classic hollywood comedy where the progagonist paints an impressionist painting

Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.

This recently produced behind-the-scenes documentary digs into Gershwin's original work, the genesis of the cinematic adaptation, casting, the shoot, and the eventual reception of the film.

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

Takarazuka Cosmos troupe 2008 production of Singin' in the Rain

Painter finds half photo of a struggling dusky actress, falls for her, completes her portrait, and love blossoms through art.

Willing to risk it all, an unscrupulous art dealer and his socially-awkward painter and longtime friend develop an extreme and ludicrous plan to save themselves.

Seeking inspiration for his magnum opus, an eccentric painter tries to recreate a figure from his immemorial past.