The Dummy Factor
A 12-year-old boy investigates the disappearance of a child in his neighbourhood..
A 12-year-old boy investigates the disappearance of a child in his neighbourhood..
Explores and examines the world of ventriloquism through clips, photos and interviews with many of the greatest vents from today and yesterday, illustrating that this perceived novelty act is truly an extraordinary art form..
Dummy Ache is a 1936 American short comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins. An assuming husband, suspicious of his wife, follows her for the day. Misunderstandings, mishaps, and hijinks ensue. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division in 2013..
Trina and her brother Dan think dad's dummies are pretty cool. Until one day they notice one of the dummy's hands is warm, humanly warm! Then they hear eerie voices coming from the attic. Could the dummies be leading lives of their own?.
Sidesplitters stars Lewis Black (the Daily Show, and the owner of the club in American Dummy) and Jim Norton (the clubs Host in American Dummy) as a comedy team in vein of Abbot and Costello or the Marx Brothers. It follows their career together from the Vaudville stage to the retirement home..
An in-depth profile of the comic who's made ventriloquism hip again: Jeff Dunham. This special shows rare performance footage, home videos, interviews with Jeff and those who know him best, and sold-out performances featuring Walter, Peanut, Achmed, Jose, and the rest of his characters. Plus, behind-the-scenes footage of Jeff creating, building, and performing a brand new character, Achmed Junior..
Un fils de pharaon momifié est transporté depuis l'Egypte vers un musée archéologique néerlandais pour y être exposé. Mais lors d'une forte tempête, le véhicule qui l'amène finit sa route contre un arbre. Alors que la momie est frappée par la foudre, elle est soudainement ramenée à la vie et poursuit son chemin jusqu'à la ferme de Goos Guts, un garçon ordinaire de onze ans qui vit seul avec son père et s'ennuie dans ce lieu isolé. Après l'avoir découverte dans sa chambre, le jeune garçon se lie d'amitié avec la mystérieuse créature qu'il nomme Dummie. Il l'introduit à l'école comme étant un parent égyptien recouvert de bandage en raison de graves brûlures....
As President Trump continues to drain the swamp, social media stars Diamond & Silk are on a mission to expose what’s left of it. Americans cannot trust the mainstream media to report about the Democrats Dummycrats. If the media won’t report the truth…Diamond & Silk will..
Un inventeur et son assistant construisent un robot qui ressemble à leur concierge, et tout le monde essaie de profiter de l'invention..
Men have a race to win a girl and get involved with crooks posing as a beautifying machine..
An operation of counterfeit five pound notes is discovered at a variety theater, leading to murder during the performance..
A true story of a courageous boy who becomes a legend. Living a dream that wouldn't die; his passion empowered him to historically change the course of baseball. Facing challenges on every front he conquers all with his belief and determination; a true hero. A life changing story!.
Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious..
A newlywed couple visits a fortune teller just for laughs. The fun soon turns to terror after they insult the woman and leave without paying. The fortune teller then unleashes an evil spirit inside a creepy-looking ventriloquist doll that she commands to kill anybody who speaks to the couple on their first anniversary..
The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his detective boss Walter Babbing by tracking down the person who kidnapped Peggy Meredith, the daughter of wealthy Agnes and Trumbull Meredith..
Mrs. Errol, rehearsing for a play but keeping it a secret from Leon, forces him to take a taxi, as she needs the family car. The taxi driver tells Leon a tale of a love triangle that sets Leon's imagination on fire. He follows his wife and discovers her rehearsing a love scene with an actor, and he thinks it is real. He is leaving when he hears a pistol shot and rushes back, to discover his wife stuffing a dummy in a hamper, but he thinks it is a real body. To protect his wife, Leon steals the hamper, and is almost lynched by a crowd who also thinks the hamper contains a real body..
After watching a horror movie based on a series of murders committed by a possessed dummy, a group of friends locate the actual dummy and they attempt to resurrect the spirit. The seance fails, but the dummy comes to life on its own..
A ventriloquist's dummy with a mind of it's own can't resist it's homicidal impulses and cuts a bloody swath through a peaceful suburb..
Follow the daring, action-packed exploits of Peter Mache, Master Detective in the Case of the Plaster Parrot. Be amazed, as Peter, a store mannequin dummy, along with a shop window full of characters, comes alive to spoof those wonderful film noir movies of long ago. Any similarities to the 'B' movies of the 1940s and 1950s and the Maltese Falcon are fully intended. Peter, pursuing the famous baseball-sized Belvedere Diamond, falls from a twenty story building and in love with a dame- there's always a dame ain't there? She's Lotta the girl with a lotta you know what! The evil Big Man, who has to be seen to be believed, tries to foil Peter's plans..