Peanuts White, a burlesque comic, is recruited by U.S. agents to impersonate international spy Eric Augustine (whom White resembles) in a mission to purchase Read More »
Comedy
Heavenly Days (1944) Howard Estabrook, Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Eugene Pallette, Comedy
In this joke-filled spinoff of the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show, the couple leave Wistful Vista for Washington D.C. to visit cousin Alvin Read More »
Swing Fever (1943) Tim Whelan, Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell, William Gargan, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Lowell Blackford (Kay Kyser) is blessed with a gift of music,but also cursed with a hereditary “evil eye” which hypnotizes people,and he is virtually a recluse. Read More »
From Hand to Mouth (1919) Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Comedy, Short, Action
Harold is starving since he has no money to buy food. He may even fight a young starving girl and her starving dog for a morsel. Read More »
Bumping Into Broadway (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Comedy, Short
She’s a chorus girl in unpaid tryouts for a Broadway show, behind in her rent, about to be evicted. Read More »
Firehouse (1987) J. Christian Ingvordsen, Gianna Palminteri, Martha Peterson, Renee Raiford, Comedy
An evil businessman is secretly setting fires to the old buildings of a rundown neighborhood Read More »
Lullaby of Broadway (1951) David Butler, Doris Day, Gene Nelson, S.Z. Sakall, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. Read More »
High Time (1960) Blake Edwards, Bing Crosby, Fabian, Tuesday Weld, Comedy, Musical
Widower and hamburger restaurateur Harvey Howard decides to go to college at 51 years of age. Read More »
Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Short, Comedy, Western
The mining town of Peaceful Vale is a rough place, and sheriff ‘Gun Shy’ Gallagher can do little about it, since the town is ruled by Crooked Charley, the gambler. Read More »
American Drive-In (1985) Krishna Shah, Emily Longstreth, Patrick Kirton, Rhonda Selesnow, Comedy
The goings-on at a typical drive-in on a summer night. Read More »