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1. Theater of Blood (1973)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

7.1

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81 Metascore

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews

Votes: 12,330

2. Our Miss Fred (1972)

PG | 96 min | Comedy, War

5.4

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Shakespearian actor Fred Wimbush's drafted during WWII. While entertaining the troops with his drag act one day, the Germans capture them. Thinking he's a girl, they let him go. He mustn't break his character until he reaches safety.

Director: Bob Kellett | Stars: Danny La Rue, Alfred Marks, Lance Percival, Lally Bowers

Votes: 207

3. Playmates (1941)

Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music

5.5

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For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.

Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Ginny Simms

Votes: 358

4. Chaos on the Bridge (2014 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 59 min | Documentary, Biography, History

7.0

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The story of the struggle to create the television series, Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).

Director: William Shatner | Stars: William Shatner, D.C. Fontana, David Gerrold, Maurice Hurley

Votes: 1,356

5. It Happened in Hollywood (1937)

Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.2

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While hospitalized young Billy meets his silent movie idol Tim Bart but then the talkies came, destroying Bart's career. Now Bart must convince his young friend he is still a star.

Director: Harry Lachman | Stars: Richard Dix, Fay Wray, Victor Kilian, Charles Arnt

Votes: 706

6. A Ham in a Role (1949)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

6.7

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A Shakespearian dog, tired of being a pie-in-the-face looney tune, quits Warner Brothers to study dramatic acting and goes to his country house to practice the bard. He finds that two ... See full summary »

Directors: Robert McKimson, Arthur Davis | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg, Dave Barry

Votes: 438

7. Shakespeare in... and Out (1999)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama

5.1

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Rich Longfellow is a young aspiring actor who dreams of playing Shakespeare's Hamlet. He moves from a small town in Ohio to L.A., sure he will star in major motion pictures before making ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Shushtari | Stars: Roger Shank, Lawrence Trilling, J.D. Smith, Bill Neenan

Votes: 149

8. Ginger (1935)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.3

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Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian actor. Although denied the love of a mother and father, Ginger looks after her uncle, ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Jane Withers, O.P. Heggie, Jackie Searl, Katharine Alexander

Votes: 75

9. Unsubdued Slaves (1946)

80 min | Drama, War

6.0

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On the eve of World War II in Athens, a troupe of young actors plans to put on William Shakespeare's, A Midsummer Night's Dream. However, the outbreak of war changes everything.

Directors: Vion Papamihalis, Marios Ploritis | Stars: Ellie Lambeti, Yorgos Talanos, Ilias Stamatiou, Zoras Tsapelis

Votes: 43

10. My Dark Lady (1987)

104 min | Comedy, Drama

6.5

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Sam Booth is a failed Shakespearean actor who goes on the run after being caught shoplifting while dressed as Santa Claus.

Director: Frederick King Keller | Stars: Fred A. Keller, Lorna Hill, Raymond Holder, John Buscaglia

Votes: 9

11. Doubling for Romeo (1921)

60 min | Comedy

7.1

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Slim Cody works in the movie industry, doubling for the performers. He has a dream in which he portrays Romeo in a movie version of "Romeo and Juliet, " and arranges for someone to double for him when the fight scenes get scary.

Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Will Rogers, Sylvia Breamer, Raymond Hatton, Sidney Ainsworth

Votes: 28

12. Othello (2016 TV Movie)

Musical

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The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.

Director: David Serero | Stars: David Serero, Elena Barone, Amanda Vilanova, Ian Cooper

13. Buckskin (1958–1959)
Episode: A Permanent Juliet (1958)

30 min | Western

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Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Tom Nolan, Sallie Brophy, Jennifer West, Mary Beth Hughes

14. The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974)
Episode: Celebrity Roast: Bette Davis (1973)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music

8.4

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Today is the Celebrity Roast with Bette Davis.

Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Dean Martin, Howard Cosell, Kay Medford, Vincent Price

Votes: 243

15. Fantasy Island (1977–1984)
Episode: The Tallowed Image/Room and Bard (1983)

TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

7.4

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A young man wants to meet the woman whose image he saw in a century-old magazine; and an aspiring Shakespearean actress gets help from no less than the Bard himself.

Director: Carl Kugel | Stars: Ricardo Montalban, Hervé Villechaize, Lloyd Bochner, Ray Buktenica

Votes: 55

16. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
Episode: How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body (1970)

TV-14 | 31 min | Comedy

8.0

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A University of Woolamaloo philosophy-department meeting---the members of which are all named Bruce; an exploding penguin; a radio version of "The Death of Mary Queen of Scots." Also: advice on how to pick up a cosmetic surgeon.

Director: Ian MacNaughton | Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones

Votes: 898

17. The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode: The Night of the Plague (1969)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western

6.6

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While Jim attempts to rescue the governor's daughter from a band of kidnappers, Artie discovers one of the bandits is the carrier of a deadly plague.

Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Lana Wood, Cliff Norton

Votes: 125

18. The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
Episode: William Conrad and Peggy Lee (1973)

TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family

7.1

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Highlights of this edition with guests Peggy Lee and William Conrad include: spoofs of such TV shows as "The Golddiggers", "Maude", "Sonny & Cher" and "Password"; and Roger gets mugged in "Carol and Sis".

Director: Dave Powers | Stars: Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner

Votes: 62