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1. The World at War (1973–1974)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History, War
A groundbreaking 26-part documentary series narrated by the actor Laurence Olivier about the deadliest conflict in history, World War II.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, Anthony Eden, Albert Speer
Votes: 28,992
2.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
On Our Way: U.S.A. 1939-1942
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The opposition to the United States' entry into the war, Lend Lease, U-boat attacks on Atlantic convoys and American responses, mobilization of America after Pearl Harbor, loss of the Philippines, Doolittle Raid, Midway and Guadalcanal.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, George Ball, Norman Corwin
Votes: 440
3. CBS: On the Air (1978– )
450 min | Documentary
7-part series celebrating the first 50 years of CBS broadcasting.
Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Telly Savalas, Alfred Hitchcock, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 64
4.
Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
Episode:
Desperation
(1987)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Melissa's desperate attempts to keep the baby result in a car chase that ends when the car carrying her, Chase, Maggie, Richard and Dan plunges into San Francisco Bay. Angela discovers that... See full summary »
Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Jane Wyman, Robert Foxworth, Lorenzo Lamas, David Selby
Votes: 44
5. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,561
6. Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010)
110 min | Documentary, Biography, Fantasy
Imagine becoming the top writer for "Playboy" in your twenties... Imagine being a mainstay for the groundbreaking "Twilight Zone"... Imagine verging on the cusp of a major film-writing ... See full summary »
Director: Jason V Brock | Stars: Charles Beaumont, Forrest J. Ackerman, Roger Anker, Christopher Beaumont
Votes: 43
7. Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015)
101 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In 1935, 17 year old aspiring actress Marsha Hunt was discovered in Hollywood. She signed with Paramount Pictures and went on to a flourishing career at MGM. She made 54 films in 17 years ... See full summary »
Director: Roger C. Memos | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Walter Bernstein, Alvah Bessie, Steven Carr Reuben
Votes: 171
8. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
60 min | Drama
This live dramatic series featured original stories and adaptations of novels, plays, etc., during its eight-year run. During the first year, the show was sponsored by the Actor's Equity ... See full summary »
Stars: Bert Lytell, Jay Jackson, Bob Stanton, E.G. Marshall
Votes: 137
9. Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991)
TV-G | 113 min | Documentary, History
For 50 years, radio dominated the airwaves as the first mass medium. Ken Burns examines the lives of three men who shared the responsibility for its invention and early success.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Jason Robards, Red Barber, Erik Barnouw, Ken Bilby
Votes: 593
10. Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1999)
58 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary that explores the work of a composer who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such diverse directors as Orson Welles, Nicholas Ray, and Martin Scorsese.
Director: Joshua Waletzky | Stars: Philip Bosco, Elmer Bernstein, Claudine Bouché, Royal S. Brown
Votes: 208
11. The Band Wagon (1953)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it beyond recognition.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray
Votes: 12,567
12. Moby Dick (1956)
Not Rated | 116 min | Adventure, Drama
The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice
Votes: 21,877 | Gross: $10.40M
13. Lust for Life (1956)
Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Directors: Vincente Minnelli, George Cukor | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, James Donald, Pamela Brown
Votes: 12,505 | Gross: $3.48M
14. They Were Expendable (1945)
Approved | 135 min | Drama, War
A Navy commander fights to prove the battle-worthiness of the PT boat at the start of World War II.
Directors: John Ford, Robert Montgomery | Stars: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt
Votes: 9,261
15. The Blue Veil (1951)
113 min | Drama
Louise Mason is a young widow who fills her empty life with the task of becoming a children's nurse. As the years pass, and the widow tries to find her own place in life, her young charges,... See full summary »
Directors: Curtis Bernhardt, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton, Joan Blondell, Richard Carlson
Votes: 484
16. A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005)
39 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A biography of Poet Norman Corwin, and the events surrounding his powerful radio broadcast commemorating VE Day on May 8, 1945.
Director: Eric Simonson | Stars: Robert Altman, Norman Corwin, Walter Cronkite, Norman Lear
Votes: 135
17. The General with the Cockeyed Id (1964)
20 min | Documentary, Short
A 20 minute documentary about the construction industry in 60s America. The film was for the Associated General Contractors of America. The odd title refers to the Construction Contractor (... See full summary »
Directors: John Sutherland, Carl Urbano | Star: Alexander Scourby
Votes: 13
18. Corwin (1996 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 80 min | Biography
Biography of Norman Corwin, the great writer, producer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. Actors in his radio plays included Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart, Charles Laughton, Danny Kaye,... See full summary »
Director: Les Guthman | Stars: Norman Corwin, Norman Lear, Ray Bradbury, Erik Barnouw
Votes: 7
19. Forever and a Day (1943)
Approved | 104 min | Drama, History
During World War II, an American travels to Britain to sell an old house near London that belongs to his family. However, he meets Leslie Trimble who lives in the house and who is ... See full summary »
Directors: Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Robert Stevenson, Herbert Wilcox, René Clair | Stars: George Kirby, Doreen Munroe, May Beatty, Connie Leon
Votes: 792
20. Norman Corwin Presents (1971– )
30 min
An anthology drama series originating in Canada, but relying heavily on American actors and actresses, and syndicated in the United States.
Stars: Norman Corwin, William Osler, Leslie Nielsen, David McCallum
Votes: 18
21. The Story of Ruth (1960)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, History, Romance
Inspired by the scriptural tale. Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his talk of a forgiving God. After tragedy strikes, she begins a new life in Bethlehem.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Elana Eden, Stuart Whitman, Tom Tryon, Peggy Wood
Votes: 1,441
22. Scandal at Scourie (1953)
Passed | 90 min | Drama
After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitoba. All of them are available for adoption and at a stop at Scourie, Ontario little Patsy ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Agnes Moorehead, Donna Corcoran
Votes: 590
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: 34
25. Falcon Crest (1981–1990)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the vineyards of California, this prime-time soap opera presented the conflict in the powerful Gioberti family, owners of the vast Falcon Crest Winery.
Stars: Jane Wyman, Lorenzo Lamas, Chao Li Chi, David Selby
Votes: 4,273
26. Once Upon a Time (1944)
Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A cash-strapped theater producer promotes a nine-year-old boy's dancing caterpillar.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Cary Grant, Janet Blair, James Gleason, Ted Donaldson
Votes: 1,104
27. Metamorphoses (1978)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Fantasy
Several animated stories from "Metamorphoses", Roman poet Ovid's narrative of legends, are presented.
Director: Takashi Masunaga | Star: Peter Ustinov
Votes: 178
28. Madison Avenue (1961)
TV-PG | 94 min | Drama
An adman and an ad woman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Dana Andrews, Eleanor Parker, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert
Votes: 352
29. Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya - General Yamashita (1974 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, History, War
Dramatization of the trial of General Yamashita when he was tried for his actions in the Philippines during World War 2 that resulted in the death of thousands of civilians. And of how the lawyers assigned to defend him tried to.
Directors: Lee Bernhardi, Stanley Kramer | Stars: Philip Ahn, Philip Bruns, William Devane, John Fujioka
Votes: 25
30. The Naked Maja (1958)
111 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Love takes precedence over art and politics as Spanish painter Goya pines for an aloof duchess.
Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Ava Gardner, Anthony Franciosa, Amedeo Nazzari, Gino Cervi
Votes: 442
31.
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
Episode:
The Rolling Stones, Ella Fitzgerald, Robert Klein, Ed Ames, Eddie Albert, Peter Gennaro, Topo Gigio
(1969)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Ed Sullivan, Eddie Albert, Ed Ames, Rodney Dangerfield
Votes: 15
32. No Place to Hide (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, Thriller
Some pellets containing a deadly virus are carried by two boys on the run through the Philippines.
Director: Josef Shaftel | Stars: David Brian, Marsha Hunt, Hugh Corcoran, Ike Jarlego Jr.
33. The Rivalry (1975 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, History
A television adaptation of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates, in which Abraham Lincoln did verbal battle with Stephen Douglas, his opponent for a U.S. Senate seat, over the issue of slavery.
Director: Fielder Cook | Stars: Charles Durning, Arthur Hill, Hope Lange, Stephen Manley
34. Ready or Not, Here I Come (1985)
58 min | Reality-TV
Director: John M. Weiskopf | Stars: Norman Corwin, Marilyn Ringo
35. F.D.R. (1965– )
30 min
Stars: Arthur Kennedy, Charlton Heston, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ernest K. Lindley
36. The Poet Laureate of Radio (2006 Video)
76 min | Documentary
Known as the Poet Laureate of Radio, Norman Corwin is one of the greatest writer-producer-directors the Golden Age of Radio ever produced. Originally interviewed by Michael James Kacey for ... See full summary »
Director: Michael James Kacey | Star: Norman Corwin
37. Inside the Movie Kingdom - 1964 (1964 TV Special)
75 min | Documentary
Portrait of the contemporary American and international film industry.
Stars: Julie Andrews, Carroll Baker, Ingrid Bergman, Stephen Boyd
38. Larger Than Life: Norman Corwin on Orson Welles and Radio in the Forties (2005)
25 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Robert Fischer | Star: Norman Corwin
39. Untitled (1945 TV Movie)
Drama
Stars: Alan Drake, Michael Everett, Frances Fuller, Dorothy Paxton
40. 50 Years of Action! (1986)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Douglass M. Stewart Jr. | Stars: Richard Crenna, Morris R. Abrams, Stanley Ackerman, Woody Allen
41.
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode:
Ann Rutledge
(1950)
60 min | Drama
The short life of a girl loved by the young Abraham Lincoln.
Director: Gordon Duff | Stars: Grace Kelly, Stephen Courtleigh, Jay Jackson
42.
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
Episode:
Episode #22.26
(1969)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Ed Sullivan, Eddie Albert, Tony Bennett, Rodney Dangerfield
43.
Norman Corwin Presents (1971– )
Episode:
Aunt Dorothy's Playroom
(1972)
Director: Gene Frankel | Stars: Diane Baker, Bonnie Brooks, Norman Corwin, Fred Gwynne
44.
Norman Corwin Presents (1971– )
Episode:
Odyssey in Progress
(1972)
Directors: Norman Corwin, Arthur Joel Katz | Stars: Norman Corwin, Ray Evans, Steve Franken, Eileen Wilson
45.
Norman Corwin Presents (1971– )
Episode:
Pappy's Oasis
(1972)
Director: Gene Frankel | Stars: Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Norman Corwin
46.
Norman Corwin Presents (1971– )
Episode:
The One-Man Group
(1972)
Director: Steve Binder | Stars: Norman Corwin, Donald Harron, Tom Harvey, Araby Lockhart
47.
Norman Corwin Presents (1971– )
Episode:
Two Gods on Prime Time
(1972)
Mars and Venus are guests on a talk show.
Director: Steve Binder | Stars: Norman Corwin, Leslie Nielsen, Forrest Tucker, Cicely Tyson
48.
Norman Corwin Presents (1971– )
Episode:
You Think You've Got Troubles?
(1971)
30 min
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Norman Corwin, Stu Daly, Allen Doremus, Michael Dunn
49.
Norman Corwin Presents (1971– )
Episode:
A Foreign Field
(1972)
Director: Lela Swift | Stars: Norman Corwin, Hume Cronyn, Lorne Greene, Barry Morse
50.
Norman Corwin Presents (1971– )
Episode:
The Joy of Living
(1972)
Director: Ted Post | Stars: Carl Betz, Norman Corwin, Jodi Farber, Ricky O'Neill