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Henry the Ache (1934)
Character: King Henry VIII
Shemp Howard stars in this old parody of the then-current film "King Henry The Eighth". Also starring Bert Lahr in the title role.
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Faint Heart (1929)
Character: Rudolf
Felix Rudolff is a dressmaker tailor and later dresses like a policeman after seeing a parade He becomes a rookie policeman who handcuffs Dynamite Dan. He doesn't stay captured. Felix Rudolff has to deal with a live and kicking Dynamite Dan. Rufolff ends up with the collar and the girl.
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Hizzoner (1933)
Character: Bert Lahr, Cop
In this comedy short not-so-smart copper Bert Lahr gets in over his head when he becomes a mock candidate for mayor.
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No More West (1934)
Character: Gunpowder Bert
Bert Lahr is a big city boy hung up on tales of the Old West. When his playing cowboys and Indians causes a ruckus, he's brought before a judge who prescribes him rest and relaxation...out West.
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Whose Baby Are You? (1936)
Character: Bert Halibut
Druggist George Haggerty's wife is about to give birth. Because all his customers pay on credit, he has no money, and the phone company is taking out the pay phone. Pal Bert Lahr agrees to get the news on his phone, and forward it to Haggerty. To top it off, Haggerty is getting a business loan, and doesn't want anyone to know about it, so Lahr agrees to not mention it when anyone is about. Naturally, Lahr's fiancee shows up when Lahr gets the call, and thinks it's his child.
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Boy, Oh Boy (1936)
Character: The Butler
Bert Lahr is a butler in the employ of some newly-rich family. His sweetheart kitchen-worker gives away his sweepstakes ticket to the chauffeur. It turns out to be the big winner. Then Bert has to go to work trying to convince the chauffeur to give him his ticket back, and the chauffeur has no intention of doing so.
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Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge (2008)
Character: Self (archive footage)
A compilation that highlights works from the Three Stooges. It includes the shorts Brideless Groom, Sing a Song of Six Pants, and Malice in the Palace, also Ed Wynn's live TV Camel Comedy Caravan starring Shemp, Larry, and Moe.
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To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009)
Character: Self
A look into how L. Frank Baum's classic novel was transformed into one of the most beloved films of all time including archival interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and rare musical outtakes.
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Sing Your Worries Away (1942)
Character: Clarence 'Chow' Brewster
This package for comedy and the musical numbers has Luke Brown being drugged by the gangster operators of the swank Boathouse Inn; most notably Roxie a sexy pickpocket. Brown has information that Chow Brewster and his cousin have inherited $3,000,000. The owner of the Inn intends to keep Brown under wraps until they can drive Chow to suicide. He will then marry Chow's cousin before she finds out about her inheritance.
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The Great Waltz (1955)
Character: Hans Ebesteder
Johann Strauss, Jr., a would-be composer of waltzes in mid-19th Century Vienna, attempts to thwart his father's efforts to prevent his success when the older man becomes jealous of his melodic skill.
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The Fantasticks (1964)
Character: Ben Hucklebee
Widowers Amos and Ben plot to romantically unite Amos’ daughter, Luisa, and Ben’s son, Matt, by pretending to feud and forbidding the teens to associate, knowing they will resist their fathers’ interference. As the two youngsters fall in love, the fathers plot to end the "feud" by hiring a traveling showman to fake an abduction and allow Matt to "rescue" Luisa.
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Just Around the Corner (1938)
Character: Gus
Penny helps her idealistic architect father get his dream of a slum clearance project; The little miss dances with Corporal Jones.
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That's Entertainment! (1974)
Character: (archive footage)
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
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The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
Character: Professor Spats
Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Dances From The Bible. But the show's comedian Raymond sees a way of wrong-footing the local do-gooders by announcing the new Paris sensation "Mme Fifi" and putting on Rachel's performance as the place is raided. All too complicated, the more so since her father is scouring the town for her and both Raymond and his straight-man Chick are falling for Rachel.
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Zaza (1938)
Character: Cascart
A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
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Anything Goes (1954)
Character: Moonface
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 his boss who is traveling on the same vessel and disguises himself as a gangster traveling with a minister who is, in fact, a disguised gangster on the lam.
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Ship Ahoy (1942)
Character: Skip Owens
Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.
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Meet the People (1944)
Character: Commander
A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
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Flying High (1931)
Character: Emil 'Rusty' Krouse
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
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Mister Universe (1951)
Character: Joe Pulaski
A gullible and honest "Mr. Universe" winner, Tommy Tomkins, gets added to the stable of a con-man and a wrestling prompter.
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Love and Hisses (1937)
Character: Sugar Boles
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Character: "Zeke" / Cowardly Lion
Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.
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Mr. Broadway (1933)
Character: Bert Lahr
Ed Sullivan shows night spots all over New York in this movie, joking and listening to stories the patrons tell.
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The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)
Character: 'Zeke' (archive footage)
The movie The Wizard of Oz (1939) with the soundtrack replaced by Pink Floyd's album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973); several uncanny moments of synchronisation and a generally darker tone than the original film. Aired on TCM.
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The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
Character: Job McClure
In 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time. The last straw is when Matt Davis feels compelled to go on a new foray on his wedding night; his bride Liza (just call her Lysistrata) takes teacher Cassie's advice and organizes a marital strike to make the men-folk stop their nonsense.
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Josette (1938)
Character: Barney Barnaby
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.
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Rose Marie (1954)
Character: Barney McCorkle
Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The feeling is mutual. But, when she leaves to learn proper etiquette, Rose Marie meets a trapper named James Duval, who also falls for her. Further complications arise when Native American Chief Black Eagle -- a rival of Duval's -- is murdered.
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The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
Character: The Commander (archive footage)
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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