The history of screen comedy did not begin with Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton. Before their appearances on the American screen, an entire generation of comedians was already establishing (and breaking) the boundaries of this rapidly evolving genre. While working at the Vitagraph Studios, music hall artists such as John Bunny, Frank Roberts, and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew retooled their brands of comedy into something uniquely cinematic, advancing...

John Stamos and Teri Polo star in the story of an irreverent motor cyclerider distrusted by an army at war that needs a man who was Born to Ride. World War II. The United States' cavalry has been trained to fight on horseback ... and is now a corps of easy targets in a modern war. To retrain his men to fight and ride motorcycles for a critical mission in Spain, Captain Jack Hassler (John Stockwell) recruits Grady Westfall (Stamos). Westfall's cockiness...