Poor Jerome Littlefield (Jerry Lewis). He wants to be a doctor - but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he settles for the job of orderly at the Whitestone Sanitarium a career move that's guaranteed to keep the patients - and viewers - in stitches! The fun begins with Sammy Davis Jr.'s rendition of the film's title song and continues as the bumbling Jerome a one-man disaster area triggers chaos every time he tries to lend a helping hand. From causing the patients more trauma to a high-speed ambulance chase Lewis and his healthy does of comic mishaps are the perfect prescription for all that ails you.
May 29th 2003 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bob Hope; he made audiences laugh in every decade of the 20th century having become a star in vaudeville radio television and in Hollywood movies. This 5 volume collection pays tribute to Bob Hope the boy from Eltham one of the best loved entertainers who ever lived! Comprises: Bob Hope At The Movies Bob Hope On TV The Comedy Hour My Favourite Brunette The Road To Bali.
The legendary team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had their first lead roles in this hilarious service farce that sealed their success. You'll see why when the boys wind up as army recruits Sgt. Victor Puccinelli (Martin) and PFC Alvin Korwin (Lewis) in the most disorganized unit into the armed forces and Lorwin tries to get home to see his new baby. Dino sings and romances the girls Jerry serenades Sgt. McVey (Mike Kellin) in drag and both give a dead-on impersonation of Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald from 'Going My Way' in the company's talent show...
This box set contains four titles: Charade: Regina's husband is murdered and his money goes missing. A number of searchers come forward to find the money and end up dead. A classic whodunnit. The Millionairess: A spoilt wealthy heiress is able to buy anything she wants. She falls in love with an Indian doctor who foils all her attempts to buy him. At War With The Army: Set in World War II this side-splitting comedy launched Hollywood's most successful partnership. The Road To Bali: Two song-and-dance men get work as divers which takes them to an idyllic tropical island. There they discover priceless jewels and a beautiful princess.
Track Listing: 1.Bryan Hyland - The Joker Went Wild 2.The Dixie Cups - Chapel Of Love 3.Del Shannon - Runaway 4.The Shirelles - Soldier Boy 5.The Coasters - Yakety Yak 6.The Crickets - Peggy Sue 7.The Platters - Only You 8.The Crystals - He's A Rebel 9.Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her 10.The Diamonds - Little Darlin' 11.Joey Dee & The Starliters - Shout 12.Freddy Cannon - Palisades Park 13.Del Shannon - Keep Searchin' (Follow The Sun) 14.Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire 15.The Coasters - Charlie Brown 16.The Comets - Rock Around The Clock 17.The Platters - Harbour Lights 18.Bobby Vee - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 19.The Shirelles - Baby It's You 20.The Original Juniors - Twistin' USA 21.Frankie Ford - Roberta 22.Jack Scott - Goodbye Baby
Road To Rio (Dir. Norman Z. McLeod 1947): To avoid being charged with arson after burning down a circus Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) and Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) stow away on an ocean bound ship. Aboard the vessel the duo fall for Lucia Maria de Andrade (Dorothy Lamour) who is under the spell of her evil aunt (Gale Sondergaard) who has arranged a marriage for the young beauty. This film was in good hands since many of Hope's best collaborators worked on the picture. Direct
The Still Of The Night: Documentary on the life and times of Bing Crosby. Road To Bali: Bob Hope Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour team up in their sixth ""Road"" picture Road To Bali which was the only film in the series to be shot in colour. Hope and Crosby star as two out-of-work vaudeville performers who are on the lam. The two are hired by a South Seas prince as deep-sea divers in order to recover a buried treasure. They meet beautiful Princess Lala (Lamour) and vie
Disc 1: The Colgate Comedy Hour Volume 1 1950 - 1952 Show 1 Original broadcast date 17th September 1950. Guest Stars Marilyn Maxwell Barr & Estes The Honeydreamers. Songs Include Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter Talk Of The Town La Vie En Rose Frankie & Johnny. Show 2 Original broadcast date 21st September 1952. Guest Stars Rosemary Clooney Danny Arnold. Songs Include You Belong To Me Hominy Girls. Sketches Include The Wedding Detective Cranky Little Boy. Disc 2: The Colgate Comedy Hour Volume 2 1953 - 1954 Show 1 Original broadcast date 4th October 1953. Guest Stars Burt Lancaster Sidney Sillman The Skylarks. Songs Include Great To Be Home Youre The Right One Thats Amore Theres No Tomorrow. Sketches Include The Escaped Lunatic. Show 2 Original broadcast date 19th December 1954. Guest Stars Vera Miles Milton Frome Jack Benny. Songs Include Long Face Without A Word Of Warning Mambo Italiano Every Streets A Boulevard. Sketches Include At Deans Dinner Jerry Is Adopted. Disc 3: At War With The Army Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis star in their first film together a hilarious slapstick comedy about two buddies mishaps at an army training camp during World War II. Dean Martin is Vic Puccinelli a newly promoted sergeant who finds himself head over heels in love with pretty Polly Bernen. Desperate Martin enlists the aid of his bumbling pal Private Alvin Corwin (Jerry Lewis) to help him win her over.
The ultimate exclusive music documentary of the life of Roy Orbison. It provides in-depth insights into his legendary career with classic performances personal home movies and photos location footage and interviews with the great and humble people he touched with music. Famous artists such as Barry Gibb Robert Plant Bono Dwight Yoakam Raul Malo k.d. lang Robin Gibb and many others provide revealing aspects of his bittersweet life his incomparable work and his unique genius. Orbison's remarkable canon of work is tied to the entire life span of rock'n'roll. He scored a string of hits in the '60s and toured with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. But his success was marred by the personal tragedies of the deaths of his wife and two sons. In the '70s he was reduced to playing at clubs until his reputation began to soar. Finally through the renaissance in the '80s with The Travelling Wilburys his star shone brightly until his untimely death in 1988. Includes the classic tracks 'Only The Lonely' 'Singing The Blues' 'Ooby Dooby' 'Rockhouse' 'Claudette' 'Running Scared' 'Crying' 'A Memory That Walks' 'Dream Baby' 'Pretty Woman' 'Mean Angel' 'It's Over' 'Working For The man' 'Blue Bayou' 'That Loving Feelin' 'Wild Hearts Run Out Of Time' 'In Dreams' 'She's A Mystery To Me' and 'You've Got It'.
Jerry Lee Lewis, with a little help from his celebrity friends, performs to a sell-out audience in London's Apollo theatre.; ; Tracklist: ; 1. I Am What I Am; 2. I Don't Want To Be Lonely Tonight; 3. You Win Again; 4. I Got A Woman; 5. Goodnight Irene; 6. What I'd Say; 7. High School Confidential; 8. Rockin' My Life Away; 9. Johnny B. Goode; 10. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On; 11. Great Balls Of Fire; 12. Good Golly Miss Molly / Tutti Frutti; 13. Mexicali Rose; 14. Wild One
An overwhelmingly star-studded event: the legendary Willie Nelson is joined by a seemingly endless list of both veteran musical icons and up-and-coming stars from Shelby Lynne to Los Lonely Boys to kid Rock. A big house band provides sharp support. Among so many magical moments it's hard to pick just a few: some will be especially moved by Willie's duet with Lucinda Williams; some will enjoy the madness Jerry Lee Lewis and Kid Rock achieve on the climatic Whole Lotta Shakin
Disc 1 - Jerry Lee Lewis Live!: The piano thumping egocentric wild man with an unquenchable thirst for living who is the rocker Jerry Lee Lewis is on top form in this live concert recording with his favourite rock 'n roll classics together with his down home blues and country ballads. Disc 2 - I Am What I Am Poignantly describes the thrilling tragic roller-coaster life of rock 'n roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis as for perhaps the first time he tells you his own story revealing the origination of the nickname 'The Killer' the hell-raising beginnings as a honky tonk piano player the meteoric rise to stardom and the scandal that took it all away again; the successful comeback in the 70's only to plummet to the bottom again in his personal battle with drugs and alcohol which may yet cost him his life. Songs Performed include: Keep My Motor Running You Win Again Lucille Over The Rainbow Who's Gonna Play This Ole Piano Great Balls Of Fire Troubled Mind Rockin' My Life Away Hang About Darling When I Get My Wings 40 Going On 20 Middle Age Crazy Sweet Little Sixteen You Are The One Whole Lotta Shakin Goin On Tutti Frutti C.C. Rider High School Hop I Am What I Am Meat Man. Me & Booby McGhee Wild One Breathless
The Story of Rock and Roll would not be complete without a heavy does of Jerry Lee Lewis! This exceptional show features Jerry live at the Toronto Peace Festival his performances on the Steve Allen Show along with the legendary Shindig. Tacklisting: 1. High School Confidential 2. Dont be Cruel 3. You Win Again 4. Great Balls Of Fire 5. Breathless 6. Hound Dog 7. I Got A Woman 8. Im On Fire 9. The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 10. Put on your Red Dress 11. I believe in you 12. Mystery Train 13. Whole Lotta Shakin; Goin' On 14. Jailhouse Rock
Johnny Depp plays Axel a young drifter caught between the dreams of youth and the responsibilities of adulthood. Enticed back to his Arizona hometown the oddball residents take more than a passing interest in him. His wheeler-dealer uncle badgers him to take over the Cadillac salesroom. What's more Axel becomes the pinnacle of risque love triangle with a wealthy widow and her stepdaughter...
Jerry Lewis plays hapless Pvt. First Class Alvin Corwin and Dean Martin is First Sgt. Vic Puccinelli in this barrack room comedy set in the U.S. around World War 2. Alvin and Vic grew up in the same neighbourhood and Vic watched out for his pal then and still is! All the military stereotypes you would expect are here - a loudmouth drill sergeant a conniving supply Sergeant and a bumbling company commander. 'At War With The Army' was Lewis and Martin's first teaming together.
Not since the legendary London Rock N' Roll show of 1973 have so many peerless masters of classic rock been gathered together on one stage. The Giants Of Rock n' Roll is just that - the gathering together of the main movers of the music that shook and continues to shake the world. From the primal shrieks of the over-explosive Little Richard to the metronomic rock riffs of Bo Diddley the fluid emotive blues of B.B.King the funky New Orleans melting pot gumbo of Fats Domino the st
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis burst onto the show business scene in the late 1940's. In 1950 they entertained audiences on TV's Colgate Comedy Hour with hilarious comedy routines in their uniquely manic way. With Martin as the singing straight man and Lewis as the zany comic the duo were to become one of Hollywood's truly great teams. Show 1 Original broadcast date 17th September 1950. Guest Stars Marilyn Maxwell Barr & Estes The Honey Dreamers. Songs Include Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter Talk Of The Town La Vie En Rose Frankie & Johnny. Show 2 Original broadcast date 21st September 1952. Guest Stars Rosemary Clooney Danny Arnold. Songs Include You Belong To Me Hominy Girls Sketches Include The Wedding Detective Cranky Little Boy
TV Gold offers you a glimpse into the talent that truly ushered in a whole new era of entertainment. You'll see some of the pioneers of film entertainment and sports as well as those classic TV commercials which all contributed to what has become known as the Golden Age of television. Variety: Three great shows: The Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Show with guest star Burt Lancaster The Frank Sinatra Show in which Frank Sinatra welcomes home 'The King' Elvis Presley back from the army and The Edsel Hour starring Frank Sinatra Bing Crosby Louis Armstrong & Bob Hope. Drama: The Goldbergs one of the original early TV dramas starring Gertrude Berg and A classic US Marshal episode guest starring Charles Bronson as the bad guy. Classic Commercials AD Break: A truly great collection that will astound you! Features Andy Warhol The Marx Brothers Ozzie & Harriet Laurence Oliver Sonny Liston John McEnroe John Wayne Tom Selleck Cybil Shepard plus spots for Winston Cigarettes the 1959 Chevy Impala Green Stamps Chrysler and Butternut Coffee Comedy: Leo G Carrol stars as Cosmo Topper in a classic episode of Topper. Sports: Action-packed tributes to the legends of baseball Mickey Mantle Willie Mays and the legendary 1956 Yankees TV Facts: A fun trivia game about classic television. You have 10 seconds on each question to come up with the correct answer. Music: Swingtime featuring the greats... Louie Prima The Mills Brothers Peggy Lee Count Basie and Nat King Cole. We love Dino - wonderful performances by the beloved Dean Martin from the 50's Game Shows: The legendary and beloved Lucille Ball makes a hysterical guest star appearance in this episode of I've Got A Secret and a very funny Whats My Line with guest stars Desi Arnaz and the stunning Kim Novak TV Gold Bonus Nuggets: Two icons of the 20th Century Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby sing a duet and you'll love Bob Hope and Jack Benny as the over-the-hill surfers who meet the Beach Boys!
Rock Around The Hits features forty-eight classic rockin' and ballad performances which were recorded for various television broadcasts and promotional purposes during the music's heyday period from the mid-Fifties to early Sixties. Virtually every track in this collection was a chart hit and as well as the major hits from the well-known names it includes rare performances from some of rock 'n roll's highly-influential lesser acts. The list of performers reads like a veritable Who's Who of Rock 'n' Roll and embraces the music's many and diverse music styles. These range from the rocking R&B sounds of Joe Turner Bo Diddley and Lavern Baker to the distinctive New Orleans sound of Fats Domino from Doo Wop and harmony groups such as The Dell-Vikings and The Platters to teen idols such as Bobby Vee Fabian and Bobby Darin. As well as such stars of the legendary Sun label as Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins it includes rockin' country from Johnny Cash and The Everly Brothers. An added audio bonus of the set is the accompanying CD containing another twenty-eight Rock 'n' Roll chart hits. All original hit recordings they perfectly complement the DVD material. A Rock 'n' Roll package which will delight old and new fans alike. Tracklisting: Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls Of Fire Bill Haley & His Comets: Rock Around The Clock Jackie Wilson: You Better Know It Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers: Goody Goody The Johnny Otis Show: Willie & The Hand Jive Lavern Baker: The Game Of Love The Diamonds: Little Darlin The Rays: Silhouettes Bobby Vee: The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Bobby Vee: Pretty Girls Everywhere The Dell-Vikings: Jitterbug Mary Connie Francis: Tweedle Dee Bill Haley & His Comets: Rip It Up Big Joe Turner: Oke-She- oke-She-Pop Jerry Lee Lewis: Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Jerry Lee Lewis: What'd I Say Charlie Gracie: Butterfly Buddy Knox: Party Doll Buddy Knox: Hula Love Carl Perkins: Matchbox Bo Diddley: Road Runner Bo Diddley: You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover The Diamonds: Words Of Love Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks: I Need Your Lovin' Fats Domino: Blueberry Hill Fats Domino: I'm In Love Again Fats Domino: When My Dreamboat Comes Home Fats Domino: It's You I Love The Champs: Too Much Tequila Bobby Darin: Dream Lover The Everly Brothers: Bye Bye Love The Everly Brothers: All I Have To Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers: That'll Be The Day Jimmie Rodgers: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Paul Anka: Diana Bobby Helms: My Special Angel Sonny James: Young Love Conway Twitty: It's Only Make Believe Frankie Avalon: A Boy Without A Girl Dion: Ruby Baby Del Shannon: Stranger In Town The Exciters: Tell Him Little Anthony & The Imperials: I'm Alright Fabian: Tiger Bobby Rydell: Let's Twist Again Johnny Cash: I Got Stripes Ivory Joe Hunter: Since I Met You Baby The Platters: Only You (And You Alone).
The Complete Dean Martin Premier Collection (4 Discs)
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