The Phynx
Mar 06, 1970A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.
Comedy
Patty Andrews
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Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1
Aug 15, 1941This edition of Screen Snapshots has more of a vaudeville flavor as opposed to Ralph Staub's usual candid-camera at home with the stars offerings. Ken Murray, assisted by the Brewer Twins, is the MC, while the Andrews Sisters sing "In Apple Blossom Time" and the pre-"Uncle Miltie" Milton Berle plays his clarinet. The rest of the players, with contract-player faces belonging to 20th-Century Fox, RKO Radio, Universal and Columbia, just pass through. Production Number 3851.
Music
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Jan 01, 1990See America's funniest comedy team in rare movie trailers, hilarious highlights, belly-busting bloopers, and scenes from their starring feature films, all the way from first (Buck privates) to last (Dance With Me Henry). After early success in burlesque and radio, they made their movie debut with supporting roles in One Night in the Tropics and got top billing in their very next film, becoming the nation's #1 boxoffice draw of the '40s. The Andrews Sisters, Dick Powell, Shemp Howard, Martha Raye, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey, Lucille Ball and Marjorie Main co-star in films like In the Navy, Rio Rita, In Society, Little Giant, and Mexican Hayride. They also go to Hollywood and Venus (not Mars), and meet Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, the Wolf Man, Boris Karloff, the Invisible Man, Captain Kidd, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the Keystone Kops, and the Mummy.
Documentary
What's Cookin'?
Feb 20, 1942J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the classics and won't allow him to replace Professor Bistell and his symphonic orchestra. Conspiring with his daughter Sue and her friends, Marvo the Great, the Andrews Sisters, Anne Payne and bandleader Woody Herman, they devise a sabotage plot that gets rid of Professor Bistell, and a new sound is soon heard on the program.
Comedy
Give Out, Sisters
Sep 01, 1942The Andrews Sisters headline this musical. They play the lead act at a popular nightclub. The trouble begins when they hire a few students from a financially foundering dance school for their newest production. One of the dancers, a rich young socialite, desperately wants to be in it too, but her prurient maiden aunts refuse to allow her to disgrace their family by becoming a common chorine. She and the club owner (who must have the aunt's permission because the girl is underage) try to convince them, but it's not easy.
Music
Swingtime Johnny
Feb 04, 1944The Andrews Sisters take a hiatus from show business to aid the war effort. They take on jobs at a pipe-organ plant now making artillery shells. But they still find time for plenty of singing and dancing.
Music
Her Lucky Night
Feb 09, 1945In this romantic comedy, three man-hungry sisters consult a fortune-teller to help them with their romantic futures.
Music
Moonlight and Cactus
Sep 08, 1944The swinging Andrews Sisters provide the musical interludes and romance in this western. They play a trio of WW II era ranchers. That they are so good at running it proves terrible surprise for a ranch hand who has just returned home after serving in the Navy.
Western
Private Buckaroo
Jun 12, 1942Le film raconte l'histoire de recrues de l'armée après une formation de base, les Andrew Sisters assistant aux danses de l'USO. Le film est un mélange de comédie et de chansons.
Comedy
Deux nigauds marins
May 30, 1941crooner populaire Russ Raymond abandonne sa carrière à son apogée et rejoint la Marine en utilisant un alias, Tommy Halstead. Cependant, Dorothy Roberts, un journaliste, découvre son identité et le suit dans l'espoir de le photographier et de révéler son identité au monde. A bord de l'Alabama, Tommy rencontre avec Smoky et Pomeroy, qui aident le cacher à Dorothy, qui éclot de nombreux systèmes pour tenter de photographier Tommy / Russ être marin.
Comedy
Road to Rio
Dec 25, 1947Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.
Comedy
Fantômes en vadrouille
Aug 08, 1941Deux agents de la station de service maladroits sont laissés comme les seuls bénéficiaires de la volonté d'un gangster. Leur voyage à réclamer leur fortune est dérouté quand ils sont bloqués dans une maison hantée avec plusieurs autres étrangers.
Comedy
Hollywood Canteen
Dec 15, 1944Deux soldats en congé passent trois nuits dans un club offrant gratuitement de la nourriture, de la danse et des divertissements aux militaires en route vers l'étranger. Les fondateurs du club, Bette Davis et John Garfield, donnent des conférences sur l'histoire du lieu.
Comedy
Always a Bridesmaid
Sep 24, 1943The Andrews Sisters harmonize their way through yet another 60-minute Universal musical quickie. The plot this time concerns a Lonely Hearts club which is used as a front by con artist Colonel Winchester (Charles Butterworth). Trying to promote a phony formula for synthetic rubber, Winchester gets mixed up with diligent young DA Tony Warren (Patric Knowles) and lady detective Linda Marlowe (Grace McDonald).
Music
Deux nigauds soldats
Jan 31, 1941artistes con Petty, Bud et Lou se joignent à tort l'armée éludant les flics. Le flic de les chasser des vents comme leur instructeur de forage. Un jeune homme riche et son ancien chauffeur de la classe ouvrière ne sont pas seulement dans la même unité, ils sont en lice pour une jolie fille qui semble attiré à la fois.
Comedy
Argentine Nights
Sep 06, 1940An all-girl band flees to Argentina to avoid their creditors. Comedy with songs.
Comedy
How's About It
Jan 01, 1943
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life
Apr 26, 1981Former Disney child star Hayley Mills returns to the Walt Disney Studio for a look at the techniques of animated film production, with various veteran Disney animators illustrating said techniques.
Animation
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Aug 06, 1975Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Documentary
Hollywood Parade
May 05, 1944Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le studio Universal Pictures, comme les autres studios Hollywoodiens, a soutenu l'effort de guerre et le moral des troupes et des civils en réunissant toutes ses stars devant la caméra pour une comédie musicale.
Music
Little Toot
May 27, 1948Little Toot is a baby tugboat who would rather play than help his father in New York harbor. When he does finally decide to help, he accidentally causes a major crash and is banished beyond the 12 mile limit. But when a storm comes up and strands an ocean liner, he's the only one that can get there, and he redeems himself.
Animation
Mélodie Cocktail
May 27, 1948Mélodie Cocktail est un assemblage grandiose de sept courts métrages classiques, chacun rehaussé d’une musique merveilleuse et de personnages inoubliables. Donald le canard, l’un des héros de Disney les plus appréciés de tous les temps, exécute des pitreries sur des airs de jazz latin dans « C’est la faute de la samba ». La musique devient toute une aventure pour un bourdon affairé dans « Bumble Boogie ». Du malicieux jeune remorqueur de « Petit Toot » aux héros de légendes de « Johnny Appelseed » et « Pecos Bill », ce film délicieux charmera vos yeux et vos oreilles.
Animation
La Boîte à musique
Jun 30, 1946Le film se présente comme une séance dans une salle de spectacle. Il se compose de dix séquences nommées différemment lors de leurs rééditions en dehors du long métrage: A Rustic Ballad, ATome Peom, A Jazz interlude, A Ballad in Blue, A Musical Recitation, A Ballade Ballet, A Fairy Tale with Music, titre inconnu, Love Story, Opera Pathétique.
Animation
New Shoes
Sep 05, 1936A love affair blossoms between two pairs of shoes after a couple purchases the shoes.
Music
Music Land
Jun 11, 1955Walt Disney animation animated cartoon musical compilation ("The BIG Parade of MIRTH and MELODY"; "Offering hits re-released from 'Make Mine Music' and 'Melody Time'"; featuring cartoons from the 1946 musical, "Make Mine Music," and the 1948 musical "Melody Time") featuring Donald Duck, Joe Carioca, and other Disney cartoon characters, and also songs by Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Frances Langford, Roy Rogers and Trigger, The Andrews Sisters (Laverne, Maxene, and Patty Andrews), Freddy Martin and his orchestra, Sons of the Pioneers, Jerry Colonna, and Ethel Smith
Animation
Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
Apr 20, 1946This segment told the romantic story of two hats who fell in love in a department store window. When Alice was sold, Johnny devoted himself to finding her again. They eventually, by pure chance, meet up again and live happily ever after together, side by side. The Andrews Sisters provided the vocals. Like the other segments, it was later released theatrically.
Animation
The Tonight Show avec Johnny Carson
May 22, 1992Le 1er octobre 1962, Groucho Marx accueillit Johnny Carson comme le nouveau présentateur du The Tonight Show.
L’émission a été filmée à New York pendant pratiquement les dix premières années, avec Johnny Carson en tant que présentateur. Puis à partir de mai 1972, le plateau déménagea au Studio One à Burbank en Californie pour le reste de son « mandat » .
Talk
Here's Lucy
Mar 18, 1974Comedy
The Ed Sullivan Show
May 30, 1971The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows.
In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Comedy
Legends
Jan 21, 2011The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.
Documentary
What's My Line?
Sep 03, 1967Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Family
