Jack Gilford

Tras haberse marchado con los alienígenas, los ancianos de la residencia vuelven a la tierra para que sus amigos extraterrestres recuperen otras cápsulas pérdidas en el océano, y que corren peligro por un terremoto.

Arthur, el playboy más rico, entrañable y excéntrico del mundo vuelve en plena forma, disfrutando de una vida de lujo con su esposa, su leal chófer y su nuevo mayordomo. Pero el vengativo padre de la ex-prometida de Arthur lo amenaza con despojarlo de su patrimonio si no se divorcia y se casa con su hija.

Michael Riley desea tener de nuevo 17 años y su deseo se convierte en realidad. Michael vuelve al instituto donde estaba enamorado de Laura por la que aún se siente atraído. Un sueño que se hace realidad es a veces más difícil de llevar que la realidad que lo precedió. Así lo descubre Michael Riley (Robert Urich) cuando de repente se convierte en un joven de 17 años.

A plane is hijacked and bound for London. Once the terrorists begin killing hostages, the passengers take matters into their own hands.

Un grupo de ancianos que viven en una residencia descubren la fuente de la eterna juventud. El único problema es que el lugar mágico pertenece a un grupo de extraterrestres, y desconocen si sus intenciones son amigables. Un espléndido reparto y acertadas dosis de sentimentalismo hicieron de este drama fantástico un gran éxito de taquilla.

A former child show host misses the good old days. He and his sidekick from the show are doing a gig when the place gets robbed and the sidekick murdered. The host is the only one who saw the robber well so the robber goes after him.

Anna Hart fue siempre una niña extraña, un genio, una ladrona con extraños sueños proféticos. Al mismo tiempo, varias cosas extrañas comienzan a suceder.

La vida en la edad de piedra es dura para el pobre Atouk porque, aunque está muy enamorado, como es el más pequeño y el más debilucho de los cavernícolas de su tribu, el objeto de sus deseos, la hermosa Lana no le hace ni caso. Además el compañero de Lana, Tonda, un chicarrón que es además el jefe de la tribu, lo ha echado de la caverna. Atouk se ve obligado a vagar por ahí, donde acaba formando extrañas alianzas con personajes que, al conocer su historia, se deciden a ayudarle para que vuelva con su clan.

In this sequel to 1979's "Goldie and the Boxer," the ingratiating twosome, heavyweight champ and his 10-year-old manager, flee to California when a vengeful promoter who lost a bundle on the title fight wants retribution.

A newly divorced swinger on the prowl goes to work as a detective for a neurotic feminist attorney.

Harvey y Zoey, dos turistas en Israel, descubren un antiguo pergamino sobre Herschel, el hombre que casi fue Moisés. Dios ordena a Herschel que libere a su pueblo de la esclavitud, pero Moisés se lleva todo el mérito.

Garry Trudeau's classic characters (Mike Doonesbury, Zonker, etc.) examine how their lifestyles, priorities, and concerns have changed since the end of their idealistic college days in the 1960s.

Dos estafadores que intentan atracar el banco más grande del siglo XIX se ganan la enemistad del ladrón de bancos más famoso del mundo, pero también el afecto de una periodista.

Everybody Rides The Carousel invites the viewer along on eight "rides" through the different stages of life. Based on the work by Erik Erikson, one of the most influential psychoanalytic theorists of this century, the film explores the inner feelings and conflicted emotions experienced during each stage of personality development. With distinctive and poetic animation, John and Faith Hubley visualize the conflicts, joys, problems and delights we all experience on the carousel of life.

When Tubby the Tuba sets out to find a melody all of his own, his journey results in this enchanting and exciting musical tale. Tubby joins the circus and striving to be part of an orchestra, he travels to the Singing City where along the way he encounters many wonderful characters.

Three middle-aged sisters and their grouchy mother confront issues with men in their lives.

Narra la odisea a lo largo de un día y medio de un hombre, Harry Stoner, que atraviesa una profunda crisis.

The second television adaptation of Once Upon a Mattress was broadcast on December 12, 1972, on CBS. This production, videotaped in color, included original Broadway cast members Burnett, Gilford and White, and also featured Bernadette Peters as Lady Larken, Ken Berry as Prince Dauntless, Ron Husmann as Harry, and Wally Cox as The Jester. It was directed by Ron Field and Dave Powers. Again, several songs were eliminated and characters were combined or altered. Since the parts of the Minstrel and the Wizard were cut from this adaptation, a new prologue was written with Burnett singing "Many Moons Ago" as a bedtime story.

CBS' updated version of the classic Gershwin musical, cast largely with stars who were all appearing in then-current CBS television series.

Justin Playfair, enloquecido tras la muerte de su esposa, vive en un mundo de fantasia, absolutamente convencido de que él es el legendario detective Sherlock Holmes. La doctora Mildred Watson, completamente fascinada por su caso, se dejará arrastrar por Justin a una disparatada búsqueda del profesor Moriarty por las calles de Manhattan.

Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). En una base aérea estadounidense del Mediterráneo, los pilotos caen como moscas. Uno de ellos, para librarse de una disparatada misión, finge estar loco y consigue huir a Suecia.

A drama critic learns on his wedding day that his beloved maiden aunts are homicidal maniacs, and that insanity runs in his family.

Dos jóvenes entran en un vagón de metro con una única intención: provocar el terror entre los pasajeros.

Harry Lucas trabaja en la Casa de la Moneda de Estados Unidos. Una noche destruye accidentalmente 50.000 dólares. Las cosas pintan mal para Harry hasta que se le ocurre la idea de colarse en la imprenta e imprimir dinero de repuesto; sin embargo, consigue más de lo que esperaba cuando todo el mundo quiere ser parte del plan.

David Kolowitz, a nice young man living with his parents in New York City in 1938, works at a machine repair shop. His parents want David to study to become a pharmacist. But what he really wants is to be an actor like his idol, Ronald Colman. One day, at his friend Marvin's suggestion, David tries out for a part in a play, and gets it, despite his obvious lack of acting experience (not to mention ability). True, it's a rather small part in a low-rent production. Leading the troupe is a washed-up, alcoholic actor who hires David at the urging of his actress-daughter, who finds David "cute." To play his part, David must come up with his own costume - a tuxedo - and pay the house five dollars a week, ostensibly for tuition. But it is David's first acting job, one which calls for him to "enter laughing." And if it doesn't work out - well, there's always pharmacy school.

Cuando un astuto esclavo, mentiroso, perezoso, ocurrente y tramposo descubre que el hijo de su amo está enamorado de una joven virgen, le ofrece su ayuda para conquistarla si a cambio le condede la libertad. Pero los amoríos se ven obstaculizados por asombrosas sorpresas, ingeniosos disfraces y una alocada carrera de cuádrigas.

Un hombre que padece amnesia intenta reconstruir su pasado saliendo con distintas mujeres que sospecha que pudieron haber formado parte de su vida anterior.

In this hybrid of live-action and stop-motion animation, a young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina and The Emperor's New Clothes.

Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. The musical story of THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA, this television adaption of the 1959 Broadway hit was videotaped in black and white in front of a live audience and featured Burnett, Bova, Gilford, and White from the original Broadway cast, as well as new principals Bill Hayes as the Minstrel, Shani Wallis as Lady Larken and Elliott Gould (in his first appearance on any screen) as the Jester. Due to the reduced running time of 90 minutes, several songs and scenes were either cut or shortened. The conflict concerning Sir Harry and Lady Larkin was downplayed so that they were married in secret.

Jack is the fastidious manager of a local supermarket. The harmless but disruptive actions of his customers frequently give him headaches, which he remedies by holding a can of frozen juice against his forehead. At home, however, Jack is consistently kind, loving, and patient with his wife and daughter. One day the child brings home a stray dog, and his life is turned upside down.

This omnibus release consists of three playlets filmed and aired during television's Golden Age, and starring some of the legends of film and television. The collection originally ran as a two-hour segment on December 14, 1959, on the anthology series The Play of the Week, broadcast locally in New York City via the independent radio station WNTA. Each "tale" in the anthology was adapted from a single tale by the inimitable Sholom Aleichem, regarded by many as the "Yiddish Mark Twain". Included are: "A Tale of Chelm" starring Zero Mostel and Nancy Walker in the story of a bookseller attempting to buy a goat; "Bontche Schweig" about a poor man (Jack Gilford) whose recent arrival in Heaven makes the angels cry; and "The High School" about a Jewish merchant (Morris Carnovsky) persuaded by his wife (Gertrude Berg) to let their son attend a particular high school despite the enforcement of quotas for Jewish students.

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.

Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home. Unknown to Mr. Wadsworth, she gets a job at one of his many five-and-ten-cents stores as a clerk.

Musical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie Clark, so he joins the Army. There he gets the order to put on a show, Winnie Clark appears in a camp show, hears about his task and offers him his help. He thinks, she does it for her publicity only, so he doesn't want to know anything about this, till he finds out, that she has no such intentions.