Robert Benchley

A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.

Sürekli değişim gösteren savaş durumunu takip etsin diye 1939’da Avrupa’ya gönderilen saf Amerikalı muhabir Johnny Jones, kısa süre sonra kendini diplomatik bir olayın ortasında buluyor: Çok önemli bir gizli antlaşmayı yerine ulaştırmakla görevli Hollandalı diplomat Profesör Van Meer, Londra’da Naziler tarafından kaçırılıyor. Jones, barış yanlısı eylemci Stephen Fisher, onunla aynı görüşlere sahip olan kızı Carole ve küstah bir İngiliz gizli ajanıyla tanışıyor. Carole’un yardımıyla, Van Meer’i takip ederek Hollanda’ya gidiyor. Oraya henüz varıyorr ki, diplomatın öldürüldüğüne tanık oluyor; en azından, o böyle bir şey gördüğünü sanıyor. Kılı kırk yaran yapısı, insanı gevşeten mizahı ve çok katmanlı insancıllığıyla, Yabancı Muhabir şüphesiz bir diğer Hitchcock başyapıtı.

Karikatür, hikayenin anlatıcısının bir tanıtımıyla başlar. Ana karakterlerden biri olan şövalyeler ve kana susamış ejderhalar hakkında bir kitap okuyan Çocuk tanıtılır. Babası bir canavar gördüğünü iddia ederek aceleyle gelir. Oğlan babasına bunun sadece bir ejderha olduğuna dair güvence verir, babası panikler ve korkuyla köye koşar.Oğlan daha sonra Ejderha'nın inine gider ve burada vahşi bir canavarla değil, utangaç, şiiri seven bir yaratıkla karşılaşır. Ejderhanın ne kadar güzel bir yaratık olduğunu görünce şaşırsa da, Çocuk onunla arkadaş olur. Köye geri döndüğünde Çocuk, Ejderha Katili Sir Giles'ın geldiğini keşfeder. Ejderhaya onunla savaşması gerektiğini söylemek için koşar, ancak Ejderha asla savaşmadığını duyurduğunda hayal kırıklığına uğrar. Çocuk, Sir Giles'ı ( orijinal hikayedeki gibi St. George değil) ziyaret eder ve Sir Giles'ın yaşlı bir adam olduğu ortaya çıkar. Çocuk, Sir Giles'a Ejderha'nın asla savaşmayacağını söyler ve onu ziyaret etmeye karar verirler.

Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trouble when she hides out in a compartment with handsome Major Philip Kirby.

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

New York'ta bir tiyatro sahibinin gözü, güzeller güzeli koro şarkıcısı Sheila üzerindedir. Sheila'nin gözü ise şovun koreografi Robert'tadir. Bunu fark eden patron, Robert'e bir oyun oynar ve bu durum sonucu Robert askere alınır. Ancak hayat sürprizlerle doludur.

The story of the legendary wits who lunched daily at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City during the 1920s. The core of the so-called Round Table group included short story and poetry writer Dorothy Parker; comic actor and writer Robert Benchley; The New Yorker founder Harold Ross; columnist and social reformer Heywood Broun; critic Alexander Woollcott; and playwrights George S. Kaufman, Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber and Robert Sherwood.

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The second involves a psychic who predicts murder. The third is about a man who literally meets the girl of his dreams.

Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse, she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with to ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.

Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron's personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, pursuing her in the guise of a carefree drifter.

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.

While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.

A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love at first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange roommate, and the best apartment poverty can buy.

A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.

A group of young stage hopefuls tries to persuade a theatrical producer to give them their big chance at stardom.

The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featured interviews with MGM stars and explanations of how movies were made. Later, the format changed to show edited versions of MGM films.