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  • Sweeney Todd: Scenes from the Making of a Musical

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    Opening with the first day of rehearsals of the London production of “Sweeney Todd”, this ninety-minute documentary focuses on the rehearsal process with the musical’s director, composer and actors.

  • Being Julia

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    Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all – including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career – but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the…

  • Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face

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    Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her outrageous costumes to wildly teased hair, Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes, paving the way for future stars. Who can forget her hilarious housekeeping and marriage…

  • Esther Williams: Hollywood’s Mermaid

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    The story of Esther Williams is that of an improbable encounter. That of the glamorous Hollywood of the 1940s with a swimming champion. A meeting that gave birth to the most kitsch and flamboyant genre films in Technicolor: the Aqua-musicals! A dive into the troubled waters of post-war Hollywood, where only her qualities as an…