Sort by Number of Votes - Most Rated Movies and TV Shows With Martha Tilton

1. Ball of Fire (1941)

Approved | 111 min | Comedy, Romance

7.7

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78 Metascore

A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.

Director: Howard Hawks | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oscar Homolka, Henry Travers

Votes: 14,093

2. Topper (1937)

Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

7.2

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A fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Cary Grant, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke

Votes: 8,334

3. You'll Never Get Rich (1941)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

6.7

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In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.

Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard

Votes: 2,872

4. The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

8.6

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The comic misadventures of the "skinflint" comedian and his friends.

Stars: Jack Benny, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Don Wilson, Dennis Day

Votes: 1,649

5. The Benny Goodman Story (1956)

Approved | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.7

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The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.

Director: Valentine Davies | Stars: Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten, Barry Truex

Votes: 1,300

6. American Masters (1985– )

TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History

8.2

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Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.

Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett

Votes: 1,175

7. Irene (1940)

Approved | 101 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

6.3

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Sent by her employers on an errand to the home of the wealthy Mrs. Vincent, Irene O'Dare meets Don, a friend of Mrs. Vincent's son Bob. Attracted to Irene, Don decides to invest some money ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young, Alan Marshal

Votes: 789

8. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Family, Music

6.7

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Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.

Stars: Merv Griffin, Mort Lindsey, Mort Lindsey Orchestra, Arthur Treacher

Votes: 608

9. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)

60 min | Comedy, Romance

7.7

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This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.

Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Al Goodman, Eddie Cantor

Votes: 591

10. Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975 TV Movie)

98 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

7.3

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A lonely widow and a postman find romance late in life at the local dance hall.

Director: Sam O'Steen | Stars: Maureen Stapleton, Charles Durning, Michael Brandon, Michael Strong

Votes: 451

11. Murder in the Blue Room (1944)

61 min | Comedy, Crime, Film-Noir

5.9

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A party is thrown at a haunted mansion, people start to die, and a man who spent a night in the "blue room" disappears.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Anne Gwynne, Donald Cook, John Litel, Grace McDonald

Votes: 397

12. Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)

Passed | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music

6.9

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Jack Benny (as himself) tries to make good his fictitious boasts about roughing it in Nevada, in a spoof of Western cliches.

Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Andy Devine

Votes: 370

13. Sunny (1941)

Passed | 98 min | Musical, Romance

5.5

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The beautiful Anna Neagle stars as a circus performer who falls in love with a rich car dealer's son, against her family's wishes. Features some spirited dance numbers with Ray Bolger.

Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, John Carroll, Edward Everett Horton

Votes: 241

14. The Tonight Show (1953–1957)

TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

7.9

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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

15. Swing Hostess (1944)

Passed | 76 min | Action, Comedy, Music

5.9

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Rags-to-riches-to-rags story features Benny Goodman vocalist Martha Tilton as an unemployed big band singer who takes a job as an operator at a jukebox company. After falling in love with a... See full summary »

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian, Charles Collins, Cliff Nazarro

Votes: 221

16. Crime, Inc. (1945)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

5.4

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A crusading reporter uses his friendship with a mobster to expose the machinations of organized crime in his city.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal, Martha Tilton, Lionel Atwill

Votes: 193

17. Lilli Marlene (1950)

74 min | Drama, Musical, Mystery

5.0

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A French singer is captured by the Germans and made to broadcast for them.

Director: Arthur Crabtree | Stars: Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott, Richard Murdoch, Leslie Dwyer

Votes: 153

18. American Masters (1985– )
Episode: Benny Goodman: Adventures in the Kingdom of Swing (1993)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History

7.8

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With clarinet in hand, Benny Goodman was transformed from a child in Chicago's impoverished Jewish ghetto into the king of swing, greeted with near pandemonium wherever his band played.

Director: Oren Jacoby | Stars: Benny Goodman, David Strathairn, Louis Armstrong, Danny Bank

Votes: 102

19. Shower of Stars (1954–1958)

60 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

7.4

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A CBS variety show that ran monthly from 1954-1958, broadcast in color. Stars appearing included Betty Grable, Mario Lanza, Jack Benny, Basil Rathbone, Fredric March, Shirley MacLaine, and ... See full summary »

Stars: William Lundigan, Jack Benny, Art Gilmore, Mary Costa

Votes: 84

20. Strictly in the Groove (1942)

Passed | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

6.8

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In order to keep their band together, Ozzie Nelson and his orchestra have been flunking their college final examinations for years. Bob Saunders, the new pianist in the band, agrees to fail... See full synopsis »

Director: Vernon Keays | Stars: Mary Healy, Leon Errol, Richard Davies, Franklin Pangborn

Votes: 36

21. The Jack Benny Program (1950–1965)
Episode: Jack Does the U.S.O. Show (1963)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy

7.6

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Having Martha Tilton as a guest causes him to reminisce about when they worked together with the USO during World War Two, on the island of New Guinea. During the show, Jack performs his ... See full summary »

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Jack Benny, Martha Tilton, Charles Cantor, Benny Rubin

Votes: 36

22. A Little Jive Is Good for You (1941)

3 min | Short, Music

6.5

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A nurse gets the wounded patients in her office up dancing when she sings about jive.

Director: Josef Berne | Stars: Martha Tilton, Henry Slate, Jack Slate, Sid Slate

Votes: 34

23. The Alan Young Show (1950–1953)

30 min | Comedy

6.3

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A dynamic combination of comedy vignettes and visually attractive musical numbers, hosted by Alan Young.

Stars: Alan Young, Polly Bergen, Tom Mahoney, Ben Wright

Votes: 33

24. Sing While You're Able (1937)

Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

4.7

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A toy company owner and his daughter find a singing hillbilly in the Arkansas backwoods and take him back to the big city in hopes of helping their radio show ratings.

Director: Marshall Neilan | Stars: Pinky Tomlin, Toby Wing, Bert Roach, Sam Wren

Votes: 23

25. Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated (1991 TV Movie)

90 min | Animation, Family

5.1

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In a parody of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, and through redubbed footage of A Symposium on Popular Songs, Carnival Time and An Adventure in Color, Ludwig Von Drake takes a look at the... See full summary »

Directors: Kenny Wolin, David Hand, Jack Hannah, Jack King, Jack Kinney, Charles Nichols, Ben Sharpsteen | Stars: Corey Burton, Ruth Clifford, James MacDonald, Martha Tilton