Here we've displayed a list of the best Understudy films : Evergreen(1934), Jeanne Eagels(1957), Footlight Serenade(1942), On With the Show(1929), Everything I Have Is Yours(1952), Rehearsal for Murder(1982) ... ...
Musical, Comedy
UK
1934
90 Minutes
Jessie Matthews Sonnie Hale Betty Balfour Barry MacKay Ivor Maclaren Hartley Power Patrick Ludlow Betty Shale
singer daughter ex-boyfriend publicist understudy amusing lighthearted london stage south africa mistaken identity deception illegitimate child song and dance romance fame love discovery 1930s
Harriet Green, a beloved and radiant music hall star of the Edwardian era, has a guilty secret: She has a baby daughter, born out of wedlock. Harriet leaves her public and flees to South ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1957
109 Minutes
Kim Novak Jeff Chandler Agnes Moorehead Charles Drake Larry Gates Virginia Grey Gene Lockhart Joe De Santis Murray Hamilton
dancer waitress actress carnival worker understudy passionate dark melodramatic broadway theater stage carnival new york city kansas city, mo. fame ambition betrayal show business alcoholism jeanne eagels wretched excess
The life of 1920s actress Jeanne Eagels.
Musical
USA
1942
80 Minutes
boxer dancer actor producer singer understudy amusing melodramatic new york city broadway theater hotel boxing ring show business deception romance showdown marriage arrogance pursuit rivalry
A boxing champ gets involved with a Broadway show and a shapely chorine...who's engaged to his new sparring partner.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1929
103 Minutes
Betty Compson Sally O'Neil Arthur Lake Joe E. Brown Louise Fazenda William Bakewell Sam Hardy Harry Gribbon
star ingénue comedian actor producer understudy charming lighthearted amusing new jersey theater stage backstage relationships performance music romance show business financial troubles love
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.
Musical
USA
1952
92 Minutes
Gower Champion Marge Champion Monica Lewis Dennis O'Keefe Dean Miller Eduard Franz John Gallaudet Diane Cassidy Elaine Stewart Jonathan Cott Robert Burton
dancer wife producer understudy nanny showgirl lighthearted cheery spirited broadway theater stage household barbecue studio boston broadway performance marriage jealousy child custody
Pregnancy forces one half of a married song- and- dance team to find a new Broadway partner.
Mystery & Thriller
1982
100 Minutes
playwright actress director producer understudy intricate suspenseful crafty new york city broadway theater murder cover-up theater production suicide investigation revenge mystery 1980s
A Broadway playwright (Robert Preston) solves his fiancee's (Lynn Redgrave) death by having suspects read, onstage, the drama of their lives.