George Jessel Movies

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

At the fiftieth anniversary of his town's founding, the town's first barber recalls his long-dead, spirited bride and the flaw in his own character...

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.

Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage,...

Heironymus Merkin is an internationally successful singer approaching middle age who retells his life story in a series of production numbers on a...

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...

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.

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...

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....

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

An European princess visiting America helps a record producer organize a big concert.

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...