Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill's jokes. After Ted begins to steal the show, Bill's girlfriend and his pals advise him to make Ted an equal partner.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Maiden and the Princess
Call of the Flesh
Border Romance
Der Vogelhändler
Die Nacht vor der Premiere
Playmates
Navy Blues
Mein Schatz, komm mit ans blaue Meer
Dancing on a Dime
Monster Mash
Saving Santa
Big Fella
Merry Go Round of 1938
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Shine on Harvest Moon
By Jeeves
Sweetheart of the Navy
The 42nd Heaven
It's a Wonderful World
Siebenmal in der Woche
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Maiden and the Princess
IMDB 4 | May , 2011
During a game of catch-the-boy-and-kiss-him, Emmy, a precocious ten-year-old, kisses another little girl, Alice.Call of the Flesh
IMDB 4.5 | Aug , 1930
A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.Border Romance
IMDB 6.5 | May , 1929
In a cantina across the border, Bob Hamlin shoots a man that threatens his friend. He and his pals escape but return that night for the dance as Bob is attracted to Conchita. Running once more from the Rurales, Bob takes Conchita. They escape again only to find themselves pinned down when Buck and his gang of horse thieves attack.Der Vogelhändler
IMDB 4.7 | Aug , 1962
Die Nacht vor der Premiere
IMDB 5 | May , 1959
Carola Lorm, a celebrated revue star from South America, is not thrilled that her daughter Barbara wants to marry a young man from Hamburg. The weather there is just as chilly as the father-in-law-to-be, who turns out to be a snooty Hanseatic fruit merchant. When Carola follows the runaway couple to Germany, she also gets caught up in an intrigue involving drug smugglers. But with the help of an amorous detective, she is able to put a stop to the scoundrels and trick the ossified father-in-law into changing his mind.Playmates
IMDB 5.2 | Dec , 1941
Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser, plant a story that the great Shakespearean actor, over his heartfelt objections, will teach Kyser how to play Shakespeare, which isn't the same as playing Paducah, which soon becomes evident.Navy Blues
IMDB 4 | Sep , 1941
On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current gunnery champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't learned, however, is that the marksman's enlistment is up before the contest is supposed to take place.Mein Schatz, komm mit ans blaue Meer
IMDB 5.5 | Dec , 1959
Dancing on a Dime
IMDB 5 | Nov , 1940
Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA show at the Garrick Theater in New York and are stunned when the government withdraws their funding on the day of the show's dress rehearsal. Destitute, the troupe plans to return home when Mac, the stage doorman, offers to allow four of the men, Phil, Dandy, Jack and Ted, to use the theater for a boardinghouse. After accepting Mac's offer, the men improvise bedrooms out of the set pieces and meet amateur actress Lorie Fenton from Cleveland, who is eager to audition for them. When the men learn she recently received a small inheritance, they allow her to audition, hoping she will back the show.Monster Mash
IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 2000
When old-school monsters Frank, Drac and Wolf are deemed "fun" by a court of elders, they're ordered to scare a suburban family or risk a sentence of party entertainers for eternity.Saving Santa
IMDB 5.2 | Nov , 2013
A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice.Big Fella
IMDB 7 | Jan , 1938
Singing Marseilles docker Joe is hired by wealthy English couple, the Oliphants, to find their missing son Gerald. When Joe finds him, he learns Gerald escaped of his own will and takes him to stay with a local singer, who offers a refuge from his repressed white parents.Merry Go Round of 1938
IMDB 5 | Nov , 1937
Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.Oh, You Beautiful Doll
IMDB 4.7 | Nov , 1949
Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.Shine on Harvest Moon
IMDB 6 | Mar , 1944
Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.By Jeeves
IMDB 4.8 | Oct , 2001
An adventure of the hapless Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman about town with a penchant for getting himself into personal difficulties, particularly with women. It is inevitable left to his unflappable manservant Jeeves to provide tidy and elegant rescues.Sweetheart of the Navy
IMDB 10 | Jun , 1937
Singer Joan Whitney, called the "Sweetheart of the Navy" by sailors, is struggling to re-open the Snug Harbor Cafe. After her partner, Richard, skips town with the money owed to their creditors, the club opens unceremoniously. Two of Joan's sailor friends, Andy and Pete, offer to help her raise money for the club by staging a fight with Bumper Martin, boxing champion of the fleet. At Andy's request, straight-laced yeoman Eddie Harris replaces him in the upcoming fight. Andy and Pete then intimidate or coerce the sailors into betting on the fight, promising to give Joan the profits. Navy Commander Lodge, who is grooming Eddie for the Naval Academy at Annapolis, is against the fight, however, and Joan decides to "vamp" Eddie to make him fight.The 42nd Heaven
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1962
Musical comedy about a marriage registrar.It's a Wonderful World
IMDB 5.3 | Aug , 1956
Two aspiring songwriters finally manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. When the tune hits the top of the charts, they find themselves having to produce the "real" composer.Siebenmal in der Woche
IMDB 5 | Aug , 1957
The famous singer Roberto Ricci wants to save himself from his overly intrusive female fans with a fake marriage. Mr. Praxl from the marriage institute Eros finds him his own granddaughter Gertie, who works as a waitress and wants to finance her own singing and dancing career with the fee for the role of his wife. To comply with Mr. Ricci's wishes, the attractive Gertie disguises herself as a wallflower with her hair pinned up and high-necked dresses. The act has the desired effect on Roberto's female followers. Over time, however, Gertie and Roberto actually fall in love with each other, which sparks the jealousy of Roberto's stage partner Loretta. With the help of Füllkrug, she tries to thwart the budding romance.