Movies like The Great Gabbo

20 movies like The Great Gabbo, ordered by similarity : Footlight Parade(1933), Top Hat(1935), Summer Stock(1950), Two Girls and a Sailor(1944), Lady Be Good(1941), Coney Island(1943), Man About Town(1939), Chasing Rainbows(1930), Shall We Dance(1937), On With the Show(1929), Three Little Words(1950), Thanks a Million(1935) ...

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The Great Gabbo

An insanely, egocentric ventriloquist, even though he is possessed by his wooden dummy, is in love with a dancer who is in love with another. The dummy gives advice to the ventriloquist.

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Footlight Parade

Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.

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Top Hat

An American dancer comes to Britain and falls for a model whom he initially annoyed, but she mistakes him for his goofy producer.

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Summer Stock

A small-town farmer, down on her luck, finds her homestead invaded by a theatrical troupe invited to stay by her ne'er-do-well sister.

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Two Girls and a Sailor

A sailor (Van Johnson) from a rich family meets a nightclub-singing sister act (June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven) in wartime New York.

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Lady Be Good

A composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice.

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Coney Island

Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star ... See full summary »

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Man About Town

Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose ... See full summary »

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Chasing Rainbows

The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. ... See full summary »

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Shall We Dance

A ballet dancer and a showgirl fake a marriage for publicity purposes, then fall in love.

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On With the Show

A musical advertised as the first 100% natural color, all-singing production. The plot concerns a wide-eyed former hatcheck girl who takes the place of a rebellious star.

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Three Little Words

The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.

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Thanks a Million

Entertainers enter a political rally to get out of the rain and become part of the show. One of them (Powell) gives a speech in place of the besotted candidate (Walburn) and is chosen to be... See full summary »

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Les Girls

The former members of a dance troupe are suing because of recently published memoirs. Each one insists on own point of view.

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On the Avenue

Broadway producer satirizes an important New York family. The family sues but their daughter falls in love with producer.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death. So far that she gets them (she and two cousins) on a tour with a washed-out glam-rock ... See full summary »

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Scenes From the Goldmine

A young songwriter/musician joins a rock group but pays the price for success when she becomes involved with the band's leader and he tries to steal her music.

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Hairspray

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

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Broadway Melody of 1936

Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show. He gets an offer of money by Lillian, if she can dance in his show. Gordon's old class mate Irene, tries to get the leading role in this show, but Lillian insists in getting this part herself.

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Show Boat

The daughter of a riverboat captain falls in love with a charming gambler, but their fairytale romance is threatened when his luck turns sour.

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Gypsy

Stage-mother Mama Rose (Bette Midler) sees one daughter quit, while her other one (Cynthia Gibb) becomes stripper Gypsy Rose Lee.

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