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1. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,887 | Gross: $0.01M
2. 42nd Street (1933)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler
Votes: 13,052 | Gross: $2.30M
3. Surviving Christmas (2004)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Romance
A lonely, obnoxious young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.
Director: Mike Mitchell | Stars: Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara
Votes: 27,755 | Gross: $11.66M
4. Born to Dance (1936)
Passed | 106 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broadway star, who is also enamored by him.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Una Merkel
Votes: 1,934
5. The Christmas Waltz (2020 TV Movie)
TV-G | 83 min | Drama, Family, Romance
A woman dumped by her fiancé a month before her storybook Christmas wedding decides to take the series of ballroom lessons intended for her wedding dance.
Director: Michael Damian | Stars: Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp, Katrina Reynolds, Jeremy Guilbaut
Votes: 2,469
6. Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marry. George buys a majority interest in ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: John Breeden, Lola Lane, DeWitt Jennings, Sharon Lynn
Votes: 28
7.
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959–1963)
Episode:
Dobie Gillis, Boy Actor
(1959)
TV-Y7 | 26 min | Comedy, Family
Dobie and Maynard conspire to get leading man Milton out of the way by opening night so his understudy Dobie can star opposite the lovely Annabelle in the school play, "Magnolias at Manassas: a Drama of the Civil War."
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver, Warren Beatty, Anita Sands
Votes: 52