My Geisha

My Geisha 1962

6.47

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, Lucy Dell, in his latest film production, a version of Madame Butterfly. Undaunted, the resourceful Lucy wings her way to Tokyo and, masquerading as a Japanese geisha, lands the coveted role from her unsuspecting husband! But in front of the cameras (and behind the pancake makeup), Lucy faces greater challenges: her lecherous leading man - and a husband who is beginning to realize that his talented new "discovery" seems vaguely familiar...

1962

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Next Stop, Greenwich Village 1976

6.40

An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.

1976

Movie Crazy

Movie Crazy 1932

6.17

After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.

1932

Screen Test: Jackie

Screen Test: Jackie 1967

1

Andy Warhol directs The Factory regular Louisa "Jackie" Foster for a screen test.

1967

The Star

The Star 1952

7.20

Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.

1952

Jonny Quest Screen Test 09/95

Jonny Quest Screen Test 09/95 1995

10.00

This is the screen test video trailer version of Fred Dekker 1995 script for the live action version of Jonny Quest. The script takes place in Hong Kong 1964 where a top commander Race gets recruited to Dr Quest as his bodyguard. He also befriends the doctor's son Jonny who is more adventurous than some might know but also distanced from his father. Together they are headed for the lost city in the jungle where they will prevent a Chinese doctor from taking the magic power of the gods.

1995

Star Dust

Star Dust 1940

4.70

When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

1940

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 1999

1

Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of legends. See some of Hollywood's top names and greatest talents in their very first appearances on celluloid. From Dustin Hoffman's 1966 stock and personality tests to Raquel Welch and James Coburn cavorting for Our Man Flint, from The Three Stooges to Rock Hudson, see stars trying to get on film.

1999

Soar

Soar 2004

1

Everyone's worst travel nightmare - being stuck next to an obnoxious dork on a flight where there are no spare seats.

2004

Centerfold Screen Test 2

Centerfold Screen Test 2 1986

2.30

Penthouse Pet Michelle Bauer jumped from the pages of early-'80s men's mags to the wild celluloid of mid-'80s horror flicks. This gal works all the time and has played everything from hookers to holy women.

1986

Screen Test: Amy Taubin

Screen Test: Amy Taubin 1964

1

Andy Warhol Screen Test No. 335: Screen test of influential art critic Amy Taubin

1964

Miss Cinema

Miss Cinema 2015

1

In a series of vintage screentests, we see young, anonymous girls posing and hoping for a role in a film. A couple of typical poses, a battle with the strangeness of the situation, the clumsiness of the cameraman - the compilers from the Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia preserved all imperfections with love.

2015