Movies About Show Buisness?

[Scott]

What Movies have you seen about Show Business? Movies about making it in show business. Are there more?

[CheezeFlixz]

What is the criteria? As you know there are many more.

[Scott]

I'm thinking more about some of the in's and out's of the business from stories about actors, directors, and producers. Films where the business is a major part of the story. Not so much film that just happens to have a movie visually in the background, but rather films about the filmmaking system and/or the thinking behind making films or of the actual theater production as the major part of what is happening which leads the story and characters.

[Derf]

I've seen a few on your list, Scott. Unfortunately, Staying Alive was among them. Yech, what a boring waste of film.

You might want to add Singin' in the Rain. It's definitely a classic and one of the first major blockbusters about show business.

[CheezeFlixz]

Yeah I had that one and the Jazz Singer and a Star is Born might qualify too. I think I've seen most of them and sadly Stayin' alive was one.

[Scott]

Only added STAYING ALIVE because of the show demanding theater producer and the struggle to make the show.

I'll add everyone recommendations. Thanks. Looks like A STAR IS BORN and THE JAZZ SINGER had earlier versions. Not sure which are best. I put up the ones I'm familiar with.

[CheezeFlixz]

Only added STAYING ALIVE because of the show demanding theater producer and the struggle to make the show.

I'll add everyone recommendations. Thanks. Looks like A STAR IS BORN and THE JAZZ SINGER had earlier versions. Not sure which are best. I put up the ones I'm familiar with.

Oh that was the ones I meant, the originals ... no time for cheap copies. LOL

[Scott]

Oh that was the ones I meant, the originals ... no time for cheap copies. LOL

Oh, ok I put them all up. I've never seen them. Thank You.

[HappyGilmore]

I've seen three of those movies.  Singin in the Rain, Ed Wood and Get Shorty. 

[the ghoul]

You forgot "Hollywood Boulevard" (1976), and "Cecil B. Demented."  These two are infinitely better than anything on your list, in my opinion. 

[RCMerchant]

How about Herman Cohen's HOW to MAKE a MONSTER? Where the insane make up guy creates monsters (ie...Teenage Frankie and Wolfman) out of actors?

Does Fulci's CAT in the BRAIN count?

WARNING: NOT a pretty tarailer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wDsYR1iD2g

A director fears he is commiting acts depicted in his films...of course they're Fulci films...so it uses lotsa old clips from his movies.