Jackie Gleason

This film, originally made for tv, stars William H. Macy as a mute superintendent of a apartment building that is falling apart who becomes the unwilling guardian to a young girl with a bit of an attitude. The film is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 feature film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who also wrote the original story.

This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very first special, for Frigidaire, on April 9, 1950 and putting his way through the years to 1975

This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937) celebrating 25 years of Bob Hope Specials and the many celebrities that appeared on them The clips begin with his very first special, for Frigidaire, on April 9, 1950 and putting his way through the years to 1975

Rediscover the comedy classic that features bus driver Ralph Cramden and his wife Alice, as well as their wacky friends Ed and Trixie Norton in this tribute collection of three documentary programs primarily consisting of numerous clips, bloopers, and improvised segments from the original TV series, as well as one full episode, "Letter to the Boss".

Video series spotlighting memorable moments and roasts hosted by Dean Martin. "Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts" were periodic specials aired in the 1970s and 1980s, which roasted (or honored) such stars as Lucille Ball, Muhammad Ali and Johnny Carson; guests then recalled comedic moments they shared. Comedian Rich Little (a regular on the "Roast" specials) served as pitchman for the videos in a series of TV infomercials

The program on this DVD is basically a retrospective produced in the early 1990s for public television that was originally called «A Bing Crosby Christmas: Just Like the Ones You Used to Know» that was narrated by Gene Kelly and hosted by Bing's widow, Kathryn Crosby. The program itself features clips from fifteen of Bing's classic television specials, concentrating on the period from the early 1960s onwards when he included Kathryn and their three children in the programs.

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Documentary about the life and times of Jackie Gleason.

David Basner, director creativo de una agencia de publicidad, gana mucho dinero y está siempre rodeado de mujeres. Cuando se entera de que su madre, después de 34 años de matrimonio, ha abandonado a su padre, no tiene más remedio que cambiar de vida. Ahora tendrá que repartir su tiempo entre su madre, feliz de haber recuperado la independencia, y su recién jubilado padre, un hombre testarudo y nada sentimental.

The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920's.

Burt Reynolds is honored by more than 100 of his fellow celebrities and co-workers.

Towards the end of their lives, two old friends discover that one of them was in love with the other one's wife for more than thirty years.

El Sheriff Buford T. Justice está a punto de retirarse cuando los peculiares Enises le retan a él y a Snowman a hacer una entrega especial desde Miami a Texas en 24 horas.,Para conseguir un impresionante premio de 250.0000 dólares, cada uno tratará de ser el primero en llegar a la meta, sin ninguna frontera capaz de bloquearles.

Época de la Gran Depresión (años 30). Fargo Gondorff (Jackie Gleason), Jake Hooker (Mac Davis) y Condesa Veronique (Teri Garr) intentarán estafar de nuevo a Doyle Lonnegan (Oliver Reed), el famoso gángster sediento de venganza desde que lo estafaron por primera vez. Otra víctima del grupo será el mafioso Macalinski (Karl Malden).

Eric es un niño de nueve años de edad, hijo de un poderoso multimillonario. El joven posee la colección de juguetes más completa del mundo, pero no consigue dejar de aburrirse. La única solución es un divertido juguete real que le entretenga a todas horas. Remake del film francés "Le jouet" de 1976.

Una vez más, es perseguido por su archienemigo el Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Gleason), quien sigue obsesionado con atraparle. Pero esta vez, el botín es todavía más grande: una elefante embarazada: y los riesgos son mayores, la acción más salvaje y, por supuesto, la recompensa para el ganador... mucho mayor.

Bandit (Reynolds), el camionero rey de la carretera, se enfrenta a todo un reto, recoger un camión de cerveza en Texarkana, el lugar más cercano donde se puede vender legalmente esa bebida, y conducirlo a través del país hasta Atlanta en sólo 48 horas. ¿La recompensa? ¡80.000 dólares! ¿El resultado? La persecución y los accidentes de coches más salvajes jamás vistos. ¿El motivo? Un sheriff de Texas, Buford T. Justice alias "Smokey", obsesionado con capturar al escurridizo Bandit, desde que la novia de su hijo lo abandonara por el rey de la carretera.

Película hecha para el lucimiento personal del cómico italiano Terence Hill, con la que trató de hacerse un hueco en el mercado norteamericano. Fue un fracaso de taquilla

Lucille Ball stars with the Great One, Jackie Gleason, combining their comedic talents for the first time in a trio of comedy-dramas centered on the various aspects of marriage.

A professor recalls his atheistic father, his devoted mother and his father's blousy mistress.

The Hollander family's European vacation is interrupted when their plane is forced to land in Vulgaria. The Hollanders leave the plane to take pictures which results in accusations of spying. Chased by Vulgarian soldiers, they take refuge in the American Embassy under the protection of the absent ambassador's hapless son.

Tras veinte años de matrimonio, Frank y Elaine Benson deciden divorciarse. Al mismo tiempo, su hija decide casarse con su novio.

A Tony Banks, un gángster retirado, lo contrata el conocido mafioso God, para que acabe con una banda rival liderada por 'Blue Chips' Packard. Como Banks se retrasa en la ejecución del trabajo, God se pone nervioso y secuestra a su hija Darlene y la encierra en su lujoso yate.

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.

El sargento de suministros Eustis Clay trata a diario de convencer a su compafiero el sargento Maxwell Slaughter para que, una vez abandonado el ejercito, se alien en una union empresarial imbatible gracias a las disparatadas ideas de negocio de Eustis y al buen saber hacer empresarial de Maxwell. Pero ademas de sus planes de futuro, Eustis desea ayudar a Maxwell en su vida personal por lo que decide presentarle a su guapa y jovencisima amiga Baby Jo Pepperdine y ver si es posible que surja una amistad entre ellos. Por otra parte, Eustis tambien pretende aprovechar las cualidades atleticas de su amigo el soldado Jerry Meltzer. Los dias van pasando en la base military poco a poco Eustis ve mas cercano el anhelado dia en que vuelva a ser un civil...

Si a la esposa de Jack Griffith no le gusta el color de la casa de un vecino, se las arreglará para que sea una casa de otro color. Si el dueño de la heladería no cree en vender triple banana split por un centavo, Jack comprará el establecimiento. Y si la niña de Jack quiere al pony en el desfile del circo, ¿por qué no comprar todo el circo? Esta última broma envía a Amberlyn Griffith de regreso a Texarkana c. 1900, donde su padre se postula para su tercer mandato como alcalde. Jack lo sigue, trayendo a todo el circo.

A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Gleason shows his considerable talents as an actor without uttering a sound as he plays the bumbling, kind-hearted janitor, Gigot. Gleason wrote the original story and music for this film.

A poignant comedy about a mute who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute. Gleason shows his considerable talents as an actor without uttering a sound as he plays the bumbling, kind-hearted janitor, Gigot. Gleason wrote the original story and music for this film.

Tras ser noqueado por Cassius Clay, a Mountain Rivera ya no le queda nada que hacer en un ring. Dada su edad y las lesiones sufridas a lo largo de su carrera, su entrenador le recomienda que busque un nuevo trabajo. Sin embargo, su representante necesita que vuelva a enfrentarse a Clay...

Eddie Felson es un joven arrogante y amoral que frecuenta con éxito las salas de billar. Decidido a ser proclamado el mejor, busca al Gordo de Minnesota, un legendario campeón de billar. Cuando, por fin, consigue enfrentarse con él, su falta de seguridad le hace fracasar. El amor de una solitaria mujer podría ayudarlo a abandonar esa clase de vida, pero Eddie no descansará hasta vencer al campeón sin importarle el precio que tenga que pagar por ello.

The Fabulous Fifties, CBS, combines style, humor, and imagination. It was rich in touches of quality showmanship and equally rich in the memories of a decade which it revived. In recognition, the Peabody Television Award for entertainment is presented to The Fabulous Fifties, with a special word of praise for producer Leland Hayward and the top talent which appeared in this memorable entertainment special*. *The two-hour special featured comic takes and commentary about the previous decade by, among others, Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews, Mike Nichols and Elaine May, Dick Van Dyke, Shelley Berman, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Jackie Gleason, Eric Severeid and Henry Fonda.

Omar, se opone al tirano príncipe Murad. Para evitar que Murad se case con Schaharazade, Omar se casa con ella engañándola. Cuando el truco es descubierto, tanto el príncipe y la princesa quiere la cabeza de Omar.

Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again.

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.

An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist.

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...

Jackie Gleason and Jack Durant are teamed for the first and only time as Hank and Jed, a pair of dimwitted barbers who are forced into bankruptcy because all their customers have marched off to war. Figuring that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, Hank and Jed try to join the Army themselves, only to be rejected for a variety of reasons (When asked to read the eye-chart, Hank says he can't-not because he can't see, but because he can't read).

An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, she is thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners don't have the same ideas.

Gloves Donahue, un jugador de Broadway y truhán simpático, quiere encontrar al asesino del señor Miller, un anciano panadero. Donahue reconoce a Leda Hamilton, cantante de un club nocturno propiedad de Marty Callahan, a la que vio salir de la panadería. Joe Denning, el socio de Marty es asesinado, Leda desaparece de forma misteriosa. Donahue, a quien la policía considera sospechoso junto a Marty del asesinato de Joe Denning, sigue la pista de Leda hasta encontrarla, ésta le confiesa que se ve obligada a colaborar con agentes nazis para proteger a su padre prisionero en Alemania.

Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.

On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current gunnery champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't learned, however, is that the marksman's enlistment is up before the contest is supposed to take place.