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1. Topper (1953–1955)
30 min | Fantasy, Comedy
A somewhat grumpy and uptight banker, Cosmo Topper, and the ghosts which only he could see or hear, George and Marion Kerby. The Kerbys would often try to get Cosmo to loosen up and enjoy life, but more often they would complicate it.
Stars: Anne Jeffreys, Robert Sterling, Leo G. Carroll, Buck
Votes: 572
2. The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957–1962)
105 min | Comedy, Family, Talk-Show
Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. After 1959, it was officially known as The Jack Paar Show.
Stars: Hugh Downs, Jose Melis, Jack Paar, Cliff Arquette
Votes: 324
3. How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Romance
Motherly Mike, ditzy but sexy Loco, and sensible Greta move to the big city to find themselves wealthy men to turn into husbands. After the first year Greta gets married with Gwen the new roommate in this syndicated series.
Stars: Merry Anders, Barbara Eden, Lori Nelson, Jimmy Cross
Votes: 98
4.
General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
Episode:
Clown
(1955)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
Circus clown Emmett Kelly creates his famous character Weary Willie.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Malone, Barry Kelley
Votes: 21
5. Mike Hammer (1958–1959)
30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The adventures of Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer, who's always ready to use his fists on a "mug" or his charm on a "skirt" to get the case solved.
Stars: Darren McGavin, Bart Burns, Vito Scotti, Johnny Seven
Votes: 299
6. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,561
7. The People's Choice (1955–1958)
30 min | Comedy
Socrates "Sock" Miller joins the city council, clashing with the mayor John Peoples. Sock dates then marries his daughter Mandy complicating things. Sock has a basset named Cleo who shares her thoughts and best friend Rollo.
Stars: Jackie Cooper, Patricia Breslin, Bernadette, Mary Jane Croft
Votes: 186
8. The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1953–1955)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series with episodes split between comedies and drama. Anita Colby and Arlene Dahl shared hosting duties the first season that was originally filmed live but switched to film. ... See full summary »
Stars: Polly Bergen, Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, Dorothy Green
Votes: 65
9. Damon Runyon Theater (1955–1956)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology, the episodes of which were based mostly on the original short stories of Daymon Runyan.
Stars: Donald Woods, Wally Vernon, Allen Jenkins, Clegg Hoyt
Votes: 48
10. 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
11. My Little Margie (1952–1955)
30 min | Comedy
Margie lives with her father Vern and her crazy schemes get him into trouble especially with his boss Mr. Honeywell. She frequently involves Charlie and Mrs. Odetts in her plans. Freddie is her boyfriend while Roberta likes Vern.
Stars: Gale Storm, Charles Farrell, Clarence Kolb, Don Hayden
Votes: 448
12. Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1957)
30 min | Adventure
Two soldiers take on jobs to fight injustice.
Stars: John Russell, Chick Chandler, John Daheim, Jan Arvan
Votes: 95
13. The Mickey Mouse Club (1955–1958)
TV-G | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Mickey Mouse hosts a youth-oriented variety show featuring 'The Mouseketeers'.
Stars: Jimmie Dodd, Darlene Gillespie, Sharon Baird, Bobby Burgess
Votes: 868
14. The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (1955)
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Eddie Cantor, Keith Richards, Mona Freeman, Kenneth Tobey
Votes: 42
15.
Date with the Angels (1957–1958)
Episode:
The Train
(1958)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
The Angels and Clemsons head to San Francisco, hoping to impress a company bigwig based there. The husbands lose their wives' cooperation after behaving like drooling schoolboys around a pair of attractive sisters aboard the train.
Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Betty White, Bill Williams, George N. Neise, Joan Banks
Votes: 15
16. The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1957)
30 min | Drama
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
Stars: Philip Carey, Laraine Day, Willis Bouchey, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 276
17. Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Jerry and Pamela North live in Greenwich Village in New York City. Jerry is a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective. He and his wife investigate various crimes and solve them before the police do.
Stars: Richard Denning, Barbara Britton, Francis De Sales, Lowell Gilmore
Votes: 251
18. The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series usually starring Miss Stanwyck with her character either facing difficulties or overcoming peril. Several of the episodes were pilots, none of them turned into series.
Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Anna May Wong, Arthur Gould-Porter, James Chandler
Votes: 227
19. Fireside Theatre (1949–1955)
30 min | Drama
An anthology series which became the first successful filmed series on American television.
Stars: Gene Raymond, John Warburton, Nolan Leary, Dabbs Greer
Votes: 96
20. The Mickey Rooney Show (1954–1955)
30 min | Comedy
The misadventures of an eager but somewhat bumbling young actor who gets a job as a page at a television studio in Hollywood while trying to break into show business.
Stars: Mickey Rooney, Regis Toomey, Claire Carleton, John Hubbard
Votes: 84
21. Lady and the Tramp (1955)
G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.
Directors: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting | Stars: Barbara Luddy, Larry Roberts, Peggy Lee, Bill Thompson
Votes: 148,404 | Gross: $93.60M
22. Lost in a Turkish Bath (1953)
Approved | 16 min | Short, Comedy
Slim Harris is proud of his new job as a canary salesman, and visits his fiancée, Peggy, at her office. While there , one of the birds flies into the office of a lawyer, A. J. Corbett, ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Yates | Stars: Gil Lamb, Carol Hughes, Claire Carleton, Emory Parnell
Votes: 14
23.
Soldiers of Fortune (1955–1957)
Episode:
Girl in the Jeep
(1955)
30 min | Adventure
While sitting in a bar in Algiers, Tim and Toubo become fascinated with a beautiful girl.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: John Russell, Chick Chandler, Jean Byron, George Givot
Votes: 11
24. Miracle in the Rain (1956)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Peggie Castle, Fred Clark
Votes: 1,382
25. Date with the Angels (1957–1958)
Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy
New bride Vickie and her insurance salesman husband Gus involve their friends and neighbors in a variety of comic episodes.
Stars: Betty White, Bill Williams, Natalie Masters, Roy Engel
Votes: 155
26. Road to Morocco (1942)
Passed | 82 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 5,854 | Gross: $1.63M
27. General Electric Theater (1953–1962)
TV-G | 30 min | Drama
An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
Stars: Ronald Reagan, Don Herbert, Nancy Reagan, Lee Marvin
Votes: 431
28. The Girl Can't Help It (1956)
Approved | 98 min | Comedy, Music
A gangster hires a down-and-out press agent to make his airheaded girlfriend a singing star.
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Tom Ewell, Jayne Mansfield, Edmond O'Brien, Julie London
Votes: 3,917
29. Blondie (1957– )
30 min | Comedy, Family
Arthur Lake had played Dagwood in a long series of "Blondie" movies. This show, retelling stories and situations familiar to readers of the comic strip, lasted one year.
Stars: Arthur Lake, Pamela Britton, Ann Barnes, Florenz Ames
Votes: 121
30. Riffraff (1947)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A plane takes off from Peru (in a long, no-dialogue scene) in a storm with two passengers; it lands in Panama with one. The missing man had valuable oil location maps; everyone who is after... See full summary »
Director: Ted Tetzlaff | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Walter Slezak, Anne Jeffreys, Percy Kilbride
Votes: 626
31.
My Little Margie (1952–1955)
Episode:
Missing Link
(1952)
30 min | Comedy
When Margie goes to her father for investment advice and he doesn't give her the answer she wants, she decides to look for another investor who will. But when Margie finds that she bought a... See full summary »
Director: Hal Yates | Stars: Gale Storm, Charles Farrell, George Givot, Don Hayden
Votes: 22
32.
My Little Margie (1952–1955)
Episode:
Insurance
(1952)
30 min | Comedy
Margie falls under the impression that her father has lost all of his money in the stock market. She suspects the worst, when he pays a visit to his life insurance agent.
Director: Hal Yates | Stars: Gale Storm, Charles Farrell, Clarence Kolb, Don Hayden
Votes: 17
33. Climax! (1954–1958)
Unrated | 60 min | Drama
This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame, which led to two theatrical movies of the same name.
Stars: William Lundigan, Art Gilmore, Mary Costa, Michael Rennie
Votes: 259
34. The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Approved | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Music
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: 1,296
35. Wake Up and Live (1937)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Alice Faye, Patsy Kelly
Votes: 159
36.
Mike Hammer (1958–1959)
Episode:
Save Me in San Salvidor
(1959)
26 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A professor embezzles a brief case full of money from his school in New York and flies to the sleepy south American backwater of San Salvidor. Hammer soon gets a letter from him, begging ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Darren McGavin, Nita Talbot, George Givot, Evelyn Ward
Votes: 20
37.
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961)
Episode:
Hong Kong and Little Joe
(1960)
Drama
A world-weary gambling woman in the far east is hoping that her sea captain boyfriend will marry her and take her to a romantic island home, yet he always comes up short. When the reds ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Whorf | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Anna May Wong, Charles H. Gray, Arthur Gould-Porter
Votes: 23
38. The Hit Parade (1937)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Agent Pete Garland (Phil Regan) is fired by society singer Monica Barrett (Louise Henry) after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds (Monroe ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Frances Langford, Phil Regan, Max Terhune, Edward Brophy
Votes: 52
39. Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
A con man must pass himself off as the owner of a château on the French Riviera when he is expected to host his estranged daughter's wedding.
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Frank Morgan, Florence Rice, John Beal, Janet Beecher
Votes: 299
40. Conquest (1937)
Approved | 113 min | Drama, History, Mystery
A Polish countess becomes Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging of Polish leaders who feel she could influence him to make Poland independent.
Directors: Clarence Brown, Gustav Machatý | Stars: Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal
Votes: 1,681 | Gross: $0.73M
41. Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
Directors: Irving Cummings, Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, J. Edward Bromberg, Alan Curtis
Votes: 455
42.
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952–1954)
Episode:
The Man Who Came to Murder
(1953)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
The secrets of the Honey Moon Inn come to the surface during the North's fifth anniversary visit to the hideaway. Inn owner Margaret is surprised by a marriage proposal from a ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Richard Denning, Barbara Britton, Francis De Sales, George Givot
Votes: 28
43. The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Posing as an insurance investigator, Tom Lawrence investigates a murder of a teacher disguised as a suicide at a women's college.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Paula Corday, Amelita Ward
Votes: 907
44. Leather Burners (1943)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Western
As rustled cattle have mysteriously disappeared, Bar 20 ranch hand Johnny Travers sends for old friends Hopalong Cassidy and California Carlson.
Director: Joseph Henabery | Stars: William Boyd, Andy Clyde, Jay Kirby, Victor Jory
Votes: 233
45. Thin Ice (1937)
Passed | 79 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Swiss hotel's ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 442
46. Young as You Feel (1940)
60 min | Comedy
Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go back home.
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, Joan Valerie, Russell Gleason
Votes: 35
47. China Gate (1957)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Drama, War
In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy territory in order to destroy an arms depot.
Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat 'King' Cole, Paul Dubov
Votes: 946
48. Riffraff (1935)
Passed | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie and quits his poorly paid job to concentrate on getting better working conditions as union leader. Unfortunately, the union members disagree ... See full summary »
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Una Merkel, Joseph Calleia
Votes: 1,108
49.
The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961)
Episode:
Dragon by the Tail
(1961)
30 min | Drama
Josephine Little, an expatriate American importer-exporter of sometimes unscrupulous dealings, is recruited by Central Intellegence Agency operatives in Hong Kong to help recover an ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Anna May Wong, J. Pat O'Malley, Russell Arms
Votes: 35
50.
Blondie (1957– )
Episode:
The Payoff Money
(1957)
30 min | Comedy, Family
Blondie and Mrs. Woodley go shopping downtown and leave some packages in a locker, planning to pick them up later. But when Blondie gets home, she discovers that instead of the pound of ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Arthur Lake, Pamela Britton, Harold Peary, Florenz Ames
Votes: 14