Keyword: theatrical troupe

Bright Lights

4.5

1935

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Joe and Fay Wilson are a happily married vaudeville team. But when a reporter discovers, that one of the chorus girls in the troupe is a slightly eccentric heiress, who bugs sometimes out to do something strange (e.g. being a chorus girl in vaudeville), the manager decides that Joe had to do is act on Broadway -with the heiress- and the heiress falls in love with him, his marriage is threatened.

The Reckoning

6.5

2002

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A priest on the lam takes up with a traveling band of actors, who then discover a murder has occurred and try to solve it by recreating the crime in a play.

Shakespeare-Wallah

6.8

1965

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The story of a family troupe of English actors in India. They travel around the towns and villages giving performances of Shakespearean plays. Through their travels we see the changing face of India as the old is replaced by the new, Maharajas become hotel owners, sports become more important than culture and the theater is replaced by Bolliwood movies. Based on the travels of Geoffrey Kendal with his daughter Felicity Kendal.

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

7.9

1939

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The adopted son of a legendary actor, and an aspiring star himself, turns to his infant brothers wet nurse for support and affection - only for her to give up everything for her beloveds glory.

Chatterbox

6.1

1936

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Stagestruck Jenny is elated when she is cast in her mothers most famous role. She is unaware of the new production being staged as a parody of the dated play and interprets the role seriously. And nobody finds the courage to tell her.