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1. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
G | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.
Directors: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly | Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen
Votes: 261,599 | Gross: $8.82M
2. Funny Girl (1968)
G | 151 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The life of Fanny Brice, famed comedienne and entertainer of the early 1900s. We see her rise to fame as a Ziegfeld girl, subsequent career, and her personal life, particularly her relationship with Nick Arnstein.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis
Votes: 25,264 | Gross: $58.50M
3. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main
Votes: 12,426
4. Easter Parade (1948)
G | 103 min | Musical, Romance
A nightclub performer hires a naive chorus girl to become his new dance partner to make his former partner jealous and to prove he can make any partner a star.
Director: Charles Walters | Stars: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller
Votes: 11,119 | Gross: $9.03M
5. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Passed | 176 min | Drama, Musical
The ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan
Votes: 9,048
6. Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Musical
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Directors: Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Merrill Pye, Charles Walters | Stars: William Powell, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Fred Astaire
Votes: 3,649 | Gross: $7.93M
7. Funny Lady (1975)
PG | 136 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Story of singer Fanny Brice's stormy relationship with showman Billy Rose.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Barbra Streisand, James Caan, Omar Sharif, Roddy McDowall
Votes: 5,977 | Gross: $40.06M
8. The Josephine Baker Story (1991 TV Movie)
R | 130 min | Biography, Drama, History
Born poor in St. Louis, Missouri, Josephine Baker achieved fame and fortune through her sizzlingly exotic, erotic performances. Starting life on the American Vaudeville circuit, success ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Lynn Whitfield, Rubén Blades, David Dukes, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 1,594
9. Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
Passed | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith
Votes: 4,764
10. Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Passed | 132 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
In the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy.
Directors: Busby Berkeley, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner
Votes: 3,467
11. Idiot's Delight (1939)
Approved | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of disparate travelers are caught and thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the beginning of World War II.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold, Charles Coburn
Votes: 1,721
12. Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
The rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza "Glorifying the American Girl".
Director: Millard Webb | Stars: Mary Eaton, Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee
Votes: 802
13. Pretty Ladies (1925)
74 min | Comedy, Drama
Comedienne Maggie falls for musician Al Cassidy. They get married, Al becomes a songwriter and Maggie a housewife. Al is hired to write a number for one of the Follies' most beautiful stars and falls for her. Complications ensue.
Director: Monta Bell | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Tom Moore, Ann Pennington, Lilyan Tashman
Votes: 269
14. W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
PG | 111 min | Biography, Drama
One of comedies true originals - the master of wit and good, mean fun, the curmudgeonly, and very original, the legendary W.C. Fields' is wonderfully portrayed by Rod Steiger in this off-beat biopic.
Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Rod Steiger, Valerie Perrine, John Marley, Jack Cassidy
Votes: 512
15. The Clown (1953)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little Dink idolizes him and faithfully believes ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Red Skelton, Jane Greer, Tim Considine, Loring Smith
Votes: 529
16. Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
After making a bet, Steve strands himself on uninhabited island.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, William Farnum, Earle Browne, Maria Alba
Votes: 508
17. Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A singer becomes a star in the Ziegfeld Follies, but her marriage to a con man has a bad effect on her career.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson, William Frawley
Votes: 670
18. The Simian Line (2000)
R | 106 min | Drama, Romance
In addition to declaring that Katharine's (Lynn Redgrave) head and heart line are hopelessly fused into one "simian line", eccentric palm reader/fortune-teller Arnita (Tyne Daly) makes a ... See full summary »
Director: Linda Yellen | Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Jamey Sheridan, Harry Connick Jr., Cindy Crawford
Votes: 424
19. The Will Rogers Follies (1991 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 144 min | Comedy, Musical
A filmed version of the Broadway musical focusing on the life of Will Rogers.
Director: Walter C. Miller | Stars: Keith Carradine, Dee Hoty, Roxane Barlow, Bonnie Brackney
Votes: 27
20. Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America (1997– )
Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Edward Asner, Zeke Alpern, Al Bardelli, Edward Behr
Votes: 15
21. Polly of the Follies (1922)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Romance
Country girl goes to New York and becomes stage star.
Director: John Emerson | Stars: Constance Talmadge, Horace Knight, Thomas Carr, Harry Fisher
Votes: 18
22. The Follies Girl (1919)
50 min | Comedy
The relatives of dying Edward Woodruff, Nina Leffingwell, her brother Frederic, and her cousin Basil, whom she wants to marry, scheme to inherit Woodruff's wealth. Since Woodruff ... See full summary »
Director: John Francis Dillon | Stars: Olive Thomas, Wallace MacDonald, William V. Mong, Claire McDowell
Votes: 22
23. 42nd Street: River to River (2009)
87 min | Documentary
42nd STREET: RIVER TO RIVER is an impressionistic, graphic history of one of the world's most infamous streets: Manhattan's 42nd Street. Likened to a DNA strip of New York City, the street ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Keys | Stars: George Carlin, Michael Imperioli, Liliane Montevecchi, 42nd Street Pete
Votes: 28
24.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
(2002)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on Gene Kelly.
Director: Robert Trachtenberg | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Fred Astaire, Jeanine Basinger, Betsy Blair
Votes: 377
25.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
The Helen Morgan Story
(1957)
73 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Broadway legend Helen Morgan 's life as told by her mother, from her early start in second rate speakeasies to star of top rated shows and owning her own club. Also seen is her poor choices... See full summary »
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Polly Bergen, Hoagy Carmichael, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Lowery
Votes: 17
26.
The Twentieth Century (1957–1968)
Episode:
New York in the Twenties
(1961)
Documentary, History
Was there a more exciting place to be during The Roaring Twenties and Prohibition than in The Big Apple?
Stars: Fanny Brice, Enrico Caruso, Bobby Clark, Marc Connelly