Danny Kaye
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1911-01-18
Locus Natus: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Et ut: David Daniel Kaminsky, Daniel David Kaminsky
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilarious collection of movie and TV bloopers.
release : 1985.01.01popularis : 6.37
The Court Jester
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
release : 1955.12.24popularis : 17.186
The Sound of Laughter
A compilation of film clips of comedies from 1930's.
release : 1963.12.17popularis : 1.891
It's a Great Feeling
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and...
release : 1949.08.01popularis : 3.001
Wonder Man
Boisterous nightclub entertainer Buzzy Bellew was the witness to a murder committed by gangster Ten Grand Jackson. One night, two of Jackson's thugs...
release : 1945.06.08popularis : 4.241
White Christmas
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become...
release : 1954.10.14popularis : 14.425
The Hollywood Clowns
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
release : 1979.03.23popularis : 0.977
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream...
release : 1947.09.01popularis : 8.542
The Inspector General
An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up on a vagrancy charge. The town's corrupt officials...
release : 1949.12.31popularis : 4.028
On the Riviera
In this fast-paced remake of the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Folies Bergère, talented Danny Kaye plays both a performer and a heroic French...
release : 1951.04.20popularis : 2.345
Hans Christian Andersen
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
release : 1952.12.19popularis : 4.601
Here Comes Peter Cottontail
Peter Cottontail wants to be the #1 chief Easter Bunny, and everyone in April Valley agrees...except for Evil Irontail. Peter must deliver more eggs...
release : 1971.04.04popularis : 2.161
A Song Is Born
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome...
release : 1948.10.19popularis : 4.666
The Five Pennies
Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds...
release : 1959.06.18popularis : 3.171
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Christmas abounds with traditions, from neighborhood carolers to lovingly decorated trees, but from where did all these rituals emerge? This...
release : 1997.12.01popularis : 0.831
Showbiz Goes to War
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the...
release : 1982.12.31popularis : 3.477
On the Double
American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and...
release : 1961.05.19popularis : 2.411
Merry Andrew
When eccentric English teacher Andrew Larabee needs a raise in order for his fiancée to marry him, his interest in archaeology leads him to...
release : 1958.03.20popularis : 1.209
Knock on Wood
Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss...
release : 1954.04.06popularis : 3.016
Task Force
After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the...
release : 1949.08.30popularis : 2.082
The Kid from Brooklyn
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The...
release : 1946.03.21popularis : 2.601
Me and the Colonel
Nazis are about to overrun France, and a Jewish man named Jacobowsky is stranded in Paris. He hitches a ride with reluctant Polish serviceman Colonel...
release : 1958.10.01popularis : 1.537
Up in Arms
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-bound troopship.
release : 1944.02.17popularis : 2.423
The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye: The Emperor's New Clothes
This is one of the 'Animagical' titles from the children's film archive of Rankin/Bass. The story line is reminiscent of an earlier 1966 R/B Animagic...
release : 1972.02.21popularis : 2.802
The Madwoman of Chaillot
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in...
release : 1969.10.12popularis : 6.016
The Man from the Diners' Club
Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding. This stress leads...
release : 1963.04.17popularis : 2.046
Money on Your Life
This fun little piece has Danny Kaye as man who buys a life insurance policy. What the insurance salesman doesn't know is that Danny is on the hit...
release : 1938.05.13popularis : 0.431
Skokie
A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.
release : 1981.11.17popularis : 2.04
Sports on the Silver Screen
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from...
release : 1997.03.16popularis : 4.242
Pinocchio
This musical adaptation of Pinocchio from 1976 features the incomparable talents of Danny Kaye, Sandy Duncan, Flip Wilson, and Clive Revill. Framed...
release : 1976.03.27popularis : 6.462
À la recherche de... Pierre Richard
Follow in the footsteps of burlesque actor Pierre Richard, a key figure in French cinema in the 1970s and 1980s.
release : 2017.09.01popularis : 3.84
Danny Kaye Christmas Show
In this Christmas-themed show, Danny welcomes as his guests Andy Williams, Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. Danny and Dick are featured in a...
release : 1963.12.18popularis : 0.854
Edith Head: The Paramount Years
A tribute to the legendary costume designer Edith Head during her years providing costumes for the films of Paramount studio which includes Sunset...
release : 2002.11.26popularis : 2.048
CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years
CBS honors Lucille Ball with this celebration of her three CBS series: I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.
release : 1976.11.28popularis : 2.306
Getting an Eyeful
Nickotai (Danny Kaye) needs an eye test and is the first patient of ‘eyetestometist’ Henry Groper.
release : 1938.01.21popularis : 1.456
EPCOT Center: The Opening Celebration
Danny Kaye tours EPCOT Center, singing its praises in Future World and the World Showcase. He meets celebrities and park characters like Dreamfinder...
release : 1982.10.23popularis : 0.639
Night Shift
Documentary short film depicting the work in a British armaments plant in which the night shift consists of women workers.
release : 1942.01.02popularis : 0.577
Night of 100 Stars II
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was...
release : 1985.03.10popularis : 3.692
Kraft Salutes Disneyland's 25th Anniversary
Danny Kaye stars in the Disneyland 25th Anniversary television special with special guest star Michael Jackson, The Osmond’s, Adam Rich, and...
release : 1980.03.06popularis : 0.001
Dime a Dance
June Allyson is a cashier in a dance hall and her friend Imogene Coca wants to get a job there as a dance hostess. June advises her she needs to...
release : 1937.12.23popularis : 1.213
Mary Tyler Moore: A Celebration
Not only did Mary Tyler Moore “turn the world on with her smile,” as her show’s theme song declared, she also influenced a...
release : 2015.10.13popularis : 2.323
Hollywood Musicals of the 40's
Highlights from the great musicals of the 1940s. Stars featured include Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby, Doris...
release : 2000.09.01popularis : 1.979
Lifetime of Comedy
Compilation of comedy sketches from the comedy kings Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Danny Kaye & Bing Crosby.
release : 1960.01.01popularis : 1.1
I Am an American
The history of a Polish family and its contributions to the war effort throughout American history.
release : 1944.12.23popularis : 0.745
Breakdowns of 1949
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949.
release : 1949.12.31popularis : 2.583
Bogart: The Untold Story
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends...
release : 1997.01.05popularis : 4.147
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a 1976 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, produced for television as part of the Hallmark...
release : 1976.12.12popularis : 3.521
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
Legendary showman Danny Kaye's greatest moments have been handpicked by Kaye's daughter, Dena, in this lighthearted compilation. Highlights ranging...
release : 1993.07.01popularis : 1.663
Cupid Takes a Holiday
Because his family has a history of insanity that breaks out when a family member hasn't married by the time they are 25 years old, Nikolai...
release : 1938.02.04popularis : 0.886
Salute to Stan Laurel
A program featuring original comedy skits written as a tribute to Stan Laurel.
release : 1965.11.23popularis : 1.259
That's Dancing!
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s,...
release : 1985.01.18popularis : 4.211
And the Oscar Goes To...
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...
release : 2014.02.01popularis : 5.361
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one...
release : 1997.11.01popularis : 4.599
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
Actress Rosemary Clooney reminisces about the making of the classic holiday film White Christmas (1954).
release : 2000.11.21popularis : 1.855
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in...
release : 2014.12.02popularis : 3.945
An Evening with Danny Kaye and the New York Philharmonic
A night of classical music,conducted by famous comedian actor Danny Kaye,is something for the whole family to watch. Danny puts his talents to use...
release : 1981.09.23popularis : 0.722
Musical Comedy Tonight II
A tribute to American musical theater, featuring scenes from "Show Boat", "South Pacific," "Sweet Charity," "Finian's Rainbow," and "Lady in the...
release : 1981.02.11popularis : 0.877