African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on his work, along with archival footage of interviews with several of Chaplin's co-stars.
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a starring role in the show, hoping that it will also get Joan to fall in love with him. After scoring a hit, Joan accepts Frank's marriage proposal, more out of gratitude than love. The situation gets even stickier when she falls for a handsome band leader during a trip to Florida. Can she tell Frank she's in love with someone else?
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.
A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client.
A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.