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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019)
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Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005)
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When his biggest star joins a rival's show, a Broadway producer bluffs and schemes to get her back.
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Broadway: The Golden Age (2004)
Filmmaker Rick McKay directs this oral history about the golden age of live theater in New York City during the 1940s and '50s. The film includes interviews with the actors, singers, dancers, authors, directors and producers of some of Broadway's greatest shows, as well as reminiscences from younger actors inspired by the greats of this era. Over 100 interviews are included, from stars such as Bea Arthur, Angela Lansbury, Charles Nelson Reilly and Elaine Stritch.
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (2003)
A look at 1970s Hollywood when it was known as New Hollywood, and the director was the star of the movie.
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A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it when the police investigator targets a rival actress.
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Playwright Gaylord Esterbrook scores a hit with his first Broadway play, both with the critics and with leading lady Linda Paige. He and Linda are happily married until a patroness of the arts convinces Esterbrook to forget about comedy and concentrate on writing a tragedy. The end result nearly destroys his career and his marriage.
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Stage struck Lydia Weston leaves her small Texas town for Broadway. Left behind is her steady beau Peter. Lydia sends letters and news clippings back home telling everyone she's now a big star. Peter soon heads to New York to surprise her, but instead he gets the surprise when he learns Lydia has no job and is broke. The pair soon get involved with a couple of phony p...Read all
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Director Jeffrey Schwarz delves into the life and career of William Castle, a producer of horror films who had a natural talent for creating attention-grabbing -- and seat-filling -- gimmicks to promote his various projects in his 1950s heyday. Some particular gimmicks of note include a flying skeleton and life insurance policies. Conducting interviews with the likes of John Waters, John Landis and more, Schwarz gains insights from not only other filmmakers, but from Castle's fans as well.
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Overnight (2003)
Filmmaker Mark Brian Smith chronicles the rise and fall of Troy Duffy, a bartender who brokered a deal with Miramax to direct "The Boondock Saints."
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