Jack Benny Movies

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

The history of the irreverent "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" and the content battles it fought with its television network.

A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.

This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an "important" movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which...

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...

Vaudeville is a 1997 PBS documentary under its American Masters program. Using film clips and photos, the art and history of vaudeville (1890-1930s)...

The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.

A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.

A TV special aired on February 17, 1969 (the star’s birthday was February 14), featuring Benny’s long-established persona and several...

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff....

A documentary about the life of actress Marilyn Monroe, commemorating the 25th anniversary of her death. Lee Remick is the host and narrator.

John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at...

When the President and Speaker of the House are killed in a building collapse, and the Vice-President declines the office due to age and ill-health,...

Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest,...

New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in...

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas....

This 1958 Christmas spectacular was produced by the USO for the entertainment of troops stationed overseas. Over 50 top names from stage, screen and...

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...