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Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah." He is best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show, a 1950s sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Sergeant Bilko.
Born Philip Silver in Brooklyn, New York,...
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Top Banana
Top Banana (1954) is a movie musical based on the musical of the same name starring Phil Silvers, and released by United Artists. It stars most of the original cast. It is also notable for being originally shot in 3-D, but was released "flat".
The...
Something's Got to Give
Something's Got to Give is an unfinished feature film made in 1962, directed by George Cukor and starring Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin and Cyd Charisse. A remake of My Favorite Wife (1940), a screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, it...
Coney Island
Coney Island is a 1943 American technicolor musical film released by Twentieth Century Fox and starring Betty Grable in one of her biggest hits. A "gay nineties" musical (set in that time period) it also featured George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, and...
Follow That Camel
Follow That Camel is the fourteenth Carry On film and was released in 1967. Like its predecessor, it does not have the words "Carry On" in its original title (although for screenings outside the United Kingdom it was known as Carry On In The Legion,...
Summer Stock
For the article about the theatre genre, see Summer stock theatre.
Summer Stock (known as If You Feel Like Singing in the UK) is an MGM musical made in 1950. The film was directed by Charles Walters and stars Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken,...
The Boatniks
The Boatniks is a 1970 American comedy film starring Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Don Ameche and Phil Silvers. It was made by Walt Disney Productions.
Young and awkward, Coast Guard ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a 1966 musical comedy film, based on the stage musical.
Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251-183 B.C.) – specifically Pseudolus, Miles Gloriosus and Mostellaria – it...
The Strongest Man in the World
The Strongest Man in the World is a Walt Disney film released in 1975, starring Kurt Russell, still a student in the fictional Medfield College. It is the sequel to the 1972 film Now You See Him, Now You Don't, itself a sequel to The Computer Wore...
A Thousand and One Nights
A Thousand and One Nights (1945) is a tongue-in-cheek Technicolor fantasy film set in the Bagdad of the One Thousand and One Nights, starring Cornel Wilde as Aladdin, Evelyn Keyes as the genie of the magic lamp, Phil Silvers as Aladdin's larcenous...
The Chicken Chronicles
The Chicken Chronicles is a 1977 film starring Steve Guttenburg in this raunchy teen comedy set in 1969.
David Kessler is a high school student who will go to any lengths to impress a pretty cheerleader and lose his virginity, while juggling his job...
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a 1963, Technicolor, American comedy film directed by Stanley Kramer about the madcap pursuit of $350,000 in stolen cash by a diverse and colorful group of strangers. The ensemble comedy premiered on November 7,...
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell is a 1968 American comedy film directed by Melvin Frank, who co-wrote the original screenplay with Denis Norden and Sheldon Keller.
The United Artists release was filmed at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. It served as the...
You're in the Army Now
You're in the Army Now is a 1941 comedy film, starring Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Jane Wyman, and Regis Toomey. It features the longest kiss in film, lasting 3 minutes and 5 seconds.
Roxie Hart
Roxie Hart is a 1942 film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Nigel Bruce, Phil Silvers, William Frawley, and Spring Byington.
Nunnally Johnson's screenplay focuses on a showgirl who...
