Behind the Footlights

Jun 28, 1956

1h 24m

★ 7.0

Overview

Russian Empire, the middle of the XIX century. Aged, beggar dramatic actor Lev Gurych Sinichkin, in search of work, wanders through the cities with his young daughter Liza. They dream that Lisa someday will succeed on stage and become a famous actress.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Mosfilm

Behind the Footlights Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Lev Gurych Sinichkin

Vasili Merkuryev

Liza Sinichkina

Liliya Yudina

Raisa Surmilova

Tatyana Karpova

Serge Vetrinsky

Nikolai Afanasyev

Fyodor Borzikov

Mikhail Yanshin

Graf Zefirov

Yuri Lyubimov

Pyotr Pustoslavtsev

Sergei Blinnikov

Stepan

Stanislav Chekan

Prompter

Aleksandr Sashin-Nikolsky

Kozachinsky

Grigori Abrikosov

Nalimov

Pyotr Repnin

Chakhotkin

Yuriy Yakovlev

Pee-wee Herman and pals are celebrating Christmas in the Playhouse in their own creative ways: Pee-wee makes a list for Santa Claus 1.5 miles long, teaches Little Richard how to ice skate, goes for a sleigh ride with Magic Johnson, enslaves Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello into making Christmas cards, receives a long phone call from Dinah Shore, even has more musical fun with k.d. lang, the Del Rubio Triplettes and Charo! Finally, Big Red arrives and announces that Pee-wee's Christmas list was so big, he didn't have enough presents for all the children of the world. Will Pee-wee follow his own advice and help others?

4.8

A$$untina of the Amerikas

Jan 1, 1976

A$$untina of the Amerikas is a musical comedy of a prostitute that, in 24 hours, wakes up, fights her mother, puts her son in anarchy, has a date with Santa Claus, a blue bear and two girlfriends. Then she finally meets her old millionaire lover. They spend their time to talk about everyday life and make love. Based on the novels of Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Wilhelm Reich.

5.5

Waikiki Wedding

Mar 23, 1937

Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.

No Image Available

7.0

Crossing the Line to Broadway

Aug 1, 2015

A Fan Made Feature from the Director of 'Bring It On: A Tribute to Broadway' (Christopher D. Robinson) The epic journey of 'Bring It On' The Musical making it's Broadway debut in celebration of it's upcoming Broadway Anniversary month (August 1, 2015)

8.3

Gold

Mar 23, 1953

Anwar Wagdi plays vagabond musician Alfredo, who comes across an abandoned baby in the night. He tries his best to get our heroes someone to take it and raise it. When that fails, he has no choice but to raise it on his own. He names the child, Dabab, after the beautiful woman he's encountered on the street. Years pass and Dahab grows up to be the Faryuz, who is actually cute, talented and far less grating than our Ms. Temple. Many Chaplinesque hijinks ensue as Alfredo and Dahab play music on the streets, try to scam free food wherever they can and convince the owner of a successful nightclub to let Dahab perform.

0.0

Folies Bergère

May 9, 1935

Alternate-language French version of Folies Bergère de Paris (1935).

6.0

The Pirates of Penzance

Jun 21, 1985

As a young child, Frederic had been apprenticed to a pirate by mistake when he should have been apprenticed to a pilot. Now, having reached his 21st year, Frederic's indentures are at last over and he happily leaves the service of the pirates. When Frederic meets the beautiful Mabel, one of the many daughters (or wards in Chancery) of Major-General Stanley, they fall in love and decide to marry. However, complications arise when the pirates decide to marry the rest of the Major-General's daughters, themselves - and Frederic's birthdate turns out to be not all it seems. Filmed live from the 1985 Stratford Festival in Ontario.

5.9

Office

Sep 24, 2015

Two assistants, Lee Xiang and Kat, start new jobs at the financial firm Jones & Sunn. Lee Xiang is an earnest young man who naively enters the world of high finance with noble intentions. Kat on the other hand has a secret.

5.8

Sweetie

Oct 25, 1929

Chorus girl Barbara Pell (Nancy Carroll) inherits a school for boys, and uses her position to sabotage the football career of the boy who jilted her.

5.8

Street Girl

Aug 21, 1929

A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life.

0.0

Spanish Round

Dec 5, 1951

Over a hundred members of the chorus girls and dance groups from the Spanish "Sección Femenina" embark to America to show the richness of their national folklore. The girls have left parked their daily tasks to enjoy this great adventure aboard "Mount Albertia". During the trip, the relationship between the girls and the crew is very lively and in all scenarios where they perform, success always accompanies them.

7.0

Swooner Crooner

May 6, 1944

Porky Pig's egg faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.

4.5

Dixie Jamboree

Aug 15, 1944

A medicine man on the last show boat on the Mississippi is mistaken by two gangsters as a bootleger, and has to envade them.

6.7

Appointment with Love

Mar 5, 1956

Faten Hamama plays Nawal, a journalist who meets Samir, a young man whom she encourages to pursue a singing career. His career takes off while Nawal's health deteriorates.

5.0

Barnyard Follies

Oct 5, 1940

A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut down by greedy politicians.

6.9

Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You

Feb 12, 1999

After Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, and Rabbit see Christopher Robin making a valentine for -- gasp! -- a girl, they find he's been bitten by a "Smitten" and is lovesick! Worried that he'll no longer have time for them, and hoping a second bite from the love bug will cure him, they set out on a wild adventure to capture the Smitten. This wonderful story, filled with magic and whimsy, and sweetened with three new songs, reminds us all that the heart is big and always has plenty of room for friends -- old and new.

5.6

Mardi Gras

Nov 18, 1958

A military school cadet romances a visiting French actress during Mardi Gras. With songs, kissing and New Orleans locations.

8.5

Afrikaans is Groot 2014

Dec 1, 2014

The third "Afrikaans is Groot" concert. It is an annual concert where some of the biggest Afrikaans artist perform

6.9

Cassette Girl

Oct 9, 2015

In a futuristic world where militaristic robots known as the “Media Police” have outlawed entertainment and banned outdated media formats, a young woman and her robotic companion aim to recover vintage content stored on video cassettes and battle their evil robot overlords to protect “obsolete” media from being lost forever.

5.0

The Great Tour

Jan 1, 1961

Musical comedy set in show-biz milieu.