"It's a Gift It's a Gift is a 1934 comedy film starring W. C. Fields. It was Fields's sixteenth sound film, and his fifth in 1934 alone. It was directed by Norman McLeod, who had directed Fields in his cameo as ""Humpty Dumpty"" in ""Alice in Wonderland"" (1933). It concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocer as he battles a shrewish wife, an incompetent assistant, and assorted annoying children, customers, and salesmen. The film contains certain routines, reprised having been honed, that Fields had developed 1915-1925. Fields often tried to recapture on film original sketches that had been the"
"What a Man (1930 film) What a Man is a 1930 American romantic comedy film directed by George Crone and starring Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar and Harvey Clark. It was an adaptation of the play ""They All Want Something"" by Courtenay Savage, which was itself based on a novel by E.J. Rath. A separate Spanish language version ""Thus Is Life"" was made at the same time. The film was remade in 1938 as ""Merrily We Live"". It is also known by the alternative title The Gentleman Chauffeur. A British ex-Grenadier Guards officer moves to America, but struggles to find work."
"Ernest Whitman Ernest Whitman (February 21, 1893 - August 5, 1954) was an American stage and screen actor. His nickname was Bubbles. He appeared in a number of films, including ""King for a Day"" (1934), ""The Prisoner of Shark Island"" (1936), ""The Green Pastures"" (1936), ""Jesse James"" (1939), ""Gone With the Wind"" (1939), ""Third Finger, Left Hand"" (1940), ""Among the Living"" (1941), ""Road to Zanzibar"" (1941), ""Cabin in the Sky"" (1943), ""Stormy Weather"" (1943), ""The Lost Weekend"" (1945), ""My Brother Talks to Horses"" (1947), ""Banjo"" (1947) and ""The Sun Shines Bright"" (1953), his last movie. Whitman also performed on stage,"
"After he is employed as a chauffeur to a wealthy family, he falls in love with his employer's daughter. What a Man (1930 film) What a Man is a 1930 American romantic comedy film directed by George Crone and starring Reginald Denny, Miriam Seegar and Harvey Clark. It was an adaptation of the play ""They All Want Something"" by Courtenay Savage, which was itself based on a novel by E.J. Rath. A separate Spanish language version ""Thus Is Life"" was made at the same time. The film was remade in 1938 as ""Merrily We Live"". It is also known by"
"Matthew McConaughey Matthew David McConaughey (; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He first gained notice for his breakout role in the coming-of-age comedy ""Dazed and Confused"" (1993), before going on to appear in the slasher film """" (1994), ""A Time to Kill"" (1996), the comedy film ""Larger than Life"" (1996), Steven Spielberg's historical drama ""Amistad"" (1997), the science fiction drama ""Contact"" (1997), the comedy ""EDtv"" (1999), and the war film ""U-571"" (2000). In the 2000s, McConaughey became best known for starring in romantic comedies, including ""The Wedding Planner"" (2001), ""How to Lose a Guy in"
"roles. One of his best-known film roles was Buster Keaton's business partner Billy Meekin in ""Seven Chances"" (1925). Barnes was also memorable in W. C. Fields' comedy ""It's a Gift"" (1934), portraying an inquisitive Insurance Salesman who searches a man by the name of ""Carl La Fong"". He retired from movies in 1935 and died two years later. T. Roy Barnes T. Roy Barnes (August 11, 1880 – March 30, 1937) was a British-American actor. Barnes appeared in over 50 films between 1920 and 1935, primarily in comedies. Although born in England, he lived in the United States from early"
"John West Sinclair John West Sinclair (January 6, 1900 - February 13, 1945) was an American actor who worked primarily in silent films. Tennessee-born comedian Sinclair, was a favorite stunt double for such 1920s action heroes as Ken Maynard, Billy Sullivan and Reed Howes. Later he wrote gags for W.C. Fields' comedies ""It's a Gift"" and ""Man on the Flying Trapeze"", and had uncredited walk-on roles in several sound-era films. Sinclair's residence was at 8229 Blackburn Avenue, Los Angeles, California. He was married to actress Thelma Hill. Sinclair died on February 13, 1945 of cirrhosis of the liver, at the"
"based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 34 out of 100 based on 7 critics, indicating ""generally unfavorable reviews"". The film received three nominations at the 1980 Academy Awards. Nominated: 1941 (film) 1941 is a 1979 American period comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and featuring an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, and Robert Stack. The story involves a panic in the Los Angeles area after the December"
"George Hamilton (actor) George Stevens Hamilton (born August 12, 1939) is an American film and television actor. His notable films include ""Home from the Hill"" (1960), ""By Love Possessed"" (1961), ""Light in the Piazza"" (1962), ""Your Cheatin' Heart"" (1964), ""Once Is Not Enough"" (1975), ""Love at First Bite"" (1979), ""Zorro, The Gay Blade"" (1981), ""The Godfather Part III"" (1990), ""Doc Hollywood"" (1991), ""8 Heads in a Duffle Bag"" (1997), ""Hollywood Ending"" (2002) and ""The Congressman"" (2016). For his debut performance in ""Crime and Punishment U.S.A."" (1959), Hamilton won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a BAFTA Award. He"
"1941 (film) 1941 is a 1979 American period comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and featuring an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, John Candy, Christopher Lee, Tim Matheson, Toshiro Mifune, and Robert Stack. The story involves a panic in the Los Angeles area after the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Although not as financially or critically successful as many of Spielberg's other films, it received belated popularity after an expanded version aired on ABC and its subsequent home video reissues, raising it to cult status. Co-writer Gale stated"
"Monty Woolley Edgar Montilion ""Monty"" Woolley (August 17, 1888May 6, 1963) was an American stage, film, radio, and television actor. At the age of 50, he achieved a measure of stardom for his best-known role in the stage play and 1942 film ""The Man Who Came to Dinner"". His distinctive white beard was his trademark and he was affectionately known as ""The Beard."" Woolley was born in New York City's Manhattan to William Edgar Woolley (1845-1927) and Jessie née Arms (1857-1927) and grew up in the highest social circles. Woolley received a bachelor's degree at Yale University, where Cole Porter"
"Captain Spaulding""—done entirely in French. Groucho Marx Julius Henry ""Groucho"" Marx (; October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. A master of quick wit, he is widely considered one of America's greatest comedians. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show ""You Bet Your Life"". His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated"
"Norman Z. McLeod Norman Zenos McLeod (September 20, 1898 – January 27, 1964) was an American film director, cartoonist, and writer. McLeod made several successful and influential movies such as ""Taking A Chance"" (1928), ""Monkey Business"" (1931), ""Horse Feathers"" (1932), ""Alice in Wonderland"" (1933), ""Topper"" (1937), ""Pennies from Heaven"" (1936), ""There Goes My Heart"" (1938), ""Merrily We Live"" (1938), ""Topper Takes a Trip"" (1939), ""Little Men"" (1940), ""Panama Hattie"" (1942), ""Jackass Mail"" (1942), and his last, ""Alias Jesse James"" (1959). Other memorable films directed by McLeod includes ""It's a Gift"" (1934) with W. C. Fields, the Danny Kaye comedy,"" The"
"Art Smith (actor) Arthur Gordon Smith (March 23, 1899 – February 24, 1973) was an American film, stage and television actor, best known for playing supporting roles in Hollywood films of the 1940s. Born in Chicago, he was a member of the Group Theatre and performed in many of their productions, including ""Rocket to the Moon"", ""Awake and Sing!"", ""Golden Boy"" and ""Waiting for Lefty"", all by Clifford Odets; ""House of Connelly"" by Paul Green; and Sidney Kingsley's ""Men in White."" The gray-haired actor usually played studious and dignified types in films, such as doctors or butlers. Smith appeared in"
"and was replaced by Albert Finney. Trey Wilson Donald Yearnsley ""Trey"" Wilson III (January 21, 1948 – January 16, 1989) was an American character actor known for playing rural, authoritarian type characters, most notably in comedies such as ""Raising Arizona"" and ""Bull Durham"". During his career, Wilson appeared in numerous stage productions and 30 films or television shows, including guest roles on """" and ""The Equalizer"". On stage, he appeared in ""The Front Page"" at Lincoln Center and on Broadway, he appeared with Sandy Duncan in ""Peter Pan"". He also appeared in Pat Benatar's music video ""Love Is a Battlefield"","
"was the recipient of the 1988 Eclipse Award of Merit for his contribution in promoting the sport of Thoroughbred racing. John Forsythe John Forsythe (born Jacob Lincoln Freund; January 29, 1918 – April 1, 2010) was an American stage, film/television actor, producer, narrator, drama teacher and philanthropist whose career spanned six decades. He also appeared as a guest on several talk and variety shows and as a panelist on numerous game shows. His 60-year acting career began in films in 1943. He signed up with Warner Bros. at age 25 as a minor contract player, but he later starred in"
"Joe E. Brown Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 – July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his amiable screen persona, comic timing, and enormous elastic-mouth smile. He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, with films like ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1935), ""Earthworm Tractors"" (1936), and ""Alibi Ike"" (1935). In his later career Brown starred in ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959), as Osgood Fielding III, in which he utters the famous punchline, ""Well, nobody's perfect."" Brown was born on July 28, 1891, in Holgate, Ohio, near Toledo, into a"
"Howard Mann Howard Mann (June 20, 1923 – September 18, 2008) was an American actor and comedian. Mann appeared on television, film and commercials during his 40-year-long career in the entertainment industry. Some of his most recent roles in the 2000s included ""Pushing Daisies"" and ""The Starter Wife"". Despite his dozens of film and television credits in his resume, Mann wrote that he had ""probably been turned down more times than a blanket,"" in a guest column in the ""Los Angeles Times"" in 2006. Mann was born Howard Mendelsohn in 1923 in New York City. He began his career in"
"Globe Award, BAFTA, the Producers Guild Award, and the Academy Award for Best Picture. Ben Affleck Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He began his career as a child and starred in the PBS educational series ""The Voyage of the Mimi"" in 1984, before a second run in 1988. He later appeared in the independent coming-of-age comedy ""Dazed and Confused"" (1993) and various Kevin Smith films, including ""Chasing Amy"" (1997) and ""Dogma"" (1999). Affleck"
"Montgomery Clift Edward Montgomery ""Monty"" Clift (; October 17, 1920 – July 23, 1966) was an American actor. His ""New York Times"" obituary noted his portrayal of ""moody, sensitive young men"". He is best remembered for roles in ""Red River"" (1948), ""The Heiress"" (1949), ""A Place in the Sun"" (1951), Alfred Hitchcock's ""I Confess"" (1953), ""From Here to Eternity"" (1953), ""The Young Lions"" (1958), ""Judgment at Nuremberg"" (1961), and ""The Misfits"" (1961). He received four Academy Award nominations during his career: three for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor. Along with Marlon Brando and James Dean, Clift was"
"James Woods James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor and producer. He is known primarily for playing villainous roles in film. His most well known roles are in ""Videodrome"", ""Once Upon a Time in America"", ""Casino"", and ""Contact"". Additionally, Woods has also been nominated for two Academy Awards, one in the Best Actor category for ""Salvador"" and the other in the Best Supporting Actor category for ""Ghosts of Mississippi"". He is the recipient of three Emmy Awards for the television movies ""Promise"" and ""My Name Is Bill W."" and the animated series ""Hercules"". ""Promise"" additionally brought"
"Leonardo DiCaprio Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (; born November 11, 1974) is an American actor, film producer, and environmentalist. DiCaprio began his career by appearing in television commercials in the late 1980s. He next had recurring roles in various television series, such as the soap opera ""Santa Barbara"" and the sitcom ""Growing Pains"". He debuted in his film career by starring as Josh in ""Critters 3"" (1991). He starred in the film adaptation of the memoir ""This Boy's Life"" (1993), and received acclaim and his first Academy Award nomination for his supporting role in ""What's Eating Gilbert Grape"" (1993). He gained"
"Ben Affleck Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He began his career as a child and starred in the PBS educational series ""The Voyage of the Mimi"" in 1984, before a second run in 1988. He later appeared in the independent coming-of-age comedy ""Dazed and Confused"" (1993) and various Kevin Smith films, including ""Chasing Amy"" (1997) and ""Dogma"" (1999). Affleck gained wider recognition when he and childhood friend Matt Damon won the Golden Globe"
"Ale, Joe E. Brown Hazelnut, Chocolate Peanut Butter Joe E. Brown, Joe E Brown Chocolate Pumpkin, and Joe E. (Brown Ale). Joe E. Brown Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 – July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his amiable screen persona, comic timing, and enormous elastic-mouth smile. He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, with films like ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" (1935), ""Earthworm Tractors"" (1936), and ""Alibi Ike"" (1935). In his later career Brown starred in ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959), as Osgood Fielding III, in which he"
"Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. Freeman won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with ""Million Dollar Baby"" (2004), and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in ""Street Smart"" (1987), ""Driving Miss Daisy"" (1989), ""The Shawshank Redemption"" (1994), and ""Invictus"" (2009). He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including ""Glory"" (1989), """" (1991), ""Seven"" (1995), ""Deep Impact"" (1998), ""The Sum of All Fears"" (2002), ""Bruce Almighty"" (2003), ""The Dark Knight"
"age of 45. He is buried at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, in North Hollywood in a grave marked only by a brass plate with nothing engraved upon it. John West Sinclair John West Sinclair (January 6, 1900 - February 13, 1945) was an American actor who worked primarily in silent films. Tennessee-born comedian Sinclair, was a favorite stunt double for such 1920s action heroes as Ken Maynard, Billy Sullivan and Reed Howes. Later he wrote gags for W.C. Fields' comedies ""It's a Gift"" and ""Man on the Flying Trapeze"", and had uncredited walk-on roles in several sound-era films. Sinclair's"
"Zach Galifianakis Zachary Knight Galifianakis (; born October 1, 1969) is an American actor, comedian and writer who came to prominence with his ""Comedy Central Presents"" special in 2001 and presented his own show called ""Late World with Zach"" on VH1 the following year. He has also starred in films, such as ""The Hangover"" trilogy (2009–2013), ""Due Date"" (2010), ""The Campaign"" (2012), ""Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)"" (2014), ""Masterminds"" (2016) and ""The Lego Batman Movie"" (2017). Galifianakis is the host of the Emmy Award-winning talk show ""Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis"" on the Funny or Die website."
"Jonah Hill Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983) is an American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. Hill is known for his comedic roles in films such as ""Accepted"" (2006), ""Grandma's Boy"" (2006), ""Superbad"" (2007), ""Knocked Up"" (2007), ""Forgetting Sarah Marshall"" (2008), ""Get Him to the Greek"" (2010), ""21 Jump Street"" (2012), ""This Is the End"" (2013), ""22 Jump Street"" (2014), and ""War Dogs"" (2016), as well as his performances in ""Moneyball"" (2011) and ""The Wolf of Wall Street"" (2013), for which he received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Hill ranked 28th on ""Forbes"" magazine's ranking of"
"Groucho Marx Julius Henry ""Groucho"" Marx (; October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) was an American comedian, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star. A master of quick wit, he is widely considered one of America's greatest comedians. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born. He also had a successful solo career, most notably as the host of the radio and television game show ""You Bet Your Life"". His distinctive appearance, carried over from his days in vaudeville, included quirks such as an exaggerated stooped posture, glasses, cigar, and"
"Jack Lemmon John Uhler ""Jack"" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. Lemmon was an eight-time Academy Award nominee, with two wins. He starred in over 60 films, such as ""Some Like It Hot"", ""The Apartment"", ""Mister Roberts"" (for which he won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), ""Days of Wine and Roses"", ""The Great Race"", ""Irma la Douce"", ""The Odd Couple"" and its sequel ""The Odd Couple II"" (and other frequent collaborations with ""Odd Couple"" co-star Walter Matthau), ""Save the Tiger"" (for which he won the 1973 Academy Award"
"was actually born in 1911. Danny Kaye Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, singer, dancer, comedian, musician, and philanthropist. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably ""Wonder Man"" (1945), ""The Kid from Brooklyn"" (1946), ""The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"" (1947), ""The Inspector General"" (1949), ""Hans Christian Andersen"" (1952), ""White Christmas"" (1954), and ""The Court Jester"" (1956). His films were popular, especially his performances of patter songs and favorites such as ""Inchworm"" and ""The Ugly Duckling."" He was the"
"named him the second greatest male star of Golden Age Hollywood cinema (after Humphrey Bogart). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in ""Penny Serenade"" (1941) and ""None but the Lonely Heart"" (1944). Widely recognized for comedic and dramatic roles, among his best-known films are ""Bringing Up Baby"" (1938), ""Only Angels Have Wings"" (1939), ""His Girl Friday"" (1940), ""The Philadelphia Story"" (1940), ""Arsenic and Old Lace"" (1944), ""North by Northwest"" (1959), and ""Charade"" (1963). Cary Grant Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's"
"""undetermined"". Authorities stated that Walken is not a suspect. Christopher Walken Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken; March 31, 1943) is an American actor of screen and stage who has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows, including ""Annie Hall"" (1977), ""The Deer Hunter"" (1978), ""The Dogs of War"" (1980), ""The Dead Zone"" (1983), ""A View to a Kill"" (1985), ""Batman Returns"" (1992), ""True Romance"" (1993), ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), ""Antz"" (1998), ""Vendetta"" (1999), ""Sleepy Hollow"" (1999), ""Catch Me If You Can"" (2002), ""Hairspray"" (2007), ""Seven Psychopaths"" (2012), the first three ""Prophecy"" films, ""The Jungle Book"" (2016), ""Irreplaceable You"" (2018),"