Lenny BruceFilmography

Occupation:
Actor, Screenwriter
Biography:
The notoriously raunchy comedy of Lenny Bruce pushed the boundaries of the First Amendment and got him into much legal trouble during the early '60s, but it also changed the face of American comedy monologues and opened the door to a grittier, more political form of standup humor. He was born...Read More
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  • 2004
  • Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth

    Actors: Lenny Bruce

    Synopsis: Lenny Bruce was easily the most controversial stand-up comic of his generation. Tackling subjects that were not common fodder for humorists in the mid-1950's -- religious hypocrisy, the power of forbidden language, sexual obsessions and hang-ups, racism, drugs and the absurdity of the American Read More

    10/23/98
  • Hungry i Reunion

    Synopsis: During the 1950s and 1960s, San Francisco's hungry i nightclub (the lower case is not a mistake: that's how the name read on the club's outside wall) was a primary breeding ground for young and hungry comedy talent. The "i" is no longer in existence, but most of its more illustrious alumni are Read More

    1981
  • More Milton Berle's Mad World of Comedy

    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

    1974
  • Lenny Bruce: Without Tears

    Synopsis: Lenny Bruce was a stand-up comic (though he frequently sat down do deliver his monologues) whose work in the early '50s electrified the intellectual community of his time. It is not just that he was foul-mouthed; many contemporaries were that. It was his daring inclusion of political observations Read More

    1971
  • Dynamite Chicken

    Actors: Joan Baez, John Lennon, Richard Pryor, Andy Warhol

    Synopsis: This film contains a collection of commercials, interviews, and music featuring Joan Baez, Richard Pryor, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Lenny Bruce, Andy Warhol, and Allen Ginsberg. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

    1970
  • The Lenny Bruce Performance Film

    Actors: Lenny Bruce

    Synopsis: Those seeking proof of the much-vaunted brilliance of the highly influential nightclub comic Lenny Bruce will probably be disappointed by Lenny Bruce: Performance Film. Shot in grainy black-and-white, this film was made at the tail end of Lenny's career, shortly before his death in 1966. By this Read More

    1965
  • Dance Hall Racket

    Synopsis: Scalli (Timothy Farrell) runs a dance hall on the waterfront where lonely sailors can enjoy the company of pretty girls for a dime a dance. It's also a prime location for fencing smuggled diamonds, so Scalli keeps the hot-headed Vinnie (Lenny Bruce) in his employ as a strong-arm man. Whenever a Read More

    1958
  • Dream Follies

    Synopsis: In 1954, several years before Lenny Bruce became America's most controversial and talked-about comedian, he was just another funnyman looking for a break, and he got one of a sort with Dream Follies, a low-budget burlesque feature which was written by Bruce and featured him on screen. Bruce Read More

    1954
  • The Rocket Man

    Crew: Screenwriter

    Actors: Charles Coburn, Spring Byington, George Winslow, Anne Francis, John Agar, Emory Parnell

    Synopsis: The strangest aspect of the low-budget fantasy effort The Rocket Man is the fact that one of its screenwriters was Lenny Bruce. There's nothing scatalogical or even satirical in the film itself, however. Essentially an Andy Hardyesque comedy drama with a peripheral sci-fi slant, the story concerns Read More

    1954

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