Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920s and 1930s. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, and follows to her death in 1975. Written by John Sacksteder
The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.
Kat Robichaud and The Darling Misfits present Bite, a vampire themed Rock cabaret featuring many covers of well known songs, as well as several new original songs. Featuring costumes based on Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and From Dusk til' Dawn.
This film is considered one of Tin Tan's funniest comedies. This time, the charismatic comedian incarnates a mariachi musician that lives the most entertaining an extraordinary adventures while traveling from Mexico to the paradisaic island of Cuba. An example of the excellent cinematographic comedy that only Tin Tan can achieve.
Registration of the eleventh theatre program by the Dutch comedian Theo Maassen.
ROLAND REBER’S CABARET OF DEATH paints a multi-layered picture of existence and puts the taboo subject of death back in line into the circle of life. In various storylines a ruined relationship crosses paths with an old man begging for euthanasia, a live show featuring candidates who are mercilessly sacrificed to the audience, a dancer who cannot escape ageing despite her self-optimization and the one with the mask who craves to be famous at all costs. And between all this, a corpse driver rolls his “clients” through a long corridor and shares his very personal and unaffected thoughts about life and dea
Stage registration of the sixteenth show by the Flemish cabaret duo Kommil Foo. 'Schoft' is, once again, a show about the human condition. About mankind who tries to hold his own, but inevitably stumbles and falls. Time and again man will scramble up, only to fall again later. A laughable, but also comforting thought.
Stage registration of the thirteenth show by the Flemish cabaret duo Kommil Foo. About man and his everyday tragedy. And that that man is a wolf to his fellow man...
Stage registration of the fifteenth show 'Breken' by the Flemish musical comedy duo Kommil Foo. The performance opens with the question 'How do you get a grown man into a matchbox?'
De dvd Typetjes Tour- Elk typetje is een personage van vlees en bloed... Op veler verzoek haalt Onno Innemee al zijn succesvolle typetjes uit eerdere programma's nog eenmaal uit de kast. Ontroerende, hilarische, herkenbare, levensechte, figuren uit zijn vroegere werk zoals De angsthaas, Conny van Camping, De dove buikspreker en De Dronken vader zullen de revue passeren in deze speciale "De typetjes dvd tour". Voor degenen die niet bij de tv opnames aanwezig waren, kunnen dit nu bewonderen op de dvd