Artists and Models (1955), Twentieth Century (1934), My Best Girl (1927), Nancy Goes to Rio (1950), The Tender Trap (1955), Bus Stop (1956), Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937), The Half-Naked Truth (1932) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Star Power movies.
Storyline: Painter Rick Todd (Dean Martin) is having difficulty with his career, so he starts taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, Eugene (Jerry Lewis), a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he sleeps. Unbeknown to Eugene, Abigail Parker (Dorothy Malone), the artist for his favorite comic book, lives in the same building with her roommate, Bessie (Shirley MacLaine), the model for Abigail's drawings. Eventually, the two pairs meet, and Bessie takes to Eugene.
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, 1950s, hollywood, musical film, color film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors, but through sheer drive and talent he is able to build a successful career. When one of his discoveries, Lily Garland (Carole Lombard), rises to stardom and heeds the call of Hollywood, Oscar begins a career slide. He hits the skids and seems on his way out, until he chances to meet Lily again, on a train ride aboard the Twentieth Century Limited. Oscar pulls out all the stops to re-sign his former star, but it's a battle - because Lily, who is as temperamental as Oscar is, wants nothing to do with her former mentor.—Dan Navarro <daneldorado@yahoo.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, classic, hollywood, black and white, over-the-top acting, fame and fortune ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie Johnson, and they fall in love. This causes problems, because Mrs. Merrill had planned for her son to marry Millicent Rogers, a high society girl.—John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, silent film, classic, american film, 1920s, romantic comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, hollywood, classic, 1950s, color film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Charlie Reader is a successful theater agent. He is also successful with young ladies. One day he is visited by his old friend Joe, married with three children. Joe falls in love with Charlie's girl Sylvia while Charlie spends his time with young actress Julie.—Mattias Thuresson
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, love, marriage, new york, 1950s, female independence, dating culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Innocent rodeo cowboy Bo falls in love with cafe singer Cherie in Phoenix. She tries to run away to Los Angeles but he finds her and forces her to board the bus to his home in Montana. When the bus stops at Grace's Diner the passengers learn that the road ahead is blocked. By now everyone knows of the kidnapping, but Bo is determined to have Cherie.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, comedy, musical, american film, black and white film, 1950s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan. When a young English gentleman comes to town convincing Donovan to ride his horse in a high stakes race, the plot breaks into a speeding gallop. Donovan is disqualified from racing, but Cricket springs into action and heads into the home stretch riding high!—Shawn Ashley
Plot Keywords: musical, drama, romance, comedy, classic film, black and white, mgm ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.—David S. Smith
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, farce, journalism, circus, love triangle ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a side trip to New York, her vivid imagination leads her to True Love with naval hero Tommy Dooley; but increasingly involved Musical Comedy Complications follow.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, song and dance, world war ii era, actress, star ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A movie that starts out with the "Man in the Mirror" music video, it then changes to a montage of video clips of Michael's career. Next comes a parody of his Bad video by children, and then Michael is chased by fans in a fantasy sequence. 2 more videos are shown, and then a movie in which Michael plays a hero with magical powers. In it he is chased by drug dealer Mr. Big and saves three children. Videos included in the movie are "Smooth Criminal" and "Come Together".
Plot Keywords: music, biography, concert, dance, pop culture, anthology, fantasy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rene is broke and Kay is a rich actress visiting Paris. They meet, share a cab and dinner. He is smitten by her, but she leaves for London and he follows. At her house, when he cooks the dessert, the chef quits and he takes the job, unbeknownst to Kay. By the next day, the scandal is all over London about him living in her house and that upsets Philip, who wants Kay for his wife. Kay tells Rene to leave, but Rene plans to get rid of Philip.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, hollywood, 1930s, black and white, star-studded ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tarot Card Reader, Sunita Rao, informs Vasant Vihar-based idealist Priya Malhotra that she will meet her soul-mate on a beach in a foreign country. While in Bangkok she meets Immy, believes he is the one, but realizes that he had wooed her by stealing her diary. She decides to test destiny by asking him to fulfill three conditions - first of which is to attend on the same floor of a hotel; second: to locate a book on numerology that contains her name & phone number; and lastly asks him to write his contact details on a 50 Rupee note. She spends the money, and the book is left at a used bookstore. If both items are located by them, they truly are meant for each other. Immy is unable to locate her on any floor in the Hotel, and both re-locate - she to Mumbai and he to America. Three years later their marriages have been arranged with Sofiya Arora and Jatin, but neither are even close to locating the book nor the 50 Rupee note.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
Plot Keywords: romance, bollywood, indian cinema, musical, comedy, drama, romantic comedy ...
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