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Jun. 11, 2008 6:15 AM ET (AP)
Synopsis: Soundies: A Musical History collects a number of short musical films that played on a film jukebox called Panoram in the 1940s. Many consider these films to be the very first music videos, and this documentary includes appearances by some of the most beloved musical artists of all time including Read More
Synopsis: Directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato follow up Party Monster by returning to the documentary form of their most popular film The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Rather than examining evangelists-cum-gay icons, this time the duo takes aim at the cultural phenomenon that is and was Deep Throat, the Read More
Crew: Executive Producer
Synopsis: Take to the sky with the rich and famous as you step aboard the most exuberant personal jets ever to grace the clouds in this high flying video that shows just why the skyways of today may be the highways of tomorrow. The celebrity customers of an exclusive design team demand aircraft that are as Read More
Actors: Kim Basinger, Yasmin Aga Kahn, James Hill, Nicole Kidman, Ann Miller
Synopsis: The life and career of 1940s sex symbol Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) is affectionately but uncompromisingly recounted in this cable TV documentary, produced by Hugh Hefner and narrated by actress Kim Basinger. Born into a show business family, Rita Cansino was still a pre-teen when she attracted the Read More
Synopsis: Though there may have been an unofficial glass ceiling for most women in the motion picture industry of the 1920s and 1930s, for many years the most successful and highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood was a former actress named Frances Marion. Born in 1899, Marion entered the fledgling movie Read More
Crew: Producer
Actors: Shirley MacLaine
Synopsis: While Louise Brooks had a relatively brief career as a Hollywood actress, her striking beauty (complete with distinctive "helmet" hair style) and stunning performances in two films by G. W. Pabst (Pandora's Box and Diary Of A Lost Girl) made her a cult object whose legend continued to shine long Read More
Synopsis: In the 200th episode of the series, Roseanne has daydreams about her new wealthy life after winning the lottery. Hugh Hefner and Jerry Springer appear as themselves. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Joyce Brothers, David Brown, Amy Greene, Hugh Hefner
Synopsis: This documentary is an homage to Marilyn Monroe, arguably the most famous sex-symbol of the 20th century. The film offers a loving examination of her enduring charm and chronicles the continued devotion of her fans. Rather than present the traditional chronological biography, the filmmakers have Read More
Synopsis: Declaring her independence from her parents, Hilary (Karyn Parsons) accepts an invitation to the Playboy Mansion, where host Hugh Hefner(playing himself) has arranged a photo shoot featuring female TV weather reporters. While Philip (James Avery) stays at home, terrified that his darling daughter Read More
Synopsis: Two magazines on the complete opposite end of the spectrum play into this episode of HBO's popular late-night talk show satire. As Darlene (Linda Doucett) finds herself strangely manipulated by Hank (Jeffrey Tambor) into appearing in Playboy magazine, Larry (Garry Shandling) becomes increasingly Read More
Actors: Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith
Synopsis: The citizens of Springfield are being inundated with advertisements heralding the arrival of something called "Gabbo," raising curiosity to a fever pitch. One day, it is revealed that Gabbo is the irrepressible wooden sidekick of ventriloquist Arthur Crandall (voice of Hank Azaria), and that they Read More
Synopsis: Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time is a documentary about the life and times of Hefner, the publisher of the legendary men's magazine Playboy, and how he changed the sexual climate of America. Though it was made with the cooperation of Hefner and Playboy Enterprises, the documentary doesn't gloss over Read More
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton
Synopsis: Detroit cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) has seemingly smoothed out his differences with his Beverly Hills superior Bogomil (Ronny Cox), but there's trouble ahead for both men, not to mention two other holdovers from the first Cop film, officers Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Taggart (John Ashton). Read More
Actors: Chuck McCann, Robert Staats, Ina Balin, Jara Kahout
Synopsis: In this comedy a producer of "B" movies makes a film featuring a has-been cowboy star in the hopes that he can bring back his failing studio. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Hoping to be selected as a Playboy Bunny, Rhonda (Leslie Easterbrook) sends Laverne out to pick up an application. Not surprisingly, Laverne ends up trying to earn her own set of bunny ears, competing against her new friend Cathy (played by none other than Carrie Fisher). During the final Read More
Actors: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman
Synopsis: Mel Brooks produced, directed, wrote, and starred in this episodic comedy in the spirit of Monty Python and the 1957 studio travesty The Story of Mankind. The film is divided into five sequences that play like blue-toned Eddie Cantor vaudeville sketches -- "The Dawn of Man," "The Stone Age," The Read More
Actors: Peter Sellers, Helen Mirren, David Tomlinson, Sid Caesar, Simon Williams
Synopsis: Peter Sellers gets to play both hero and bad guy at the same time in this comedy variation on Sax Rohmer's infamous stories of Asian super-villian Fu Manchu. The 168-year-old Fu Manchu (Sellers) is starting to run out of the youth-preserving formula that has kept him alive and kicking for the past Read More
Actors: Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers, Joss Ackland, Rodney Bewes
Synopsis: After a couple of major studio flops, Peter Bogdanovich returned to his 1960s filmmaking roots with this Roger Corman-produced low budget film. Easygoing expatriate Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara) makes his living in early-1970s Singapore legally and illegally looking after the needs of American and Read More
Actors: Hugh Hefner, Libby Titus
Synopsis: This 1977 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Hugh Hefner and features musical guest Libby Titus. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Michael Ivan Cristofer
Synopsis: In this drama, a Vietnam vet, living in the psycho ward of a V.A. hospital, has difficulty coping with the crazy world he returned home to. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Kim Novak
Synopsis: The Third Girl From the Left might have passed without notice had the film not been the highly touted TV-movie debuts of Kim Novak and Tony Curtis. Kim heads the cast as an ageing Las Vegas chorus girl, while Tony plays a third-rate nightclub comic. Determining that her romance with Curtis is Read More
Synopsis: In this drama, a young woman is devastated to find out that her mother is involved with a younger man. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Somewhat based on Desmond Morris' fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated satirical docudrama -- produced by Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner -- traces the evolution of humankind and offers insight into the reasons why we behave the way we do. Though often dealing with Read More
Actors: Terence Bayler, Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Nicholas Selby, John Stride, Vic Abbott, Stephen Chase
Synopsis: Perhaps William Shakespeare meant to have Lady Macbeth perform her sleepwalking scene in the nude -- it was this X-rated scene and the film's much-publicized spurts of violence, rather than the brilliant performances of Jon Finch as Macbeth and Francesca Annis as his Lady, that lured crowds to Roman Polanski Read More
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