Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Discover how television has reflected the African American experience in this retrospective of the medium's first half-century. Actors, writers and historians discuss the image of black America on television from Amos and Andy to the present day. The interviews accompany clips from groundbreaking shows and performances by entertainment pioneers that create a timeline of the portrayal of African Americans throughout TV history.

Звездный документальный фильм и дань классической комедии «Этот безумный, безумный, безумный мир».

Золотые моменты из фильмотеки MGM, что включает как комедии и драмы, так и классические музыкальные номера.

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...

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!

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.

A documentary about the 82% of US citizens that listen to the radio for their entertainment, news and sport.

Chaos is brought to a family when daughter marries a brash young man met on a blind date.

While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each other and get married that night. However, when the sailor is notified that he has been reclassified as 4-F (unfit for service) by the Navy and then discharged, he and his new wife realize that, having to set up house before they expected to, they actually know very little about each other. Complications ensue.

The Jubalaires perform "Brother Bill".

A painter suffering from amnesia convinces himself that he's a famous bandleader and finds romance with a pretty singer. Comedy with music.

Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.

Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.

Musicians help a woman (Ann Miller) and her friends make some money with a ghost-town hotel.

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

Заядлый игрок в кости и любитель женщин Литл Джо решает начать новую жизнь. Его жена Питунья давно молит Бога о том, чтобы он расстался с пагубными страстями, раскаялся и нашел работу. И такой день настал, Джо пришел в церковь на исповедь, но когда дошла его очередь причаститься, он сбежал со своими дружками в игорный клуб отыграться напоследок от долгов. В клубе его заподозрили в жульничестве и ранили выстрелом из револьвера. В предсмертном бредуДжо является Люцифер-младший со своей свитой, с целью забрать его в Ад, но Питуньяне зря просила и молила Бога за жизнь мужа и Ангелы также пришли к его постели. Междусилами добра и зла произошла разборка за душу азартного игрока, точку в которойпоставило решение Господа, дать Джо еще шесть месяцев на земле на исправление, но с одним условием - он не будет помнить эту встречу. Если за этот срок он обелит свою душу, то попадет в Рай, если же нет - тогда навсегда останется в лапах Люцифера.

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.

Фильм состоит из шести новелл о черном фраке, якобы несущем проклятье.

Уильям Уэбстер, бывшая звезда вестернов, известный как "Бронко Билли", с возрастом был вынужден оставить карьеру актера и пойти работать вахтером на киностудии Paramount Pictures. Тем не менее, он сказал своему сыну Джонни, который служит на флоте, что является исполнительным вице-президентом студии, ответственным за кинопроизводство. Когда Джонни во время очередного увольнения на берег вместе со своими друзьями-моряками прибывает в Голливуд, Вебстер, не желая, чтобы сын узнал правду, решает разыграть перед ним небольшой «спектакль».

Новый Орлеан конец девятнадцатого века. Джеф Ламберт – белый мальчик из приличной семьи учится играть на кларнете классические мелодии, но парнишке это занятие мало интересно, ведь на улицах города звучит настоящий негритянский джаз и он старается подражать и подыграть уличным музыкантам. За такое своевольное отношение к музыке он неоднократно наказан сердитым отцом. Пройдут годы и Джеф (Бинг Кросби) создает собственный джазовый оркестр «Original Dixieland Jazz Band», который будет первым и одним из лучших музыкальных коллективов страны и приведет героя к славе и популярности. Один из самых знаменитых фильмов с участием Бинга Кросби – певца и актера, любимца Америки, снявшегося в 58 картинах. Бинг Кросби — исторически значимая фигура в популярной музыке и музыкальном кинематографе США.

New York chorus girl Cindy Lou Bethany becomes frustrated when she prepares for an audition for a Broadway musical, but the auditions close and her roommate, Gwen Abbott, is hired to be secretary to Top Rumson, the show's financial backer. Gwen tells Cindy that the director, Lloyd Lloyd, and composer, Dick Rayburn, have been sent to the South on a talent search for a classic Southern belle type to star in the show, although their shows usually feature Myra Stanhope, an actress whose style is hopelessly inappropriate for this show. Desperate for work, Cindy returns to her aunt Lily Lou and uncle Jefferson Davis Bethany's home in the South and schemes to get Lloyd and Rayburn to audition her.

В доме по соседству с Космо Топпером убили девушку. Её призрак навещает бедолагу Космо и заставляет искать убийцу.

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.

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.

Могучие ветры Гражданской войны в один миг уносят беззаботную юность южанки Скарлетт О'Хара, когда привычный шум балов сменяется грохотом канонад на подступах к родному дому. Для молодой женщины, вынужденной бороться за новую жизнь на разорённой земле, испытания и лишения становятся шансом переосмыслить идеалы, обрести веру в себя и найти настоящую любовь.

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.

Юный Джонни Стоун арестован после того, как связался с матерым Фрэнком Уилсоном, который втянул его в ограбление с убийством. Уилсон оставил на месте преступления украденный пистолет Фреда Берка, жениха сестры Джонни. Теперь Берку угрожает смертная казнь…

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

Movie star Brooks Mason tries to avoid his fans and spend some weeks on vacation. When Hawaiian plantage-owner George Smith is mistaken by Mason's fans for Mason and brought to Mason's home. They decide to change their identities for a few weeks. But George Smith is mobbed by Mason's fans again on a personal appearance tour in New York, Mason falls in love to dancer Dorothy March, who also is on her way to Hawaii. Problems for Mason arise due to the fact that Smith is engaged with Cecilia Grayson, and her wealthy father believes, that Smith has double-crossed him. Mason isn't able to establish a connection with Smith in New York due to his agent's orders.

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.

Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).

Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.

A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.

Тони — сын одного из самых богатых воротил бизнеса в Нью-Йорке влюблен в Алису — простую девушку секретаря и молодые хотят обвенчаться. Однако эксцентричное поведение родственников и друзей будущей невесты наводит родителей жениха на мысль, что у них с головами не все в порядке. Их дом — это клуб по интересам «городских сумасшедших». Мать Алисы — Пенни пишет пьесы, потому что пишущую машинку когда-то доставили в их дом по ошибке. Ее бездарная сестра Эсси грезит балетом и берет уроки танца у сумасшедшего русского по имени Потап Коленков, который не прочь отобедать за чужой счет. Папа с друзьями Алисы тратит все свое время, создавая фейерверки и запуская их прямо в доме. Но больше всех отличается эксцентричным поведением дедушка, который отказывается платить налоги по убеждениям. Весь этот балаган шумит, поёт, танцует и прыгает одновременно, под аккомпанемент губной гармоники дедушки и ксилофона мужа Эсси, мешая делать большой бизнес корпорации Энтони П. Кирби — отца Тони.

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.

1852-й год. Новый Орлеан. Великосветская красавица Джули Марсден готовится выйти замуж за молодого политика и банкира Престона Дилларда. Однако, поругавшись с ним, Джулии назло своему жениху появляется в красном платье на ежегодном, престижном «Олимпийском» балу. Поскольку незамужние девушки в свет должны выходить только в белом, светское общество шокировано выходкой Джули. Престон расторгает помолвку и уезжает на Север. Спустя год, он возвращается в Нью-Орлеан с молодой женой. В городе бушует эпидемия желтой лихорадки, общество парализовано паникой и страхом, а у Джули появляется шанс доказать Престону свою любовь…

This harmless Universal musical comedy is worth having as one of the few filmed records of legendary Broadway comedian Jimmy Savo (his previous starrer, Once in a Blue Moon, is among the rarest of collector's item). The story proper is carried by Robert Wilcox and Nan Grey, cast as a pair of mismatched lovers who share a common interest in horse racing. Hero and heroine get mixed up in a shady get-rich-quick scheme, which threatens to turns disastrous but which ends up solving everyone's problems.

The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.

Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.

A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.

The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofitable giant whale. But the intended 'bridegroom' absconds with the proceeds, arranging a substitute. The bride, Flip Lane (Jane Wyman), much to her surprise, finds herself really married to a handsome stranger, whose career as an artist she decides to manage, much to his dismay.

A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.

In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to school. The trouble is, no one notices her. Later a mentor turns her into a successful Broadway entertainer. She returns to her former college to get sweet revenge.

William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds "Tons' Walker, a strong and burly steel worker running the company, per his late-father's will request. He also finds that his father's will specifies the Junior will change his name to Bill Hall and work in the family steel mill for a year under the fake name. Walker's job is to make a man out of the son. The son is not overjoyed by this prospect. Neither is Walker.

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.

A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.

A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.

When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, and so does sportsman Larry Stevens. Since compromise will serve neither of their needs, they are stalemated - until complications arise.

God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.

When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he gets involved with a bank robbery and kidnapped by the gang.

A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.

Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

Innocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way across the country until they decide to settle down in a small town and give up their life of crime. He goes into business and all seems to be going well until some ex-partners he double crossed show up in town demanding the money he cheated them out of.

An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.

The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby track, as it will affect each of their lives in different ways.

Gerry Marsh is a hat-check girl in a nightclub surrounded by bootleggers, blackmailers and others before she falls in love with millionaire playboy Buster Collins. Gerry is supported by her girlfriend Jessie.

Официантка престижного ресторана, который часто посещают работники кино, Мэри Эванс мечтает стать актрисой. Однажды вечером, обслуживая подвыпившего знаменитого режиссера Макса Кэрри, она его очаровывает и он приглашает ее на премьеру своего фильма в китайский кинотеатр Граумон. Купив за 50 долларов «драндулет», он с эпатажем подъезжает к кинотеатру и отдает его в качестве «чаевых» парковщику стоянки, а Мэри представляет зрителям графиней. Прокутив всю ночь, он ничего не помнит на следующее утро. Доставившая его домой Мэри напоминает ему, что он обещал ей пробные съемки. Первое экранное испытание показывает, что девушка имеет гораздо больше амбиций, чем таланта и ей готовы отказать, но Мэри кроме амбиций еще и упорна…