16popularis : 3.062
Public Pigeon No. 1
Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.
release : 1957.05.17popularis : 0.864
Richard
A satirical biopic of a fictional US president Richard, who in many ways intentionally resembles the then-current real life U.S. president, Richard...
release : 1972.07.31popularis : 0.662
He Hired the Boss
A shy bookkeeper accidentally discovers that the company where he works is targeted in a series of late-night robberies.
release : 1943.04.02popularis : 3.382
Thru Different Eyes
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.
release : 1942.06.19popularis : 2.527
Girl Trouble
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
release : 1942.10.09popularis : 1.653
I'm Going to Be Famous
A group of young actors audition for a play by a famous author starring and a famous star. These hopefuls have every weapon available to achieve...
release : 1983.01.01popularis : 1.282
Parasite
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy...
release : 1982.03.12popularis : 15.726
The All-Star Bond Rally
Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits. Preserved by the Academy...
release : 1945.05.10popularis : 0.935
Fast Friends
A young divorcee struggles to provide for her young son and make a new life for herself in the backstage jungle of a TV talk show, becoming fast...
release : 1979.03.19popularis : 2.188