ShowGirls, Provincetown, MA (2009)

Actors: Brad Mays (editor), C. Fitz (director), C. Fitz (producer), Jeffery Roberson (actor), Debra Schneider (producer), Cindy S. Bishop (producer), Jonathan Yaskoff (producer), Randy Roberts (actor), Dina Martina (actress), Ryan Landry (actor), Olive Another (actress), Della Cattesen (actress), Penny Champayne (actress), Deborah Downer (actress), Steamy Brown (actor),

Genres: Documentary,
Taglines: A legendary small town talent show onstage and off and the race to win the crown.

ShowGirls, Provincetown, MA (2009)

Actors: Brad Mays (editor), C. Fitz (director), C. Fitz (producer), Jeffery Roberson (actor), Debra Schneider (producer), Cindy S. Bishop (producer), Jonathan Yaskoff (producer), Randy Roberts (actor), Dina Martina (actress), Ryan Landry (actor), Olive Another (actress), Della Cattesen (actress), Penny Champayne (actress), Deborah Downer (actress), Steamy Brown (actor),

Genres: Documentary,
Taglines: A legendary small town talent show onstage and off and the race to win the crown.

ShowGirls, Provincetown, MA (2009)

Actors: Brad Mays (editor), C. Fitz (director), C. Fitz (producer), Jeffery Roberson (actor), Debra Schneider (producer), Cindy S. Bishop (producer), Jonathan Yaskoff (producer), Randy Roberts (actor), Dina Martina (actress), Ryan Landry (actor), Olive Another (actress), Della Cattesen (actress), Penny Champayne (actress), Deborah Downer (actress), Steamy Brown (actor),

Genres: Documentary,
Taglines: A legendary small town talent show onstage and off and the race to win the crown.

There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)

Actors: Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Colin Kenny (actor), Gavin Gordon (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Robert Adler (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), James Conaty (actor), Dan Dailey (actor), John Doucette (actor), George Chakiris (actor), Dominic Frontiere (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), Donald Kerr (actor),

Plot: 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.

Keywords: 1910s, 1930s, anthem, army, automobile, backstage, boarding-school, brother-sister-relationship, cinemascope, dancer
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance,

Quotes:

Molly Donahue: You start worrying about your kids the day they're born, and you never stop. Even after they bury you, I bet you never stop worrying.

Molly Donahue: Fit Lew Harris into this picture, will you?::Vicky Hoffman: Lew did everything for me. Maybe he did have some ideas, that doesn't mean I always agreed with them. There was never anyone for me but Tim.

Molly Donahue: [speaking of their children] I want them to have an education... a real education. They have to learn arithmetic and spelling and geography.::Terence Donahue: You never went past the sixth grade... and it was probably the fourth grade, because you said it was the sixth.::Molly Donahue: My age is the only thing I lie about, and I don't add on, I take off.::Terence Donahue: All right, the sixth grade, but there's nothing wrong with your arithmetic. You can whistle 'Mandy', do an 'Off to Buffalo', and count the house at the same time, and tell me within five cents how much is out there.::Molly Donahue: That's not arithmetic.::Terence Donahue: You're darn right that's not... that's higher mathematics.

[Molly is dunking Tim's head in a sink full of water to try to sober him up]::Tim Donahue: Ma!::[she dunks his head under water]::Tim Donahue: Ma! You're drowning me!::[Molly dunks his head again]::Molly Donahue: Don't put any ideas in my head

Molly Donahue: You've gotta stop 'em, Terry!::Terence Donahue: ME ?::Molly Donahue: Certainly! You run this act.::Terence Donahue: Ha, all of a sudden, when something goes wrong, I run the act!::Molly Donahue: Don't raise your voice to me!::Terence Donahue: Who do you think YOU are... Whispering Jack Smith?

Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)

Actors: Stuart Holmes (actor), Frank Hagney (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Ken Christy (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), Joseph Forte (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Roger Creed (actor), Jack Daley (actor), Mike Donovan (actor), Jimmie Dundee (actor), Billy Engle (actor), Fritz Feld (actor), Jimmy Horan (actor),

Plot: Country bumpkin Aaron Slick has been unsuccessfully courting pretty young widow Josie Berry for years. Josie yearns for a fling in the big city. With $20,000 from a crooked deal stashed in their trunk, Bill Merridew and his "kissing cousin" Gladys, stars, in a relative sense, of a touring tent show stop at Josie's farm. Merridew, actually hiding out, thinks there is oil on the farm and Aaron, knowing otherwise, tricks him into buying the farm for a large sum. Josie takes the money and runs to Chicago, with Merridew, realizing he was tricked, in hot pursuit. Aaron arrives in time to keep Josie from letting Merridew "invest" her money.

Keywords: based-on-play, character-name-in-title, city-slicker, farm, oil-lands
Genres: Musical,
Taglines: Gay as a hayride in the moonlight! Bright 'n dandy as peppermint candy! IT'S THE MUSICAL THAT'S GOT EVERYTHING! (original print ad - all caps) A DOZEN-AND-ONE TUNE HITS! (original print ad - all caps)

Copper Canyon (1950)

Actors: Jimmie Dundee (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Erville Alderson (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Ray Bennett (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Trevor Bardette (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), James Burke (actor), Harry Carey Jr. (actor), Macdonald Carey (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Kit Guard (actor),

Plot: A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. It seems they're wrong; but Johnny's show comes to Coppertown and Johnny romances lovely gambler Lisa Roselle, whom the miners believe is at the center of their troubles.

Keywords: american-civil-war, bar-shootout, cancan, colonel, competition, confederate, conspiracy, contract, convoy, copper-mine
Genres: Western,

Quotes:

Deputy Lane Travis: Remember when I told you once about never having to dodge bullets from a dead man? Well, that still goes.

Johnny Carter: When you kill a man, he dies just as bad or just as stupid as the moment when you put the bullet in him. If you let him live, he's still got a chance to learn things.::Deputy Lane Travis: Well, that's smart... provided he learns the right things.

Johnny Carter: You know, personally, I think there are only three things worth living for: fine guns, good horses and beautiful women.

Words and Music (1948)

Actors: Gene Kelly (actor), William Fawcett (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Sherry Hall (actor), Harry Antrim (actor), George Davis (actor), Edward Earle (actor), Tom Drake (actor), George M. Carleton (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Russ Clark (actor), Perry Como (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Frank Mayo (actor),

Plot: Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood. We see the fruits of Hart and Rodgers' collaboration - elaborately staged numbers from their plays, characters' visits to night clubs, and impromptu performances at parties. We also see Larry's scattered approach to life, his failed love with Peggy McNeil, his unhappiness, and Richard's successful wooing of Dorothy Feiner.

Keywords: african-american-servant, apache-dance, baby-carriage, ballet-dancer, band, beret, beverly-hills-hotel, birthday-cake, birthday-party, boston-massachusetts
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Musical,
Taglines: The BIGGEST musical! M*G*M presents a spectacular musical, packed with the beloved hits of the famed song-writing team of Rodgers and Hart; their own story, with all the adventure, romance, high life of the Great White Way.

Quotes:

Peggy Lorgan McNeil: I don't think I quite understand.::Lorenz Hart: You will after you've known me ten or fifteen years.

Richard Rodgers: That was really black Sunday for me. Shut out twice. Once because I was too young, once because I was too old.

Lorenz Hart: Miserable? Me? I'm always happy!::Dorothy Feiner Rodgers: No one's always happy.::Lorenz Hart: Alright, so I'm slightly miserable

The Razor's Edge (1946)

Actors: Gordon B. Clarke (actor), James Conaty (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Jaque Catelain (actor), Wilson Benge (actor), André Charlot (actor), Edward Biby (actor), Robert Barron (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Eugene Borden (actor), George Bruggeman (actor), Frederic Brunn (actor), John Davidson (actor), Franco Corsaro (actor),

Plot: Well-to-do Chicagoan, Larry Darrell, breaks off his engagement to Isabel and travels the world seeking enlightenment, eventually finding his guru India. Isabel marries Gray, and following the crash of 1929, is invited to live in Paris with her rich, social climbing, Uncle Elliot. During a sojurn there, Larry, having attained his goal, is reunited with Isabel. While slumming one night Larry, Isabel and company are shocked to discover Sophie, a friend from Chicago. Having lost her husband and child in a tragic accident, Sophie is living the low-life with the help of drugs and an abusive brute. Larry tries to rehabilitate her, but his efforts are sabotaged by Isabel who tries in vain to reignite Larry's interest in herself.

Keywords: alcoholic, american-abroad, automobile-accident, based-on-novel, broken-engagement, chicago-illinois, coal-miner, dancing, doctor, drunkenness
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Hunger no love . . . woman . . . or wealth could satisfy!

Quotes:

Elliott Templeton: The enjoyment of art is the only remaining ecstasy that's neither immoral nor illegal.

Elliott Templeton: [Recounting a series of rejected invitations] And then when I asked him to dinner, he said he couldn't come because he had no evening clothes. If I live to be a hundred I shall never understand how any young man can come to Paris without evening clothes.::Louisa Bradley: [Referring to the turning down of the invitations] Maybe he just didn't want to.::Elliott Templeton: That's the most incredible reason for refusing an invitation I've ever heard in my life.

Elliott Templeton: I do not like the propinquity of the hoi polloi.

Louisa Bradley: Elliott, who is this man you invited to dinner tonight?::Elliott Templeton: He's an English author. [Referring to W. Somerset Maugham] He's quite alright. In fact he's quite famous. So pretend you've heard of him even if you haven't.

Isabel Bradley: [Referring to Sophie MacDonald] She's an awful woman. She's bad, bad, bad! She's soused from morning to night.::W. Somerset Maugham: That doesn't necessarily mean she's bad. Quite a number of respectable citizens get drunk and do silly things... I call a person bad who lies and cheats and is unkind.::Isabel Bradley: If you're going to take her part, I'll kill you.::W. Somerset Maugham: I'd prefer it if you gave me a cup of tea.

Kosti: You sound like a very religious man who does not believe in God!

Elliott Templeton: I'm afraid I haven't a very good account to give you of that young man, Louisa.::Louisa Bradley: Oh?::Elliott Templeton: When he first came over to Paris, for Isabel's sake, I asked him to lunch to meet the sort of people he ought to know. He told me he didn't eat lunch.::Louisa Bradley: Perhaps he doesn't.::Elliott Templeton: And then, when I asked him to dinner, he said he couldn't come because he had no evening clothes. If I live to be a hundred, I will never understand how any young man could come to Paris without evening clothes.::Louisa Bradley: Maybe he just didn't want to.::Elliott Templeton: That's the most incredible reason for refusing an invitation I've ever heard in my life.

Kosti: You're a rum one, Larry. But what about all the answers to those profound questions you've been asking yourself? Don't you know, people have been asking those same questions for thousands of years?::Larry Darrell: Yes, but doesn't the fact that people *have* been asking those same questions for thousands of years only go to prove that they can't help asking?::Kosti: Very good, very good. You're not altogether stupid. As a matter of fact, you sound like a very religious man who doesn't believe in God.::Larry Darrell: I'm not sure that I believe in anything.

W. Somerset Maugham: [about Elliott's monogrammed robe] Elliott, what the devil's that crown doing over your initials?::Elliott Templeton: His Holiness has been graciously pleased to revive, in my favor, my old family title.::W. Somerset Maugham: Your what?::Elliott Templeton: Oh, didn't you know? I'm descended, in the female line, from the Count de Lauria, who came over to England with Philip II to marry the maid of honor to Queen Mary. As an American citizen, I feel it more modest not to use my title except on all my personal linen.

The Razor's Edge (1946)

Actors: Gordon B. Clarke (actor), James Conaty (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Paul Bryar (actor), Jaque Catelain (actor), Wilson Benge (actor), André Charlot (actor), Edward Biby (actor), Robert Barron (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Eugene Borden (actor), George Bruggeman (actor), Frederic Brunn (actor), John Davidson (actor), Franco Corsaro (actor),

Plot: Well-to-do Chicagoan, Larry Darrell, breaks off his engagement to Isabel and travels the world seeking enlightenment, eventually finding his guru India. Isabel marries Gray, and following the crash of 1929, is invited to live in Paris with her rich, social climbing, Uncle Elliot. During a sojurn there, Larry, having attained his goal, is reunited with Isabel. While slumming one night Larry, Isabel and company are shocked to discover Sophie, a friend from Chicago. Having lost her husband and child in a tragic accident, Sophie is living the low-life with the help of drugs and an abusive brute. Larry tries to rehabilitate her, but his efforts are sabotaged by Isabel who tries in vain to reignite Larry's interest in herself.

Keywords: alcoholic, american-abroad, automobile-accident, based-on-novel, broken-engagement, chicago-illinois, coal-miner, dancing, doctor, drunkenness
Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Hunger no love . . . woman . . . or wealth could satisfy!

Quotes:

Elliott Templeton: The enjoyment of art is the only remaining ecstasy that's neither immoral nor illegal.

Elliott Templeton: [Recounting a series of rejected invitations] And then when I asked him to dinner, he said he couldn't come because he had no evening clothes. If I live to be a hundred I shall never understand how any young man can come to Paris without evening clothes.::Louisa Bradley: [Referring to the turning down of the invitations] Maybe he just didn't want to.::Elliott Templeton: That's the most incredible reason for refusing an invitation I've ever heard in my life.

Elliott Templeton: I do not like the propinquity of the hoi polloi.

Louisa Bradley: Elliott, who is this man you invited to dinner tonight?::Elliott Templeton: He's an English author. [Referring to W. Somerset Maugham] He's quite alright. In fact he's quite famous. So pretend you've heard of him even if you haven't.

Isabel Bradley: [Referring to Sophie MacDonald] She's an awful woman. She's bad, bad, bad! She's soused from morning to night.::W. Somerset Maugham: That doesn't necessarily mean she's bad. Quite a number of respectable citizens get drunk and do silly things... I call a person bad who lies and cheats and is unkind.::Isabel Bradley: If you're going to take her part, I'll kill you.::W. Somerset Maugham: I'd prefer it if you gave me a cup of tea.

Kosti: You sound like a very religious man who does not believe in God!

Elliott Templeton: I'm afraid I haven't a very good account to give you of that young man, Louisa.::Louisa Bradley: Oh?::Elliott Templeton: When he first came over to Paris, for Isabel's sake, I asked him to lunch to meet the sort of people he ought to know. He told me he didn't eat lunch.::Louisa Bradley: Perhaps he doesn't.::Elliott Templeton: And then, when I asked him to dinner, he said he couldn't come because he had no evening clothes. If I live to be a hundred, I will never understand how any young man could come to Paris without evening clothes.::Louisa Bradley: Maybe he just didn't want to.::Elliott Templeton: That's the most incredible reason for refusing an invitation I've ever heard in my life.

Kosti: You're a rum one, Larry. But what about all the answers to those profound questions you've been asking yourself? Don't you know, people have been asking those same questions for thousands of years?::Larry Darrell: Yes, but doesn't the fact that people *have* been asking those same questions for thousands of years only go to prove that they can't help asking?::Kosti: Very good, very good. You're not altogether stupid. As a matter of fact, you sound like a very religious man who doesn't believe in God.::Larry Darrell: I'm not sure that I believe in anything.

W. Somerset Maugham: [about Elliott's monogrammed robe] Elliott, what the devil's that crown doing over your initials?::Elliott Templeton: His Holiness has been graciously pleased to revive, in my favor, my old family title.::W. Somerset Maugham: Your what?::Elliott Templeton: Oh, didn't you know? I'm descended, in the female line, from the Count de Lauria, who came over to England with Philip II to marry the maid of honor to Queen Mary. As an American citizen, I feel it more modest not to use my title except on all my personal linen.

Words and Music (1929)

Actors: Helen Parrish (actress), Raymond Brown (actor), Richard Keene (actor), Lita Chevret (actress), Frances Dee (actress), Dorothy Granger (actress), John Wayne (actor), William Orlamond (actor), Frank Albertson (actor), Dick Gordon (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Paul Power (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Sophie Wachner (costume designer), Elizabeth Patterson (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Musical,