broadway producer
11 movies and shows
Under Eighteen
Sat, 02 Jan 1932
Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. Determined to help her family out of its financial bind, she is ready to do both after she shows up at the penthouse pool bash of a wealthy playboy.
George White's 1935 Scandals
Fri, 29 Mar 1935
A Broadway producer discovers new talent in a small Georgia town and brings them to New York for his new show.
Black Widow
Thu, 28 Oct 1954
When a young stage hopeful is found dead, suspicion falls on her mentor, a successful Broadway producer.
Ready, Willing and Able
Sat, 06 Mar 1937
Two starving songwriters will only get funding if they get British actress Jane Clarke to star in their show.
But Not for Me
Wed, 19 Aug 1959
Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his nubile secretary, Ellie Brown, she shocks him with a declaration of love. Inspired, Ward commands playwright MacDonald to rewrite his latest show as a May-December romance starring Brown herself. Ward struggles to make a comeback as his ex-wife, Kathryn, plots to end his new relationship.
Morning Glory
Fri, 18 Aug 1933
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?
Mister Big
Fri, 28 May 1943
Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but they conspire to do a swing musical instead.
The Producers
Thu, 10 Oct 2019
Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times over the actual cost, and then put on a sure-fire flop, so nobody will ask for their money back – and what can be a more certain flop than a tasteless musical celebrating Hitler.
Broadway Melody of 1938
Fri, 20 Aug 1937
Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse, she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with to ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.
Haywire
Wed, 14 May 1980
Based on the autobiography of Brooke Hayward, daughter of famous Broadway producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, who grows up in the glamorous, cruel and emotionally unstable world of her parents.
Red, Hot and Blue
Mon, 05 Sep 1949
In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.