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1. What's My Line? (1950–1967)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Stars: John Daly, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, Dorothy Kilgallen
Votes: 1,768
2. The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.
Stars: Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar, Cliff Arquette
Votes: 324
3. The Sound of Music (1965)
G | 172 min | Biography, Drama, Family
A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn
Votes: 260,883 | Gross: $163.21M
4. That Was the Week That Was (1963–1985)
30 min | Comedy
An Americanized version of the famous hit British TV show, retaining David Frost from the British cast.
Stars: David Frost, Phyllis Newman, Nancy Ames, Pat Englund
Votes: 116
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: 1,560
6. The Ford 50th Anniversary Show (1953 TV Special)
120 min | Music
Directors: Clark Jones, Jerome Robbins | Stars: Marian Anderson, Theda Bara, Charles Chaplin, Winston Churchill
Votes: 20
7. 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: 588
8. Mister Roberts (1955)
Passed | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In the waning days of World War II, the cargo officer of a Navy supply ship chafes at its role far from the action in the Pacific's backwater areas, his frustration rising when its captain denies the crew liberty over petty irritations.
Directors: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan | Stars: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon
Votes: 18,227 | Gross: $21.20M
9. A Shot in the Dark (1964)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Inspector Clouseau falls in love with a murder suspect and tries to clear her name.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Elke Sommer, George Sanders, Herbert Lom
Votes: 30,920 | Gross: $12.37M
10. A Bell for Adano (1967 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A U.S. army officer, the military governor of an Italian town during World War II, tries to reintroduce democracy, but his efforts are hindered by his commanding general. Placing his career... See full summary »
Director: Mel Ferber | Stars: John Forsythe, Brian Avery, Dick Balduzzi, Harry Bellaver
Votes: 15
11. The Fabulous Fifties (1960)
120 min | Documentary
A review of the previous decade through musical and comedy skits, commentary and news clips
Directors: Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Norman Jewison | Stars: Julie Andrews, Shelley Berman, Betty Comden, Leora Dana
Votes: 41
12. State of the Union (1948)
Approved | 124 min | Comedy, Drama
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury
Votes: 4,168
13. The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)
PG | 85 min | Drama, History
The trial of the Catonsville Nine, the nine Catholic activists who in 1968 went to the draft board in Catonsville, Maryland, took 378 draft files and burned them to protest the Vietnam War.
Director: Gordon Davidson | Stars: Gwen Arner, Ed Flanders, Barton Heyman, Mary Jackson
Votes: 49 | Gross: $0.11M
14. Gypsy (1962)
Approved | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Paul Wallace
Votes: 6,992 | Gross: $13.01M
15. The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Approved | 135 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: James Stewart, Murray Hamilton, Patricia Smith, Bartlett Robinson
Votes: 8,605
16. Golden Showcase (1961–1964)
60 min | Drama
Stars: John Fraser, George C. Scott, Susan Oliver, Louis Hayward
Votes: 15
17.
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
Episode:
Tribute to Mr. Roberts with David Wayne, John Forsythe, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemon, Leland Hayward, Mervyn LeRoy
(1955)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Ed Sullivan, James Cagney, Henry Fonda, John Forsythe
Votes: 14
18. The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
Not Rated | 86 min | Adventure, Drama
An old Cuban fisherman's dry spell is broken when he hooks a gigantic fish that drags him out to sea.
Directors: John Sturges, Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Felipe Pazos, Harry Bellaver, Richard Alameda
Votes: 8,636
19. South Pacific (1958)
Approved | 157 min | Musical, Romance, War
On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston
Votes: 9,798
20. The Good Years (1962 TV Movie)
Comedy, Drama, Music
Walter Lord's book 'The Good Years' examining American society between 1900 through 1914 Is made into this TV special hosted by Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball with dRamatizations of historical events, musical routines and sketches.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Mort Sahl, Margaret Hamilton
Votes: 36
21. Call Me Madam (1953)
Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, George Sanders
Votes: 1,463
22. Who Was That Lady? (1960)
Approved | 115 min | Comedy, Romance
Ill-advised by a pal, a chemistry professor falsely claims to be an undercover FBI agent to cover up his marital infidelity; his wife swallows his life, but it gets him in trouble with the real FBI, the CIA, and the KGB.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Tony Curtis, Dean Martin, Janet Leigh, James Whitmore
Votes: 1,755
23.
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
Episode:
Anything Goes
(1954)
Not Rated | 60 min | Comedy, Romance
On an ocean liner, a nightclub singer tries to help a fellow American romance an English heiress who is being forced to return home to marry a man she doesn't love. The American must avoid ... See full summary »
Director: Sid Smith | Stars: Ethel Merman, Frank Sinatra, Bert Lahr, Sheree North
Votes: 84
24. Goodbye Charlie (1964)
Approved | 116 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Womanizing Charlie is shot by an angry husband and falls in the sea. He arrives home after his memorial as a cute, amnesic woman. His old friend helps her/him.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Pat Boone, Joanna Barnes
Votes: 2,024
25. Ensign Pulver (1964)
Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, War
Life becomes so harried after Ensign Pulver's prank, he and the Captain are swept off deck during a storm, ending up on a tropical island, a group of ship wrecked nurses, dancing natives, and one very big case of appendicitis.
Director: Joshua Logan | Stars: Robert Walker Jr., Burl Ives, Walter Matthau, Tommy Sands
Votes: 1,751
26. The Whip Woman (1928)
60 min | Drama
Director: Joseph Boyle | Stars: Estelle Taylor, Antonio Moreno, Lowell Sherman, Hedda Hopper
Votes: 50
27. Broadway Nights (1927)
72 min | Drama, Romance
Fannie, a performer in a music hall act, teams up with Johnny, an MC and a gambler, and becomes a success. They marry, and a few years later they have a child. One night while they are ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Boyle | Stars: Louis John Bartels, Lois Wilson, Sam Hardy, Philip Strange
Votes: 54
28. For the Love of Mike (1927)
75 min | Drama, Romance
Three men join forces to raise an adopted son.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ben Lyon, George Sidney, Ford Sterling
Votes: 82
29. Today (1952– )
TV-G | 240 min | News, Talk-Show
A daily live broadcast provides current domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment, and sports.
Stars: Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jack Lescoulie, Frank Blair
Votes: 2,457
30. General Foods Opening Night (1963 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy
Fearing they'll all be fired after hearing Phil Silvers is getting his own show on the General Foods line up, the actors and actress band together to ruin Silvers' show.
Stars: Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Andy Griffith, Garry Moore
31. High Hat (1927)
70 min | Comedy
Director: James Ashmore Creelman | Stars: Ben Lyon, Mary Brian, Sam Hardy, Osgood Perkins
32. Dance Magic (1927)
70 min | Drama
Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Pauline Starke, Ben Lyon, Louis John Bartels, Isobel Elsom
33. On Stage! (1949)
18 min | Documentary, Short
A glimpse into New York theatre life; includes shots of Rex Harrison in "Anne of the Thousand Days" and of Charles Boyer in "Red Gloves."
Stars: Maxwell Anderson, Brooks Atkinson, Jackson Beck, Charles Boyer
34. Tonight on Broadway (1948–1949)
30 min | Talk-Show
Cast interviews and brief performances from the current plays on Broadway.
Stars: John Mason Brown, Wendy Hiller, Henry Fonda, Basil Rathbone
35.
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
Episode:
Episode #6.36
(1953)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Ed Sullivan, Janet Blair, Sheila Bond, Jack Cassidy
36.
Golden Showcase (1961–1964)
Episode:
Saturday's Children
(1962)
Drama
A TV adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's 1927 Broadway play.
Director: Tom Donovan | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Ted Beniades, Lee Grant, Doro Merande
37.
What's My Line? (1950–1967)
Episode:
David Niven
(1952)
Family, Game-Show
Director: Franklin Heller | Stars: Dorothy Kilgallen, Leland Hayward, Arlene Francis, Hal Block
38.
That Was the Week That Was (1963–1985)
Episode:
Episode #2.2
(1964)
30 min | Comedy
Director: James Elson | Stars: David Frost, Nancy Ames, Bob Dishy, Pat Englund
39.
That Was the Week That Was (1963–1985)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1964)
Comedy
Directors: Kirk Alexander, Marshall Jamison | Stars: David Frost, Nancy Ames, Audrey Meadows, Doro Merande
40.
Tonight on Broadway (1948–1949)
Episode:
Mister Roberts
(1948)
Talk-Show
The cast and producers of "Mr. Roberts" are interviewed and scenes from the play are performed.
Director: Martin A. Gosch | Stars: Henry Fonda, William Harrigan, Leland Hayward, Thomas Heggen
41.
Golden Showcase (1961–1964)
Episode:
Tonight in Samarkand
(1962)
Drama
Director: Garry Simpson | Stars: Martin Gabel, Margaret Hayes, William LeMassena, Julienne Marie
42.
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
Episode:
Episode #3.14
(1959)
Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Stars: Arlene Francis, George Axelrod, Lauren Bacall, Sydney Chaplin
43.
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
Episode:
Episode #5.7
(1961)
Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Stars: Hugh Downs, Arlene Francis, Leland Hayward, Jose Melis
48.
Today (1952– )
Episode:
Episode dated 10 January 1964
(1964)
TV-G | News, Talk-Show
Stars: Leland Hayward, Larry Kert