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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.
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1962. A crystalline voice becomes a planetary tube. A Belgian nun jostles Elvis and the Beatles on the world charts. Her name: Sister Smile. A popstar with the trajectory of a comet who understands her success no more than the double meaning of her words… The harder the fall will be. Even God does not protect sharks' appetites or pretenses of success! Who killed the little voice of God? Here is the tragic story of an innocent voice, of an extraordinary fate, almost of a curse ...
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Documentário Original HBO que um olhar sincero às vidas de dois ícones do cinema: Carrie Fisher e sua mãe, Debbie Reynolds.
THE SLIPPERS pulls back the Wizard’s curtain on the unbelievable story and cultural impact of Dorothy's Ruby Slippers from The Wizard of Oz. Through first-hand accounts and archival interviews, THE SLIPPERS will detail the life of the Ruby Slippers after their sale at the famed 1970 MGM auction. Discovered by costumer Kent Warner, it is unclear how many pairs were found and how many pairs exist. That mystery has only helped to propel the shoes to the forefront of the Hollywood memorabilia market. They have been bought, stolen, and coveted by many. They are considered the most important piece of Hollywood memorabilia and the catalyst for the creation of Hollywood memorabilia collecting.
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In the 1950s, Tab Hunter was number one at the box office and number one on the music charts and was Hollywood’s most sought-after young star. Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Sophia Loren were just a few of the actresses he was romantically linked to. He was America’s Boy Next Door and nothing, it seemed, could damage Tab Hunter’s career. Nothing, that is, except for the fact that Tab Hunter was secretly gay. Now, the secret is out.
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Howie Mandel points a camera at his friend Vic Cohen for 13 years, documenting his dogged determination to make it in showbiz.
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The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Frances
Cinebiografia do famoso pianista Liberace (Michael Douglas), que mostra os cinco anos em que o artista namorou Scott Thorson (Matt Damon), em uma relação turbulenta que terminou com um longo processo judicial.
Aunt Lilith
A young visiting couple from out-of-town, is led on a guided tour of Los Angeles and its environs by a familiar resident (Stanley Livingston) and his wife (Paula Drake), all captured by the panoramic, triple-lensed Cinerama camera. Some popular and some not so well known sights of the city shine in this urban travelogue lark, including the Griffith Observatory, Angel's Flight funicular railway, and a sailboat cruise from San Pedro, culminating in the evening's highlight, a visit to the Cinerama Dome Theater in Hollywood. This was the first film shot in 3-panel Cinerama in 50 years.
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Tony Curtis é uma estrela singular. O famoso ator de Hollywood teve uma infância complicada, manteve um breve caso de amor com a diva Marilyn Monroe e viu o fracasso de perto em dois casamentos. Desafios e grandes acontecimentos não faltaram na vida de um dos maiores astros do cinema.
Grandma Mazur
Desempregada e cheia de dívidas, Stephanie aceita o emprego de caçadora de recompensas, sem imaginar o que espera por ela. Sua primeira missão? Capturar um atraente jovem por quem ela foi apaixonada nos tempos da escola.
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Um documentário sobre a conturbada relação entre irmãos entre Robert B. Sherman e Richard M. Sherman - também conhecido como The Sherman Brothers - os ganhadores do Oscar e Grammy famosos por seus sucessos icônicos da Disney e filmes de família.
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An intimate portrait and saga of four film pioneers--Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack who rose from immigrant poverty through personal tragedies persevering to create a major studio with a social conscience.
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The history of Hollywood musical movies, from the very beginning until the 21st century, hosted by Shirley Jones.
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The documentary consists of tape of Don's show (never been filmed before), interviews with Don's contemporaries, (Steve Lawrence, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, etc.), established comedians (Billy Crystal, Rosanna Barr, Robin Williams, Chris Rock, etc.) and young comedians (Jeff Atoll, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, etc.).
Agatha Cromwell
Marnie está totalmente empolgada com a possibilidade de encontrar a sua identidade como uma verdadeira bruxa. Para realizar seu sonho, ela ganhou uma bolsa integral para a renomada Universidade de Halloweentown. Mas a escola, que agora segue novas regras, irá mostrá-la que ser uma bruxa é um cargo difícil e de muita responsabilidade. Agora, a jovem terá que passar por muitas aventuras para fazer tal descoberta.
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Documentary on the 1953 musical "The Band Wagon."
Aggie Cromwell
A jovem feiticeira Marnie e seus amigos, um grupo de terríveis adolescentes, querem estudar numa escola para simples mortais. Mas começam os problemas e Marnie está prestes a perder seus poderes mágicos.
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Após acidentalmente serem testemunhas de um assassinato da máfia em Chicago, as amigas Connie (Nia Vardalos) e Carla (Toni Collette) fogem rumo a Los Angeles. Lá elas encontram o disfarce ideal: fingem ser drag queens e começam a promover festas. Logo elas se tornam um grande sucesso, sem ninguém desconfiar do disfarce das duas nem que são, na verdade, mulheres. Até que surge Jeff (David Duchovny), que se apaixona por Connie. Connie também está apaixonada por Jeff, mas vive um dilema: caso se revele para ele colocará em risco seu disfarce.
Comedy special spotlighting Tracey Ullman’s larger than life character Ruby Romaine from HBO's “Tracey Takes On”. After an illustrious career, veteran Hollywood makeup artist Ruby has decided to call it quits. Or has she? In her makeup trailer, Ruby tells a series of hilarious tales and explains why she reconsidered her retirement. With Debbie Reynolds, Jane Kaczmarek.
Lulu Pickles (voice)
The Rugrats discover that Christmas means more than just presents and tradition when they find themselves stranded in the Stu-inspired displays at a Christmas party.
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American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and developed different cinematique techniques, such as brilliantly shot dancing sequences.
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A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into the widescreen era.
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Movie and stage icon Debbie Reynolds hosts the making of "Singin' in the Rain". The short documentary includes Donald O'Connor, who played the comical "Cosmo Brown", Stanley Donen, one half of the directors next to Gene Kelly, and Kathleen Freeman, who played Phoebe Dinsmore, Lina Lamont's (Jean Hagen) voice coach.
Agatha Cromwell
Um ano depois, ocorre uma festa de Halloween na casa dos Cromwell, aonde estão Marnie, Dylan e Sophie. Então os novos vizinhos chegam, e eles são Carl e Alex, Marnie mostra a casa para Carl e ele pega o livro de feitiços, coisas estranhas estão acontecendo em Halloweentown, que tudo é causado pelo filho de Kalabar, Carl, agora os Cromwells precisam salvar Halloweentown de novo. Quando Marnie volta a Haloweentown com sua avó está tudo diferente Carl o filho de Kalabar havia lançado o feitiço cinza que ele pegou no livro que havia roubado da casa de Marnie só para garantir que ela não conseguiria quebrar o feitiço. Será que Marnie conseguirá salvar Halloweentown e O Mundo Humano?
Piper Grayson
Três atrizes já idosas vêem um de seus filmes antigos inesperadamente virar um sucesso cult, e três lendas hollywoodianas aceitam se reencontrar. O problema é que elas se detestam.
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Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
Lulu Pickles (voice)
Tudo o que Chuckie mais deseja é ter uma nova mãe. E o sonho fica cada vez mais próximo quando seu pai, Chazz, resolve namorar novamente. Mas enquanto isso Chuckie e os demais bebês partem rumo a Paris, para onde o pai de Tommy, Stu, é enviado a fim de consertar um robô gigantesco que é a mais nova atração do parque de diversões local, o Euroreptarland.
Gwen
Sometimes it takes something special to bring a mother and daughter together. For thirteen year-old Lucy and her mom, Holly, it took a little magic. One day a strange computer glitch causes Holly to transform into a teenager leading to craziness, fun and ultimately true friendship.
Shirlee Allison
All his life, teenager Daniel Huffman and his grandma have dreamed of Daniel playing college football. After Daniel is cut from his high school team, his grandmother's encouragement and coaching get him a second chance at that dream. He works hard and becomes so good his coach believes he has a shot at making a top-ranked college team. But now Daniel faces a heart-wrenching choice that could force him to forever give up his dream.
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An exploration of film preservation and restoration in the United States.
Ruth
Returning to his home town after the death of the grandfather who raised him, slick and cynical Wall Street trader Will Martin feels decidedly out of place, and not at all in tune with the Christmas preparations being made by the local citizenry. But Will isn't really taking a sentimental journey at all: He's merely in town to modernize and streamline his family's real-estate company. While going through his grandfather's effects, Will and his grandmother come across the old man's diary--which reveals a lengthy relationship with a woman named Lillian.
Aggie Cromwell
Aos 13 anos, Marnie descobre que vem de uma longa linhagem de bruxas e deve praticar para não perder seus poderes. Ao visitar a avó, que vive afastada em sua casa de Halloweentown, um misterioso lugar onde feiticeiras, duendes e outros habitantes fantásticos, Marnie descobre que uma força maligna planeja se apoderar do lugar. Ela tem que lutar para salvar o futuro da magia.
Beulah Blanton
Two young adults who are coping with the deaths of their partners try to move forward with their lives and start a relationship with each other.
Mrs. Claus / Mitzi / Mrs. Prancer / School Teacher (voice)
Rudolph é uma renazinha que sonha em puxar o trenó do Papai Noel. No entanto, ele nasceu com um nariz vermelho, que emite uma luz reluzente. Seus colegas da escola caçoam dele por causa da cor do seu nariz e acreditam que ele nunca será capaz de puxar o trenó. Sua única admiradora é uma atraente rena chamada Zoey. Alguns anos depois, já um pouco mais crescido, Rudolph tenta competir pelo direito de puxar o trenó...
Debbie Reynolds (voice)
1971. Raul Duke - famoso jornalista - e Gonzo - advogado latino - fazem uma viagem até Las Vegas. Lá chegados, consomem ininterruptamente - durante um fim de semana - todo o tipo de drogas. O resultado é a infração de todas as regras existentes na cidade.
Berniece Brackett
Howard Brackett é professor em uma cidadezinha de Indiana. Sua vida muda da noite para o dia quando uma estrela de Hollywood, que nasceu no mesmo lugar, diz que ele é homossexual diante de uma audiência de milhões de pessoas.
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Brigando de igual para igual com gigantes como a MGM, Paramount, Columbia e Universal, a Fox foi criada através da determinação da mente criativa de Darryl Zanuck, considerado um dos grandes produtores da Era de Ouro de Hollywood. Ele foi o responsável pelo surgimento de mitos da tela como Shirley Temple, Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, John Ford, Bette Davis, James Stuart, Gregory Peck, Clark Gable e Marilyn Monroe. Durante seus primeiros 50 anos de vida, a Fox consolidou a imagem de ser um estúdio responsável por grandes obras cinematográficas como Vinhas da Ira, A Marca do Zorro, O Dia em que a Terra Parou, Cleópatra, A Malvada, Como Era Verde Meu Vale e A Noviça Rebelde. Uma parte importante de história dea Fox está neste documentário, que leva o espectador a uma viagem no tempo especial, num lugar chamado Hollywood, onde um produtor visionário como Darryl Zanuck transformou dois pequenos estúdios numa fábrica de astros e estrelas.
Beatrice Henderson
Depois de dois casamentos fracassados, o escritor de ficção científica John Henderson (Albert Brooks) decide se aproximar mais da mãe. O motivo de sua ação, no entanto, não é nada nobre. Para John, se ele receber uma polpuda herança, poderá ser mais bem-sucedido nos relacionamentos. Determinado em reaproximar-se, ele se muda para a casa da mãe (Debbie Reynolds) e desencadeia uma série de situações hilárias.
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Micki, Tanya and Jasmine have 24 hours to get divorced. There's just one problem...They're still single. When Jasmine, Tanya and Micki decide they'd rather be divorced than unmarried, they take off to Las Vegas in search of the perfect ex. In the tangled web that follows, Micki lassos a cowboy, Tanya acquires a rich businessman, and Jasmine finds true love in the arms of a regular guy. The result is an outrageous comedy of love, marriage and misadventure. As intelligent as it is absurd, Wedding Bell Blues pokes great fun at the twists and turns of modern love, with outstanding performances from a talented young cast, including Illeana Douglas, Paulina Porizkova and Julie Warner, it is without a doubt one of the year's most hilarious movies.
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Algumas das estrelas musicais da MGM revisam a história dos musicais dos estúdios. De 'The Hollywood Revue' de 1929 a ' A Lenda dos Beijos Perdidos' de 1954. Dos primeiros talkies musicais a Gene Kelly em 'Cantando na Chuva' de 1952.
Eugenia
Durante a Guerra do Vietnã, uma jovem vietnamita é torturada pelos dois lados das forças em conflito. Ao fugir do seu vilarejo, emprega-se como babá em uma casa de família e acaba ficando grávida do dono da casa. Posta na rua pela patroa, torna-se vendedora ambulante e até se prostitui, para sustentar a si e ao filho, até conhecer um sargento americano, com quem se casa e vai morar nos Estados Unidos da América. Lá ela conhece um mundo totalmente diferente, mas que também não está livre dos velhos rancores e preconceitos.
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An insider's account of Jack Warner, a founding father of the American film industry. This feature length documentary provides the rags to riches story of the man whose studio - Warner Bros - created many of Hollywood's most classic films. Includes extensive interviews with family members and friends, film clips, rare home movies and unique location footage.
Debbie Reynolds
Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner), um guarda-costas altamente eficiente e caro, é contratado para proteger Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston), uma grande cantora e atriz que está recebendo cartas anônimas e ameaçadoras. Frank é um ex-agente do Serviço Secreto que ainda não se perdoou do sentimento de culpa em relação à sua inabilidade de proteger o presidente Reagan, que quase foi assassinado por John Hinckley. Frank e Rachel se apaixonam, mas ele não deixa este amor evoluir, pois quando estão juntos Rachel fica vulnerável. Paralelamente, novos atentados acontecem.
Helen
Two childhood friends who have since become fierce rivals are forced to make nice when their children marry. But the feud reignites when a bundle of joy arrives, and the feisty grandmothers vie for baby-tending duties when the new mom goes back to work.
Amanda Cody
A young theatre director is accused of killing a more famous Broadway director. Perry takes his case.
Workout designed for partners.
Sadie
It's a family affair when a 50-ish police officer is joined by her son on the force.
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Tom Bosley hosts a tribute to the American musical theater taped before a live audience featuring dozens of stars recreating their original performances. Among the show-stoppers are Chita Rivera's Spanish Rose dance in "Bye, Bye, Bireie," Ray Walston as the Devil in "Damn Yankees," Nell Carter singing the Fats Waller classic "Cash for Trash" from "Ain't Misbehavin," Glynis Johns with "Send in the Clowns" from "A Little Night Music," Barry Bostwick from "Grease," and many more.
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
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"Do it Debbie's way" is an aerobics workout video hosted by actress Debbie Reynolds. It features other well known actresses taking her class such as Teri Garr and Florence Henderson. Debbie coaches and encourages you through her work out to upbeat jazz selections using exercise equipment found around the house. She also provides alternative movements/positions for people who are unable to go full out.
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Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
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A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.
Alice (voice)
A young girl named Alice falls down a rabbit-hole and finds herself in Wonderland, a fantasy land of strange characters and ideas.
Herself
Television played a key role in the legendary Liberace career making him a household word to millions and the medium's first matinee idol. "Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!" video taped in 1978 was his first major television special from Las Vegas. "Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!" gives us a spoofed view of a typical day in the life of Mr.Showmanship, before he was off to "work" at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel in his mirrored Rolls Royce. There is a view of the magnificent Liberace Las Vegas Villa, from bedroom to piano motif swimming pool. After arriving at the Hilton showroom, guest star Debbie Reynolds, Liberace's favorite movie star and performer, joins him on stage for a salute to the Broadway musical, "Annie," complete with Sandy the Dog.
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É a sequência de Era Uma Vez em Hollywood, de 1974. A produção mostra uma retrospectiva dos principais filmes produzidos pela MGM dentre os períodos de 1930 a 1950. Neste segundo documentário, arquivistas destacaram números musicais pouco conhecidos dos arquivos da MGM, e também tributos a alguns dos times de comédia mais famosos da MGM, como os Irmãos Marx, e Laurel e Hardy, duplas românticas como Spencer Tracy e Katharine Hepburn, e uma montagem de estrelas icônicas como Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford, Jean Harlow, James Stewart, Lana Turner e Greta Garbo. Gene Kelly e Fred Astaire apresentam o filme e Kelly dirigiu as cenas introdutórias, como a volta dele à Paris, na qual foi rodada dois dos filmes mais famosos da MGM "Sinfonia de Paris" e "Gigi".
Self - Host / Narrator
Documentário que traça um panorama dos musicais no cinema desde a década de 20 até os anos 50, e traz entrevistas com algumas das estrelas do gênero.
Charlotte A. Cavatica
Charlotte, é uma pequena aranha que tenta salvar a vida do porquinho Wilbur, tecendo cinco palavras milagrosas em sua teia, e ensinando a ele e a outros animais lições sobre a amizade, confiança e o amor. Ao mesmo tempo, acompanhamos a entrada da garota Fern, de 10 anos, na adolescência.
Adelle Bruckner
Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
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Debbie Reynolds and hundreds of children, from toddlers to teens, star in a musical salute to the days of the week. They sing rhymes for each day, and note the special qualities attributed to children born on that day.
Jenny
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, all funny, vibrant and charming.
Barbara Harmon
After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce.
Sister Ann
Musical infantil baseado em personagem real, uma freira belga que cuida de crianças pobres e adora cantar. Depois de uma apresentação no programa de TV comandado por Ed Sullivan, a freira se torna famosa e grava alguns discos.
Charlie Sorel / Virginia Mason
When a cavorting Hollywood writer is killed by the angry husband of a woman he was having an affair with, he comes back as a spirit in the form of a beautiful woman and moves in with his/her best friend as a base operation for enacting sweet revenge.
Molly Brown
Adaptação do musical escrito por Meredith Willson e Richard Morris, exibido no teatro, que conta a história baseada em fatos reais de uma jovem simples que se casa com mineirador. Este encontra uma fortuna em ouro, e a garota, antes miserável, passa a viver no luxo e na riqueza.
Mary McKellaway
A man on the verge of divorce is shocked by his wife's glamorous makeover.
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A collection of behind the scenes and home movies from the golden age of Hollywood.
Janice Courtney
A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.
Lily Prescott
Um western panorâmico, técnica e tematicamente, que acompanha a viagem de uma família de pioneiros do Oeste, a família Prescott. É, na verdade, um belo, heroico e grandioso épico que descreve a gênese da América em sua expansão até às últimas fronteiras.
Jessica Poole
Just as San Francisco debutante, Jessica Poole, is set to get married, her absentee father arrives, disrupting the household of his ex-wife. Is he there to break up the wedding? Or to steal back his ex-wife? Or is Pogo finally ready to be a father after all these years?
Debbie Reynolds
Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. Pepe, determined to get the horse back (as he considers it his family), decides to take off to Hollywood. There he meets film stars including Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Zsa Zsa Gabór, Bing Crosby, Maurice Chevalier and Jack Lemmon in drag as Daphne from Some Like It Hot. He is also surprised by things that were new in America at the time, such as automatic swinging doors. When he finally reaches the man who bought the horse, he is led to believe there is no hope of getting it back. However, the last scene shows both him and the stallion back at the ranch with several foals.
Peggy Brown
An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.
Nell Nash
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.
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A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
Maggie Putnam
O sargento da Força Aérea americana Joe Fitzpatrick conhece e casa-se com a bela modelo Maggie Putnam na véspera do embarque para a Espanha. Enquanto espera pelo marido, a nova Sra. Fitzpatrick escreve uma carta para ele referindo-se "a uma surpresa maravilhosa que poderia acontecer a um casal". Joe naturalmente supõe que ela está grávida, mas a surpresa em questão é um fabuloso carro que ele ganhou numa rifa. A esposa e o carro transformam-se em motivo de inveja para o toureiro mais famoso da Espanha e ainda por cima causa suspeita no oficial comandante.
Holly LeMaise
Padre Conroy (Crosby) tem uma paróquia que atende a comunidade de atuação e performance. Quando um de seus paroquianos fica doente demais para trabalhar, sua filha Holly (Reynolds) encontra um emprego trabalhando para uma boate de caráter questionável, dirigida por Tony Vincent (Wagner). Vincent nunca teve um grande momento, e o padre Conroy tenta cuidar de Holly. Existem muitos números musicais, e a conclusão é um show beneficente televisionado apresentado pelo Padre Conroy, e Tony deve escolher entre Holly e a fama nacional.
Mariette Larkin
Lorenzo Charlton, um fiscal do governo, é enviado à fazenda da família Larkins para averiguar o porquê eles têm sonegado impostos. Ao perceber que a família mantém um confuso sistema econômico, ele decide ajudá-los a pôr a casa em ordem.
Janet Blake
On a stormy night, young woman asks another guest at party to rescue her from her lecherous boss and take her to the train station. When her rescuer suggests that she stop at his place to get out of her wet clothes, she dashes from his car. The door she knocks on for help is the home of a retired actor and there she spends the rest of the night. He makes no passes and next morning she discovers young man who drove her from party is a next door neighbor, before long the two men are competing for her affections.
Tammy Tyree
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.
Polly Parish
Kitschy musical remake of "Bachelor Mother". Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store and Eddie Fisher plays the boss' son. After getting fired from her job, she finds an adorable baby on the steps of the foundling home and the folks inside mistake her for the mother. Fisher, well-meaning, but obtuse, tries to help her out with the baby, and the buds of romance begin to appear. Meanwhile old Merlin, the owner of the store, thinks he just might be a grandfather...
Jane Hurley
At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Jane's parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon. However, at dinner that night all Ralph's parents talk about are the big weddings they gave their daughters and everything escalates. All of a sudden, it is a big wedding breakfast with hundreds of guests. The problem is that for 12 years, Tom has been saving money to buy his own cab and license, but now that he can, all of his money is going towards a wedding neither he, or Jane or Ralph really want.
Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...
Julie Gillis
O futuro não oferece mistérios para Julie Gillis. Ela tem toda a vida traçada com ricos detalhes, como por exemplo, saber onde a foto do seu casamento ficará pendurada ou quantos peixes dourados ela terá em seu aquário. Julie até sabe que se casará no próximo dia 12 de março. Ela somente não sabe com quem se casará. Mas é quase certo que seu marido será Frank Sinatra. Os 'Velhos Olhos Azuis' estrelam essa deliciosa comédia romântica e ainda interpreta a música-tema, que se tornaria um dos grandes hits do cantor. Debbie Reynolds interpreta Julie, que prepara uma armadilha para capturar o coração de um agente de talentos de Manhattan, que se dedica a vida, à liberdade e à felicidade da solteirice. Esta pode ser uma Armadilha Amorosa. Mas graças a Sinatra, Reynolds e grandes intérpretes de comédia, como Celeste Holm, David Wayne e Carolyn Jones, ninguém sairá ferido dela.
Carol Pace
Sailors on leave in San Francisco get mixed up in love and show business.
Minerva Mulvain
A stuffy young lawyer's outlook on life drastically changes when he meets a perky health food enthusiast and her wacky family.
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Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Academy Awards.
Susan Beaurgard Landis
On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.
Suzy Doolittle
When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced in the newspapers, throngs of hopefuls show up. The revue's musical composer, Leo Belney, champions ballerina Joanna Moss, while gofer Bob Dowdy is enchanted by novice Suzy Doolittle. Then producer Felix Jordan persuades Ted's former dance partner, Madelyn Corlan, to come out of retirement to try out, much to Ted's great discomfort.
Pansy Hammer
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her affection for Dobie. An English essay which almost revolutionizes English instruction, and Dobie's role in a chemistry lab explosion convinces Mr. Hammer he is right. Pansy is sent off broken-hearted to an Eastern school, but with the help of Happy Stella Kolawski's all-girl band, several hundred students and an enraged police force, Dobie secures Pansy's return to Grainbelt.
Judy Schneider / Judy LeRoy
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk and Melvin soon offers to do a photo spread of her. His boss, however, has no intention of using the photos. Melvin wants to marry Judy, but her father would rather she marry dull and dependable Harry Black. As a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue of Look, a task easier said than done.
Debbie Reynolds (uncredited)
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 boat, but their love life.
Kathy Selden
Em 1927, Hollywood, está um verdadeiro rebuliço com a transição do cinema mudo para o falado. Don Lockwood e Lina Lamont, o casal mais querido do cinema mudo, se prepara para rodar um musical. Mas, infelizmente, Lina não só não sabe cantar como tem uma voz horrível. A estreante, Kathy Selden, é chamada a emprestar sua voz à estrela. As gravações são uma confusão, mas tudo piora quando Don se apaixona pela doce Kathy. Ao lado de seu inseparável amigo, o compositor Cosmo Brown, ele tenta mostrar ao mundo o talento de Kathy.
Gwen
A pretty singer/dancer is becoming an actress whereas the playboy crown prince is becoming a monarch. The both will have their clandestine romance interfered with by their changing circumstances.
Melba Robinson
The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti is at a disadvantage because her parents think she is too young for boys. But with Patti singing at an amateur show and a dance, her adventures in quest of Armendez ends happily.
Helen Kane
A história da bem sucedida dupla de compositores Bert Kalmar e Harry Ruby, da famosa editora musical Tin Pan Alley, é contada de forma leve e solta.
O Cantor-Dançarino Bert Kalmar (Fred Astaire) não pode continuar sua carreira no palco após sofrer uma lesão, então ele tem que ganhar a vida fazendo letras para músicas. Por sorte ele conhece o compositor Harry Ruby (Red Skelton) e a primeira música da dupla é um sucesso. Ruby arranja o casamento de sua ex-parceira Jessie Brown (Vera-Ellen) com Kalmar, e Kalmar e Jessie impedem Ruby de se casar com as garotas erradas. Mas devido ao fato de Ruby causar a saída do financiador de uma peça de Kalmar, eles acabam rompendo suas relações.
Maureen O'Grady
An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.
Boo's Girlfriend at Wedding
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong...