Biography: Milton Berle |
Few American comedians have had so aggressive a "stage mother" as did Milton Berle. Berle's mother Sarah dragged her son to New Jersey's Edison movie studios in 1914 to do extra work, then finessed the lad into supporting roles, including the part of... more
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Tags: Fantasy Adventure Fantasy Family
Length: 85min
A trip to the attic of his new house lands young Brandon and his loyal dog in a magical world ruled by a wicked queen. There he meets a captive prince and vows to help the youthful prince relocate a powerful sword and prevent it from falling into the...
Tags: Comedy
Length: 88min
It probably takes an intimate acquaintance with East Germany's famously awful car, a smoky, noisy two-cylinder lawnmower on wheels, the Trabant 601, to fully appreciate the jokes in this extremely popular, celebrity-filled comedy. In the story,...
The Real Story of Au Clair de la Lune (1994)
Length: 30min
This somewhat offbeat 30-minute cartoon special was originally part of Cinar's The Real Story of... anthology, wherein the histories of such popular songs as &"O Christmas Tree" and &"The Itsy Bitsy Spider" were recounted in a highly fanciful fashion....
Who's Minding the Mint? (1967)
Cast: Walter Brennan Frank Tashlin
Tags: Comedy of Errors Comedy
Length: 97min
Harry Lucas (Jim Hutton) is a U.S. Mint employee who scrambles to recover 50,000 he accidentally destroyed in this underrated comedy of errors. After he mistakenly throws the money down the garbage disposal, a frantic Harry recruits retired mint...
Cast: Woody Allen Mia Farrow
Tags: Urban Comedy Showbiz Comedy Comedy of Errors Comedy
Length: 86min
A smaller, amusing comedy from writer/director Woody Allen, Broadway Danny Rose begins with a bunch of show business vets sitting around a table at New York's Carnegie Deli and reminiscing about the legendary titular character, a loser of an agent who...
Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (1969)
Tags: Showbiz Comedy Film a Clef Musical Musical Comedy
Length: 110min
Singer, songwriter, and actor Anthony Newley produced, directed, co-wrote, scored, and starred in this bizarre autobiographical musical in which a famous entertainer takes a look back at the circumstances of his life. Legendary singing star Heironymus...
Cast: Milton Berle
Tags: Drama Family Drama
Length: 83min
Based on Dick Goldberg's play, the made-for-TV Family Business stars Milton Berle as wealthy, truculent and dying toy manufacturer Isaiah Stern. Once more Stern has gathered together his grown sons to once more revise his will. Three of the four boys...
Tags: Romance Western Comedy Comedy Western
Length: 100min
Overlooked when it first aired February 18, 1972, the made-for-TV Evil Roy Slade has gained a loyal and protective cult following in the past 20 years. The film was the second pilot for a never-sold TV western spoof created by Garry Marshall and Jerry...
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Cast: Jimmy Durante Buster Keaton Spencer Tracy Mickey Rooney
Tags: Ensemble Film Comedy Farce Chase Movie
Length: 161min
With this all-star Cinerama epic, producer/director Stanley Kramer vowed to make "the comedy that would end all comedies." The story begins during a massive traffic jam, caused by reckless driver Smiler Grogan (Jimmy Durante), who, before (literally)...
Cast: Frank Sinatra
Tags: Drama
Length: 119min
A heartless actor scrambles to the top of show business' sleazy summit in this drama. Frank Fane (Stephen Boyd) is a Hollywood leading man who is desperate to boost his career by winning an Academy Award, and he doesn't care who he has to betray to...
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