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Hollywood and the Stars

The Funny Men: Part 2 (Season 1, Episode 12)
TV Episode | Documentary
In this part, the comedians of the sound era are looked at, including a sequence from another W.C.Fields short, "The Barber Shop"(1933), the Red Skelton feature "The Fuller Brush Man" (1948) and Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" ...See moreIn this part, the comedians of the sound era are looked at, including a sequence from another W.C.Fields short, "The Barber Shop"(1933), the Red Skelton feature "The Fuller Brush Man" (1948) and Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" routine from an Army-Navy screen magazine sequence. Also seen are Bob Hope at golf, Martin and Lewis greeting fans, and the car chase from "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) Written by WesternOne See less
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Director
Jack Haley Jr.
Writer
Irwin Rosten
Producer
Irwin Rosten
Editor
Melvin Shapiro
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 16, 1963
Release date
Dec 16, 1963 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
1 win

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72 cast members
Name Known for
Bud Abbott
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Edie Adams
Dr. Irene Wilson (clip from Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)) (archive footage) Dr. Irene Wilson (clip from Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)) (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Mischa Auer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Lucille Ball
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
I Love Lucy (1951)
Robert Benchley
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Edgar Bergen
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Fun and Fancy Free (1947)
Milton Berle
J. Russell Finch (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage) J. Russell Finch (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Joe E. Brown
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sid Caesar
Melville Crump (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage) Melville Crump (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage)   See fewer
Grease (1978)
Eddie Cantor
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Kid Millions (1934)
Jack Carson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
Charles Chaplin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Great Dictator (1940)
Lou Costello
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Hold That Ghost (1941)
Joseph Cotten
Self - Host / Narrator Self - Host / Narrator   See fewer
The Third Man (1949)
Jimmy Durante
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Leon Errol
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mexican Spitfire (1939)
W.C. Fields
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Gift (1934)
Billy Gilbert
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
His Girl Friday (1940)
Sid Grauman
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mad About Music (1938)
Jack Haley
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Hugh Herbert
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Black Cat (1941)
Judy Holliday
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Born Yesterday (1950)
Bob Hope
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Edward Everett Horton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Danny Kaye
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
Edgar Kennedy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
Dorothy Lamour
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Road to Utopia (1945)
Jerry Lewis
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Nutty Professor (1963)
Shirley MacLaine
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Dean Martin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Dean Martin Show (1965)
The Marx Brothers
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
Chico Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Duck Soup (1933)
Groucho Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Harpo Marx
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Charlie McCarthy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Letter of Introduction (1938)
Frank McHugh
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Donald Meek
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Stagecoach (1939)
Ethel Merman
Mrs. Marcus (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage) Mrs. Marcus (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Victor Moore
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Swing Time (1936)
Chester Morris
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Divorcee (1930)
Jack Norton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Fashion Model (1945)
Jack Oakie
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Great Dictator (1940)
Franklin Pangborn
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Joe Penner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
New Faces of 1937 (1937)
Martha Raye
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962)
The Ritz Brothers
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
The Three Musketeers (1939)
Al Ritz
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
Harry Ritz
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Gorilla (1939)
Jimmy Ritz
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Behind the Eight Ball (1942)
Will Rogers
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
Mickey Rooney
Ding Bell (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage) Ding Bell (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Charles Ruggles
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Parent Trap (1961)
Jane Russell
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
Rosalind Russell
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Auntie Mame (1958)
S.Z. Sakall
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Casablanca (1942)
Dick Shawn
Sylvester Marcus (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage) Sylvester Marcus (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Phil Silvers
Otto Meyer (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage) Otto Meyer (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Red Skelton
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
Arthur Treacher
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mary Poppins (1964)
Mae West
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Bert Wheeler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
High Flyers (1937)
Jonathan Winters
Lennie Pike (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage) Lennie Pike (clip from It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)) (archive footage)   See fewer
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Robert Woolsey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
High Flyers (1937)
Ed Wynn
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Keenan Wynn
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Henry Bergman
Pawnbroker (clip from The Pawnshop (1916)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Pawnbroker (clip from The Pawnshop (1916)) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Modern Times (1936)
Peter Bull
Russian Ambassador Alexei de Sadesky (clip from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Russian Ambassador Alexei de Sadesky (clip from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
The African Queen (1951)
Elise Cavanna
Mrs. Grace Dilweg (clip from The Pharmacist (1933)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Mrs. Grace Dilweg (clip from The Pharmacist (1933)) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
The Barber Shop (1933)
Si Jenks
First Checker Player (clip from The Pharmacist (1933)) (archive footage) (uncredited) First Checker Player (clip from The Pharmacist (1933)) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
Marjorie Kane
Priscilla Dilweg (clip from The Pharmacist (1933)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Priscilla Dilweg (clip from The Pharmacist (1933)) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Merrily We Live (1938)
Edna Purviance
Pawnbroker's Daughter (clip from The Pawnshop (1916)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Pawnbroker's Daughter (clip from The Pawnshop (1916)) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
John Rand
Other Assistant (clip from The Pawnshop (1916)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Other Assistant (clip from The Pawnshop (1916)) (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
The Circus (1928)
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