black comedy   motel   bar   jealousy   slapstick comedy   1920s   fired from the job   christmas   extortion   blackmail   family relationships   satire   love   punctuation in title   ladder   rainstorm   suburbia   dancing   screening room   film within a film   beach   movie studio   hollywood california   los angeles california   new york city   mansion   wig   theatrical agent   gangster   singing   hat   broadway manhattan new york city   cult comedy   boy   manhattan new york city   crying   male female relationship   flashback   dancer   funny accent   lie   cult director   lifting someone into the air   racial slur   small town   phone book   bathtub   convertible   blow job   department store   black and white   church   bank   secret   fellatio   recording studio   beautiful woman   piano   video camera   homelessness   actor   casino   mother   glasses   record player   stop motion   lip synching   psychotronic   carnival   dignity   falling in love   title based on song   friend   candle   young love   true love   boyfriend girlfriend relationship   seduction   behind the scenes   california   movie star   microphone   kitchen   applause   disco   christmas tree   film director   film producer   coming of age   urban legend   credit card   product placement   unconsciousness   radio   exploding building   blockbuster   flat tire   partner   book   maid   movie fan   car trouble   motorcycle   wine   check   contract   watching a movie   joint   chainsaw   dressing room   overhead camera shot   sniper   sword fight   cigarette holder   movie premiere   film projector   whipped cream   rampage   fan   insult   trolley   coconut grove   jewelry   airplane accident   biplane   film premiere   war filmmaking   film history   megaphone   inventor   racist   fedora   poster   pearl necklace   raincoat   tuxedo   chorus girl   spontaneous choreography   apostrophe in title   tap dancing   gift   laughing   musician   ballet   social commentary   candelabra   humor   trumpet   vaudeville   violin   orchestra   pianist   fashion show   streetcar   animal cruelty   racist comment   firing squad   gadget   flasher   black and white segues into color   man wearing a wig   audience   pet   straw hat   remote control   station wagon   white male pretending to be black   walking into a wall   mass destruction   knocked unconscious   cake   speakeasy   irony   billboard   nipple slip   publicity   slapstick   spontaneous sex   candy bar   famous song   rags to riches   reunion   spinning newspaper   snail   tennis court   treadmill   feather   puppet   title sung by character   stuntman   crossbow   holiday horror   musical instrument   snowman   fire alarm   stage door   studio backlot   elvis presley   pun   curtain   shopkeeper   hitchhiking   riches to rags   crazy humor   wild comedy   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   america   morning   sign   performance   sound stage   streetlight   reference to al jolson   harmonica   chinatown   manure   toy car   moonshine   horror for kids   train ride   mud mask   bank teller   broken rule   microwave   midnight   slingshot   swimming baths   grab ass   skunk   adult humor   microwave oven   non statutory female on male rape   science teacher   christmas horror   gremlin   negative asian stereotype   reference to marc anthony and pussyfoot   reference to pepe le pew   reference to sylvester the cat   young men's christian association   salespeople   charlatan   lifting adult in air   racial confusion   service station   sharecropper   thermos   american   friendship   actress   dog   cult favorite   betrayal   movie theater   love triangle   reference to william shakespeare   nightclub   spoof   violinist   explosion   butler   costume   creature   one word title   rose   fountain   monster   cane   voice over narration   unlikely hero   statue   montage   animal in cast credits   transformation   slow motion scene   title spoken by character   singer   song   newspaper   rain   gas station   knife throwing   femme fatale   swimming pool   henchman   sword   party   suitcase   20th century   marijuana   necklace   robbery   street   talent agent   stupidity   umbrella   piano player   trailer   painting   southern u.s.   wedding   snowplow