A Hollywood Story.
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Suggested Topics:
Joe Gillis
Norma Desmond
Max von Mayerling
Betty Schaefer
Sheldrake
Morino
Artie Green
Undertaker
1st Finance Man
2nd Finance Man
Cecil B. DeMille
Hedda Hopper
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Screenplay
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1950
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
1944
A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.
1960
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
1931
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
1952
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to look for the meaning of his life.
1951
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
1959
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city. Their only opportunity comes in the form of joining an all-girl band as they prepare to leave on a tour. The two disguise themselves as women and struggle to keep their identities secret as they deal with the problems this brings.
1957
An ailing barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where the unconvincing testimony of the defendant's wife becomes a subject of confusion.
1961
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
2005
One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.