The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.
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What critics compared The Barefoot Contessa to
Babylon is going to have to be a dazzlingly original production indeed to make it stand out in comparison with, say, Singin’ in the Rain , The Barefoot Contessa , Chaplin , Blonde , The Bad and the Beautiful , The Big Knife , A Star Is Born (any of the four versions), The Day of the Locust , The Loved One , Mank , Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , Barton Fink , Postcards from the Edge , The Last Tycoon or Beware of a Holy Whore , to name a random few.