20 movies like Dimples, ordered by similarity : Footlight Parade(1933), Kiss Me Kate(1953), The Pajama Game(1957), Broadway Melody of 1938(1937), Poor Little Rich Girl(1936), Little Miss Broadway(1938), Everybody Sing(1938), Guys and Dolls(1955), Yankee Doodle Dandy(1942), Music in My Heart(1940), This Is the Army(1943), The Greatest Showman(2017) ...
6.7/10
Musical
USA
1936
78 Minutes
Shirley Temple Frank Morgan Helen Westley Robert Kent Stepin Fetchit Astrid Allwyn
street performer grandfather wealthy woman nephew fiancée actor cheery winsome tense mushy new york city street mansion theater stage show business theft family poverty scam
Dimples Appleby lives with the pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady makes it possible for the girl to go legit. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is performed.
7.6/10
Musical
USA
1933
102 Minutes
James Cagney Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Guy Kibbee Ruth Donnelly Hugh Herbert Frank McHugh
director actor secretary competitor theater owner ex-wife lighthearted charming spectacular witty new york city stage backstage apartment street filmmaking musicals theft secret love show business
Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
7.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
109 Minutes
Kathryn Grayson Howard Keel Ann Miller Bobby Van Keenan Wynn James Whitmore Bob Fosse Tommy Rall Kurt Kaszner Ron Randell Carol Haney
actor actress songwriter producer mobster fiancé airy charming theater apartment backstage show business love triangle mistaken identity gambling marriage transformation quest 1950s
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
6.7/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1957
101 Minutes
Doris Day John Raitt Carol Haney Eddie Foy Jr. Buzz Miller Ralph Chambers
factory worker superintendent foreman bookkeeper father activist spirited amusing campy iowa factory office household restaurant street labor factories trade unions strike jealousy
An Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.
6.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
110 Minutes
Robert Taylor Eleanor Powell Judy Garland George Murphy Binnie Barnes Buddy Ebsen Sophie Tucker Raymond Walburn Robert Benchley Charley Grapewin Robert Wildhack
songwriter dancer producer wealthy woman partner horse trainer cheery playful engaging new york city broadway theater baltimore racetrack train stage musical revue financial crisis dance romance deception
Steve Raleigh wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee, however his wife Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a... See full summary »
7.1/10
Musical
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Shirley Temple Alice Faye Jack Haley Gloria Stuart Michael Whalen Sara Haden Jane Darwell Claude Gillingwater Paul Stanton Henry Armetta Charles Coleman
young girl entertainer businessman producer man wife amusing tender city mansion apartment street car radio station father/daughter relationship grief music family city life growing up
The daughter of a wealthy businessman becomes lost in the city while traveling to a new school, and is taken in by a pair of down-on-their-luck performers.
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Shirley Temple George Murphy Jimmy Durante Phyllis Brooks Edna May Oliver George Barbier Edward Ellis Jane Darwell El Brendel Donald Meek Patricia Wilder
orphan nephew band leader uncle landlady daughter winsome spectacular heartwarming new york city hotel stage courtroom broadway theater orphanage orphans musical performance rags to riches communal living family
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.
6.4/10
Musical
USA
1938
80 Minutes
Allan Jones Judy Garland Fanny Brice Reginald Owen Billie Burke Reginald Gardiner Lynne Carver
young girl sister father singer maid cook hilarious frenetic heartwarming all-girls school classroom family home stage theater ocean liner music show business family ambition friendship
Judy Bellaire, played by Judy Garland, is the center of trouble at her exclusive private and very conservative school. She is expelled when she starts singing in a Jazzy style in her music ... See full summary »
7.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
150 Minutes
Marlon Brando Jean Simmons Frank Sinatra Vivian Blaine Robert Keith Stubby Kaye B.S. Pully Sheldon Leonard Regis Toomey Johnny Silver Dan Dayton
gambler fiancée sister friend intricate amusing lighthearted new york city mission street wager dating love daunting task quest transformation 1940s
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a cold female missionary to Havana, but they fall for each other, and the bet has a hidden motive to finance a crap game.
7.7/10
Musical
USA
1942
126 Minutes
James Cagney Joan Leslie Walter Huston Richard Whorf George Tobias Irene Manning Rosemary DeCamp Jeanne Cagney S.Z. Sakall George Barbier Walter Catlett
george m. cohan father mother sister theatrical producer songwriter patriotic spirited new york city white house theater ambition actors show business patriotism family romance rise 1940s
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
6.1/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Tony Martin Rita Hayworth Alan Mowbray Edith Fellows Eric Blore George Tobias
actor love interest millionaire fiancé manservant immigration official winsome engaging new york city ship taxicab radio station street new love love triangle deportation chance meeting show business love pursuit
Rita Hayworth co-stars with famed recording artist Tony Martin in this musical comedy featuring the music of Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra. Following various comic misunderstandings, ... See full summary »
5.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
121 Minutes
George Murphy Joan Leslie Ronald Reagan George Tobias Alan Hale Charles Butterworth Julie Oshins
actor dancer father son fiancée soldier patriotic emotional new york city family home broadway theater military base world war i world war ii broadway marriage father/son relationship friendship adventure quest
In WWI dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the war, he becomes a producer. In WWII his son Johnny Jones, who was before his ... See full summary »
7.6/10
Musical, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Zac Efron Michelle Williams Rebecca Ferguson Zendaya Keala Settle Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Paul Sparks Natasha Liu Bordizzo Austyn Johnson Cameron Seely
showman circus owner circus performer acrobat performer trapeze artist dreamy creative lighthearted charming amusing spectacular connecticut new york city circus office stage tent p.t. barnum circus life
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1927
97 Minutes
Al Jolson May McAvoy Warner Oland Eugenie Besserer Otto Lederer William Demarest Roscoe Karns Richard Tucker Nat Carr William Walling Robert Gordon
cantor singer lover mother neighbor father melodramatic winsome uplifting lower east side manhattan, n.y. ghetto stage cabaret family home singing family traditions defiance acceptance father/son relationship
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
8.3/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
102 Minutes
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Rita Moreno Douglas Fowley Cyd Charisse Madge Blake King Donovan
actor singer actress friend songwriter filmmaker emotional playful witty hollywood new york city street movie set silent movies movie making song and dance love triangle jealousy media love
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
7.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
96 Minutes
Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Warren William Ned Sparks Ginger Rogers Sterling Holloway Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Agnew
showgirl singer songwriter theatrical producer wealthy man brother engaging playful rousing new york city apartment broadway theater poverty wealth show business romance deception song and dance underdog love
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.
7.2/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
109 Minutes
Judy Garland Gene Kelly Eddie Bracken Gloria DeHaven Marjorie Main Phil Silvers Ray Collins Carleton Carpenter Nita Bieber Hans Conried Paul E. Burns
actress sister dancer housekeeper fiancé cheery lighthearted farm connecticut stage farming sibling rivalry song and dance romance show business transformation love rivalry 1950s
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.
6.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
90 Minutes
socialite writer singer father daughter playful lighthearted stage backstage new york city theater love triangle unlikely romance humiliation jealousy love rivalry quest 1930s
Broadway producer satirizes an important New York family. The family sues but their daughter falls in love with producer.
6.5/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Betty Hutton John Lund Billy De Wolfe William Demarest Constance Collier Frank Faylen William Farnum Snub Pollard Creighton Hale Chester Conklin James Finlayson
woman starlet director best friend mentor actor hilarious endearing inspiring new york city stage movie set hollywood, calif. movie studio sweatshop silent movies rags to riches show business second chance friendship
The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials.
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1938
102 Minutes
Luise Rainer Fernand Gravey Miliza Korjus Hugh Herbert Lionel Atwill Curt Bois Leonid Kinskey Al Shean Minna Gombell George Houston Bert Roach
composer wife opera singer father count publisher airy creative melodramatic vienna café theater street palace ambition romance music infidelity devotion rise
In 1845 Vienna, Johann Strauss II - Schani to his friends - would rather write and perform waltzes than anything else, this at a time when a waltz is not considered proper society music. ... See full summary »
7.4/10
Musical
USA
1968
151 Minutes
Barbra Streisand Omar Sharif Walter Pidgeon Kay Medford Anne Francis Lee Allen Gerald Mohr Frank Faylen
actress husband businessperson florenz ziegfeld businessman amusing charming spirited broadway theater new york theater big city home fanny brice aspirations show business marriage schemes relationships rise
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.
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