I’ve compiled a more complete list of “Movies About Movies” and various films that deal in some way with show business. The following films were not screened at the Park Ridge Public Library Classic Film Series in 2017. (Some titles, however, have already been shown in previous programs.) For those interested in the subject, here is the list of recommendations:
HIS NEW JOB (1915) Dir. Charlie Chaplin (short)
SHERLOCK, JR. (1924) Dir. Buster Keaton
ELLA CINDERS (1926) Dir. Alfred E. Green
THE CAMERAMAN (1928) Dir. Edward Sedgwick
THE LAST COMMAND (1928) Dir. Josef von Sternberg
THE STUDIO MURDER MYSTERY (1932) Dir. Frank Tuttle
ONCE IN A LIFETIME (1932) Dir. Russell Mack
THE DEATH KISS (1932) Dir. Edward L. Marin
THE LOST SQUADRON (1932) Dir. George Archainbaud
MOVIE CRAZY (1932) Dir. Clyde Bruckman/Harold Lloyd
BOMBSHELL (1933) Dir. Victor Fleming
LUCKY DEVILS (1933) Dir. Ralph Ince
THE PREVIEW MURDER MYSTERY (1936) Dir. Robert Florey
STAND-IN (1937) Dir. Tay Garnett
SOMETHING TO SING ABOUT (1937) Dir. Victor Schertzinger
THE BANK DICK (1940) Dir. Eddie Cline
HELLZAPOPPIN’ (1941) Dir. H.C. Potter
THE FALCON IN HOLLYWOOD (1944) Dir. Gordon Douglas
ALL ABOUT EVE (1950) Dir. Joseph Mankiewicz
THE STAR (1952) Dir. Stuart Heisler
A STAR IS BORN (1954) Dir. George Cukor
THE OTHER WOMAN (1954) Dir. Hugo Haas
THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA (1954) Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
THE BIG KNIFE (1955) Dir. Robert Aldrich
FINGER OF GUILT (1956) Dir. Joseph Losey
HOLLYWOOD OR BUST (1956) Dir. Frank Tashlin
THE GODDESS (1958) Dir. John Cromwell
THE ERRAND BOY (1961) Dir. Jerry Lewis
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (1962) Dir. Robert Aldrich
TWO WEEKS IN ANOTHER TOWN (1962) Dir. Vincente Minnelli
8 ½ (1963) Dir. Federico Fellini
CONTEMPT (1963) Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
THE OSCAR (1966) Dir. Russell Rouse
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM (1972) Dir. Herbert Ross
DAY FOR NIGHT (1973) Dir. Francois Truffaut
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (1975) Dir. John Schlesinger
MOVIE MOVIE (1978) Dir. Stanley Donen
THE CAMERA BUFF (1979) Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
THE STUNT MAN (1980) Dir. Richard Rush
THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (1985) Dir. Woody Allen
CINEMA PARADISO (1988) Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
THE BIG PICTURE (1989) Dir. Christopher Guest
THE PLAYER (1992) Dir. Robert Altman
MATINEE (1993) Dir. Joe Dante
ED WOOD (1994) Dir. Tim Burton
HUGO (2011) Dir. Martin Scorsese
THE ARTIST (2011) Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
LA LA LAND (2016) Dir. Damien Chazelle
Harold Lloyd (right) in Movie Crazy (1932).
