The Girl from Chicago
An undercover government agent on a case in Mississippi meets and falls in love with a beautiful young woman who's being menaced by a local crime boss.
Mother Wore Tights
In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.
Gypsy
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.
Bright Lights
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
For Me and My Gal
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
Road to Utopia
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.
All I Desire
In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.
The Great Rupert
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.
After the Ball
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
Brain Donors
Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.
The Three Stooges
A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe.
The Sunshine Boys
Lewis and Clark, aka The Sunshine Boys, were famous comedians during the vaudeville era, but off-stage they couldn't stand each other and haven't spoken in over 20 years of retirement. Willy Clark's nephew is the producer of a TV variety show that wants to feature a reunion of this classic duo. It is up to him to try to get the Sunshine Boys back together again.
Glorifying the American Girl
A young woman, who wants to be in the Follies, is making ends meet by working at a department store's sheet music department, where she sings the latest hits. She is accompanied on piano by her childhood boyfriend, who is in love with her, despite her single-minded interest in her career. When a vaudeville performer asks her to join him as his new partner, she sees it as an opportunity to make her dream come true. Upon arriving in New York City, our heroine finds out that her new partner is only interested in sleeping with her and makes this a condition of making her a star. Soon, however, she is discovered by a representative of Ziegfeld.
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Oscar Micheaux
Director
Walter Lang
Director
Lee Patrick
as
Lil
Tom Moore
as
Man
Connie Marshall
as
Mikie
Kathleen Lockhart
as
Mrs. Clarkman
Elisabeth Moss
as
Baby Louise
Cynthia Gibb
as
Louise / Gypsy Rose Lee
Michael Jeter
as
Mr. Goldstone
Christine Ebersole
as
Tessie Tura
Bill Elliott
as
Backstage Actor
William Demarest
as
Detective
Joe E. Brown
as
Joe Wilson
Irving Bacon
as
Postal Worker
Walter Baldwin
as
Bill
Keenan Wynn
as
Eddie Milton
Addison Richards
as
France Doctor
Nestor Paiva
as
Nick
Douglass Dumbrille
as
Ace Larson
Hillary Brooke
as
Kate
Paul Newlan
as
Tough Ship's Purser
Dayton Lummis
as
Col. Underwood
Brett Halsey
as
John Lexington in Play
Richard Long
as
Russ Underwood
Harold Goodwin
as
Callahan - FBI Man
Lester Dorr
as
Eddie - the Bartender
Don Beddoe
as
Mr. Haggerty
Terry Moore
as
Rosalinda Amendola
Leonard Sachs
as
Richard Warner
Ronnie Corbett
as
Stage Entertainer
Laurence Harvey
as
Walter de Frece
Dennis Dugan
Director
Nancy Marchand
as
Lillian Oglethorpe
Juliana Donald
as
Lisa Le Baron
Irene Olga López
as
Pedestrian
Anita Dangler
as
Usherette
James Frawley
Director
Michael Chiklis
as
Jerome 'Curly' Howard
Evan Handler
as
Larry Fine
Marton Csokas
as
Ted Healy
Joel Edgerton
as
Tom Cosgrove
F. Murray Abraham
as
Mechanic
Howard Hesseman
as
Mr. Walsh, Commerical Director
Steve Allen
as
Narrator on Fictional TV Program
Walter Matthau
as
Willy Clark
Adolph Zukor
as
Adolph Zukor
Texas Guinan
as
Texas Guinan
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