jealousy   slapstick comedy   1920s   fired from the job   extortion   blackmail   family relationships   satire   love   punctuation in title   ladder   rainstorm   dancing   1940s   screening room   film within a film   father son relationship   movie studio   1950s   hollywood california   los angeles california   new york city   wig   theatrical agent   gangster   singing   hat   broadway manhattan new york city   boy   manhattan new york city   business   crying   male female relationship   flashback   dance   dancer   funny accent   dysfunctional family   lie   greed   lifting someone into the air   black and white   1930s   secret   recording studio   beautiful woman   piano   video camera   actor   casino   glasses   lip synching   dignity   title based on song   friend   candle   true love   seduction   behind the scenes   california   filmmaking   movie star   memory   microphone   kitchen   applause   film director   film producer   android   unconsciousness   box office flop   brother   x rayed skeleton   flat tire   partner   book   movie fan   motorcycle   video game   contract   watching a movie   dressing room   overhead camera shot   sword fight   cigarette holder   movie premiere   whipped cream   rampage   fan   insult   trolley   coconut grove   jewelry   airplane accident   biplane   film premiere   war filmmaking   film history   megaphone   inventor   fedora   poster   robot   pearl necklace   raincoat   tuxedo   chorus girl   spontaneous choreography   first of series   apostrophe in title   tap dancing   laughing   toy   musician   ballet   candelabra   humor   vaudeville   violin   orchestra   pianist   whimsical   reminiscence   fashion show   streetcar   exclamation point in title   black and white segues into color   man wearing a wig   audience   uncle   archive footage   straw hat   walking into a wall   knocked unconscious   cake   speakeasy   irony   billboard   publicity   famous song   spinning newspaper   treadmill   anti war   title sung by character   stuntman   bittersweet   musical instrument   stage door   studio backlot   pun   toy maker   curtain   burlesque   acrobatics   boater hat   busby berkeley homage   bush   cheesecake   clown costume   comedy team   compliment   debut   diction coach   diction lesson   driving off a cliff   dubbing   employment dismissal   fiddle   fiddler   flapper   grauman's chinese theater   gutter   heartbeat   hidden love   hollywood mogul   inside joke   jalopy   jumping into a car   kissing on a doorstep   lamp post   lucky star   marquee   mistaken motive   movie magazine   movie preview   musical filmmaking   new concept   noises   obsessive love   orchestra conductor   out of sync   pacing   pratfall   reference to a tale of two cities   reference to calvin coolidge   reference to ethel barrymore   reference to george bernard shaw   reference to king lear   reference to moses   silent filmmaking   sound recording   table   talkie   tarantula   theater audience   theater curtain   toreador   tossing coin   type casting   water drain spout   wind machine   yes man   ziegfeld follies   song and dance   america   morning   sign   performance   sound stage   streetlight   reference to al jolson   harmonica   american history   back lot   compilation   entertainment   mgm studios   musical acts   studio   studio compilation   manufacturer   reference to magritte   pacifist   gynoid   lifting adult in air   american   friendship   actress   betrayal   movie theater   love triangle   reference to william shakespeare   nightclub   good versus evil   violinist   explosion   costume   cane   statue   montage   rival   slow motion scene   title spoken by character   innocence   singer   song   newspaper   rain   femme fatale   henchman   surrealism   sword   party   suitcase   20th century   camouflage   necklace   street   talent agent   weapon   stupidity   hallucination   umbrella   piano player