Joe Besser
Biography: Joe Besser (born Jessel Besser, August 12, 1907 – March 1, 1988) was an American actor, comedian, and musician, known for his impish humor and wimpy characters. He is best known for his brief stint as a member of The Three Stooges in movie short subjects of 1957–59. He is also remembered for his television roles: Stinky, the bratty man-child in The Abbott and Costello Show, and Jillson, the maintenance man in The Joey Bishop The zany comedy team of Olsen and Johnson, whose Broadway revues were fast-paced collections of songs and blackouts, hired Joe Besser. His noisy intrusions were perfect for their anything-can-happen format. Besser's work caught the attention of the Shubert brothers, who signed him to a theatrical contract. Columbia Pictures hired Besser away from the Shuberts, and Besser relocated to Hollywood in 1944, where he brought his unique comic character to feature-length musical comedies. Besser also starred in short-subject comedies for Columbia from 1949 to 1956. Besser had substituted for Lou Costello on radio, opposite Bud Abbott, and by the 1950s he was firmly established as one of the Abbott and Costello regulars. When the duo filmed The Abbott and Costello Show for television, they hired Joe Besser to play Oswald "Stinky" Davis, a bratty, loudmouthed child dressed in an oversized Little Lord Fauntleroy outfit, shorts, and a flat top hat with overhanging brim. He appeared during the first season of The Abbott and Costello Show. Besser was cast for the role of Yonkel, a chariot man in the low-budget biblical film Sins of Jezebel, which starred Paulette Goddard as the titular wicked queen. After Shemp Howard died of a heart attack, Moe suggested he and teammate Larry Fine continue working as "The Two Stooges". Studio chief Harry Cohen rejected the proposal. Although Moe had legal approval to allow new members into the act, Columbia executives had the final say about any actor who would appear in the studio's films, and insisted on a performer already under contract to Columbia, Joe Besser. At the time, Besser was one of a few comedians still making comedy shorts at the studio. Besser refrained from imitating Curly or Shemp. He continued to play the same whiny character he had developed over his long career. He had a clause in his contract prohibiting being hit excessively. Besser recalled, "I usually played the kind of character who would hit others back". The Stooges shorts with Besser were filmed from the spring of 1956 to the end of 1957. His Stooge tenure ended when Columbia shut down the two-reel-comedy department on December 20, 1957. Producer-director Jules White had shot enough film for 16 comedies, which were released a few months apart until June 1959, with Sappy Bull Fighters being the final release. Joe Besser was found dead in his home, aged 80, and determined to have died of heart failure.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 12, 1907
Deathday: March 01, 1988
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Africa Screams
1949-05-04
Africa Screams
Overview: When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know about Africa, they are abducted and ordered to lead Diana and her henchmen to an African tribe in search of a fortune in jewels.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-04
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Let's Make Love
1960-09-08
Let's Make Love
Overview: When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-08
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Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003-04-29
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Overview: Woody Harrelson hosts a special tribute to the Three Stooges in honor of their 75th Anniversary. In addition to classic Stooges routines, there are feature film clips, ultra-rare shorts, solo appearances, and TV performances, rare home movies, and interviews with Stooge family members and special guest stars. A must for any Stooge fan? Why soitenly!
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-29
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Hollywood Horror House
1970-01-01
Hollywood Horror House
Overview: An enigmatic young man manipulates his way into working at the decaying mansion of a once prolific, but now reclusive and alcoholic, movie star named Katharine Packard. While the rest of the house staff become suspicious of Vic's intentions, the aging movie queen is smitten. But as Vic begins behaving in more and more erratic ways, it becomes clear that he's far more sinister than his demeanor implies.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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I, the Jury
1953-08-14
I, the Jury
Overview: After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-14
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Woman in Hiding
1950-01-06
Woman in Hiding
Overview: As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if not too well. Having discovered a horrible truth about her new husband, Deborah is now a “woman in hiding,” living in mortal fear that someday her husband will catch up with her again. When a returning GI recognizes Deborah, however, she must decide whether or not she can trust him.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-06
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The Three Stooges Story
2001-05-02
The Three Stooges Story
Overview: You'll see all six of the Three Stooges - brothers Moe, Curly, and Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, and Curly Joe DeRita - in this exhaustive "Nyukumentary" covering their comedic career in all its goofy glory. Starting in the early 1920s as sidekicks for comedian Ted Healy, the Stooges made their movie debut in Soup to Nuts (1930), and gained their greatest fame in a series of short films for Columbia from 1934-'57. You'll see the Stooges and many of their collaborators from both sides of the camera (actor Emil Sitka, directors Edward Bernds and Jules White) in rare film clips, documentary footage, TV Interviews, and more. Narrated by Mike Eagan
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-02
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Outside the Wall
1950-02-08
Outside the Wall
Overview: Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again, and takes a quiet job at a country sanitarium. Thete, he meets and falls for a nurse, Charlotte Maynard, and he knows the only way to enter her web is to have a lot of money, for Miss Maynard is somewhat of a gold-digger.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-08
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The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
2001-05-02
The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
Overview: Three's never a crowd when it comes to the immortal Stooges, as demonstrated by this no-holds-barred, back-to-back compilation of mayhem, wild comedy, and classic routines from TV, film shorts, and features. The boys appear with Steve Allen, Ed Wynn, and original front man Ted Healy as bungling barbers, clueless cowboys, goofy golfers, bumbling beach bums, witless witnesses, hare-brained house cleaners, and more. You'll split your sides when you see Curly as a jumbo jockey who can't mount a horse, Shemp as a ghostly do-gooder determined to reform his partners, and Curly Joe as a near-sighted knife-thrower menacing Larry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-02
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Hand of Death
1962-03-01
Hand of Death
Overview: A scientist spills a new serum in his lab, accidentally inhales its fumes, and turns into a murderous monster who kills anyone he touches.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-01
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Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948-06-01
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Overview: A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-01
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The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
1997-05-15
The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
Overview: A tribute to the Three Stooges comedy team, featuring old clips and home movies mixed with music performances of Stooge-themed songs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-15
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Muscle Up a Little Closer
1957-02-28
Muscle Up a Little Closer
Overview: Joe is engaged but can't get married until he recovers the engagement ring which has disappeared. The stooges suspect the ring was stolen by Elmo, a beefy bully, who works at the same factory they do. They confront Elmo in the company gym, but he's too tough for them. Fortunately Joe's girl is even tougher, and she gets Elmo to confess and return the ring.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-28
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Hoofs and Goofs
1957-01-31
Hoofs and Goofs
Overview: Joe dreams that the stooge's sister Birdie has died and been reincarnated as a horse. The stooges take Birdie home but must conceal her from the snoopy landlord. They succeed, but more complications ensue when Birdie gives birth to a colt. Joe wakes up to suffer some abuse from the real Birdie (Moe in drag), when he tells her he dreamed she was a horse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-31
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Space Ship Sappy
1957-04-18
Space Ship Sappy
Overview: An eccentric scientist tricks the stooges into joining himself and his daughter on an expedition to Venus. On Venus, the boys go exploring and encounter some cannibalistic amazons who plan to devour them. The stooges escape and take off in the spaceship which goes wildly out of control. As the ship is about to crash, the scene changes to the annual meeting of the Liars Club, where the stooges win the prize as the biggest liars in the world.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-18
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Horsing Around
1957-09-12
Horsing Around
Overview: A sequel (sort of) to "Hoofs and Goofs", The stooges are taking care of their sister Birdie who has been reincarnated as a horse. When they learn that her mate "Schnapps", a famous circus horse, is about to be destroyed, they got to the circus grounds to rescue him. The stooges are successful, and Birdie and Schnapps are reunited.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-12
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A Merry Mix-Up
1957-03-28
A Merry Mix-Up
Overview: The stooges appear in triplicate as three sets of triplets who were separated a long time ago. Their reunion causes confusion and troubles for various wives and sweethearts, but it all works out in the end.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-28
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Guns a Poppin!
1957-06-13
Guns a Poppin!
Overview: Told in flashback, Moe is on trial for assaulting Larry and Joe. It seems that Moe was in debt and suffering a nervous breakdown so Larry and Joe took him to the country for rest and relaxation. After a marauding bear ruined the peace and quiet, their cabin became the scene of a shoot-out between the sheriff and an escaped outlaw. The boys captured the bad guy, and the reward would have paid Moe's debts, but the crook escaped and Moe went after Larry and Joe with an ax.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-13
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Sweet and Hot
1958-09-04
Sweet and Hot
Overview: Nightclub performer Larry wants Joe and his sister Tiny to join the act. The only problem is that Tiny is afraid to sing in front of people. They take her to a psychiatrist (Moe) who cures her, and the act is a success.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-04
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Quiz Whizz
1958-02-13
Quiz Whizz
Overview: Joe wins a contest and is promptly fleeced out of his winnings by some con men. When the stooges go to recover his money, the bad guys convince them that they can get rich by posing as children and becoming the wards of a millionaire. The boys go along with the plan, not realizing that the "millionaire" and his pretty niece are in on the scam and are planning to knock them off. The stooges foil the plan and recover Joe's money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-13
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Fifi Blows Her Top
1958-04-10
Fifi Blows Her Top
Overview: The stooges reminisce about their wartime romances in Europe. After they finish their tales, they discover that Joe's girl Fifi, whom he left behind in Paris, has moved in next door. The only problem is that she's now married, with a very jealous husband. The husband turns out to be a real cad, and when Fifi overhears him tell about his plans to find a new wife, she clobbers him and goes back to Joe.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-10
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Pies and Guys
1958-06-12
Pies and Guys
Overview: A professor attempts to win a bet by turning the stooges into gentlemen. After some lessons in etiquette, the boys make their society debut at a fancy party. They soon revert to their old habits and a wild pie fight ensues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-12
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Rusty Romeos
1957-10-17
Rusty Romeos
Overview: The stooges don't know it, but they are all engaged to the same girl, a gold-digger who plans to get an engagement ring from each of them and then abandon them. When all three show up at her house at the same time, a wild fight ensues, as each stooge accuses the others of making time with "his" girl. The gold-digger gets it in the end (literally) with tacks shot from a repeating rifle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-17
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Flying Saucer Daffy
1958-10-09
Flying Saucer Daffy
Overview: Joe accidentally takes a picture of a paper plate which Moe and Larry submit to a magazine as an authentic picture of a flying saucer. Moe and Larry collect a big prize, but when the picture is proven to be phony, they're hauled off to Jail. Joe then gets a picture of a real spaceship and this time he gets the fame and fortune, while Moe and Larry wind up in a sanitarium.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-09
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Oil's Well That Ends Well
1958-12-04
Oil's Well That Ends Well
Overview: The stooges need money for their father's operation, so they head for the country to prospect for uranium. Instead of uranium, they discover oil on their father's property and all their troubles are solved.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-04
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Outer Space Jitters
1957-12-05
Outer Space Jitters
Overview: The stooges accompany professor Jones on an expedition to Venus, where they discover that the Venusians are planning to conquer the earth with an army of zombies. When the boys learn that they're going to be turned into zombies, they escape. The scene changes to the stooges apartment where we learn they are just telling a bedtime story to their kids (also played by the stooges) while they wait for the baby sitter to arrive. When the baby sitter shows up, she looks like one of the zombies and the boys exit in a hurry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-05
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Triple Crossed
1959-02-02
Triple Crossed
Overview: Larry is a pet dealer who's seeing Moe's wife while at the same time trying to steal Joe's fiancée. When Moe's become suspicious, Larry attempts to frame Joe as the boyfriend. Larry's plan backfires when Joe catches him and lets Moe deliver some punishment.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-02-02
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Sappy Bull Fighters
1959-06-04
Sappy Bull Fighters
Overview: Stranded in Mexico, the stooges need a job and a pretty actress friend gets them an engagement at the Plaza de Toros. When they accidentally switch suitcases with that of their friend, they must sneak into her house to retrieve their own and are confronted by her jealous husband who vows to kill them if he sees them again. At the arena where they perform a comedy bullfight (Joe is the matador, Moe and Larry are in a bull costume) the husband bribes the attendants to let a real bull into the ring. Joe knocks the bull out with a head butt and becomes a hero.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-04
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The Desert Hawk
1950-08-05
The Desert Hawk
Overview: A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-05
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The Rookie
1959-12-01
The Rookie
Overview: A manic young radio network employee enlists in the army at the end of WWII and finds himself the only new recruit at basic training camp. Military comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-01
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The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 8: 1955-1959
2010-06-01
The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 8: 1955-1959
Overview: This eighth volume of The Three Stooges Collection features the last 32 digitally remastered shorts from 1955-1959. It also marks the end of an era for a comedy team that to this day remains unparalledled in its success and popularity. In November of 1955 Shemp Howard died of a sudden heart attack, forcing Moe and Larry to use a stand-in for Shemp on some of the shorts and previously shot footage in others. Moe originally wanted vaudeville veteran Joe DeRita to fill in for Shemp but he couldn't get out of his contract, so Moe went with Joe Besser, who was also well-known on the vaudeville and burlesque circuits. Columbia Pictures closed its short-subjects unit in 1958, thus ending the Three Stooges' run after 24 years and 190 shorts; hald a century later The Three Stooges are entertainment legends.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-01
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Sins of Jezebel
1953-09-04
Sins of Jezebel
Overview: The aging king of Israel, Ahab, falls under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming Pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of his advisers and the prophet Elijah, marries her. Her plan to introduce her idols to Israel angers God, who wreaks vengeance on Israel.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-04
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Mystery Reel
2022-08-19
Mystery Reel
Overview: A look into the subconscious of the 20th century.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-08-19
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Headline Hunters
1955-09-15
Headline Hunters
Overview: A rookie reporter in pursuit of an expose gets tangled up with big-time mobsters.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-15
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Talk About a Lady
1946-03-28
Talk About a Lady
Overview: A country girl, wanting to break into show-business, comes to New York City and, by her actions, manages to restore the optimism of a jaded and disillusioned nightclub owner. Eventually, she marries the manager of one of the man's nightclubs.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-28
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The Story on Page One
1959-12-01
The Story on Page One
Overview: An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-01
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Which Way to the Front?
1970-09-03
Which Way to the Front?
Overview: Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in its war against Hitler. Byers does not take "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-03
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Fraidy Cat
1951-12-13
Fraidy Cat
Overview: Hired as guards to protect an antique shop, Joe and Jim run into a gorilla who has been trained by a gang of thieves to rob the store.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-13
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955-02-02
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Overview: Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-02
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It's a Dog's Life
1955-12-23
It's a Dog's Life
Overview: A bull terrier tells his life story, from the streets of the Bowery to a life of luxury.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-23
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Army Daze
1956-03-22
Army Daze
Overview: Joe is drafted into the army of Starvania, and falls in love with Olga, a beautiful Starvanian WAC, but Joe's sergeant also has his eyes on Olga. But Joe wins her hand when he captures two spies in the Colonel's office.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-22
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G.I. Dood It
1955-02-17
G.I. Dood It
Overview: Joe Besser has a fight with an army sergeant before he is drafted, and when he arrives at camp, finds the sergeant is his NCO and not adverse to taking revenge. When some documents are missing, the commanding officer offers a promotion to anyone who finds the. Joe and the sergeant get into a fight in the kitchen, and Joe discovers the paper. He is promoted to sergeant and the sergeant is busted to a private.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-17
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Waiting in the Lurch
1949-09-08
Waiting in the Lurch
Overview: Joe's fiance doesn't like his obsession for chasing fire engines.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-08
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Dizzy Yardbird
1950-03-09
Dizzy Yardbird
Overview: Joe is in the army, and his sergeant is determined to make a soldier out of Joe if he has to kill him to do it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-09
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Spies and Guys
1953-04-04
Spies and Guys
Overview: Joe Besser is sent on a spying mission with a beautiful female officer. Things, as usual when Joe is involved, don't go well and they are captured and about to be executed. The girl drops her cape to reveal she is scantily clad (the high point), the enemy is confused and she and Joe escape.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-04
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The Fire Chaser
1954-09-30
The Fire Chaser
Overview: Hospitalized Eric Loudermilk Potts tells his story to a golddinging nurse. He's a bridegroom who misses his own wedding because he can't stop chasing fire trucks. Fiancee Mae breaks up with him to marry milksop Wilber at her father's insistence. But Eric's butler Simmons is determined to help true love, and arranges for Eric to crash the wedding and win Mae back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-30
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Aim, Fire, Scoot
1952-03-13
Aim, Fire, Scoot
Overview: Joe and his sergeant fall for the same girl.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-13
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Hook a Crook
1955-11-24
Hook a Crook
Overview: Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on a furry arm, and deduce that a man wearing a fur coat was the thief. They, instead, encounter a gorilla.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-24
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Caught on the Bounce
1952-10-09
Caught on the Bounce
Overview: Joe Besser needs money to pay back a loan of $2500 and travels to ask his aunt for the money. She boards the train, along with a man who looks like a wanted bank-robber, and tells Joe she needs $2500 herself and can not help him. Between them they capture the bank robber and split the $5,000 reward.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-09
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My Smurfy Valentine
1983-02-13
My Smurfy Valentine
Overview: What could be more smurfy than spending Valentine's Day with the most lovable little blue creatures in all of the forest? In this half-hour animated special from Hanna-Barbera, the residents of Smurf Village cheerfully await Cupid's arrival ... but evil lurks nearby. Can Cupid's arrow make a dent in the stone-hard heart of Gargamel, the evil wizard? Will Smurfette's Prince Smurfing ever arrive?
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-13
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Hot Steel
1940-05-24
Hot Steel
Overview: Matt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works. Trouble quickly ensues.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-24
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Columbia Laff Hour
1956-01-01
Columbia Laff Hour
Overview: A Columbia Pictures feature, featuring 4 unedited shorts, released between 1947-1956, featuring Shemp Howard.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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Say One for Me
1959-06-19
Say One for Me
Overview: Father Conroy has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishioners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly finds a job working for a dance club of questionable character, which is run by Tony Vincent. Vincent never made the big time, and Father Conroy tries to look after Holly.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-19
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Two-Gun Lady
1955-10-15
Two-Gun Lady
Overview: A young woman teaches herself to become a sharpshooter so she can hunt down the three men who murdered her parents. She finds a sheriff who is willing to help her track them down.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-15
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Plunderers of Painted Flats
1959-01-23
Plunderers of Painted Flats
Overview: To scare the squatters from the cattle country he claims as his own, rancher Ed Sampson orders the Martin farm house burned. Galt Martin is killed, and his eldest son, Joe, is pistol-whipped. Timmy Martin sees the killer, Cass Becker and points him out when he and Joe are in Painted Flats. Cass forces Joe to put on a gun but Ned East, a retired gunfighter, saves the inexperienced Joe by forcing Cass to draw on him, and Ned is the winner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-23
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Eadie Was a Lady
1945-01-24
Eadie Was a Lady
Overview: In this amiable Columbia B musical, society girl Ann Miller escapes her Back Bay family by performing in the chorus line in a burlesque house. But trouble starts when her boss (William Wright) decides to build her up as a star. One of the many bread-and-butter Columbia productions graced by the contributions of Cole’s in-house dance studio. Cole dances behind Miller in “I’m Gonna See My Baby.” --Museum of Modern Art
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-01-24
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Hey, Rookie
1944-04-06
Hey, Rookie
Overview: Musical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie Clark, so he joins the Army. There he gets the order to put on a show, Winnie Clark appears in a camp show, hears about his task and offers him his help. He thinks, she does it for her publicity only, so he doesn't want to know anything about this, till he finds out, that she has no such intentions.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-06
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Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
2007-01-30
Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face
Overview: Phyllis Diller’s brand of comedy is as timeless today as it was in the 1960s, when she became a regular on popular variety and talk shows. From her outrageous costumes to wildly teased hair, Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes, paving the way for future stars. Who can forget her hilarious housekeeping and marriage tips, her beleaguered husband Fang, her cackling laugh and self-deprecating sense of humor? Phyllis Diller: Not Just Another Pretty Face highlights some of her best routines. Special guest stars such as Don Rickles and Dean Martin make this a fun trip back in time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-30
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The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
2011-02-01
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
Overview: Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends like “Who’s On First?,” and “The Lemon Bit,” this digitally restored and re-mastered “Best Of” collection includes six of the Abbott and Costello Show’s most beloved episodes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-01
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Mad at the World
1955-05-13
Mad at the World
Overview: A neighborhood is terrorized by group of young juvenile delinquents called The WolfPack. When a young father's infant child is seriously injured because of the WolfPack, he decides that the police aren't working fast enough to catch the ones who hurt his baby and sets out to infiltrate the gang himself and mete out the punishment they deserve.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-13
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The Errand Boy
1961-11-28
The Errand Boy
Overview: Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-11-28
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Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
1950-02-05
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Overview: Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennyworth and by considerably-less-helpful manager, Knobby Walsh.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-05
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A Day in the Country
1953-03-13
A Day in the Country
Overview: Two boys and their grandmother visit a farm. Filmed in 3-D.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-13
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The Monk
1969-10-22
The Monk
Overview: Underworld attorney Leo Barnes hires Gus Monk to safeguard a valuable envelope containing information on a mobster. Monk refuses — until he meets Mrs. Barnes and jumps on a merry-go-round of viciousness and murder.
Genres: Mystery Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-22
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