“It's the swellest. It's the cream of the silver screen. It's got buckets of tears and a million laughs.”
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
George C. Scott
Gloves Malloy / Spats Baxter
Trish Van Devere
Betsy McGuire / Isobel Stuart
Red Buttons
Peanuts / Jinks Murphy
Eli Wallach
Vince Marlow / Pop
Harry Hamlin
Joey Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Ann Reinking
Troubles Moran ("Dynamite Hands")
Jocelyn Brando
Mama Popchik / Mrs. Updike
Michael Kidd
"Pop" Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Kathleen Beller
Angie Popchik ("Dynamite Hands")
Barry Bostwick
Johnny Danko / Dick Cummings
Art Carney
Dr. Blaine / Dr. Bowers
Barbara Harris
Trixie Lane ("Baxter's Beauties of 1933")
The Chorus
Cunk on Christmas
Amazon Women on the Moon
A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
Kevin Hart: I'm a Grown Little Man
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
The Cheap Detective
Back to the Beach
Ziegfeld Follies
How to Irritate People
You, the Living
K3: The Song Of The Mermaid
Twatter
Tristezas Não Pagam Dívidas
Brain Donors
Hellzapoppin'
Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger
Louis C.K.: Hilarious