Acting
Lenny Bruce
Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. Branded a "sick comic", Bruce was essentially blacklisted from television, and when he did appear these performances was facilitated by fans like Hugh Hefner and Steve Allen. In 1951, Bruce met Honey Harlow, a stripper from Manila, Arkansas. They were married that same year, and Bruce was determined she would end her work as a stripper. Throughout the final decade of his life, Bruce was beset by severe drug addiction.
Filmography
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The Steve Allen Show
Playboy's Penthouse
Playboy's Penthouse is an American variety/talk television show hosted by Playboy founder and then-editor/publi...
The Last Laugh
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in conn...
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
On October 29th and 30th, 2009, rock 'n' roll royalty held court at Madison Square Garden for what have been ca...
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Armed with a limitless Rolodex and a Benedict Canyon enclave with its own disco, Allan Carr threw the Hollywood...
The Pierre Berton Show
The Pierre Berton Show was a television show hosted by Pierre Berton. It ran from 1962 to 1973, and Berton regu...
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time
Death Scenes 2
DEATH SCENES II continues the exploration into the dark recesses of violence and rage that ended in such heinou...
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
In 1948, Lenny Bruce was just another comic who couldn't get arrested. By 1961, all that would change.
TV's Funniest Comedians - 14 Stars Do Classic Routines
A compilation film of stand up performances and comedy routines featuring some of the biggest stars in the earl...
Dynamite Chicken
A collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement.
Lenny Bruce: Without Tears
The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him int...
From Straight to Bizarre
Documentary about the rise and fall of Frank Zappa's record labels, Bizarre and Straight which featured a colle...
Looking for Lenny
In-depth documentary that uses Lenny Bruce's legacy to explore the present condition of the fear of words and e...
But... Seriously
A documentary juxtaposing the events of the 20th century with the commentary of stand-up comedians.
Dream Follies
A group of male office workers, bored with their daily routine, decide to stop in at the local burlesque house.
Lenny Bruce in 'Lenny Bruce'
Iconoclast Lenny Bruce appears at San Francisco's Basin Street West in what was his next-to-last live appearanc...
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Thank You Mask Man
This short animation set to Lenny Bruce's live monologue tells how the Lone Ranger hooks up with Tonto. With Br...
Dance Hall Racket
A gangster who operates a sleazy dance hall uses a sadistic bodyguard to keep his girls afraid and his customer...
Dead Neon: The Many Faces of Lenny Bruce on Film
Lenny Bruce's depiction on film did not start or end with Bob Fosse's Lenny (1974). Through these other often o...