A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Casts William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark, Lloyd Gough, Jack Webb, Franklyn Farnum, Larry J. Blake, Charles Dayton
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
A Woman's Secret
Whiplash
Kongo
The Flower in Hell
Jungle Woman
The Room
Dear Esther
There Goes My Baby
The Newspaper Seller
Driven from Paradise
Beautiful Stranger
Walk Softly, Stranger
La traviata
The Star
Little Tora, The Abandoned Cat
The Atomic City
Gang War
Suture
Sound of My Voice
The Legend of Lylah Clare
SIMILAR MOVIES
A Woman's Secret
IMDB 5.6 | Jan , 1949
A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.Whiplash
IMDB 4.9 | Dec , 1948
An artist follows a woman from California to New York, where he boxes for her mobster husband.Kongo
IMDB 6.4 | Oct , 1932
The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, through superstition and sadism, living only for the day when he can get revenge on the man who ruined his life.The Flower in Hell
IMDB 6.4 | Apr , 1958
In post-Korean War Seoul, a young man from the countryside discovers that his older brother has become romantically involved in a prostitute and has no intentions of returning home.Jungle Woman
IMDB 4.9 | Jun , 1944
Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.The Room
IMDB 6.1 | Apr , 1992
A quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through Tokyo, towards the ruins the decadent economy has left behind, in hopes of finding The Room.Dear Esther
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2020
In 1989, a woman writes a letter to her mentor. She reminisces about a life-changing campaign they spearheaded to save a historic home, Irving Gill's Walter Luther Dodge House in Los Angeles, twenty years prior.There Goes My Baby
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 1994
It's the summer of 1965, and the members of the graduating class of upscale Westwood High are eager to reinvent themselves. Valedictorian Mary Beth wants to attend a liberal university. Surfer bum Stick plans to enlist to fight in Vietnam. Calvin lives in the poor Watts section of Los Angeles, which is slowly erupting in violence. As the summer nights grow long, they'll all be forced to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.The Newspaper Seller
IMDB 6 | Nov , 1963
The saleswoman involves the love of her competitor in the region and tries to draw his attention to marry him, she succeeds in this and enjoys a beautiful life with her life partner, but her mother reads one day the news of the death of a wealthy man who reveals to her daughter that he is her real father, so Magda decides to live in the bliss of her father after her investments on the part The largest of the inheritance.Driven from Paradise
IMDB 6 | May , 1965
The dervish Alish dies and is taken in a majestic procession to the cemetery. When he ascends to heaven to be judged, he discovers that the sum of his virtues equals the sum of his sins, so he's sent back to the living in order to test him and decide whether he should enter heaven or hell.Beautiful Stranger
IMDB 5 | Jul , 1954
An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.Walk Softly, Stranger
IMDB 5 | Oct , 1950
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.La traviata
IMDB 7.9 | Aug , 2005
Violetta, a courtesan much wooed by Parisian society, organizes a grand party that is attended, amongst others, by the young Alfredo Germont. He confesses his feelings to Violetta, who is already suffering from consumption. She vacillates between genuine affection and a realistic assessment of her situation as a "fallen woman", which precludes any lasting relationship with a man. The Willy Decker production of La Traviata, recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele in August, 2005. Anna Netrebko stars as Violetta Valéry, with Rolando Villazón as Alfredo Germont and Thomas Hampson as Giorgio Germont. Carlo Rizzi conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker.The Star
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1952
Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.Little Tora, The Abandoned Cat
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1947
A family of cats find an abandoned kitten and take him in to their home. But one of the siblings becomes jealous about the attention the new cat gets from her mother and runs away from home. The new member of the family goes looking for her. Can he bring her back home safely and get her to accept him as part of the family?The Atomic City
IMDB 5.2 | May , 1952
Spies hold the son of a nuclear physicist (Gene Barry) hostage in exchange for the Los Alamos bomb formula.Gang War
IMDB 6.4 | Jul , 1958
A Los Angeles teacher becomes a mob target when he agrees to be a star witness in a gangland murder case.Suture
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 1993
Brothers Vincent and Clay meet up for the first time after their father's funeral and remark on how similar they look. But unknown to Clay, Vince is actually plotting to kill him with a car bomb and pass the corpse off as his own, planning to start a new life elsewhere with his father's inheritance. But Clay survives the blast and has his face, memory and identity restored in hospital... but are they the right ones?Sound of My Voice
IMDB 6.3 | Jan , 2011
A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.The Legend of Lylah Clare
IMDB 5.9 | Aug , 1968
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.