Here we've displayed a list of the best Big Break films : Footlight Parade(1933), Take Me Out to the Ball Game(1949), My Sister Eileen(1955), Metropolitan(1935), Secrets of an Actress(1938), Artists and Models(1937), Wheeler(2017), Garage Days(2002), Two Tickets to Broadway(1951), Life Begins in College(1937), Strength and Honor(2007), The Vagabond Lover(1929) ... ...
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.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
93 Minutes
Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Esther Williams Betty Garrett Edward Arnold Jules Munshin Richard Lane Tom Dugan Murray Alper Wilton Graff Mack Gray
baseball team owner baseball player entertainer gambler teammate girlfriend cheery madcap rousing baseball field locker room house theater gambling big break baseball love interest vaudeville song and dance rivalry
Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1955
108 Minutes
Janet Leigh Jack Lemmon Betty Garrett Bob Fosse Kurt Kaszner Dick York Lucy Marlow Tommy Rall Barbara Brown Horace MacMahon Henry Slate
aspiring actress aspiring writer magazine editor newspaper reporter cheeky amusing spirited engaging new york city columbus, ohio greenwich village apartment drugstore career writing acting chasing dreams big break romance adventure
After submitting a story of her beautiful sister, a woman assumes her identity to maintain the attention of a playboy publisher.
Musical
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Lawrence Tibbett Virginia Bruce Alice Brady Cesar Romero Thurston Hall Luis Alberni George F. Marion Ruth Donnelly Franklyn Ardell Adrian Rosley Christian Rub
opera singer conductor opera director love interest diva friend engaging spirited positive new york city opera house house philadelphia theater opera creative process rehearsal big break egoism new romance
Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and company must carry on without her.
Romance
USA
1938
71 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Ian Hunter Gloria Dickson Isabel Jeans Penny Singleton Dennie Moore Selmer Jackson Herbert Rawlinson Emmett Vogan James B. Carson
actress architect friend producer estranged wife father touching melodramatic witty new york city apartment bar theater boat love triangle show business divorce friendship big break infidelity
Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
97 Minutes
Jack Benny Ida Lupino Richard Arlen Gail Patrick Ben Blue Judy Canova Cecil Cunningham Donald Meek
ad executive girlfriend model business owner socialite chairman winsome lighthearted witty new york city office miami pool ballroom advertising beauty pageant business deal career vs. love big break love triangle
Mac Brewster (Benny) is head of an advertising firm that is in debt. The million-dollar Townsend Silver contract could save the firm, but the wealthy playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) wants an ... See full summary »
Drama, Music
USA
2017
100 Minutes
aspiring musician texan friend musician townsperson cowboy charming confident emotional engaging inspiring positive texas nashville, tenn. town stage music stage aspirations country music big break
An aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music.
Comedy, Drama
Australia
2002
105 Minutes
Kick Gurry Maya Stange Pia Miranda Russell Dykstra Brett Stiller Chris Sadrinna Andy Anderson Marton Csokas Yvette Duncan Tiriel Mora Holly Brisley
guitarist drummer singer girlfriend producer manager amusing emotional gutsy newtown, australia garage street music band big break relationships love triangle drugs quest rivalry
The story of a young garage band in Sydney, Australia trying to make it big.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1951
106 Minutes
Tony Martin Janet Leigh Gloria DeHaven Eddie Bracken Ann Miller Barbara Lawrence
singer love interest agent girlfriend producer lighthearted amusing charming manhattan, n.y. bus station central park television studio bus song and dance big break deception television love rise 1950s
Nancy Peterson and her friends want to get a spot on Bob Crosby's TV show, but their agent has linked them.
Comedy
USA
1937
94 Minutes
Al Ritz Harry Ritz Jimmy Ritz Joan Davis Tony Martin Gloria Stuart Fred Stone Nat Pendleton Dick Baldwin Joan Marsh
student coach athlete girlfriend brother lighthearted spirited madcap college football field classroom football big break scandal secret underdog discovery rivalry 1930s
When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has it the Indian has played professionally and can't be on the team.
Drama
Ireland
2007
104 Minutes
Michael Madsen Vinnie Jones Patrick Bergin Richard Chamberlain Michael Rawley Gail Fitzpatrick Myles Horgan Luke Whelton
father son boxer trainer rival gypsy emotional gritty moving inspiring ireland family home gym boxing ring street boxing terminal illness comeback father/son relationship family
A single father decides to break his dying wife's last wish to not box again in order to save his young son from certain death.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
69 Minutes
musician niece neighbor socialite promoter band member amusing lighthearted playful long island, n.y. estate new york city impersonation aspirations class distinctions music big break burglary revenge underdog
A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader.
Documentary
2001
105 Minutes
Berlevåg Mannsangforening
singer fisherman factory worker audience charming engaging heartwarming russia norway city concert stage fishing village performance touring big break fighting quest underdog rise 2000s