The Farmer in the Dell (1936)
The story of an Iowa farmer "forced" to become a Hollywood star
ジャンル : コメディ
上映時間 : 1時間 7分
演出 : Ben Holmes
シノプシス
An Iowa farmer's wife makes him move to Hollywood so their daughter can become a star.
無謀な映画監督が冒険映画撮影のため、幻の孤島へ向かう。そこで彼らを待ち受けていたのは、巨大なキング・コングだった。1933年製作の特撮映画の金字塔を、ピーター・ジャクソン監督がリメイクしたアドヴェンチャー作品。
ニューヨークに住むパプキンは人気コメディアン、ジェリー・ラングフォードの大ファン。ある日、やはり熱狂的なラングフォード・ファンであるマーシャと知り合い、2人で大胆な作戦をくわだてる。なんとラングフォードを誘拐し、替わりにパプキンがTVショーに出演しようというのだ。ラングフォードを縛りあげ、TV局に向かうパプキンだが……。
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.
When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off.
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
1960年代のデトロイト。ライブハウスでディーナ、エフィ、ローレルの「ドリーメッツ」がライブハウスの出演を賭けてオーディションを受けていた。その三人に目をつけたのが中古車ディーラーでジェームス“サンダー”アーリーのプロデューサーであるカーティス・テイラー・ジュニアだった。彼はジミーの女癖の悪さからバックコーラスを失い、探していたのだがドリーメッツの声を聞き、週500ドルで彼女たちを雇う。
観客の魂を揺さぶるようなスーパースターを目指していたアンディは、敏腕マネージャーのシャピロと出会ったことをきっかけに、大躍進を果たす。一躍有名になったアンディは一風変わった芸風で観客を魅了するが…。
ブロードウェイの演出家のジョー・ギデオン。彼の生活はヴィヴァルディを聞きながらシャワーを浴び、目薬と飲み薬を服用し、「さぁショータイムだ!」と自分を鼓舞して始まる。
忙しく不規則な毎日がたたり、ジョーは倒れてしまう。薄れゆく意識の中で彼は自分の人生をミュージカルを見ているように思い返す。
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after femme fatale Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club—Holiday Inn—is the setting for the chase by Hanover and manager Danny Reed. The music's the thing.
To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a heavy-metal musician dies mid-concert, Fairlane is on the case before the lights come up. But things turn shocking when radio personality Johnny Crunch hires Fairlane to find a missing groupie mere hours before he is electrocuted live on air.
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
In an attempt to sign a Hollywood starlet, struggling talent agent and former child star Howard Holloway must contend with her volatile father, a scheming long-time rival, and a producer and casting director who despise him.
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.
A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as his object of affection’s boyfriend.
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.
The story of a German singer named Willie who while working in Switzerland falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack.
An ex-gangster tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal activities after he accidentally becomes a movie star.