Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

Comedian, composer, actor, singer and songwriter ("Inka Dinka Doo") Jimmy Durante was educated in New York public schools. He began his career as a Coney Island pianist, and organized a five-piece band in 1916. He opened the Club Durant with Eddie Jackson and Lou Clayton, with whom he later formed a comedy trio for vaudeville and on television. He appeared in the Broadway musicals "Show Girl", "The New Yorkers", "Strike Me Pink", "Jumbo", "Red Hot and Blue", and "Stars in Your Eyes". By 1936, he had appeared at the Palladium in London. Later he had his own radio and television shows, and was a featured headliner in night clubs. Biographer Gene Fowler wrote his biography, "Schnozzola". Joining ASCAP in 1941, he collaborated musically with Jackie Barnett and Ben Ryan, and his other popular song compositions include "I'm Jimmy That Well-Dressed Man", "I Know Darn Well I Can Do Without Broadway", "I Ups to Him and He Ups to Me", "Daddy Your Mamma Is Lonesome For You", "Umbriago", "Any State In the Forty-Eight", "Chidabee Chidabee Chidabee", and "I'm Jimmy's Girl".

  • Popularity : 3.917
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1893-02-09
  • Place of Birth : New York City, New York, USA
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Jimmy Durante Movies

  • 1932
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    Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of the Follies

    6 1932 HD

    New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When Lottie makes the cast of the Follies and moves up in the...

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  • 1968
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    The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

    6.2 1968 HD

    Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and...

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  • 1963
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    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    7 1963 HD

    A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is...

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  • 1934
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    Palooka

    Palooka

    2.9 1934 HD

    Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young...

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  • 1941
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    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    The Man Who Came to Dinner

    6.8 1941 HD

    An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.

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  • 1969
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    Frosty the Snowman

    Frosty the Snowman

    7 1969 HD

    A discarded silk top-hat becomes the focus of a struggle between a washed-up stage magician and a group of schoolchildren, after it magically brings...

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  • 1962
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    Billy Rose's Jumbo

    Billy Rose's Jumbo

    5.6 1962 HD

    The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.

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  • 1932
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    Speak Easily

    Speak Easily

    5.8 1932 HD

    A professor gets mixed up with chorus girls in a Broadway musical.

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  • 1948
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    On an Island with You

    On an Island with You

    5.3 1948 HD

    A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once...

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  • 1938
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    Little Miss Broadway

    Little Miss Broadway

    6.6 1938 HD

    An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and...

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  • 1947
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    This Time for Keeps

    This Time for Keeps

    5.2 1947 HD

    An ex-GI falls for a bathing beauty.

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  • 1950
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    The Great Rupert

    The Great Rupert

    5.8 1950 HD

    Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday...

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  • 1947
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    It Happened in Brooklyn

    It Happened in Brooklyn

    6.1 1947 HD

    Danny has been in the army for 4 years, yet all he thinks about is Brooklyn and how great it is. When he returns after the war, he soon finds that...

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  • 1982
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    Showbiz Goes to War

    Showbiz Goes to War

    10 1982 HD

    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...

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  • 1930
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    Roadhouse Nights

    Roadhouse Nights

    4.5 1930 HD

    Based on the Hammett novel, this ultra-rare film—is nominally taken from the author's classic gang-war novel Red Harvest, which proved too...

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  • 1944
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    Two Girls and a Sailor

    Two Girls and a Sailor

    5.7 1944 HD

    A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is...

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  • 1933
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    What! No Beer?

    What! No Beer?

    5.4 1933 HD

    When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters.

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  • 1932
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    The Passionate Plumber

    The Passionate Plumber

    6 1932 HD

    Paris plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony Lagorce jealous. With the help of his friend Julius J....

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  • 1960
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    Pepe

    Pepe

    6.1 1960 HD

    Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss....

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  • 1933
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    Broadway to Hollywood

    Broadway to Hollywood

    4.6 1933 HD

    In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.

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  • 1931
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    The Cuban Love Song

    The Cuban Love Song

    4.3 1931 HD

    A guilt-ridden U.S. Marine returns to Cuba to try to find the woman he promised to marry.

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  • 1988
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    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC

    6 1988 HD

    Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.

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  • 1938
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    Start Cheering

    Start Cheering

    7 1938 HD

    After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.

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  • 1930
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    The March of Time

    The March of Time

    1 1930 HD

    Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage and the vaudeville circuit, then-present-day performers...

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  • 1932
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    The Wet Parade

    The Wet Parade

    5.8 1932 HD

    The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton...

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  • 1950
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    The Milkman

    The Milkman

    8 1950 HD

    A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.

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  • 1934
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    George White's Scandals

    George White's Scandals

    5 1934 HD

    Reporter Miss Lee is looking for a story and approaches George White as he's assembling the latest edition of his famous revue. As it turns out, she...

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  • 1933
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    Meet the Baron

    Meet the Baron

    4.3 1933 HD

    A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

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  • 1932
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    The Phantom President

    The Phantom President

    5.5 1932 HD

    Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party...

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  • 1933
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    Give a Man a Job

    Give a Man a Job

    2 1933 HD

    A three-minute short made in conjunction with the National Recovery Administration that urges employers to hire the unemployed.

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  • 1934
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    Strictly Dynamite

    Strictly Dynamite

    5.3 1934 HD

    A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.

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  • 1934
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    Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

    5.8 1934 HD

    Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. When Baron Munchausen comes to town with real...

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  • 1966
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    Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

    6 1966 HD

    Alice returns to Wonderland through the looking glass in this TV musical.

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  • 1932
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    Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

    1 1932 HD

    Eddie Kane wanders round the studio back-lot, opening various doors to see which stars pop out.

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  • 1936
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    Land Without Music

    Land Without Music

    6 1936 HD

    Believing real life is an operetta, the citizens of the European country Lucco break into song at every blink of an eye. Since everybody's singing,...

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  • 1940
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    Melody Ranch

    Melody Ranch

    5.5 1940 HD

    His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.

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  • 1944
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    Music for Millions

    Music for Millions

    6 1944 HD

    Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José Iturbi's orchestra. And the orchestra is...

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  • 1933
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    Hell Below

    Hell Below

    6.3 1933 HD

    On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but is the daughter of his submarine's commander....

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  • 1934
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    Student Tour

    Student Tour

    5 1934 HD

    A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.

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  • 2011
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    Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

    Don Knotts: Tied Up with Laughter

    1 2011 HD

    The beloved, Emmy-winning comic actor Don Knotts, best-known for his roles as the bumbling deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show and the...

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  • 2004
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    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    Checking Out: Grand Hotel

    7 2004 HD

    Until 1932's Grand Hotel, never had there existed an all-star ensemble cast on film. Conceived by MGM's production genius Irving Thalberg, the film...

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  • 1931
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    New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

    New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

    5 1931 HD

    Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are Schnozzle, a pickpocket and car thief; and Blackie, who has...

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  • 1938
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    Sally, Irene and Mary

    Sally, Irene and Mary

    6 1938 HD

    Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

    Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

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  • 1946
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    Two Sisters from Boston

    Two Sisters from Boston

    5.8 1946 HD

    Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house...

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  • 1931
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    The Christmas Party

    The Christmas Party

    5.4 1931 HD

    In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team but doesn't know how to go about it. His...

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  • 1962
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    The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

    The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

    7 1962 HD

    A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.

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  • 1932
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    Hollywood on Parade

    Hollywood on Parade

    3 1932 HD

    A short featuring many stars

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  • 1974
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    That's Entertainment!

    That's Entertainment!

    7.2 1974 HD

    Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

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  • 1957
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    Beau James

    Beau James

    5.7 1957 HD

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

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  • 1935
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    Carnival

    Carnival

    1 1935 HD

    "Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves him with an infant son he names "Poochy." His...

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  • 1941
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    You're in the Army Now

    You're in the Army Now

    3.6 1941 HD

    Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.

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  • 1961
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    The Last Judgment

    The Last Judgment

    6.3 1961 HD

    The Last Judgement (Italian: Il giudizio universale) is a 1961 commedia all'italiana film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It was coproduced...

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  • 1994
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    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Entertainment! III

    6.943 1994 HD

    Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to...

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  • 1934
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    Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

    1 1934 HD

    Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of their songs. There is interplay with impersonator...

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  • 2000
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    Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

    Hollywood Musicals of the 40's

    1 2000 HD

    Highlights from the great musicals of the 1940s. Stars featured include Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, Doris...

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  • 1975
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    5.7 1975 HD

    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

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  • 1976
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.8 1976 HD

    Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical...

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  • 2002
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    Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

    Marlene Dietrich: Her Own Song

    6.4 2002 HD

    The films, affairs and struggles of the iconic star of The Blue Angel as told by Rosemary Clooney, Roger Corman, Deanna Durbin and many more.

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  • 1936
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    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    6 1936 HD

    Viewers are provided a visit to Ken Maynard's private circus; Bette Davis poses for her portrait; Frank McHugh plays with his children; a visit to...

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  • 2014
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    And the Oscar Goes To...

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    6.97 2014 HD

    The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

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  • 1976
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    It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

    7 1976 HD

    A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.

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  • 2001
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    The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

    The Best of Bob Hope: 50 Years of Laughter — Volume 1

    1 2001 HD

    This Bob Hope Special called “Highlights of a Quarter Century” begins his 26th year with NBC in 1975 (he began with NBC radio in 1937)...

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  • 1959
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    The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

    The Frank Sinatra Timex Show

    1 1959 HD

    The first Timex Show from Frank Sinatra with friends Dean Martin, Bing Crosby and others.

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  • 2017
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    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

    JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

    1 2017 HD

    Documentary about the star-studded pre-inaugural gala that took place on January 19, 1961 to celebrate John F. Kennedy's election.

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  • 1942
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    Breakdowns of 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

    6 1942 HD

    Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1942.

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  • 2024
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    The Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing Along

    The Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing Along

    1 2024 HD

    Ten Musical Yuletide treasures featuring the voices of Fred Astaire, Jimmy Durante and Burl Ives. Create A tuneful new family tradition with this...

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  • 1966
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    Murder at N.B.C.

    Murder at N.B.C.

    1 1966 HD

    A comedy classic whodunit with an amazing comedic ensemble group.

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  • 2019
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    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast

    5.5 2019 HD

    In the late 1990s, iconic photographer Bruce Weber barely managed to convince legendary actor Robert Mitchum (1917-97) to let himself be filmed...

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  • 1969
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    Frosty the Snowman

    Frosty the Snowman

    7 1969 HD

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1971
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    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

    6.167 1971 HD

    The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour is an American variety show starring American pop-singer Cher and her husband, Sonny Bono. The show ran on CBS in the...

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  • 1962
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    The Lucy Show

    The Lucy Show

    7.107 1962 HD

    The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in...

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  • 1964
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    The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

    4.5 1964 HD

    The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly on ABC from January 4, 1964 to February 7, 1970....

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  • 1970
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    The Don Knotts Show

    The Don Knotts Show

    1 1970 HD

    The Don Knotts Show was a variety program aired by NBC as part of its 1970-71 lineup. Long relegated to the role of sidekick, which he had portrayed...

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  • 1969
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    Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters

    Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters

    1 1969 HD

    Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters is an American variety show that aired on ABC during the 1969-70 television season. The series was hosted...

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  • 1956
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    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    5.3 1956 HD

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on NBC from October 1956 to June 1963. The series was...

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1954
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    Summer Playhouse

    Summer Playhouse

    1 1954 HD

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  • 1954
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    The Jimmy Durante Show

    The Jimmy Durante Show

    1 1954 HD

    The Jimmy Durante Show is a 51-episode half-hour comedy/variety television program presented live on NBC from October 2, 1954 to June 23, 1956.

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  • 1950
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    Four Star Revue

    Four Star Revue

    6.5 1950 HD

    Four Star Revue was an American variety show that aired on NBC from October 4, 1950 to December 26, 1953.

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The 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...

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  • 1971
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    The Pearl Bailey Show

    The Pearl Bailey Show

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1950
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    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    7 1950 HD

    The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many...

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  • 1950
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    The Bob Hope Show

    The Bob Hope Show

    7 1950 HD

    The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night...

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  • 1967
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    The Mothers-in-Law

    The Mothers-in-Law

    6 1967 HD

    The Mothers-in-Law is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard as two matriarchs who were friends and next-door neighbors whose...

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