Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from the early 1900s. Becoming more and more obsessed with her, by self-hypnosis he manages to travel back in time—where he meets her.
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. The time they spend together only strengthens the crushing realization that one does not exist.
ჯონათან კუპერი პანიკაშია – მისმა ბედია, თეატრალური პრიმა შარლოტა ინვუდი აღიარა ქმრის მკვლელობაში და ახლა მას ალიბი სჭირდება. მის სახლში ძარცვის დადგმის მცდელობისას, თავად კუპერი ეჭვქვეშ ექცევა და პოლიციისგან მიმალული, ევა გილის მანქანაში აღმოჩნდება. მასზე ფარულად შეყვარებული ევა გადაწყვეტს დაეხმაროს მას და ამავდროულად მიიყვანოს შარლოტა სუფთა წყალში. ევა, დარწმუნებულია, რომ ჯონათანი უდანაშაულოა და რომ შარლოტა მის დადგმას აპირებს, მზადაა შეიჭრას პრიმადონას სახლში და შეაგროვოს საჭირო მტკიცებულებები მის წინააღმდეგ...
ჯულია ლემბერტი - ლონდონის თეატრის პრიმადონაა. ის დიდი ხანია საყოველთაო ყურადღების ცენტრშია, მაგრამ მას სცენისგან, ქმრისგან და მაღალი წრის საზოგადოებისგან დასვენება სჭირდება. ამისათვის საუკეთესო გამოსავალია იპოვო ახალგაზრდა საყვარელი.rnფილმი გადაღებულია სომერსეტ მოემის რომანის "თეატრი"ს მიხედვით.
A powerful London theater critic lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences.
Two actresses see each other again at the premiere of a new stageplay after a sensual summer. The encounter is hopeful for one of them, less pleasant for the other.
A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.
A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.
Count Moffat becomes infatuated with Nana, a presumptuous stage actress, vulgar, hypocritical and promiscuous, willing to do anything to succeed.
Wildly optimistic chatterbox Eva Lovelace is a would-be actress trying to crash the New York stage. She attracts the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest playwright. Is she destined for stardom, or will she fade like a morning glory after its brief blooming?
On the centenary of Sarah Bernhardt's death, we take a look back at the whimsical life of the whimsical and eventful life of "la Divine", who defied theatrical traditions.
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.
Isabella Eklöf is an unemployed actress in her early thirties. Her friends all enjoy stable relationships, children and successful careers. In order to jump-start her life she decides to lie a bit on her next job application with unexpected consequences.
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up but her old beau, Gilmore Marshal, the platinum magnate from South America.
A celebrated actress discovers six runaway children living on her country property.
After a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues.