Movie Movie
It's the swellest. It's the cream of the silver screen. It's got buckets of tears and a million laughs.
A gleeful, high-energy spoof of 1930s Hollywood genres that celebrates the artifice and charm of classic cinema through affectionate parody and vaudeville-style humor.
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.
Essence
Ensemble
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")
Closest match
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same mood
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Go darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Something gentler
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Hidden gem
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
