Posts Tagged ‘stage-fright’

Torch Singer (1933)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Colbert, Claudette | Cortez, Ricardo | Manners, David | Roberti, Lyda | Baby LeRoy | Grapewin, Charley | Godfrey, Sam | Roberts, Florence | Hammond, Virginia | Washington, Mildred | Collins, Cora Sue | Eddy, Helen Jerome | Conti, Albert | Griffies, Ethel | Burke, James
Directors: Hall, Alexander
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Sally Trent has an illegitimate child, but cannot support her and gives the baby up for adoption. The father, Michael Gardner, leaves for China not knowing about the baby, and she assumes he has abandoned her for life. She gets a job as a torch singer, changes her name to Mimi Benton, and becomes notorious for her drinking and philadering. Mimi fills in on a children’s radio program as the character “Aunt Jenny,” singing and telling bedtime stories, and eventually uses the airtime to find her long lost daughter, part with her wild lifestyle, and reunite with Michael.

Raise Your Voice (2004)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Duff, Hilary | James, Oliver | Keith, David | Davis, Dana | Lewis, Johnny | Wilson, Rita | Mayhew, Lauren C. | Dennings, Kat | Ritter, Jason | De Mornay, Rebecca | Corbett, John | Reeves, Carly | Avery, James | Trebor, Robert | Palmer, Steven T.
Directors: McNamara, Sean
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Hilary Duff stars in Raise Your Voice as a young woman from a small town who spends the summer in a performing arts school in Los Angeles. She encounters big city circumstances and romance that challenge her small town upbringing. Sean McNamara directs.

8 Mile (2002)

Friday, March 16th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Music
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Eminem | Basinger, Kim | Phifer, Mekhi | Murphy, Brittany | Jones, Evan | Miller, Omar Benson | Wilson, De'Angelo | Byrd, Eugene | Manning, Taryn | Hudson, Larry | Proof | Bell, Mike | Head, DJ | Shannon, Michael | Greenfield, Chloe
Directors: Hanson, Curtis
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A rap version of “Saturday Night Fever.” B-Rabbit, a wannabe rapper from the wrong side of Detroit’s 8 Mile, has problems: he dumps his girlfriend when she tells him she’s pregnant; to save money to make a demo tape, he moves into his alcoholic mom’s trailer; his job’s a dead end, and he’s just choked at the local head-to-head rap contest. Things improve when he meets Alex - an aspiring model headed for New York - and a fast-talking pal promises to set up the demo. Then new setbacks: Alex isn’t faithful, mom rejects him, rifts surface with his friends, and he’s mugged by rivals. Everything hinges on the next rap showdown at the club. Can B-Rabbit pull truth out of his cap?

Coyote Ugly (2000)

Sunday, February 18th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Perabo, Piper | Garcia, Adam | Goodman, John | Bello, Maria | Miko, Izabella | Banks, Tyra | Moynahan, Bridget | Lynskey, Melanie | Pentecost, Del | Weston, Michael | Rimes, LeAnn | Rowley, Jeremy | Cleghorne, Ellen | Fugelsang, John | Cort, Bud
Directors: McNally, David
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Sexy, romantic comedy about a girl in her early 20s named Violet Sanford going to NYC to pursue a dream of becoming a songwriter. Violet gets a “day” job as a bar maid at a nightclub called Coyote Ugly. Coyote Ugly is the city’s newest hot spot were the employees are a team of sexy, resourceful women that provoke the clientele and press with their mischief.