Jack Benny Movies

In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them.

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which...

Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest,...

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the...

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

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...

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife,...

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health,...

Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

Vaudeville is a 1997 PBS documentary under its American Masters program. Using film clips and photos, the art and history of vaudeville (1890-1930s)...

The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.

A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the early years of television. This film was...

An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.

The early days of The Beatles are captured in this fascinating film. Featuring behind the scenes clips, it traces the Fab Four's start as Liverpool...

New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in...

The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.

College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.