Movies like The Boy Friend

20 movies like The Boy Friend, ordered by similarity : The Perils of Pauline(1947), Singin' in the Rain(1952), On With the Show(1929), Greenwich Village(1944), Footlight Parade(1933), The Big Broadcast(1932), On the Avenue(1937), Flirtation Walk(1934), Easter Parade(1948), Hairspray(2007), Thoroughly Modern Millie(1967), Bye Bye Birdie(1963) ...

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The Boy Friend

When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.

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The Perils of Pauline

The real life story of actress Pearl White during her rise to fame in silent serials.

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Singin' in the Rain

A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

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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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Greenwich Village

In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.

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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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The Big Broadcast

A radio-singer, Bing Hornsby, is none-too-concerned about his job, and an affair with Mona leads to his dismissal. When it appears Hornsby is getting and paying a lot of attention to his ... See full summary »

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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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Flirtation Walk

A Musical-romance with Dick Powell as a private stationed in Hawaii who gets involved with Ruby Keeler, the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but ... See full summary »

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Easter Parade

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.

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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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Thoroughly Modern Millie

Millie Dillmount comes to town in the roaring twenties to encounter flappers, sexuality, and white slavers.

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Bye Bye Birdie

A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.

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Stage Struck

A young woman dreams of becoming a great actress. When her boyfriend starts to flirt with an actual actress, she becomes jealous and decides to fight with her rival.

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Bandslam

A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band -- together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.

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Fancy Pants

An American actor (Arthur Tyler) impersonating an English butler is hired by a nouveau riche woman (Effie Floud) from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter (Aggie). The ... See full summary »

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Happy Feet

Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!

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Show People

A young lady from Georgia goes to Hollywood in the hopes of becoming an actress.

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Tea for Two

A socialite with aspirations of a career in show business bets her wealthy uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for two days straight, hoping winning will help her fulfill her dreams.

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Star Spangled Rhythm

A Paramount Studios security guard who was a major actor during the silent film era must carry out the illusion that he is still a big deal when his sailor son comes to visit.

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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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