Known to all simply as Lucy, Ball portrayed a scatterbrained housewife with the ability to turn simple chores into unparalleled fiascoes.

From "Easy Street" to "Modern Times," Charlie Chaplin made many of the funniest and most popular films of his time.

"The King of Daredevil Comedy," Harold Lloyd is best remembered today as the young man dangling desperately from a clock tower in the 1923 classic Safety Last.

Comedian Bob Newhart has enthralled audiences with his trademark stammer, one-sided telephone conversations and hysterical, historical "what if" routines for more than 40 years.

As a leading producer/director of his era, Stevens repeatedly pushed against the Hollywood grain, and nearly twenty-five years after his death, his achievements remain largely unexplored.