Phyllis Diller was an American actress and stand-up comedienne. She was one of the earliest comedians who found fame in the US. She made her debut as a stand-up comedian at 37, and found profound success. She made her screen debut on the TV show ‘You Bet Your Life’ (1958). Since then, she appeared in more than 40 TV shows, including ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ (1961-1970), ‘The Phyllis Diller Show’ (1966-1967), ‘Super Password’ (1987-1989), ‘Hollywood Squares’ (1967-1980, 2002-2004), and ‘Boston Legal’ (2007). She made her first feature film appearance in the American period drama ‘Splendor in the Grass’ (1961). Some of her popular films are ‘Eight on the Lam’ (1967), ‘Pink Motel’ (1982), ‘The Perfect Man’ (1983), and ‘Everything's Jake’ (2006). She earned a ‘Daytime Emmy’ nomination for ‘Outstanding Service Show Host’ for ‘A Tribute to Bob Hope’ (1998). She was awarded a star on the ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’ in 1975.Â
Splendor in the Grass is a romantic drama period film which tells the story of Bud and Deanie, who are weighed down by the expectations of their parents, and soon it also starts to affect their relationship.
Lewis and Clark were both famous comedians at a time during the vaudeville era. However, off-stage they immensely dislike each other. Although they have not spoken to one another for around twenty years, they are forced to put their differences aside and work together, when a producer wants a reunion of the duo for a TV special.
The Adding Machine is a drama film which tells the story of an accountant whose job is about to be replaced by a computer. Therefore, he starts to re-examine his life as well as re-evaluate his priorities.
This comedy film revolves around a woman named Agatha, who arrives in a small town in Missouri, in order to sell player pianos to the locals. Her sales attempts end up in disaster, and she is eventually fired. She soon befriends an inventor and moves in with his family. Together, they try to sell his automatic milking machine, but nothing seems to go as planned.
During WWII, Sgt. Dan O’Farrell faces difficulties boosting the morale of his soldiers stationed on a South Pacific island. The American ship bringing in beer gets torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, while the batch of nurses that the crew is eagerly awaiting, delivers 6 men with one ugly nurse. Finally, O’Farrell manages to recover the beer-cans cargo and also, a Japanese sub.
Married real-estate agent Tom Meade mistakenly dials stunning French actress Didi, who is hiding from Hollywood, after being frustrated for being typecast as a bombshell. Meade decides to help her hide in his backwoods cabin but evading the media, public, and his wife might turn out to be more difficult that he imagined.
Henry Dimsdale, a bank-teller and widower with 7 children finds $10,000. When no one claims it for 2 weeks he buys a diamond ring for his fiancée, Ellie Barton. As his bank finds shortage of $50,000, he becomes the prime suspect. While his housekeeper protects them from her bumbling police-officer boyfriend, the family goes in hiding. Later, the children help find the culprit.
This comedy film revolves around a couple owning and running a cheap motel, but they are forced to deal with the various eccentric and weird people who rent their rooms.
This comedy thriller film is a parody of the psychological thriller films ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ and ‘Pyscho’. The film revolves around Jo Dee Foster, a rookie FBI agent, who is on his first case, looking for a serial killer who is wanted for over 120 murders. In order to find the killer, Fostar enlists the help of a convicted murderer named Animal Cannibal Pizza.
A mostly-deserted island, which is believed by many to be the home to the fountain of youth, is visited by several people for a scavenger hunt. However, instead, they spend almost half of their time singing and dancing on the beach.
This animated comedy film tells the story of Arnold who hits Harold using a baseball bat. Harold swears that he will beat him the next day to take revenge, and therefore, the next day, Arnold acts crazy to prevent getting beaten.
Flik, a resourceful wannabe inventor ant, accidentally destroys the pile of food his colony amassed as annual payment for marauding grasshoppers led by Hopper, who demands double compensation for the mishap. With the entire colony threatened, he sets out to recruit warrior bugs to fight with the grasshoppers, but only finds a group of inept Circus Bugs.
