Charles Lane
Popularity:0.926
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1905-01-26
Place of Birth:San Francisco, California, USA
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Also Known As:Charles Gerstle Levison, Charles L. Lane, Charlie Lane, Charles Levinson, Charles Levison

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets...

It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich...

Good Neighbor Sam (1964)
To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in...

42nd Street (1933)
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new...

Blondie Johnson (1933)
A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.

The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of...

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
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...

Twentieth Century (1934)
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the...

The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe....

Criminal Lawyer (1937)
Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Betty Walker, a spoiled society girl. The police...

Sealed Lips (1942)
There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself....

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken (1966)
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20...

Murphy's Romance (1985)
Emma, a divorced single mother seeking to start her life over, moves to a small town in Arizona. She befriends Murphy, the older local pharmacist,...

Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and...

The Music Man (1962)
A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.

The Invisible Woman (1940)
Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her...

Out of the Storm (1948)
Donald Lewis is a low-paid clerk in a high-profile shipbuilding firm. When the company is robbed in broad daylight, Lewis gathers up $100,000 on his...

The Milky Way (1936)
Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in...

Mysterious Intruder (1946)
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.

Bury Me Dead (1947)
A woman watches her own funeral, then sets out with her lawyer to learn who was in the casket.

The Mating Game (1959)
Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his back taxes. Charlton has to stay for a day to try to...

Teacher's Pet (1958)
A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.

Blessed Event (1932)
A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.

36 Hours to Kill (1936)
Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000...

The Rage of Paris (1938)
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of...

Intrigue (1947)
Dishonorably discharged from the Army Air Corps, Brad Dunham (George Raft) disconsolately decides to try his luck with Shanghai's postwar black...

Strange Invaders (1983)
Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.

The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948)
Security guard, wounded in a robbery of furs, arouses the suspicions of an insurance investigator.

A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and...

A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)
Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company president is found stabbed...

Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving the suspicious death of a rich man whose inheritors fight over his estate.

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
Chinese ventriloquist Gordon Cobb is murdered by a gang of jewel thieves. Baffled by the contradictory clues, Inspector Queen asks his son Ellery to...

The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Ten years after the death of millionaire Cyrus Norman, his will is to be read out to his six relatives, including Joyce Norman and Wally Campbell....

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the...

Broadway Bill (1934)
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his...

Birth of the Blues (1941)
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots,...

The Great Man's Lady (1941)
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers)...

Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who...

Broadway (1942)
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.

But Not for Me (1959)
Out of hit ideas and seemingly in the twilight of his career, Broadway producer Russ Ward decides to give up the game. But when Russ lays off his...

Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's...

The Aristocats (1970)
When Madame Adelaide Bonfamille leaves her fortune to Duchess and her children—Bonfamille’s beloved family of cats—the butler plots...

Sea Devils (1937)
Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming officer, but there is competition when a new,...

Back Street (1941)
Previously filmed in 1932, and remade a third time in 1961, this second film version of Fannie Hurst's novel stars Margaret Sullavan as a fashion...

Riding High (1950)
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

The Mouthpiece (1932)
A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.

The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959)
In one of his rare performances without Bud Abbott, Lou Costello plays a delivery boy who invents a machine which turns his girlfriend into a...

Rhythm on the River (1940)
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers...

What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.

Roses Are Red (1947)
A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.

Danger – Love at Work (1937)
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.

Trapped by G-Men (1937)
Granite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.

Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)
Mickey, is a prizefighter whose bright career hits the skids when he comes under the guidance of Ginger, a female fight promoter, when he becomes...

Obliging Young Lady (1942)
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

Sis Hopkins (1941)
An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.

Moonrise (1948)
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most...

Barnacle Bill (1941)
A fishing boat captain searches for romance in hopes of improving his financial picture.

Lucky Night (1939)
Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The...

Manhattan Parade (1931)
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.

Looking for Love (1964)
An aspiring young singer unexpectedly gets her big break by inventing a specialized clothes rack.

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995)
By accident, the content of a computer encyclopedia is transferred into the brain of Dexter Riley, a less than average college boy. Because of his...

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says...

Lady Luck (1936)
New York manicurist Mamie Murphy plans to marry a rich man, so she repeatedly turns down the proposals of honest reporter David Haines. When she is...

Backfire (1950)
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on...

Beware Spooks! (1939)
A bumbling detective chases an escaped convict in an amusement park haunted house in Coney Island.

Louisiana (1947)
The music-loving son of a Louisiana sharecropper uses his songs to graduate from college.

The Little Dragons (1980)
Karate experts attempt to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a mother and her two psycho sons.

They All Come Out (1939)
A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of...

Two for Tonight (1935)
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.

We're on the Jury (1937)
A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.

Remains to Be Seen (1953)
A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.

Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his...

Mr. Skitch (1933)
After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew....

Cocoanut Grove (1938)
Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.

Dancing on a Dime (1940)
Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA...

You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish...

Always in Trouble (1938)
Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife.

Three Girls About Town (1941)
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the...

Union Depot (1932)
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend...

The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day...

Strange Behavior (1981)
When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments...

Boy Slaves (1939)
Social drama of Depression-era homeless children who turn to crime and are sentenced by a judge to a rehabilitation "labor camp".

The Road to Singapore (1931)
A woman's life falls to pieces when she's caught cheating on her husband.

The Second Face (1950)
A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has...

The Juggler (1953)
A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.

Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972)
A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators. He becomes a very good tap dancer,...

The Birds and the Bees (1956)
On an ocean voyage, a card shark and her father cheat a naive man out of his money. Things take a twist when the girl falls in love with the man...

Television Spy (1939)
A scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and try to steal it.

Looking for Trouble (1934)
Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and...

Inside Story (1939)
A good-hearted reporter attempts to find the loneliest woman in New York so he can give her an old-fashioned Christmas on a farm..

My Woman (1933)
A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price.

When the Bough Breaks (1986)
A Los Angeles psychiatrist testifies for the prosecution in the trial of an accused child molester. Later the defendant, who is out on bail, is found...

The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. ...

Kentucky (1938)
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with...

Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.

Call Northside 777 (1948)
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal...

Apartment for Peggy (1948)
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be...

The Great Profile (1940)
An alcoholic film star attempts a comeback. Director Walter Lang's 1940 comedy stars John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Anne Baxter, John Payne,...

Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
A jolly, family-oriented railroad superintendent tries to get his act together when his love for the bottle starts to alienate him from his wife and...

Billie (1965)
A 16-year-old tomboy and high school athlete becomes embroiled with the lives around her boyfriend whose conservative father is running for mayor.

Flying Tigers (1942)
Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into...

It's a Date (1940)
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The...

The Show-Off (1934)
Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing a sandwich board. After he helps Joe sell his patent...

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (1981)
Jed Clamplett and his backwoods family help solve an energy crisis in their own rustic ways for their Beverly Hills neighborhood they still cannot...

God Is My Partner (1957)
A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent.

The Bands Plays On (1934)
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.

The Carpetbaggers (1964)
When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is...

Blondie (1938)
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself...

One More Spring (1935)
Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.

Woman Wanted (1935)
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony...

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude...

Living in a Big Way (1947)
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.

The Big Store (1941)
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

Employees' Entrance (1933)
Kurt Anderson is the tyrannical manager of a New York department store in financial straits. He thinks nothing of firing an employee of more than 20...

Mighty Joe Young (1949)
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to...

Here Comes the Band (1935)
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his...

The Milky Way (1936)
Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in...

Repent at Leisure (1941)
Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's daughter, except her husband.

Let Us Live (1939)
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved...

Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)
A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.

Second Fiddle (1939)
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.

Golden Boy (1939)
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When...

News Is Made at Night (1939)
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal...

Miracles for Sale (1939)
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933)
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a...

Professor Beware (1938)
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the...

Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob....

The Great Man's Whiskers (1972)
A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.

The Crooked Road (1940)
A blackmail threat from an old prison buddy compels a man who has gone straight to consider yet another crime.

Race Street (1948)
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (1936)
A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a...

On Their Own (1940)
The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business they advertise for families with children and...

Lady in a Jam (1942)
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of...

Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help.

Ball of Fire (1941)
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang...

Primrose Path (1940)
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother....

Edison, the Man (1940)
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New...

What's Cookin'? (1942)
J. P. Courtney wants to update the music on the radio program he sponsors, but his wife, Agatha Courtney, is the final authority and addicted to the...

A Gentleman at Heart (1942)
After inheriting a New York City art gallery, bookie Milton Berle and his partner Cesar Romero decide to go into the art forgery business. Director...

Johnny Apollo (1940)
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's...

Sunday Punch (1942)
Ma Galestrum (Connie Gilchrist) is a boardinghouse owner whose tenants are a group of aspiring boxers. When her young niece, Judy (Jean Rogers),...

The Sniper (1952)
Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by...

The Leather Pushers (1940)
A shifty boxing promoter places an amateur in fixed fights, then hands his contract over to an suspicious female investigative reporter as a raffle...

Buy Me That Town (1941)
A gangster and his mob buy a small-town in this warm comedy. They, tired of trying to make it as big city hoods, buy the town to use as a hideout....

Just Before Dawn (1946)
In the 7th film of the "Crime Doctor" series based on the radio program, Dr. Robert Ordway is summoned to take attend a diabetic, and gives an...

We Who Are Young (1940)
A man violates company policy by getting married.

Thru Different Eyes (1942)
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.

Internes Can't Take Money (1937)
Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished ex-con Janet Healy, widow of a bank robber, who can't find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up...

The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the...

Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
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...

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter...

Smart Money (1931)
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.

Here Comes the Groom (1951)
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.

The Florentine Dagger (1935)
A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.

The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

One Mile from Heaven (1937)
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

City for Conquest (1940)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York...

Acting on Impulse (1993)
An erotic thriller actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of a B-movie producer, leading her to hide out and engage in sexual thrills with a...

Nothing Sacred (1937)
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.

I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her...

State of the Union (1948)
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Central Airport (1933)
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.

The Bowery (1933)
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was...

You're My Everything (1949)
In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and...

Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)
Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.

Big Business (1937)
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.

She Had to Say Yes (1933)
Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have...

The Invisible Informer (1946)
An aristocratic but destitute southern family attempts to swindle an insurance company by faking the theft of a valuable emerald necklace. The...

Ginger (1935)
Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian actor. Although denied the love of a mother and...

Sybil (1976)
A young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed sixteen different personalities is treated by a doctor.

Home in Wyomin' (1942)
Radio star Gene Autry returns to his home town of Gold Ridge at the request of his old friend Pop Harrison, who wants Gene to straighten out his...

Born Reckless (1937)
Racketeer Jim Barnes is trying to force the independent taxicab-drivers to join his "protection service" at the cost of five bucks a day. Champion...

You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)
Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky...

Movie Movie (1978)
Three movie genres of the 1930s, boxing films, WWI aviation dramas, and backstage Broadway musicals, are satirized using the same cast.

Private Detective 62 (1933)
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at...

Blonde Crazy (1931)
Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.

New York Town (1941)
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter...

About Face (1942)
Two Army sergeants disrupt a bar, a party and an Army-Navy dance.

A Wicked Woman (1934)
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she...

Smart Woman (1948)
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.

The Mad Martindales (1942)
A girl tries to pay the mortgage on a Nob Hill home and gets involved in selling her father's art treasures.

Venus Makes Trouble (1937)
A fast-talking, street-wise con-man forsakes the tank-towns of Pennsylvania for the greener pastures in Manhattan, and gains fame-and-fortune as New...

Born to Sing (1942)
A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real composer of a Broadway show's songs.

The House Across the Street (1949)
Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's...

Friendly Enemies (1942)
During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on most things, with one major difference: one has...

Grand Slam (1933)
A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.

Hot Water (1937)
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz,...

Mission to Moscow (1943)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

City Girl (1930)
A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm...

Bad Guy (1937)
A power-company troubleshooter has his brother get him out of prison by running high voltage to the bars of his cell.

Long Way Home (1975)
The Holvak family house the escaped convict named Craw that the son befriends. Reverend Holvak's faith is tested and young Ramey faces a choice...

They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her side is writer Michael Holmes who is writing a book...

Let's Talk It Over (1934)
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be...

Sunset Limousine (1983)
Alan O'Black is a comic who wants to hit it big. But his endless attempts at stardom have worn down his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Julie....

Easy to Take (1936)
To boost the ratings of a kiddie show, the host agrees to take guardianship of of a bratty boy who has a lovely older sister.

Joy of Living (1938)
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her...

Pardon My Sarong (1942)
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat...

I'll Fix It (1934)
A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no problem in getting matters-of-the-city handled in...

The Lady Is Willing (1942)
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep...

The History of Hooterville (2005)
Documentary and interviews with the cast of Petticoat Junction and stories of the show's production.

Appointment for Love (1941)
Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her...

The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.

Queen of the Mob (1940)
Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns.

Rendezvous in Space (1964)
This documentary, the final film directed by Frank Capra, explores America's plans for the future of space exploration. It was produced by the...

My Dog, the Thief (1969)
As ratings for Jack Crandall's lifeless airborne traffic reports plummet, a super-size St. Bernard on the lam stows away in his chopper. Crandall's...

The New Interns (1964)
Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.

Criminal Lawyer (1951)
A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.

Hitched (1971)
The adventures of a newly married teenage couple in the Old West.

Broadway (1942)
Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.

St. Elsewhere (1982)
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed...

Mister Ed (1961)
Wilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his new barn, he finds that the former owner left his...

Lou Grant (1977)
The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is...

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and several episode scripts were adapted from a...

77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

Burke's Law (1963)
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as...

Love on a Rooftop (1966)
Newlyweds Dave and Julie Willis struggle to survive in San Francisco on Dave's apprentice architect's salary of $85.37 a week. Matters are...

The Rookies (1972)
The Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows the exploits of three rookie police officers working...

Rhoda (1974)
Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a...

F Troop (1965)
F Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired for two seasons on ABC-TV. It debuted in the United States on September 14,...

L.A. Law (1986)
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven...

Otherworld (1985)
Otherworld is an American science fiction series that aired for only eight episodes from January 26 to March 16, 1985 on CBS. It was created by...

Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a...

The Odd Couple (1970)
Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their different...

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of...

The Munsters (1964)
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

The Flying Nun (1967)
Young Sister Bertrille uses her ability to become airborne to help others, whether they want it or not. Although her aims are always benevolent, her...

Today (1952)
Today is a daily American morning television show that airs on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on...

The Lucy Show (1962)
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...

The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of...

Chico and the Man (1974)
Chico and the Man is an American sitcom which ran on NBC for four seasons, from September 13, 1974, to July 21, 1978. It stars Jack Albertson as Ed...

Maude (1972)
Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her...

One Day at a Time (1975)
The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and new building superintendent in Indianapolis.

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff...

I Love Lucy (1951)
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana...

Petticoat Junction (1963)
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

Mork & Mindy (1978)
A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.

Surfside 6 (1960)
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and...

Perry Mason (1957)
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

Bewitched (1964)
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

Soap (1977)
The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.

Hunter (1984)
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt....

The Twilight Zone (1959)
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a...

Weekend Special (1977)
The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a...

The Tab Hunter Show (1960)
The Tab Hunter Show is an American situation comedy starring Tab Hunter. The series ran new episodes on NBC from September 18, 1960, to April 30,...

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958...

The Sandy Duncan Show (1972)
Funny Face and The Sandy Duncan Show are two American sitcoms aired by CBS starring Sandy Duncan as part of its 1971 and 1972 fall lineups,...

Dennis the Menace (1959)
This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic,...

Temperatures Rising (1972)
Temperatures Rising is an American television sitcom that ran from September 12, 1972 to August 29, 1974 on the ABC network. The network had a good...

Nanny and the Professor (1970)
Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During...

Bachelor Father (1957)
Bachelor Father is an American sitcom starring John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, and Sammee Tong. The series first premiered on CBS in September 1957...

The Millionaire (1955)
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were...

The Farmer's Daughter (1963)
The Farmer's Daughter is an American situation comedy series that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on ABC from September 20, 1963 to...

I Love Lucy (1951)
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana...

I Love Lucy (1951)
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana...

Adam's Rib (1973)
Adam's Rib is an American situation comedy broadcast on ABC-TV from September 14 to December 28, 1973. It was produced by MGM Television and had 13...

The Thin Man (1957)
Nick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and leave the good life. Unfortunately for the couple,...

Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.

The Real McCoys (1957)
The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving...

The Debbie Reynolds Show (1969)
The Debbie Reynolds Show is an American situation comedy which aired on the NBC television network during the 1969-70 television season. The series...

Karen (1975)
Karen is an American sitcom starring Karen Valentine that aired on ABC from January to May 1975. A mid-season replacement, Karen was canceled due to...

Pete and Gladys (1960)
Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams that aired on CBS on Mondays at 8:00 p.m....

The New Bob Cummings Show (1961)
The New Bob Cummings Show is an American situation comedy which was broadcast by CBS during the 1961-62 television season. The series was originally...

Shannon's Deal (1990)
Shannon's Deal is an American legal drama. The show centers on a successful Philadelphia corporate lawyer named Jack Shannon, who lost his family and...

Judd for the Defense (1967)
High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases throughout the U.S.

The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time...

Wendy and Me (1964)
Wendy and Me is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1964–1965 television season, primarily sponsored by Consolidated Cigar's "El...

Guestward, Ho! (1960)
Guestward, Ho! is an American situation comedy which aired on the ABC network in the 1960-1961 television season, based on the 1956 book of the same...

Lawman (1958)
Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring...

Whirlybirds (1957)
Whirlybirds is a syndicated American drama/adventure television series, which aired for 111 episodes — broadcast from February 4, 1957, through...

The Ann Sothern Show (1958)
The Ann Sothern Show is an American sitcom starring Ann Sothern that aired on CBS for 93 episodes. The series began on October 6, 1958, and ended on...

The Bill Dana Show (1963)
The Bill Dana Show is a United States comedy series .The plot follows the daily lifestyle of Latin American, Jose Jimenez, as a bellhop in a New York...

The People's Choice (1955)
The People's Choice is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1958, primarily sponsored by The Borden Company. It stars Jackie...

The Cara Williams Show (1964)
The Cara Williams Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 18,1964 to April 15, 1965. The series centers on a married couple who...

Willy (1954)
Willy is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 18, 1954 to June 16, 1955. The series centers on Wilma "Willy" Dodger, played by June...

Star Stage (1955)
The show featured two-act plays. Two-thirds were live, and the rest on film.

The Bing Crosby Show (1964)
The Bing Crosby Show is a 28-episode situation comedy television program starring crooner, film star, iconic phenomenon, and businessman Bing Crosby...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1962)
Due to the death of a rural state's senator, inexperienced Eugene Smith is appointed to the Senate vacancy.

The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts...

Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The...

The Family Holvak (1975)
The Family Holvak is an American drama series that aired on NBC from September, 1975 to June 28, 1977. The series centers on Rev. Tom Holvak, played...

Dear Phoebe (1954)
Dear Phoebe is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 1954 to April 1955. The series stars Peter Lawford, and was created and produced...

The Comedy Factory (1985)
The Comedy Factory (no known affiliation with the comedy club of the same name) was a live-action, scripted comedy series that ran during the summers...

TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV (2003)

The Winds of War (1983)
Set against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Victor "Pug" Henry is a career naval officer who,...

Bewitched (1964)
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

The Restless Gun (1957)
The Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and 1959, with John Payne in the role of Vint Bonner, a...

Topper (1953)
Topper is an American fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film of the same name. The series was broadcast on CBS from October 9, 1953 to July 15, 1955,...

He & She (1967)
He & She is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network as part of its 1967-1968 lineup, originally sponsored by General Foods and...

The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of...

Dennis the Menace (1959)
This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic,...

The Wild Wild West (1965)
The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show...

Bewitched (1964)
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

Get Smart (1965)
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show stars Don...

Honey West (1965)
After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies is an American sitcom

The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of...

Sybil (1976)
A young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities.

Fibber McGee & Molly (1959)
Fibber McGee and Molly was the finest husband and wife comedy team. It ran on the radio from 1935 to 1959, then switched to television in 1959.

Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

The Gale Storm Show (1956)
The Gale Storm Show is an American sitcom starring Gale Storm. The series premiered on September 29, 1956, and ran until 1960 for 143 half-hour...

The Pruitts of Southampton (1966)
An audit by the Internal Revenue Service about overdue taxes reveals that the supposedly incredibly wealthy Pruitts family is in fact broke....

Legends (2006)
The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour is a collection of thirteen one-hour specials airing occasionally from 1957 to 1960, and originally served as part of...

The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series...

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed...

Maverick (1957)
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than...

The Doris Day Show (1968)
The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air...

Bewitched (1964)
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

Bewitched (1964)
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

Bewitched (1964)
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

Bewitched (1964)
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

Bewitched (1964)
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband...

I Love Lucy (1951)
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana...

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967....

Green Acres (1965)
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by...

Studio 57 (1954)
Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and...

The Untouchables (1959)
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

The Real McCoys (1957)
The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto Productions", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving...