George Jessel Movies

Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.

Bonny Kane and 'Skid' Johnson are vaudeville performers in the 1920s. The two of them suffer marital difficulties when Skid gets an offer to appear...

Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band leader Barry Clayton on a train. To "show" him she takes...

A rock band is invented by the government as a cover to find hostages in a remote castle in Albania held by communist enemies of the USA.

Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the suit of a corpse.

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians is a 1970 American animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. After the Christmas special Frosty...

This semi-film within a film opens in the office of producer George Jessel, who never saw a camera he couldn't get in front of, who is holding a...

Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio...

The story of Jimmy Walker who became mayor of New York in the '20s.

A time capsule of the L.A. comedy scene in the 1970s, "Diary of a Young Comic" casts Richard Lewis as a fictionalized version of himself - a young...

A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden...

George Washington Cohen, a naïve young man discovers a wallet in the street and returns it to its owner, the wealthy Wall Street banker, Mr....

An immigrant has become a mailman on Radio Row. One of his first duties is to deliver letters to Bonnie Poe, Vera Van, Ramon & Rosalie, and George...

The life story of legendary impresario Sol Hurok. A lover of the arts, young immigrant Hurok despairs when he realizes he has no musical or artistic...

Travelogue featuring New Orleans, its music, and its Mardi Gras.

A BAFTA award nominated documentary taking a satirically narrated look at the "Windy City".

Johnny Ginsberg (George Jessel) is a tailor's assistant whose ambition is to become a successful conjurer/magician. He joins a carnival and fails but...

After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter...