Jerry Lewis
1926 - 2017
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Robert Vas
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Babe London, Marcel Marceau, Lucille Hardy (Ollie's wife), Bob Monkhouse, Hal Roach, Marvin T Hatley, Jack McCabe and many more.
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Ronnie Johnson
Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
Sam Pollard
Sammy Davis Jr., Whoopi Goldberg
A star-studded roster of interviewees (including Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal) pay tribute to the legendary, multi-talented song-and-dance man.
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Stanley Kramer
Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle
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 the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
Grégory Monro
Jerry Lewis, Martin Scorsese
Since the early days, Jerry Lewis—in the line of Chaplin, Keaton and Laurel—had the masses laughing with his visual gags, pantomime sketches and signature slapstick humor. Yet Lewis was far more than just a clown. He was also a groundbreaking filmmaker whose unquenchable curiosity led him to write, produce, stage and direct many of the films he appeared in, resulting in such adored classics as The Bellboy, The Ladies Man, The Errand Boy, and The Nutty Professor.
Jerry Lewis: The Man Behind the Clown
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Andreas Baum
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the failure. The story of one of the best comic duos of all time: a lesson on how to make people laugh.
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Bill Siegel
Muhammad Ali, David Susskind
Brash boxer Cassius Clay burst into the American consciousness in the early 1960s, just ahead of the Civil Rights movement. His transformation into the spiritually enlightened heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is legendary, but this religious awakening also led to a bitter legal battle with the U.S. government after he refused to serve in the Vietnam War. This film reveals the perfect storm of race, religion and politics that shaped one of the most recognizable figures in sports history.
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
Gene Feldman, Suzette Winter
Shirley MacLaine, Alan Johnson
Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the fantasy world of show-biz. Her ballet training and her long-legged pixie charm led to rapid success on Broadway in musical comedy. Inevitably, Hollywood called and by 1955 Shirley was cast in Hitchcocks The Trouble With Harry. It wasn't too long before the fine dramatic roles also came to her opposite the most popular leading men of the time, like Fred MacMurray, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Clint Eastwood and Robert Mitchum. It was apparent that this once perky gypsy of Broadway would leave her mark as one of the finest actresses of her day, an Academy-Award winner, who is ready and able to tackle any role that seems equal to her intelligence and talent. Her widely varied interests encompass the political, the literary and the mystical.
Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
