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1. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Talk-Show
Host Johnny Carson performs comedy routines and chats with various celebrities.
Stars: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Doc Severinsen, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 4,243
2. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Approved | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake
Votes: 9,718
3. Biography (1987– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life stories of various historical figures and celebrities are told.
Stars: Jack Perkins, Peter Graves, Harry Smith, Robert J. Thompson
Votes: 2,087
4. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Passed | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf
Votes: 16,873 | Gross: $11.80M
5. Melody Time (1948)
Approved | 75 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
An anthology of animated vignettes set to contemporary music.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, Hamilton Luske | Stars: Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dennis Day, Laverne Andrews
Votes: 6,954
6. The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1982)
Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Mike Douglas, aided by a different celebrity co-host every week, interviews a variety of figures from the world of entertainment.
Stars: Mike Douglas, Ellie Frankel, Ellie Frankel Sextet, Stan Kann
Votes: 579
7. Born to Dance (1936)
Passed | 106 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their relationship is jeopardized by an established Broadway star, who is also enamored by him.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Una Merkel
Votes: 1,934
8. The Hollywood Palace (1964–1970)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Various guest hosts present a musical variety show.
Stars: Bing Crosby, Dick Tufeld, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 321
9. The Jackie Gleason Show (1952–1973)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy
Live variety show with Jackie Gleason.
Stars: Jack Lescoulie, The June Taylor Dancers, Ray Bloch, Jackie Gleason
Votes: 524
10. The Jackie Gleason Show (1966–1970)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Musical
Jackie Gleason's last weekly variety series, which alternated between regular variety hours with big name guest stars and musical remakes of old "The Honeymooners" sketches.
Stars: Jackie Gleason, Johnny Olson, The June Taylor Dancers, Sammy Spear and His Orchestra
Votes: 309
11. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
60 min | Comedy, Romance
This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.
Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Al Goodman, Eddie Cantor
Votes: 591
12. Hollywood Hotel (1937)
Passed | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Ronny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band, has won a talent contest and a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evening he is supposed to go with the studio's star ... See full summary »
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Hugh Herbert
Votes: 808
13. Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Broadway producer is reluctant to hire his high school sweetheart for the leading role in a new show, so she decides to take advantage of a rumor started by a gossip columnist.
Directors: Roy Del Ruth, W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, Una Merkel
Votes: 1,998
14. This Is the Army (1943)
Approved | 121 min | Musical
A soldier wounded in the War (WWI) becomes a producer and stages a show for the forces.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Alan Hale
Votes: 1,341 | Gross: $20.83M
15. The Bob Hope Show (1950– )
60 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope.
Stars: Bob Hope, Les Brown, Les Brown and His Band of Renown, Peter Leeds
Votes: 263
16. Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948–1967)
60 min | Music
Perry Como was an American Singer, who got his start on NBC Radio. In 1948, Because of his popularity, The cameras were simply brought into the radio studio to televise the radio broadcast ... See full summary »
Stars: Perry Como, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 120
17. Too Many Girls (1940)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Music, Sport
A young lady goes to college, and without her knowledge, her father sends four football players as her bodyguards. They eventually join the college team and turn it into one the best--and one of them falls in love with her.
Director: George Abbott | Stars: Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken
Votes: 1,027
18. Deputy Marshal (1949)
Approved | 60 min | Western
A Deputy Marshal tracks fugitive bank robbers to Wyoming, and then fights to help ranchers save their land from a railroad land scheme.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Jon Hall, Frances Langford, Dick Foran, Julie Bishop
Votes: 129
19. Cavalcade of Stars (1949–1952)
60 min | Family, Comedy, Music
An hour of live variety, in the classic sense of television's Golden Age.
Stars: Sammy Spear and His Orchestra, Jackie Gleason, Jack Lescoulie, The June Taylor Dancers
Votes: 64
20. The DuPont Show of the Week (1961–1964)
60 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
An anthology weekly drama series.
Stars: Walter Matthau, Frank McGee, Art Carney, Gene Wilder
Votes: 185
21. The Ed Wynn Show (1949–1950)
30 min | Comedy, Music
The comedy on The Ed Wynn Show consisted mostly of old vaudeville schtick, with lots of corny jokes and silly sight gags. Each week, the show would end with Ed retiring to his bed, delivering quips as the credits rolled.
Stars: Ed Wynn, Lud Gluskin, Bob LeMond, William Frawley
Votes: 66
22. All-American Co-Ed (1941)
Approved | 49 min | Comedy, Musical
All-girl school Mar Brynn tries to get more pupils and publicity by making fun of the Quincton college. For revenge, the boys there sent Bob Sheppard to Mar Brynn, dressed as a girl, to give them a slight scandal.
Director: LeRoy Prinz | Stars: Frances Langford, Johnny Downs, Marjorie Woodworth, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 415
23. The Bamboo Blonde (1946)
Passed | 67 min | Music, Romance, War
A beautiful blonde singer who has a one-time fling with an engaged pilot, is confused by his B-29 bomber crew to be his real fiancée, and her image ends up being painted on the nose of their aircraft, for good luck, as the "Bamboo Blonde".
Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards, Russell Wade, Iris Adrian
Votes: 447
24. The Ken Murray Show (1950–1953)
30 min | Comedy, Music
A 1950s variety show sponsored by Anheuser-Busch. The host was Ken Murray, who had previously hosted variety theatrical shows and variety radio programs. The show had a large regular cast ... See full summary »
Stars: Ken Murray, Jane Bergmeier, Darla Hood, Jack Mulhall
Votes: 35
25. Combat America (1943)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, War
A documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during the Second World War . The group's air and ground crews are ... See full summary »
Stars: Clark Gable, William A. Hatcher, Philip J. Hulls, Kenneth L. Hulls
Votes: 151
26. Girl Rush (1944)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Western, Musical
Two unsuccessful vaudeville entertainers decide to search for gold during the California gold rush in 1849. They come to a town where no woman lives. The dwellers of this town promise them ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Frances Langford, Barbara Jo Allen
Votes: 268
27. Every Night at Eight (1935)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After being fired from their jobs, three friends decide to enter an amateur contest at a radio station.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Raft, Alice Faye, Frances Langford, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 189
28. The Name's the Same (1951–1955)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Guests who have the same name as famous persons, fictional characters, or things, are quizzed by celebrity panelists who try to determine their name.
Stars: Joan Alexander, Robert Q. Lewis, Gene Rayburn, Roger Price
Votes: 98
29. Collegiate (1935)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Joe Penner, Jack Oakie, Ned Sparks, Frances Langford
Votes: 41
30. Career Girl (1944)
Approved | 69 min | Musical
Joan Terry, a girl from the country wants to become a Broadway Star, but this proves to be not so easy.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Frances Langford, Edward Norris, Iris Adrian, Craig Woods
Votes: 217
31. People Are Funny (1946)
Passed | 93 min | Musical
Two rival radio producers try to get the same sponsor, so they try to top each other with new ideas.
Director: Sam White | Stars: Jack Haley, Helen Walker, Rudy Vallee, Ozzie Nelson
Votes: 173
32. Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A small radio station is saved of getting bankrupt by a backer, who invests money for a TV equipment, if the owner allows, that his dancing daughter Annabelle can dance and sing on the ... See full summary »
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Kenny Baker, Frances Langford, Hugh Herbert, Mary Boland
Votes: 97
33. Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
81 min | Comedy
Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Frances Langford, Frank Craven
Votes: 130
34. Palm Springs (1936)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A notorious gambler who is short of money want his daughter to marry a British young man, who has plenty of money. At first she obeys, but then she falls in love to a poor, young American.
Director: Aubrey Scotto | Stars: Frances Langford, Guy Standing, Ernest Cossart, Smith Ballew
Votes: 55
35. Dixie Jamboree (1944)
Approved | 72 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
A medicine man on the last show boat on the Mississippi is mistaken by two gangsters as a bootleger, and has to envade them.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Frances Langford, Guy Kibbee, Eddie Quillan, Charles Butterworth
Votes: 113
36. A Disney Christmas Gift (1983 TV Special)
47 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Compilation of eight segments tied to Christmas or winter in some small or big way from eight Disney features and shorts. Between the segments shots from Disneyland and of Disney toys are shown while narrators sing about the next clip.
Stars: Kenny Baker, Kathryn Beaumont, Peter Behn, Ruth Clifford
Votes: 129
37. The Hit Parade (1937)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Agent Pete Garland (Phil Regan) is fired by society singer Monica Barrett (Louise Henry) after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds (Monroe ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Frances Langford, Phil Regan, Max Terhune, Edward Brophy
Votes: 53
38. Star of the Family (1950–1952)
30 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
During the first year, the theme of this variety show as to interview people who were related to famous celebrities without divulging who the celebrity was. After a period of time, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Carl Hoff Orchestra, The Beatrice Kraft Dancers, Frank Waldecker, Morton Downey
39. Entertaining the Troops (1988)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, War
Documentary about the USO of WWII, with a reunion of Bob Hope's famous troupe, consisting, besides him, of Frances Langford, Patty Thomas and Tony Romano.
Director: Robert Mugge | Stars: Bud Abbott, Larry Adler, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Laverne Andrews
Votes: 220
40. Never a Dull Moment (1943)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Three comedians, mistaken for gangsters, find out they are being used for hiding stolen jewelry.
Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Frances Langford
Votes: 52
41. A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954 TV Movie)
30 min | News
Included on the DVD release of "A Star is Born" (1954), this is a live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Academy Awards.
Stars: George Fisher, Rosemarie Stack, Paula Raymond, Amanda Blake
Votes: 205
42. Winter Wonderland (2003 Video)
47 min | Animation, Family
A collection of clips and songs from Disney properties that invoke the spirit of the holidays.
Director: Harry Arends | Stars: Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Peter Behn, Donnie Dunagan
Votes: 50
43. Purple Heart Diary (1951)
Approved | 73 min | Drama
A trio of singers is entertaining wounded American soldiers during World War II. They encourage a mutilated soldier in his love for a nurse.
Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Frances Langford, Judd Holdren, Ben Lessy, Tony Romano
Votes: 30
44. Beat the Band (1947)
Approved | 67 min | Musical
Big-band singer Ann wants back her money, that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards, Phillip Terry, June Clayworth
Votes: 81
45. Mississippi Gambler (1942)
Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A journalist finds out, that a plantation owner he meets is a gangster the police is looking for, who has changed his face with plastic surgery.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Kent Taylor, Frances Langford, John Litel, Shemp Howard
Votes: 43
46. The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950–1951)
60 min | Comedy, Music
It was NBC Saturday Night Revue, a three-hour weekly show.
Stars: Jack Carter, Donald Richards, Harry Sosnik, William Callahan
47. Bob Hope: Don't Shoot, It's Only Me (1990 TV Special)
60 min | Comedy
Bob Hope and friends celebrate his fifty plus year career in entertainment.
Director: Ellen Brown | Stars: Elvia Allman, Milton Berle, George Burns, Joel Eisenberg
48. The Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show (1951–1952)
60 min | Comedy, Music
Variety show. They probably did skits as "The Bickersons"
Stars: Frances Langford, Don Ameche, Cynthia Stone, Jack Lemmon
Votes: 25
49. The Bickersons (1967)
Short, Animation
Directors: Ralph Bakshi, Doug Crane | Stars: Don Ameche, Frances Langford
50. The Frances Langford Show (1960– )
60 min | Comedy, Music
Frances Langford hosts a variety special.
Stars: Frances Langford, Don Ameche, Rosemary Clooney, Robert Cummings