Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Legendary and iconic figures of the twentieth century, the famous and the infamous, come to life on film in this fascinating collection of short subjects. A few of the many highlights include a look at the life of Theodore Roosevelt, as he evolves from warrior to conservationist. Master of Magic Harry Houdini performs one of his daring escapes while suspended high above the Manhattan streets. Sergeant York, the greatest American hero of World War I, is interviewed in 1919. Famed evangelist...

Born in Chicago as Sylvion de Jardin, diminutive Bobby Vernon (1897-1939) starred in almost 200 comedy shorts during his career and specialized in playing well-meaning but gullible fellows who often wound up in trouble but usually ended up with the girl on his arm. He worked alongside such Hollywood luminaries as Lon Chaney, Gloria Swanson, W.C. Fields, Wallace Beery, Bing Crosby and Mack Sennett during his career, which ended tragically with his death at the young age of 42. Nearly 40 years...

An aspiring 16-year-old cowboy persuades a rancher to let him join his cattle drive, and the young boy soon learns the hard realities of being a cattle driver.

Mack Swain (1876-1935) was born Moroni Swain in Salt Lake City, Utah, the child of Mormon parents. Starting in vaudeville as a teenager, it wasn't long before he was hired by Mack Sennett at Keystone Studios. His large, 6' 2", 230-pound frame and wild eyes made him perfect for Keystone's brand of slapstick comedy. With the help of "Fatty" Arbuckle, Swain developed his own character: Ambrose, a temperamental husband with a roving eye and a tendency to bluster. His perennial nemesis was the...

Reed Hadley is Bart Matthews, the Public Defender, in this series of law and order dramas that ran on CBS from 1954 to 1955. At the time of the show's creation (by Mort Lewis and Sam Shayon), the concept of the public defender was little known throughout much of the United States. Stories were purportedly based on true cases, and each episode ends with a salute to a working public defender.Bart Matthews takes on clients that cannot afford expensive legal counsel. Young or old, innocent or...

Legendary vocalist Perry Como stars as entertainer Allan Clark, who is manipulated into a gubernatorial campaign by shady manager Wally M. Jones (Phil Silvers). It all begins when Clark is hired to perform at a rally for a gubernatorial candidate who is running against a corrupt incumbent. When Jones notices that the crowd takes a shine to Clark, he manipulates events so that Clark replaces the incumbent's opponent. Eventually, the crooked schemes that placed Clark on the ballot weigh on his...

Russ (Nat Faxon) and Lina Bowman (Judy Greer) can barely remember what life was like before kids, debt, and suburbia rained on their romance -- but every once in a while, in between the arguments about their declining sex life and who's driving carpool, they are reminded what drew them together in the first place -- they're best friends. The show also features Russ and Lina's friend AJ (Brett Gelman), who is recently divorced and pretending he's over his wife, and their other friend Jess...

Ecstatic over her winnings in a sweepstakes, a woman heads for New York City to make her dreams come true. This Oscar -nominated film stars Francis Lederer, Alan Mowbray, Benita Hume and Frances Dee.

Opposing lobbyists fall in love in McCarthy-era Washington in this lighthearted comedy.

Mary Dakin, granddaughter of a mattress tycoon, wants to be loved for herself and not her millions. She heads to Chicago to reinvent herself as an "ordinary" woman and scores a job selling mattresses at a department store, where she meets fellow worker Bob Spencer. Mary is determined to keep her heiress identity hidden from Bob, even after they eventually marry. But when Bob's job is suddenly in jeopardy, Mary realizes she'll have to tell him the truth.Anne Nagel was a child actress as well as...

A thirteenth century, scimitar-wielding Egyptian princess leads her people against a powerful Bedouin to save Egypt.

Based on James Patterson's best selling novels, WOMEN'S MURDER CLUB is a new one hour drama series about four successful working women in San Francisco - homicide inspector Lindsay Boxer (Angie Harmon), medical examiner Claire Washburn (Paula Newsome), assistant district attorney Jill Bernhardt (Laura Harris) and crime reporter Cindy Thomas (Aubrey Dollar) - who use their expertise, their close friendship and their instincts to solve murder cases. Each a success in her own field, they work...