Self (archive footage)
История о расцвете и закрытии самого известного ночного клуба в мире.
Self (archive footage)
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore “turn the world on with her smile,” as her show’s theme song declared, she also influenced a generation of women to become more independent and to pursue successful and fulfilling careers. Moore’s own 50-plus-year career has spanned award-winning films and Broadway shows, as well as two beloved television series that broke ground and continue to entertain viewers. This one-hour special includes highlights from a recent interview with Mary Tyler Moore, tributes from her co-stars and clips from iconic moments throughout her career. The program looks at her breakthrough role on The Dick Van Dyke Show, her iconic turn as TV's first independent career woman on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and her Academy Award-nominated work on Ordinary People.
Self (archive footage)
The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.
Self (archive footage)
The early days of The Beatles are captured in this fascinating film. Featuring behind the scenes clips, it traces the Fab Four's start as Liverpool lads playing the local clubs to 'making it' in Germany. Early press conferences and interviews reveal their charisma and knack for messing around - yeah, yeah, yeah!
Self (archive footage)
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
Self (archive footage)
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
Self - Roastee (archive footage)
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
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Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Himself
Co-stars and celebrity admirers go through Benny's entire career
Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Self (archive footage)
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
Self
A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the early years of television. This film was directed by Sandy Olivieri. Here is a partial list of the performers who appeared in the film Bob Newhart, Mort Sahl, Jack Benny, Lenny Bruce, Johnny Carson, George Carlin, et al.
Archive Footage
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
Self (archive footage)
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.
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Золотые моменты из фильмотеки MGM, что включает как комедии и драмы, так и классические музыкальные номера.
Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Santa Claus (uncredited)
The first of Perry Como's Christmas specials includes appearances by Rich Little and figure skater Peggy Fleming as well as performances by the Carpenters and by Perry Como himself. Also featured a reenactment of the Birth of Jesus Christ.
Thanks
Авантюрный тандем случайных попутчиков колесит по маленьким городкам Канзаса во времена Великой Депрессии и промышляет мелкими, почти невинными махинациями, чтобы хоть как-то заработать на хлеб. Он — мошенник-неудачник по имени Мозэс, продающий Библии одиноким вдовам, поблескивая фальшивым золотым зубом. Она — девятилетняя девочка-сирота с недюжинной склонностью к авантюрам и практически не расстающаяся с сигаретой.
Jack Benny
Когда президент и спикер палаты погибают в результате крушения здания, а вице-президент отказывается от должности из-за возраста и плохого состояния здоровья, сенатор Дуглас Дилман (Джеймс Эрл Джонс) внезапно становится первым временным президентом, чернокожим человеком в "Овальный кабинете". События с этого дня до следующих выборов, когда он должен решить, будет ли он действительно бороться, бросать вызов своим навыкам как политик и лидер.
Self
Documentary about radio comedies primarily focused on Burns & Allen, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, The Jack Benny Program, Fibber McGee & Molly, The Bob Hope Show, and The Fred Allen Show.
Self
Self (voice)
The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. After the Christmas special Frosty the Snowman (1969), it was Rankin/Bass' second hand-drawn animated work to be outsourced to Osamu Tezuka's Mushi Production in Tokyo, Japan. The show aired on ABC on April 7, 1970 before the airing of that year's Oscars. It was a tribute to early vaudeville, and featured animated reworkings of various famous comedians' acts.
Man Who Finds Silver Dollar
John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.
Self
A TV special aired on February 17, 1969 (the star’s birthday was February 14), featuring Benny’s long-established persona and several celebrity guest stars.
Self (uncredited)
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
Technical Adviser (Ollie 'Sweet Lips')
После 12-ти лет счастливой супружеской жизни Пол Мэннинг вдруг понимает, что его одолела скука. Приятель Эд Стэндер дает Полу совет: ему необходимо развлечься и завести интрижку на стороне, иначе — браку конец. Но порядочный семьянин совсем не готов прибегнуть к таким реанимационным мерам по спасению семьи…
Jack Benny / Rosano
The Beach Boys appear in a skit with Benny and Hope as surfers. Jack trys to weasel Disneyland tickets from Walt Disney. Also, a skit with Benny, Hope and Sommer in a takeoff on Italian movies. This was Benny's first special after the demise of his regular series. Benny obviously trys to appeal to the younger viewers by booking the very popular Beach Boys.
Man in Car in Desert (uncredited)
По дороге в Лас-Вегас мчатся автомобили. В первом едет бизнесмен с женой и тёщей. Во втором — дантист с супругой. В третьем — парочка приятелей. Они не знакомы друг с другом и вряд ли когда-нибудь встретились бы. Все они становятся свидетелями аварии. А единственный пострадавший перед смертью открывает тайну: под Большим W он спрятал клад. И вот путешественники превращаются в пиратов. Они наперегонки несутся за сокровищами, пытаясь по дороге посильней испортить жизнь конкурентам...
Fearing they'll all be fired after hearing Phil Silvers is getting his own show on the General Foods line up, the actors and actress band together to ruin Silvers' show.
Jack Benny (uncredited)
Бродвей вас развлечет! К тому времени как Джипси Роуз Ли стала знаменитостью 30-х годов прошлого века, она прошла долгий путь от водевиля и из тени своей младшей сестры. Но одной силой природы она никак не могла избежать – амбиции ее матери, женщины, вытолкнувшей ее под софиты. Мюзикл «Цыганка» – история о ней.
Chicken Finsterwald
The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. This proves to be the case, and the outlaws hire their own cowardly gunfighter, Chicken Farnsworth, to go up against The Silver Dollar Kid. Written by Jim Beaver
Mr. Cosgrove
Энн Уилсон застает своего мужа Дэвида — преподавателя химии Колумбийского университета, целующимся со студенткой. Чтобы спасти брак, Дэвид просит друга-писателя Майкла, сочиняющего сценарии для телешоу, придумать и для его поступка оправдательную легенду. Майк предлагает Дэвиду признаться жене в том, что он агент ФБР под прикрытием.
Jack (voice)
In this spoof of "The Jack Benny Program", a mouse with Jack Benny's personality and poor violin playing ability lives, along with a mouse version of Benny's valet, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, in a hole in a wall of Jack Benny's own home. Jack the rodent takes a mouse version of 'Mary Livingstone (I)' out to dinner, and the two unwittingly walk right into the disguised mouth of an orange cat!
Jack Benny (uncredited)
The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.
Himself
Various CBS stars appear in this one hour variety program about the opening of the brand new $7 million dollar CBS Television City Studios.
Jack Benny
Backstage musical biography of nightclub star Blossom Seeley that charts her rocky relationship with vaudeville singer Benny Fields.
Self
Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest, who speaks to them about doing a film for a group called the Christophers. The Christophers are an organization that wants to use different mediums such radio, TV, and film to inspire young people to change the world for the better by pursuing careers in public service like teaching and government work. The priest gives the celebrities a history lesson about the founding of the U.S. and God's role in it, and he asks for their help.
Producer
A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution.
Jack Benny - Jack Benny Radio Program
A documentary about the 82% of US citizens that listen to the radio for their entertainment, news and sport.
Jack Benny (uncredited)
Писательница Кит Мэдден отправляется в Голливуд, где должны экранизировать её известный бестселлер. В поезде она встречается с бравым военным моряком Расти, который не знает о её успехах на литераторском поприще. Кит проникается к нему взаимной симпатией и начинает считать, что Расти идеально подходит на главную роль в будущей экранизации. Однако вскоре выясняется, что Расти относится к её книге весьма критически.
Athanael
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Jack Benny
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Self
Капрал Слим Грин, влюбленный в актрису Джоан Лесли, во время отпуска после ранения попадает в изумрудную сказку под названием «Голливудская Столовая» — место, где недосягаемые Звезды Голливуда спускаются с Небес на Землю и общаются с простыми американскими солдатами. Там он встречается со своим кумиром и осуществляет заветную мечту — поцеловать Джоан. На другой день ему везет еще больше — он становится миллионным посетителем «Столовой», а приз — вечер с любой голливудской актрисой. Он, конечно же, выбирает Джоан. При этом мисс Лесли оказывается никакой не недоступной Звездой, а обычной девушкой, проникающейся симпатией к парню. Их романтические отношения сопровождаются музыкальными выступлениями в «Столовой» Звезд экрана той эпохи.
Self
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
Richard Clarke
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel. Suddenly he's the most popular lawyer in town -- but he could lose his fiancée.
Bill Fuller
Из-за того что их собака снова погрызла дорогой ковёр домовладельца, Билл Фуллер, его жена Конни и её сестра Мадж, вынуждены съехать с очередной съёмной квартиры. Вместо того чтобы искать новую квартиру, Конни, мечтающая о собственном жилье, без ведома Билла приобретает дом, который, как говорят, служил временным пристанищем Джорджу Вашингтону во время войны за независимость. Сказать, что эта покупка не приводит Билла в восторг, значит ничего не сказать. Для городского жителя, желавшего таковым и оставаться, находящаяся в сельской местности ветхая развалюха и участок, на котором она расположена, преподносят массу сюрпризов в плане обустройства быта...
Joseph Tura
Действие происходит в Польше до и во время немецкой оккупации. В одном театре Варшавы работают муж и жена — Йосиф и Мария Тура. Ставят антинацистскую пьесу, но ее запрещают, и приходится играть «Гамлета». Чрезвычайно тщеславный и ранимый Йосиф Тура играет самого принца датского, один из зрителей, молодой и красивый летчик, встает и уходит из зала в самый ответственный для артиста момент, когда произносится знаменитый монолог «Быть или не быть». Откуда знать актеру, что именно эти слова были для офицера паролем, указывающим, что можно идти в гримерную красавицы Марии Тура…
Himself
Promotional short to advertise Charley's Aunt (1941)
Babbs Babberley
Оксфордским студентам Чарли Викхэму и Джеку Чесней просто необходимо срочно найти компаньонку для их любовных свиданий с Эми и Китти. С этой целью они вынуждают своего товарища Фанкурта Бабберли переодеться в женское платье и сыграть роль тети Чарли из Бразилии Донны Люции. Осложнения начинаются, когда богатая «тетя» начинает подвергаться любовным атакам дяди Эми и опекуна Китти старого Стивена Спеттигю, и отца Джека сэра Фрэнсиса Чесней. А когда приезжает настоящая Донна Люция, ситуация становится просто неуправляемой…
Jack Benny
Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.
Jack Benny
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
Bob Temple
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose financier husband neglects her. On a weekend at the Arlington country house, Bob is used by both Lady A. and her friend to make their husbands jealous; this works all too well, and Bob is in danger from both husbands.
Buck Boswell
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's wife locks them out. In his search for funds, Buck meets Patricia Harper, the fourth-richest girl in the world, but he isn't aware of that and thinks she is penniless. Patricia joins his troupe as a lark, and her father, James Harper, also pretends he is broke. Through some chicanery, Buck gets jobs for the girls as models at the Palace of Feminine Arts at the Paris International Exposition. James Harper borrows the priceless Napoleaon necklace to have a copy made for his daughter, but Buck thinks he stole it.
Self
This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which had its premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre. We see the street leading to the theatre transformed to suggest a garden that might be seen in a French palace. This includes the placement of trees and other foliage, as well as large statues along the route. Grandstands are set up so fans can see their favorite stars as they arrive for the premiere. Finally, the proverbial "galaxy of stars" arrives in their limousines. Fanny Brice and Pete Smith make remarks at the microphone set up on the carpet outside the theatre.
Mac Brewster
An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.
J. Davis Bowster
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
Jack Carson
A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930's radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline about a failing radio station which needs to put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation. An interesting mixture of the stars whose fame continued to grow, those who became bit players in show business history, and those who have been forgotten entirely, except at the Internet Movie Database of course!
Calvin Churchill
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
Bert Keeler
Бродвейский продюсер Роберт Гордон хочет поставить новое шоу, но у него не хватает денег. Он получает предложение инвестирования от молодой и богатой вдовы Лиллиан, но с условием, что она примет участие в шоу и ей достанется главная роль. Об этом узнает журналист со странной фамилией Берт Киллер и пишет в своей колонке, а так как ему необходимо повысить свой личный рейтинг, то конечно пишет он об этом весьма нелестно. В это время в город приезжает одноклассница и большая подруга Роберта, Ирен Фостер, которая хочет попробовать себя в роли актрисы. А поскольку Роберт стал вполне успешным, почему бы и ей, с его помощью, не попробовать? Вот только они давно не виделись… К тому же голова Роберта забита множеством проблем: от набора актеров на новое шоу и попыток не допустить Лиллиан на сцену, поскольку та рвется на сцену и ничего не хочет слышать о провале, до разбирательства с журналистом, пишущим всяческие пасквили и выдающим все это в светской хронике.
Chad Denby
Underworld king Lee Lother has been killed aboard a ocean liner, several people could have been the murderer. There is his mistress Anya Roysen, a married woman, who was jealous of his flirtations with his old moll, night club singer Sally Marsh, who had agreed for one last night with Lother, to get her younger brother Ned out of the Lother's clutches because he has faked Lother's name on a check to pay his gambling debts. Then there is Sally's new flame Jimmy Brett, a con man and gentlemen thief, who has out-tricked Lother in a fixed poker game, and is, together with shorty, after the ladies jewels. Inspector McKinney suspects Joe Saunders, a recently released convict, who was arrested due to some tips by Lother, but Ned and Sally insist that they committed the crime alone.
Jack Benny
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.
Man in taxi
Caught in a 5th Avenue traffic jam, as they are riding in side-by-side taxicab and limousine, Jack Benny (Jack Benny) and Helen Hunt (Francetta Malloy), engage in conversation that leads to a hasty marriage. It isn't long before Benny is calling on the justice-of-peace again to sever the marriage.
Dr. John H. Harvey
The son and daughter of an abusive shopkeeper turn to a medicine show salesman for help.
Radio Performer Jack (uncredited)
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
Voice on Radio
A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He is oblivious that he may harm other people when he uses their stories or their love for himself.
Mr. Bartlett
A drunkard climbs a ladder into a bedroom in the wrong house and gets romantically involved with the woman who lives there.
Eddie Rock
The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. The spectacular dancing ensembles and colorful costumes and pulchritude on-stage offers a contrasting background to the drabness of the backstage, where joy, sorrow, tragedies, deception, and romance are intertwined.
Himself
Это краткое обозрение композиторов и авторов песен, которые сейчас считаются стандартом американской популярной музыки...
Self - Master of Ceremonies
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
