Frank Tashlin
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There once was a happy little possum, the happiest animal in the entire forest, who always wore a great big smile. This jolly creature was content simply to hang by his tail from a tree until he was discovered by a group of picnickers. Mistaking the possum's upside-down smile for a frown, the people resolve to rescue him ― and they turn the little possum's world topsy-turvy. Strikingly illustrated in black-and-white, this memorable satire of cultural...
3) Cinderfella
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In a hilarious twist on the timeless fairy tale, the irrepressible Jerry Lewis plays the title role of CINDERFELLA – a hard-working and honest lad mistreated by his wicked stepmother (Judith Anderson) and his two boorish stepbrothers (Henry Silva, Robert Hutton). But miracles do happen – especially when your Fairy Godfather is the one-and-only Ed Wynn! With a little – okay, a lot – of wizardry and magic, the wacky Wynn manages to transform...
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A small-time con artist, nicknamed for his favorite candy, gets in over his head when he swindles a tough gangster out of some gambling profits. The Kid concocts a scheme to pay back the money by Christmas, by tricking his pals into dressing up as Santas and collecting money for a made-up charity.
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Criterion collection volume 1120
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In 1956, Frank Tashlin brought the talent for zany visual gags and absurdist pop-culture satire that he'd honed as a master of animation to the task of capturing, in glorious DeLuxe Color, a brand-new craze: rock and roll. This blissfully bonkers jukebox musical tells the story of a mobster's bombshell girlfriend the one and only Jayne Mansfield, in a showstopping first major film role and the washed-up talent agent who seeks to revive his career...
12) The Paleface
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A meek frontier dentist finds himself paired up with the gunslinging Calamity Jane as she searches for smugglers.
15) The paleface
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A timid frontier dentist finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity Jane as she fights off outlaws and Indians.
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Poor Jerome Littlefield (Jerry Lewis). He wants to be a doctor – but that’s not exactly the perfect career choice when you’re hopelessly squeamish. So he settles for the job of orderly at the Whitestone Sanitarium, a career move that’s guaranteed to keep the patients – and viewers – in stitches! The fun begins with Sammy Davis, Jr.’s rendition of the film’s title song and continues as the bumbling Jerome, a one-man disaster area,...
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Jayne Mansfield plays a blonde who is being coached to become a nightclub singer by her racketeer boyfriend. To help her along, he hires a hungry talent agent to boost her career into the big time. Features music by Fats Domino, Little Richard, The Platters, Ray Anthony, Julie London, The Treniers, Abbey Lincoln and other rock 'n' roll stars.
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A young window dresser's problems begin when he kisses a statue of Venus, which comes to life. This Venus turns out to be the genuine article on an earthly assignment. Her presence causes everyone around her to fall in love, except for the window dresser, who is terrified of her advances toward him. The young man suddenly becomes the object of a furious employer and a jealous fiancée.
19) Susan slept here
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Screenwriter Mark Christopher gets a Christmas present that isn't on his Santa list: a 17-year-old delinquent named Susan, deposited in his bachelor pad by a cop pal who doesn't want to see the kid spend Christmas behind bars. Touched by Susan's plight, Mark decides there's only one way to keep her out of juvie: marry her in name only and get an annulment when she comes of age. But after a Vegas elopement, Susan isn't so sure she wants to be the ex-Mrs....
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The ghost and Mr. Chicken: Knotts plays a small town typesetter with dreams of becoming a reporter who agrees to spend a night in an allegedly haunted house.
The reluctant astronaut: Knotts plays a small-town amusement park ride operator with a fear of heights who gets a job with NASA--as a janitor. He gets to confront his fear of heights when NASA devises a program to send a civilian into space.
The shakiest gun in the west: Knotts plays a dental...