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1) Blue Jasmine
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After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger's humble apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again.
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Irene, an eccentric, wealthy Manhattanite, wins a society-ball scavenger hunt after finding a "forgotten man" -- an apparent down-and-out drifter -- at a dump. She gives him work as the family butler and soon falls head over heels for him. Her attempts to both woo Godfrey and indoctrinate him in the household's dysfunction make for a string of madcap high jinks.
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"Platinum blonde is a glorious spoof of the newspaper business in New York City during the Depression; Ann Schuyler, a wealthy socialite, meets reporter "Stew" Smith and the two fall madly in love. The comedy begins as she tries to transform him from a ruffian newsman into a convincing gentleman."--Container.
4) Humoresque
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Glamorous socialite Helen Wright takes what she wants - clothes, alcohol, men - and uses them up and tosses them aside. Then she meets a brilliant young violinist, Paul Boray. But this is one toy she can't break.
9) Dark victory
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A beautiful and head-strong heiress suddenly learns that she has only six months to live. Defiant and rebellious at first, she conquers this stroke of fate by the power of great love and ultimately finds peace and happiness in the brief span of life allotted to her.
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My man Godfrey: "A wacky scavenger hunt leads dizzy socialite Irene Bullock to the city dump where she meets Godfrey, a derelict. She hires him as family butler. Godfrey soon discovers the Bullocks are as nutty as the proverbial fruitcake" ... Swing high, swing low: "While hoofing it in Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and agrees to a date. The date turns into a nightclub brawl that ends with Maggie missing...
11) Queen bee
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A drama showing how a neurotic, insincere Southern woman brings unhappiness to her husband, family, and friends in an attempt to insure her own security and position of dominance.
12) Lady for a night
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Jenny Blake is the owner of a riverboat casino, but aspires to live a life of high society. Jack Morgan is her business partner and the two are in love, but Jenny decides to leave him and the business so she can marry socialite Alan Anderson for prestige. Her new in-laws are infuriated by this marriage and do everything in their power to ruin Jenny in the eyes of society.
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"A romantic comedy about finding love (and hate) in the most unlikely places. When bored socialite Helen auditions for a coveted theater role, she is offered a seemingly impossible bargain: receive a marriage proposal from gruff big-game hunter Jack in the next three days and the part is hers. During their whirlwind (and disastrous) romance, Helen quickly discovers that love is not a game, its all-out war!"--
14) My man Godfrey
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Follows the madcap antics of a ditzy debutante who stumbles upon a 'forgotten man' at the city dump. Determined to help Godfrey out, she offers him work in her household and he soon becomes the perfect butler for her eccentric family. As the family's antics grow increasingly more absurd, it is only a matter of time before Godfrey's secret past is revealed.
16) The Grissom gang
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Set in 1930s Kansas City, the story follows the Grissom family's kidnapping of a wealthy woman and the subsequent attraction of the violent younger Grissom for his victim.
17) It's love again
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Peter is a gossip columnist on a paper, and is attracted to Elaine, a young actress. He decides to invent a character to write about, an English beauty from India, who instantly becomes a celebrity. Since no one has ever seen this person, Elaine impersonates this fictitious woman to gain attention, and Peter is mystified that his creation is 'real.'
18) Marci X
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A culture clash occurs when a born-to-shop socialite tries to clean up the act of a rapper. The new song "Shoot Ya' Teacha" by controversial hardcore rapper Dr. S. causes a public outcry. The stress causes a heart attack for the owner of the hardcore rap record label Felony Assault. It's up to his stylishly sunny daughter Marci to take over his business. She tries to rescue the record label by changing the negative image of Dr. S.
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Morning glory: An aspiring actress is mentored to success by several Broadway veterans.
Little women: Follows the lives of the four March sisters living with their mother in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is ministering to Union troops during the American Civil War.
Stage door: A group of aspiring actresses share a boardinghouse in New York City.
Philadelphia story: A socialite's wedding plans are complicated by the appearance of her...
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The gilded lily: Newspaper reporter Peter Dawes (MacMurray) and stenographer Marilyn David (Colbert), nicknamed Lynn, meet regularly on a park bench sharing popcorn along with their dreams. Their budding romance is soon threatened by a chance meeting between Marilyn and Charles Gray (Ray Milland), an English nobleman visiting America.
The bride comes home: A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine.
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