In occupied Poland during WWII, a troupe of ham stage actors (led by Joseph Tura and his wife Maria) match wits with the Nazis. Read More »
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Charley’s Aunt (1941) Archie Mayo, Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley’s Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Read More »
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004) Daniel Anker, Gene Hackman, Norma Barzman, Jack Benny
The history of Hollywood’s handling of the Nazis and its later depiction of the Holocaust they perpetrated. Read More »
It’s in the Bag! (1945) Richard Wallace, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche
Wealthy Frederick Trumble makes an eccentric new will, secretes much Read More »
Man About Town (1939) Mark Sandrich, Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold
Producer Bob Temple, who’s brought an American show to London Read More »
The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936) Mitchell Leisen, Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen
A cream-of-the-crop gathering of 1930’s radio stars, who lend themselves to a storyline Read More »
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) Raoul Walsh, Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran
Falling asleep during the Paradise Coffee (“The Coffee that Makes You Sleep”) Program Read More »
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) Roy Del Ruth, Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor
Bob Gordon is staging a new Broadway Show, but he is short of money. He gets an offer of money by the young widow Lilian, if she can dance in his new show. Read More »
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) Mark Sandrich, Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer Read More »
Artists and Models (1937) Raoul Walsh, Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen
Mac Brewster (Benny) is head of an advertising firm that is in debt. The million-dollar Townsend Silver contract could save the firm, but the wealthy playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) Read More »