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Actors: Louis Armstrong
Synopsis: This release compiles a number of songs by the legendary Louis Armstrong. Taken over the course of four different decades, these performances often feature other superstars such as Gene Krupa, Bing Crosby, and Jackie Gleason. Among the numbers delivered are "Blueberry Hill," "When the Saints Go Read More
Synopsis: The compilation release Jackie Gleason: Genius at Work collects, into a single volume, many of "The Great One"'s most beloved comedy sketches from the annals of vintage television. The sketches - many of which were not widely viewed between their original airdates and this video release - are here Read More
Crew: Short Story Author
Actors: William H. Macy, Keke Palmer, Don Rickles, Ned Beatty, Catherine O'Hara
Synopsis: Created for the TNT television network, The Wool Cap is a remake of the 1962 film Gigot, which was written by and starred the legendary Jackie Gleason. This time around, it's Academy Award-nominee and Emmy winner William H. Macy (Fargo) handling the lead role, as well as teleplay and producer Read More
Synopsis: This collection features a variety of the funniest, if seldom-seen moments in The Honeymooners, and, of course, stars comedy greats Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, and Joyce Randolph. For a more extensive collection of these "lost" episodes, try The Honeymooners: The Lost Episodes Read More
Actors: Dean Martin
Synopsis: This collection features a selection of classic footage and backstage looks at the popular "Jackie Gleason Show." ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More
Synopsis: Featuring the classically comedic antics of Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows, The Honeymooners: Greatest Battles is a 60-minute compilation spotlighting some of the series' most notable moments of verbal warfare between Ralph (Gleason) and Alice (Meadows), his no-nonsense wife. ~ Tracie Read More
Actors: Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Hector Elizondo, Barry Corbin, Bess Armstrong
Synopsis: Garry Marshall directed this film which starts as a light comedy but moves into heavy-duty drama later on. David Basner (Tom Hanks in a good performance) works in an ad agency, where he enjoys bantering with his co-workers and meets a lot of women. He hasn't been especially close to his father (Jackie Gleason Read More
Crew: Composer (Music Score)
Synopsis: Honeymooners stars Jackie Gleason and Art Carney re-team for this tea-teetotaling comedy about a pair of down-on-their-luck vaudeville actors who go to work as prohibition agents. The time is the Roaring Twenties, and the advent of the motion picture has made vaudeville old news. When the stage Read More
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Mac Davis, Teri Garr, Karl Malden, Oliver Reed
Synopsis: Although penned by the same screenwriter, David S. Ward, this sequel to The Sting (1973) is tarnished by comparisons to its predecessor. Jackie Gleason fills the shoes of Paul Newman as Harry Gondorff and Mac Davis slips into the Robert Redford role of Johnny Hooker, two con men pals whose latest Read More
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Colleen Camp, Pat McCormick
Synopsis: In this plotless, mindless chase movie, papa Big Enos and son Little Enos (Pat McCormick and Paul Williams) hire Cletus (Jerry Reed) to haul a Jaws-replica shark from Miami to Texas to advertise their new seafood restaurant. There is big money in it for Cletus if he can get to Texas on time. Read More
Synopsis: A recent widower (Laurence Olivier) agrees to have a drink with his late wife's old flame (Jackie Gleason) after the funeral. While there, he is surprised to learn that the man remained an oft-seen platonic friend until just before his wife's death. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More
Actors: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz, Teresa Ganzel, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Synopsis: In The Toy, director Richard Donner and screenwriter Carol Sobieski update the 1976 Pierre Richard farce Le Jouet as a vehicle for comedian Richard Pryor. Pryor stars as out-of-work journalist Jack Brown, who's hit with the sudden realization that his idle book writing won't pay a 10,000-dollar Read More
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field, Dom DeLuise, Jerry Reed
Synopsis: Former stuntman Hal Needham made his directorial debut with the first Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and repeated his success with the sequel, a virtual remake that substituted a live elephant for a truckload of beer. Burt Reynolds returns as law-defying anti-hero Bandit, now a washed-up alcoholic Read More
Actors: Terence Hill, Valerie Perrine, Jackie Gleason, Slim Pickens, William Redfield
Synopsis: An Italian mechanic (Terence Hill) finds that he has inherited a billion-dollar company from his dead uncle, but he needs to be in San Francisco in 20 days to sign over the will. In the meantime, he is chased by kidnappers and the affected corporation's president (Jackie Gleason). ~ John Bush, All Read More
Actors: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, Mike Henry
Synopsis: "Smokey," aka Sheriff Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), is the prospective father-in-law of unwilling bride Carrie (Sally Field). The Bandit (Burt Reynolds), a maverick racecar driver, makes an 80,000-dollar bet that he can transport a shipment of Coors beer from Texarkana, TX, to Atlanta within Read More
Actors: Milton Berle
Synopsis: Watch the comedy unfold as Milton Berle trades wisecracks with his hilarious guests on this videotape. Some of the funniest people in show business are featured in this collection hosted by "Mr. Television" himself. Pat Buttran, Dick Martin, Mort Sahl, and Eddie Quillon are interviewed. Footage of Read More
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Maureen O'Hara, Shelley Winters, Rosemary Forsyth, Rick Lenz
Synopsis: In this syrupy comedy, a father attempts to reconnect with his troubled, estranged son, a philosophy professor. The chance at reconciliation comes when the son learns that his father, whom he hasn't seen in years is fighting a strange nameless movie disease in a French hospital. The young man's Read More
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons, Richard Libertini, Michael Constantine
Synopsis: Don't Drink The Water is taken from a play by Woody Allen. Walter Hollander (Jackie Gleason) is a middle-aged caterer from Newark, New Jersey who takes his wife Marion (Estelle Parsons) and his teenage daughter Susan (Joan Delaney) on a tour of Europe. When their plane is high-jacked to Vulgaria Read More
Actors: Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Jane Wyman, Maureen Arthur, Leslie Nielsen
Synopsis: Frank Benson (Bob Hope) and his wife, Elaine (Jane Wyman), decide to end their marriage after 20 years. Their daughter, Nancy (Joanna Cameron), announces she wishes to marry her college sweetheart, David Poe (Tim Matheson). David's father, Oliver (Jackie Gleason), is against the union and tries to Read More
Actors: Jackie Gleason
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Frankie Avalon, Fred Clark, Michael Constantine
Synopsis: Producer and director Otto Preminger reportedly experimented with LSD in the late 60's, which inspired him to make this notorious comedy in which Jackie Gleason plays Tony, a mid-level gangster and former hired killer not very happy with his life. He bickers a lot with his wife Flo (Carol Read More
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Glynis Johns, Charlie Ruggles, Laurel Goodwin, Linda Bruhl
Synopsis: This charming tale is about a young girl's father and his slightly erratic behavior after sampling a refreshing alcoholic beverage. Although Papa Jack Griffith (Jackie Gleason) never appears to be drunk, his "delicate condition" is well known to his family. His wife is definitely unhappy over his Read More
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld, Tony Bill, Tom Poston
Synopsis: The unlikely duo of Steve McQueen and Jackie Gleason star in this military comedy-drama. Gleason is Master Sergeant Max Slaughter, a corpulent man perfectly content with his solitary life in the Army, where his room and board are paid for and free sodas are his for the taking. His comrade, the Read More
Actors: Muhammad Ali, Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Stanley Adams
Synopsis: One of the most memorable sports dramas because of its strong character development, Requiem for a Heavyweight is carried by Anthony Quinn as the washed-up boxer Mountain Rivera, and Jackie Gleason as his sleazy manager, Maish Rennick. In the opening scenes, Cassius Clay -- before he became Muhammad Ali Read More
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Katherine Kath, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Lefebvre, Jacques Marin
Synopsis: Jackie Gleason plays Gigot, a lumbering but lovable mute Parisian derelict. Shunned by the "respectable" people around him, Gigot is beloved by the children. One of the kids, a little girl, is the melancholy daughter of an insensitive prostitute. Gigot befriends the lonely child and protects her Read More
Actors: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Myron McCormick
Synopsis: As The Hustler's "Fast" Eddie Felson, Paul Newman created a classic antihero, charismatic but fundamentally flawed, and nobody's role model. A pool player from Oakland, CA, as good as anyone who ever picked up a cue, Eddie has an Achilles' heel: arrogance. It's not enough for him to win: he must Read More
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Buddy Hackett
Synopsis: Here's Jackie Gleason at his finest as he plays the hilarious Ralph Kramden, the wacky and beloved bus driver. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
Crew: Screen Story
Synopsis: An original story by no less than Jackie Gleason was the basis of this one-hour drama, originally telecast live on the CBS dramatic anthology Studio One. Decked out in white robes and a cute little halo, comedian Red Buttons stars as St. Emergency, a celestial troubleshooter whose aid is summoned Read More
Synopsis: Although he tried very hard to become a movie star as well as create and produce television entertainment that was a lot flashier, like it or not, The Honeymooners ended up being the single creation for which Jackie Gleason was best known. One irony surrounding its recognition over the decades was Read More
Crew: Producer
Actors: Yvonne De Carlo, Richard Greene, Jackie Gleason, George Macready, Rock Hudson
Synopsis: The Desert Hawk deserves to be seen on the basis of its cast alone. No more believable than any of Universal's other sword-and-sand epics, this one stars Yvonne de Carlo as Princess Shaharazade (sic) and Richard Greene as Omar, aka the Desert Hawk. By day a humble blacksmith, the Desert Hawk Read More
Actors: Jack Carter, Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, June Taylor Dancers
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Rosemary de Camp
Actors: Glenn Ford, Terry Moore, Albert Sharpe, Dame May Whitty, Henry O'Neill
Synopsis: In this whimsical fantasy, a young girl suddenly discovers that her horse is really a reincarnation of her beloved uncle who upon his death bed was heard to say that if could ever come back, he would want to be a race horse that wins the Kentucky Derby. When the girl's relatives learn of her Read More
Actors: George Montgomery, Ann Rutherford, Glenn Miller, Cesar Romero, Lynn Bari, Jackie Gleason
Synopsis: In his last screen appearance, bandleader Glenn Miller plays--are you sitting down?--a bandleader. The film's main plot involves small-town girl Ann Rutherford, who impulsively marries George Montgomery, a trumpeter in the Miller band. Rutherford soon finds that she isn't particularly suited for Read More
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Anthony Quinn
Synopsis: This parody of gangster flicks centers on an incarcerated gangster who decides to reform after he is released from Sing Sing. He and his cell mate have earned a small fortune in investments and are planning to buy a dog track. Unfortunately, another prisoner eavesdrops and attempts to force the Read More
Actors: Jackie Gleason, Jack Durant, Florence Rice, Bruce Bennett, Hallene Hill
Synopsis: Columbia's belated effort to cash in on the popularity of Abbott & Costello's Buck Privates was the raucous and generally amusing wartime comedy Tramp, Tramp, Tramp. Jackie Gleason (the same!) and Jack Durant are teamed for the first and only time as Hank and Jed, a pair of dimwitted barbers who Read More
Actors: Richard Travis, Julie Bishop, Jackie Gleason, Frank Wilcox, Rex Williams
Synopsis: Escape from Crime is a pared-down (51 minute) remake of 1933's Picture Snatcher, with Richard Travis in the old James Cagney role. Recently paroled from jail, Red O'Hara (Travis) manages to wangle a photographer's job at the tabloid newspaper managed by hard-drinking Cornell (Frank Wilcox). Read More
Actors: Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox, Roland Drew, Jackie Gleason
Synopsis: The direction of Warner Bros.' Lady Gangster is credited to one "Florian Roberts," who on closer examination turns out to be veteran helmsman Robert Florey, working pseudonymously. Faye Emerson plays the title character, aspiring actress Dot Burton, whose chance association with a gang of bank Read More
Actors: Betty Grable, John Payne, Carmen Miranda, Cesar Romero, Charlotte Greenwood
Synopsis: A musical remake of the 1936 comedy Second Honeymoon and the starring debut of Betty Grable, Springtime in the Rockies tells the not unfamiliar story of Vicky Lane (Grable, a Broadway dancer despairing over the tardiness of her partner Dan Christy (John Payne) who, as it turns out, has instead Read More
Actors: Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Martha Raye, Jack Haley, Herbert Anderson, Jackie Gleason
Synopsis: The 1940 peacetime draft spawned a whole slew of military and naval comedies, the most successful of which was Abbott and Costello's Buck Privates. In this vein, Warners' Navy Blues features several studio contractees (including Ann Sheridan and Jack Carson), a few borrowed comedians (Jack Oakie, Jack Haley Read More
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Kaaren Verne, Jane Darwell, Frank McHugh
Synopsis: Humphrey Bogart plays Gloves Donahue, a rough-hewn but essentially decent New York gambler. The Runyonesque plot gets moving when Gloves tries to find out what's holding up his favorite restaurant's daily shipment of cheesecake. Paying a call on the bakery, Gloves stumbles into a Nazi spy ring Read More
Synopsis: Francis Albert Sinatra (1915-1998) went a long way for a kid from Hoboken, NJ. He became one of the world's most admired singers, a recording star, a radio star, and an Academy Award-winning actor. Part of a ten-tape collection, this program features 1950s archival television footage of "the Read More
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