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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The extra girl follows the misadventures of Sue Graham, a small-town lass who escapes her romantic entanglements by heading for the green pastures of Hollywood. Sue quickly discovers that the dream factory is just a factory like any other, as she is assigned to duty in the wardrobe department. But through pluck and ambition, she manages to overcome every setback, including one hair-raising sequence in which she accidentally unleashes a man-eating...
3) Barton Fink
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Inspired by actual events, The Bling Ring tells the story of a group of fame-obsessed teenagers living in the suburbs of Los Angeles who use the internet to track celebrities, whereabouts in order to rob their empty homes. Ringleader Rebecca leads the group of misfits including Marc, Nicki, Sam and Chloe on the ultimate heist for designer clothes and jewelry; and what starts out as teenage fun quickly spins out of control.
7) Starry eyes
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Determined to make it as an actress in Hollywood, Sarah Walker spends her days working a dead-end job, enduring petty friendships and going on countless casting calls. After a series of strange auditions, Sarah lands the leading role in a new film from a mysterious production company. But, bizarre ramifications come that will transform her both mentally and physically into something beautiful, and altogether terrifying.
8) The congress
Series
Drafthouse Films volume 24
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, an aging actress decides to take her final job: preserving her digital likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount Studios, her alias will be controlled by the studio, and will star in any film they want with no restrictions.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
From maverick filmmaker William A. Wellman (The public enemy, Nothing sacred) comes the original, timeless tale of Hollywood fantasy and heartbreak: A star is born. Esther Blodgett (Janet Gaynor) comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom only to have them shattered by a ruthless, cold-hearted town without pity, where the chances of finding fame are one in a hundred thousand. Enter falling (and falling down drunk) movie star Norman Maine (Fredric March),...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Meet the Weiss family, who are making their way in Hollywood rife with money, fame, envy, and relentless hauntings. Stafford Weiss is a famed TV self-help therapist with an A-list celebrity clientele. Meanwhile, Cristina Weiss has her work cut out managing the career of their disaffected child-star son, Benjie, a fresh graduate of rehab at age thirteen. Yet unbeknownst to them, another member of the Weiss family has arrived in town, mysteriously scarred...
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
A satire on the ups and downs of being a black actor in Hollywood. Bobby Taylor, a young black actor whose attempts to find work are dashed when told that he's not "black enough" for the roles being offered. With jobs limited to stereotypes (gang-bangers, pimps and Uncle Toms), Bobby's struggles are told through a series of comic fantasies and dreams.
13) Hail, Caesar!
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
An all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age. It follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The incredible true story of aspiring filmmaker and Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) as he and his best friend Greg (Dave Franco) defiantly pursue their dreams and embark on the hilarious odyssey of making the now-infamous cult classic *The Room*. **Oscar** nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. **Golden Globe** winner for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. Nominated for Best Male Lead at the **Film...
15) She said
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation, a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When ad copywriter Rockwell Hunter hears the Stay-Put lipstick account is leaving for another agency, he gets the bright idea of asking movie star Rita Marlowe to endorse the product. Known as the "girl with the kissable lips", Rita agrees on one condition, that Rockwell pretend to be her lover so she can make her boyfriend jealous, and so begins the first of many obstacles Rock faces on his meteoric climb up the ladder of success.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The black camel: When beautiful starlet Shelah Fane is murdered in Hawaii, suspicion points to a psychic advisor with a spirited nature. But when Chan uncovers a link to the unsolved murder of screen heartthrob Denny Mayo, the Chinese supersleuth soon discovers that, in Hollywood, fame can be murder.
Charlie Chan on Broadway: A New York nightclub gal is turning from singer to canary-- with a tell-all diary about her mobster ex-boyfriend. But when...
18) La la land
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles. This original musical about everyday life explores the joy and pain of pursuing dreams.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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Description
It's 1957, and Hollywood horror director James Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The invisible man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images from his past. When his dour housekeeper Hannah hires handsome young gardener Clayton Boone, the gay director and the simple yardman develop an unlikely friendship.
20) The aviator
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Howard Hughes was a rich young man from Texas, heir to his father's fortune, when he decided he wanted to make movies. Age 21, he made the most expensive Hollywood film ever (at the time); and went on to break air-speed records, make another fortune in aircraft design, smash Charles Lindbergh's round-the-world flight record, and be romantically linked with almost all of Hollywood's famous beauties. Nevertheless, he died alone, sealed into a room he...
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