Steve Allen Movies

TV goes Hollywood when Steve Allen visits Universal-International to prepare for his upcoming title role in "The Benny Goodman Story."

A man is mistaken by foreign agents for a defecting cosmonaut and must prove his identity while evading capture.

A biography of comedian double act Bud Abbott & Lou Costello

Homemaker Lucy Whittaker calls up President Carter to complain about a local political issue—and to her astonishment, he agrees to come dine at...

Don't Ask Me, Ask God is a TV Special starring Michael J. Fox.

Documentary discussing the casting and making of "Some Like It Hot", the film voted as the Best Comedy ever made by the American Film Institute.

Rodney Dangerfield wants the hottest up-and-coming comedians for his new HBO special, but as always, he gets no respect.

A documentary made for the PBS program American Masters about the comedy team Nichols and May.

A bumbling art expert, hired by an insurance company to protect a Rembrandt on loan from the Louvre, schemes to steal it.

"The Television Years" examines the events that took place in the years between 1956 and 1960, in which Elvis Presley excited a whole nation as the...

In a triumphant career that lasted forty years Erroll Garner pushed the playability of the piano to its limits, developed an international...

Witness the last days of the Beat poet whose works would capture the very essence of the 1960 counter-cultural movement in an informative documentary...

Elvis fans, thank your lucky stars. This jam-packed collection of pulse-raising performances from TV, movies, concerts and special events showcases...

Featuring a host of archival appearances, interviews and performances, this comprehensive documentary celebrates the never-ending love affair America...

A documentary recounting the personal and professional lives of the Three Stooges, including rare footage and interviews with family members.

Nostalgic history of the Friars Club. Aired on Cinemax Reel Life

The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a...

Andrew O'Hagan looks at a critical point in the life of Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac. In 1956 he spent spent 63 soul-searching days as a...

Jazz Pianist on the Creative Process & Self-Teaching. Here is the late, brilliantly original jazz pianist in intense conversation with his...

Peter Lawford hosts this documentary taking a look at the life and films of James Dean.