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1. The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1965)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Danny is a New York entertainer. Between his co-stars at the nightclub where he performs and his wife and kids, he has dilemmas galore, which he somehow manages to resolve and still laugh.
Stars: Danny Thomas, Rusty Hamer, Marjorie Lord, Angela Cartwright
Votes: 1,244
2. The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy
A comedy-themed variety show, hosted by the popular comedian Red Skelton. It run with no interruption from 1951 to 1971. From 1956 to 1962, the show's head writer was Sherwood Schwartz, who... See full summary »
Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Tom Hansen Dancers
Votes: 1,391
3. The Harder They Fall (1956)
Passed | 109 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.
Director: Mark Robson | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane
Votes: 9,028
4. The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1957)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery
Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields' boarding house. Lou's girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Any premise would lead to slapstick, puns, lots of gimmicks from their movies.
Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Sid Fields, Gordon Jones
Votes: 1,349
5. Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Of the many anthology series, this is considered the most ambitious with outstanding talent in front of the camera. Attracting top ranked directors and scripts, it was often filmed live including the entire first season.
Stars: Richard Joy, Paul Lambert, Helen Kleeb, Charles Bickford
Votes: 419
6. Africa Screams (1949)
Passed | 79 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two booksellers search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck
Votes: 4,057
7. The Tonight Show (1953–1957)
TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
The show originated as a local New York City late night program in June 1953 and went onto the network in September 1954. Throughout the summer of 1956, Steve Allen was the only host. When ... See full summary »
Stars: Skitch Henderson, Gene Rayburn, Steve Allen, Steve Lawrence
Votes: 226
8. The Milton Berle Show (1948–1956)
60 min | Comedy, Family
The Texaco Star Theatre was one of the most popular shows in the history of television. In the first year, Milton Berle was not the permanent emcee, but once he replaced the rotation, the ... See full summary »
Stars: Milton Berle, Sid Stone, Jimmy Nelson, Arnold Stang
Votes: 164
9. Utah Blaine (1957)
Approved | 75 min | Western
Gunslinger Utah Blaine rescues rancher Joe Neal from lynching by vigilante land-grabbers and runs afoul of their leader Russ Nevers' interests.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Rory Calhoun, Susan Cummings, Angela Stevens, Max Baer
Votes: 405
10. Riding High (1950)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, Frances Gifford
Votes: 592
11. The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
Passed | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
An ex-sailor turned boxer finds romance and gets a shot at the heavyweight title.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Howard Hawks | Stars: Myrna Loy, Max Baer, Primo Carnera, Jack Dempsey
Votes: 1,070
12. Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948–1967)
60 min | Music
Perry Como was an American Singer, who got his start on NBC Radio. In 1948, Because of his popularity, The cameras were simply brought into the radio studio to televise the radio broadcast ... See full summary »
Stars: Perry Como, Mitchell Ayres Orchestra, The Ray Charles Singers, Mitchell Ayres
Votes: 120
13. The Navy Comes Through (1942)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, War
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Jackie Cooper
Votes: 405
14. Buckskin Frontier (1943)
Approved | 65 min | Western
A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Lee J. Cobb
Votes: 227
15. Bride for Sale (1949)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy
Tax expert Nora Shelley thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting clients' tax documents.
Director: William D. Russell | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, George Brent, Max Baer
Votes: 139
16. Ladies' Day (1943)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A top baseball pitcher "loses" his pitching skills whenever he falls in love. His teammates try to get him to settle down with one woman so they can start winning some games.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Lupe Velez, Eddie Albert, Patsy Kelly, Max Baer
Votes: 229
17. The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942)
Approved | 45 min | Comedy
A cab driver from Brooklyn working overtime to start a taxi service falls in love with a burlesque dancing beauty and gets in trouble with a mobster who has his eyes on her.
Director: Kurt Neumann | Stars: William Bendix, Grace Bradley, Arline Judge, Max Baer
Votes: 132
18. The Dennis Day Show (1952–1954)
30 min | Music, Comedy
Known as The Dennis Day Show, this half-hour comedy-variety show features the talent of tenor and comic Dennis Day and friends.
Stars: Dennis Day, Cliff Arquette, Hal March, Ida Moore
Votes: 28
19. Once Upon a Horse... (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Western
Dan and Doc are incompetent desperados who plan to give crime one more try before going straight. Miss Amity Babb is the shapely toast of Empty Cup, Colorado who sets prices by Wall Street,... See full summary »
Director: Hal Kanter | Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Martha Hyer, Leif Erickson
Votes: 123
20. CBS This Morning (1987–2015)
120 min | News, Talk-Show
CBS's morning news and talk show.
Stars: Dolly Parton, Tom Selleck, Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine
Votes: 119
21. So This Is Hollywood (1955– )
30 min | Comedy
Two young women try to make it in Hollywood, one as an actress, the other as a stuntwoman.
Stars: Mitzi Green, Virginia Gibson, Jimmy Lydon, Gordon Jones
Votes: 24
22. Skipalong Rosenbloom (1951)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Western
The town of Buttonhole Bend is in the clutches of the Butcher Baer (Max Baer) gang who have killed every sheriff and robbed every bank in the territory. The brains behind the gang is saloon... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Maxie Rosenbloom, Max Baer, Jackie Coogan, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 45
23. Gillette Cavalcade of Sports (1944– )
Sport
Weekly televised boxing bouts.
Stars: Jimmy Powers, Joe Louis, Don Dunphy, Jersey Joe Walcott
Votes: 26
24. The Jimmy Durante Show (1954–1956)
30 min | Comedy, Music
A half-hour variety show, hosted by the veteran vaudevillian Jimmy Durante. The show aired on NBC from October 1954, to June 1956.
Stars: Jimmy Durante, Eddie Jackson, Jack Roth, Jules Buffano
Votes: 45
25. Hollywood on Parade No. A-6 (II) (1933)
8 min | Short
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Betty Alexander, Max Baer, Richard Barthelmess, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 10
26. Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Portraits on the wall of Willy Pogany's studio come to life.
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Willy Pogany, Harry Green, Bebe Daniels
Votes: 37
27. Over She Goes (1937)
78 min | Musical
A musical-comedy about an elderly vaudevillian who inherits the title of "lord" and proceeds to invite some old pals to share in the fun. A woman he once promised marriage to appears on the... See full summary »
Director: Graham Cutts | Stars: Stanley Lupino, Claire Luce, Gina Malo, Max Baer
Votes: 57
28. Wine, Women and Bong (1951)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy
The two Maxies pretend to tell their wives they're working late so they can spend a night on the town, but things go from bad to worse.
Director: Jules White | Stars: Max Baer, Maxie Rosenbloom, Christine McIntyre, Nanette Bordeaux
Votes: 6
29. Wednesday Night Fights (1955–1960)
Sport
Stars: Jack Drees, Sonny Liston, Joe Louis, Sonny Weismann
30. Two Roaming Champs (1950)
Approved | 17 min | Short, Comedy
Max and Maxie are private detectives who are hired by a millionaire to check up on his greedy relatives.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Max Baer, Maxie Rosenbloom, Symona Boniface, Rita Conde
31. Fisticuffs (1938)
Passed | 10 min | Short, Sport
This Pete Smith Specialty showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used to illustrate how Baer uses his skills.
Director: David Miller | Stars: Pete Smith, Max Baer, Ancil Hoffman, Hank Hankinson
Votes: 83
32. The Eyes Have It (II) (1948–1952)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Stars: Conrad Nagel, John Daly, Ilka Chase, Kyle MacDonnell
Votes: 16
33. The Steve Allen Show (1950–1955)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Steve Allen, Peggy Lee, Bern Bennett, Florian Zabach
34. Joe Louis vs. Jack Sharkey (1936)
Sport
Stars: Max Baer, Harry Balogh, Arthur Donovan, Joe Humphries
36. Rootin' Tootin' Tenderfeet (1952)
Approved | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Western
Two friends are out west looking for an heiress to whom they have a deed to deliver. A saloon-keeper, to whom the heiress is a damsel-in-distress and kept in bondage, gets his wife to pose ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Max Baer, Maxie Rosenbloom, Dick Curtis, Jean Willes
37. The Champs Step Out (1951)
Approved | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
In the third of four shorts in this series, two ex-prizefighters, Max Baer and Maxie Rosenbloom, are hired by an archaeologist, Professor Bentley, to guard a million dollars worth of ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Max Baer, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jean Willes, Emil Sitka
Votes: 25
38. Max Baer vs. Max Schmeling (1933)
Sport
Stars: Max Baer, Arthur Donovan, Joe Humphries, Max Schmeling
39. World's Heavyweight Championship: Primo Carnera and Max Baer (1934)
Sport
Film of the 1934 heavyweight championship boxing match between champion Primo Carnera and challenger Max Baer.
Stars: Max Baer, Primo Carnera, Arthur Donovan, Joe Humphries
40. Rocky Marciano vs. Archie Moore (1955)
Sport
Stars: Johnny Addie, Max Baer, Allie Colombo, Bill Corum
41.
Playhouse 90 (1956–1961)
Episode:
Requiem for a Heavyweight
(1956)
73 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.
Director: Ralph Nelson | Stars: Jack Palance, Keenan Wynn, Kim Hunter, Ed Wynn
Votes: 321
42.
The Abbott and Costello Show (1952–1957)
Episode:
Killer's Wife
(1953)
TV-G | 26 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery
A jealous boxer and his sexy wife rent a nearby apartment and Lou is suspected of carrying on with said sexy wife.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mary Beth Hughes, Max Baer
Votes: 47
43.
The Eyes Have It (1948–1952)
Episode:
Episode #2.24
(1950)
Family, Game-Show
Stars: Conrad Nagel, Max Baer, Bert Lahr, Kyle MacDonnell
44.
The Danny Thomas Show (1953–1965)
Episode:
Rusty, the Bully
(1958)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Rusty is being bullied at school. Danny takes Rusty to his gym where he has fighter Max Baer teach Rusty to box. Unfortunatley, when Rusty becomes the bully Danny and Max have to find a way to teach Rusty not to fight.
Director: Sheldon Leonard | Stars: Danny Thomas, Marjorie Lord, Rusty Hamer, Angela Cartwright
Votes: 26
45.
The Jimmy Durante Show (1954–1956)
Episode:
Episode #1.21
(1955)
30 min | Comedy, Music
Stars: Jimmy Durante, Toni Arden, Max Baer
46.
So This Is Hollywood (1955– )
Episode:
He Done Her Wrong
(1955)
Comedy
Queenie and Hubie's romance hits a bad patch when he seems to be falling for a blonde starlet he met at the beach. Mistakenly thinking Queenie's lost interest in him, he takes the blonde ... See full summary »
Stars: Art Aragon, Max Baer, Virginia Gibson, Mitzi Green
47.
The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode:
McPugg's Comeback
(1956)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
Cauliflower McPugg meets the retired heavyweight champion of the world and accidentally gets involved in a return match with him. With Rocky Marciano, Max Baer
Director: Seymour Berns | Stars: Red Skelton, Jack Albertson, Jan Arvan, Max Baer
48.
The Tonight Show (1953–1957)
Episode:
Max Baer, the Burton Sisters
(1955)
TV-PG | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Director: Dwight Hemion | Stars: Steve Allen, Gene Rayburn, Skitch Henderson, Andy Williams
49.
The Steve Allen Show (1950–1955)
Episode:
Max Baer, Marilyn Ross, Joe Phillips
(1951)
Comedy
Stars: Steve Allen, Florian Zabach, Peggy Lee, Bern Bennett
50.
CBS This Morning (1987–2015)
Episode:
Episode dated 24 May 1993
(1993)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Max Baer, Donna Douglas