Marla Gibbs
1931 (94 года)Marla Gibbs (born June 14, 1931) is an American television and film actress and singer. She is best remembered for playing Isabel Sanford's and Sherman Hemsley's sarcastic maid, Florence Johnston, on The Jeffersons and spinoff Checking In. She also starred as Mary Jenkins on the television series 227.
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Love on Layaway
Leslie Small, David E. Talbert
Deborah Cox, Mel Jackson
Marla Gibbs narrates a filmed staging of playwright David E. Talbert's comedy-drama. Directed by Talbert and Leslie Small, this fly-on-the-wall production looks at the lives of three very different couples living in the same Philadelphia brownstone. A single mother can't decide between her new boyfriend and her 6-year-old son; Monique can't figure out her live-in boyfriend; and Ms. Willanetta questions her 12-year relationship.
Love on Layaway
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
James Burrows, Andy Fisher
Вудро Харрельсон, Marisa Tomei
Celebrities re-create an original episode each from "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons."
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Night of 100 Stars II
Clark Jones
Debbie Allen, Peter Allen
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Night of 100 Stars II
You Can't Take it With You
Paul Bogart
Jean Stapleton, Barry Bostwick
Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a slightly daft family who do exactly as they please.
You Can't Take it With You
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Robert Townsend
Franklyn Ajaye, Angela Bassett
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of African American comedy in America, from the earliest minstrel shows to the latest HBO special. Featuring interviews with cultural critics and loads of comedic clips, this program features appearances by a who's-who of black comedians including Chris Rock, Bill Cosby, Whoopi Goldberg and many more.
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
Passing Through
Larry Clark
Nathaniel Taylor, Clarence Muse
Eddie Warmack, an African American jazz musician, is released from prison for the killing of a white gangster. Not willing to play for the mobsters who control the music industry, including clubs and recording studios, Warmack searches for his mentor and grandfather, the legendary jazz musician Poppa Harris.
Passing Through
Please Stand By
Ben Lewin
Dakota Fanning, Ева Элис
A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on her journey into the unknown.
Please Stand By
Lily in Winter
Delbert Mann
Natalie Cole, Brian Bonsall
Lily Covington, a Manhattan housekeeper, embarks on a trip to the rural Alabama town of her youth. To Lily's surprise, her employer's nine-year-old son Michael stows away for the ride. Together, Lily and Michael realize just how alike and how different their worlds really are. Michael explores a way of life he never knew existed, while Lily discovers some tender truths about the family she left behind.
Lily in Winter
The Brothers
Gary Hardwick
Morris Chestnut, D. L. Hughley
This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to come to terms with their own issues of commitment and honesty...
The Brothers
Love Jacked
Alfons Adetuyi
Amber Stevens West, Keith David
Maya, a headstrong 28-year-old with artistic ambitions – a strong contrast to what her father Ed wants: a dutiful daughter to run the family store. Ed is shocked when Maya takes her assertions of independence a step further and decides to travel to Africa for inspiration and returns with a fiancé who is not quite what he seems.
Love Jacked
