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CLIFFHANGER SERIALS
Each serial is a 2-disc set, chaptered and complete.
The Perils
of Pauline (Pathe, 1914, 9 ch.)
The Mystery of the Double Cross (Pathe, 1917, 15 ch.)
The Wolves of Kultur (Pathe,
1918, 15 ch.)
Lightning Bryce (National, 1919, 15 ch.)
The Son of Tarzan (National Film Corp., 1920, 15 ch.)
Lightning Hutch (Arrow, 1926, 10 ch.)
Officer 444 (Davis Distributing, 1926, 10 ch.)
King of the Kongo (Mascot,
1929, 10 ch.)
Tarzan the Tiger (Universal, 1929, 15 ch.)
The Indians Are Coming (Universal, 1930, 12 ch.)
The
Lone Defender (Mascot, 1930, 12 ch.)
Sign of the Wolf (Metropolitan, 1930, 10 ch.)
Battling with Buffalo Bill (Universal,
1931, 12 ch.)
The Galloping Ghost (Mascot, 1931, 12 ch.)
King of the Wild (Mascot, 1931, 12 ch.)
The Lightning
Warrior (Mascot, 1931, 12 ch.)
Mystery Trooper (Syndicate Pictures, 1931, 10 ch.)
The Phantom of the West (Mascot,
1931, 10 ch.)
The Vanishing Legion (Mascot, 1931, 12 ch.)
The Devil Horse (Mascot, 1932, 12 ch.)
Heroes of
the West (Universal, 1932, 12 ch.)
The Hurricane Express (Mascot, 1932, 12 ch.)
The Last Frontier (RKO, 1932, 12
ch.)
The Last of the Mohicans (Mascot, 1932, 12 ch.)
The Lost Special (Universal, 1932, 12 ch.)
The Shadow
of the Eagle (Mascot, 1932, 12 ch.)
Fighting with Kit Carson (Mascot, 1933, 12 ch.)
Gordon of Ghost City (Universal,
1933, 12 ch.)
Mystery Squadron (Mascot, 1933, 12 ch.)
Perils of Pauline (Universal, 1933, 12 ch.)
Phantom of
the Air (Universal, 1933, 12 ch.)
The Three Musketeers (Mascot, 1933, 12 ch.)
The Whispering Shadow (Mascot, 1933,
12 ch.)
The Wolf Dog (Mascot, 1933, 12 ch.)
Burn 'Em Up Barnes (Mascot, 1934, 12 ch.)
The Law of the Wild
(Mascot, 1934, 12 ch.)
The Lost Jungle (Mascot, 1934, 12 ch.)
Mystery Mountain (Mascot, 1934, 12 ch.)
Pirate
Treasure (Universal, 1934, 12 ch.)
The Red Rider (Universal, 1934, 15 ch.)
The Return of Chandu (Principal Pictures,
1934, 12 ch.)
Tailspin Tommy (Universal, 1934, 12 ch.)
The Vanishing Shadow (Universal, 1934, 12 ch.)
Young
Eagles (First Division, 1934, 12 ch.)
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell (Universal, 1935, 12 ch.)
The Adventures
of Rex and Rinty (Mascot, 1935, 12 ch.)
The Call of the Savage (Universal, 1935, 12 ch.)
Fighting Marines (Mascot,
1935, 12 ch.)
The Lost City (Krellberg/Regal, 1935, 12 ch.)
The Miracle Rider (Mascot, 1935, 15 ch.)
The New
Adventures of Tarzan (BTE, 1935, 12 ch.)
The Phantom Empire (Mascot, 1935, 12 ch.)
Queen of the Jungle (Screen Attractions,
1935, 12 ch.)
The Roaring West (Universal, 1935, 15 ch.)
Rustlers of Red Dog (Universal, 1935, 12 ch.)
Tailspin
Tommy in the Great Air Mystery (Universal, 1935, 12 ch.)
Ace Drummond (Universal, 1936, 13 ch.)
The Black Coin (Stage
and Screen, 1936, 15 ch.)
The Clutching Hand (Stage and Screen, 1936, 15 ch.)
Custer's Last Stand (Stage and
Screen, 1936, 15 ch.)
Darkest Africa (Republic, 1936, 15 ch.)
Flash Gordon (Universal, 1936, 13 ch.)
Jungle
Jim (Universal, 1936, 12 ch.)
The Phantom Rider (Universal, 1936, 15 ch.)
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (Republic,
1936, 14 ch.)
The Shadow of Chinatown (Victory, 1936, 15 ch.)
Undersea Kingdom (Republic, 1936, 12 ch.)
The
Vigilantes Are Coming (Republic, 1936, 12 ch.)
Blake of Scotland Yard (Victory, 1937, 15 ch.)
Dick Tracy (Republic,
1937, 15 ch.)
Jungle Menace (Columbia, 1937, 15 ch.)
The Mysterious Pilot (Columbia, 1937, 15 ch.)
The Painted
Stallion (Republic, 1937, 12 ch.)
Radio Patrol (Universal, 1937, 12 ch.)
Secret Agent X-9 (Universal, 1937, 12 ch.)
SOS Coast Guard (Republic, 1937, 12 ch.)
Tim Tyler's Luck (Universal, 1937, 12 ch.)
Wild West Days (Universal,
1937, 13 ch.)
Zorro Rides Again (Republic, 1937, 12 ch.)
Dick Tracy Returns (Republic, 1938, 15 ch.)
The Fighting
Devil Dogs (Republic, 1938, 12 ch.)
Flaming Frontiers (Universal, 1938, 15 ch.)
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
(Universal, 1938, 15 ch.)
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock (Columbia, 1938, 15 ch.)
Hawk of the Wilderness
(Republic, 1938, 12 ch.)
Red Barry (Universal, 1938, 13 ch.)
Scouts to the Rescue (Universal, 1938, 12 ch.)
The
Secret of Treasure Island (Columbia, 1938, 15 ch.)
The Spider's Web (Columbia, 1938, 15 ch.)
Buck Rogers (Universal,
1939, 12 ch.)
Daredevils of the Red Circle (Republic, 1939, 12 ch.)
Dick Tracy's G-Men (Republic, 1939, 15 ch.)
Flying G-Men (Columbia, 1939, 15 ch.)
The Green Hornet (Universal, 1939, 13 ch.)
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (Republic,
1939, 15 ch.)
Mandrake, the Magician (Columbia, 1939, 12 ch.)
The Oregon Trail (Universal, 1939, 15 ch.)
Overland
with Kit Carson (Columbia, 1939, 15 ch.)
The Phantom Creeps (Universal, 1939, 12 ch.)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
(Republic, 1939, 12 ch.)
Adventures of Red Ryder (Republic, 1940, 12 ch.)
Deadwood Dick (Columbia, 1940, 15 ch.)
Drums of Fu Manchu (Republic, 1940, 15 ch.)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Universal, 1940, 12 ch.)
The Green
Archer (Columbia, 1940, 15 ch.)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again (Universal, 1940, 13 ch.)
Junior G-Men (Universal,
1940, 12 ch.)
King of the Royal Mounted (Republic, 1940, 12 ch.)
Mysterious Dr Satan (Republic, 1940, 15 ch.)
The Shadow (Columbia, 1940, 15 ch.)
Terry and the Pirates (Columbia, 1940, 15 ch.)
Winners of the West (Universal,
1940, 13 ch.)
The Adventures of Captain Marvel (Republic, 1941, 12 ch.)
Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc (Republic, 1941,
15 ch.)
Don Winslow of the Navy (Universal, 1941, 12 ch.)
Holt of the Secret Service (Columbia, 1941, 15 ch.)
The Iron Claw (Columbia, 1941, 15 ch.)
Jungle Girl (Republic, 1941, 15 ch.)
King of the Texas Rangers (Republic,
1941, 12 ch.)
Riders of Death Valley (Universal, 1941, 15 ch.)
Sea Raiders (Universal, 1941, 12 ch.)
Sky Raiders
(Universal, 1941, 12 ch.)
The Spider Returns (Columbia, 1941, 15 ch.)
White Eagle (Columbia, 1941, 15 ch.)
The
Adventures of Smilin' Jack (Universal, 1942, 13 ch.)
Captain Midnight (Columbia, 1942, 15 ch.)
Don Winslow of
the Coast Guard (Universal, 1942, 13 ch.)
Gangbusters (Universal, 1942, 13 ch.)
Junior G-Men of the Air (Universal,
1942, 12 ch.)
King of the Mounties (Republic, 1942, 12 ch.)
Overland Mail (Universal, 1942, 15 ch.)
Perils
of Nyoka (Republic, 1942, 15 ch.)
Perils of the Royal Mounted (Columbia, 1942, 15 ch.)
The Secret Code (Columbia,
1942, 15 ch.)
Spy Smasher (Republic, 1942, 12 ch.)
The Valley of Vanishing Men (Columbia, 1942, 15 ch.)
Adventures
of the Flying Cadets (Universal, 1943, 13 ch.)
Batman (Columbia, 1943, 15 ch.)
Captain America (Republic, 1943,
15 ch.)
Daredevils of the West (Republic, 1943, 12 ch.)
G-Men vs the Black Dragon (Republic, 1943, 15 ch.)
The
Masked Marvel (Republic, 1943, 12 ch.)
The Phantom (Columbia, 1943, 15 ch.)
Secret Service in Darkest Africa (Republic,
1943, 15 ch.)
Black Arrow (Columbia, 1944, 15 ch.)
The Desert Hawk (Columbia, 1944, 15 ch.)
The Great Alaskan
Mystery (Universal, 1944, 13 ch.)
Haunted Harbor (Republic, 1944, 15 ch.)
Mystery of the River Boat (Universal,
1944, 13 ch.)
Raiders of Ghost City (Universal, 1944, 13 ch.)
The Tiger Woman (Republic, 1944, 12 ch.)
Zorro's
Black Whip (Republic, 1944, 12 ch.)
Federal Operator 99 (Republic, 1945, 12 ch.)
Jungle Queen (Universal, 1945,
13 ch.)
Jungle Raiders (Columbia, 1945, 15 ch.)
Manhunt of Mystery Island (Republic, 1945, 15 ch.)
The Master
Key (Universal, 1945, 13 ch.)
The Monster and the Ape (Columbia, 1945, 15 ch.)
The Phantom Rider (Republic, 1945,
12 ch.)
The Purple Monster Strikes (Republic, 1945, 15 ch.)
The Royal Mounted Rides Again (Universal, 1945, 13 ch.)
Secret Agent X-9 (Universal, 1945, 13 ch.)
Who's Guilty (Columbia, 1945, 15 ch.)
Chick Carter, Detective (Columbia,
1946, 15 ch.)
The Crimson Ghost (Republic, 1946, 12 ch.)
Daughter of Don Q (Republic, 1946, 12 ch.)
Hop Harrigan
(Columbia, 1946, 15 ch.)
King of the Forest Rangers (Republic, 1946, 12 ch.)
The Lost City of the Jungle (Universal,
1946, 13 ch.)
The Mysterious Mr M (Universal, 1946, 13 ch.)
The Scarlet Horseman (Universal, 1946, 13 ch.)
The
Son of the Guardsman (Columbia, 1946, 15 ch.)
The Black Widow (Republic, 1947, 13 ch.)
G-Men Never Forget (Republic,
1947, 12 ch.)
Jack Armstrong (Columbia, 1947, 15 ch.)
Jesse James Rides Again (Republic, 1947, 13 ch.)
The
Sea Hound (Columbia, 1947, 15 ch.)
Son of Zorro (Republic, 1947, 13 ch.)
The Vigilante (Columbia, 1947, 15 ch.)
Adventures of Frank and Jesse James (Republic, 1948, 13 ch.)
Brick Bradford (Columbia, 1948, 15 ch.)
Congo Bill
(Columbia, 1948, 15 ch.)
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (Republic, 1948, 12 ch.)
Federal Agents vs Underworld,
Inc (Republic, 1948, 12 ch.)
Superman (Columbia, 1948, 15 ch.)
Tex Granger (Columbia, 1948, 15 ch.)
The Adventures
of Sir Galahad (Columbia, 1949, 15 ch.)
Batman and Robin (Columbia, 1949, 15 ch.)
Bruce Gentry--Daredevil of the
Skies (Columbia, 1949, 15 ch.)
Ghost of Zorro (Republic, 1949, 12 ch.)
The James Brothers of Missouri (Republic,
1949, 12 ch.)
King of the Rocketmen (Republic, 1949, 12 ch.)
Atom Man vs Superman (Columbia, 1950, 15 ch.)
Cody
of the Pony Express (Columbia, 1950, 15 ch.)
Desperadoes of the West (Republic, 1950, 12 ch.)
Flying Disc Man From
Mars (Republic, 1950, 12 ch.)
The Invisible Monster (Republic, 1950, 12 ch.)
Pirates of the High Seas (Columbia,
1950, 15 ch.)
Radar Patrol vs Spy King (Republic, 1950, 12 ch.)
Captain Video (Columbia, 1951, 15 ch.)
Don
Daredevil Rides Again (Republic, 1951, 12 ch.)
Government Agents vs the Phantom Legion (Republic, 1951, 12 ch.)
Mysterious
Island (Columbia, 1951, 15 ch.)
Roar of the Iron Horse (Columbia, 1951, 15 ch.)
Blackhawk (Columbia, 1952, 15 ch.)
Jungle Drums of Africa (Republic, 1952, 12 ch.)
King of the Congo (Columbia, 1952, 15 ch.)
Radar Men From the
Moon (Republic, 1952, 12 ch.)
Son of Geronimo (Columbia, 1952, 15 ch.)
Zombies of the Stratosphere (Republic, 1952,
12 ch.)
Canadian Mounties vs Atomic Invaders (Republic, 1953, 12 ch.)
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (Columbia,
1953, 15 ch.)
The Lost Planet (Columbia, 1953, 15 ch.)
Gunfighters of the Northwest (Columbia, 1954, 15 ch.)
Man with the Steel Whip (Republic, 1954, 12 ch.)
Riding with Buffalo Bill (Columbia, 1954, 15 ch.)
Commando Cody
(Republic, 1954, 12 ch.)
Trader Tom of the China Seas (Republic, 1954, 12 ch.)
Adventures of Captain Africa (Columbia,
1955, 15 ch.)
King of the Carnival (Republic, 1955, 12 ch.)
Panther Girl of the Kongo (Republic, 1955, 12 ch.)
Blazing the Overland Trail (Columbia, 1956, 15 ch.)
Perils of the Wilderness (Columbia, 1956, 15 ch.)
Masters
of Venus (British, 1964, 8 ch.)
Captain Celluloid vs. the Film Pirates (1968, 4 ch.)
DIVER DAN (circa
1961) 15 episodes on one DVD! (This children's series
was not very lengthy, the episodes were only about 7 or 8
minutes each in
length but you'll find 15 of them is plenty to watch.) Join Diver Dan and
his underwater pals
in this nostalgic deep-sea diving adventures.
THE LOUDSPEAKER (1934) For all you old-time radio fans, here's
another
rare film. Stars Ray Walker and Jacqueline Wells. A loudmouth radio emcee
falls in love with a sexy waitress
with hilarious results. One of those
Monogram flicks that brings the nostalgia of OTR back in the home.
BOSKO
CARTOONS
This 2-disc set features a total of 25 animated cartoons dating from 1929 to
August of 1932. One of the
first and most musical cartoon characters
created by Harman and Ising, these historical masterpieces of nostalgic
animation are now on one of the most complete collections available.
THE SHADOW : THE COMPLETE SERIES
All
three of the Kane Richmond movies from 1946 are now available together
on this 2-disc set. Behind the Mask (1946), The
Shadow Returns (1946) and The Missing Lady (1946).
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
We can't get permission to sell any
Captain Kangaroo episodes on DVD, but we
can offer you this! The 1961 performance of Captain Kangaroo live at the
Hollywood Bowl, on stage, performing for kids! This 50 minute rare telecast
will bring back memories, even if the
moose isn't there to drop ping-pong
balls on the Captain's head.
CALVIN AND THE COLONEL
This
animated series lasted a mere 20+some episodes from 1961 to 1962. It
featured the exploits of two backwoods animals
from the south who had taken
up residence in a large northern city. Created and voiced by the same two
men who
created the radio series AMOS 'n' ANDY. They felt that by using
animals as their principal characters, they
could avoid the touchy racial
situation which the Amos n' Andy television program became branded for
during
the late fifties. They were wrong. The episodes (which happen to be
very funny, by the way) were removed from the air
and never broadcast since.
This DVD features four classic episodes: "Thanksgiving Dinner," "Sister
Sue's Sweetheart," "Sycamore Lodge" and "Wheeling and Dealing."
CAPTAIN VIDEO: THE
TELEVISION SERIES
"Fighting for law and order, Captain Video operates from a mountain retreat,
with secret
agents at all points of the globe! Possessing scientific
secrets and secret weapons, Captain Video asks no quarter,
and gives none to
the forces of evil." Shortly after its debut, Captain Video was rated
behind only Howdy
Doody among daily programs, consistently besting
better-known shows such as Kukla Fran and Ollie. The program had a
low
budget - $25.00 per episode - so the control knobs were painted on the walls
and stock footage from westerns
(yes, westerns!) was featured to fill in a
few minutes of each episode. Broadcast "live" on sound stages,
these
television episodes are EXTREMELY difficult to find and features four
classic episodes starring Richard
Coogan and Al Hodge!
COLONEL BLEEP
Colonel Bleep, an interplanetary intelligence agent from the planet Futura,
is sent to investigate Earth after an atomic explosion. Aiding him in his
quest for knowledge are Squeak, a lively
puppet with a mind of his own, and
Scratch, a dim-witted caveman. As they travel the galaxy, the three
comrades
encounter vicious monsters and do battle with wicked villains such
as Dr. Destructo and The Black Knight. Though very
hard to find on VHS or
DVD, we're offering 23 classic cartoons shorts from 1957, 2 full hours, on
one DVD!
And this is volume one so expect a second volume in the near
future!
DANGER
This 1950-1955 television
anthology was broadcast "live" over the networks,
and was teamed up with two other horror anthologies, SUSPENSE
and THE WEB, to
be nicknamed by the broadcasting studios as the "Three Weird Sisters." Much
fame was
featured on these horror dramas, John Cassavetes, Yul Brenner,
James Dean, Grace Kelly and Charlton Heston to name a
few. This DVD
features the following three episodes just as they were aired on "live"
television on
soundstages!
"Lady on the Rock" (December 18, 1951)
"Death Among the Relics" (June 17, 1952)
"The System" (June 10, 1952)
DICK TRACY
Ralph Byrd didn't just play the role of the comic
strip detective in two
movies and four serials, he also played the lead in a short run television
syndiation.
They are not easy to find, and the budget for the series was
obviously low (little if no makeup was applied to the criminals),
but they
are still fun to watch!
DICK TRACY (Volume One) Includes the following episodes:
"Dick
Tracy vs. The Mole" All four half-hour episodes of this four-part drama.
DICK TRACY (Volume Two) Includes
the following four episodes:
"The Fake Swami"
"Flat Top"
"Foreign Agents (Parts One
and Two)
DUFFY'S TAVERN: THE TELEVISION SERIES
In the fall of 1954, Duffy's Tavern, the long running
radio show, was
beginning to show its face on television. Even though only 26 episodes were
filmed and broadcast,
the creator and star of the series, Ed Gardner,
reprised his role of Archie the barkeep in this fly-infested dive that
was
supposed to attract the upper class - but attracted trouble in comedic
situations. Broadcast from May 4, 1954
to October 26, 1954, this DVD offers
four television episodes, uncut and unedited. This DVD features: "Grand
Opening" (premiere episode), "Marriage Plans", "The Counterfeiters" and
"Political Campaign."
FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY
Based on the popular radio show of the same name, this short-lived
television series
was pretty faithful to its mother with Bob Sweeney as
Fibber, and Cathy Lewis as Molly. Even Hal Peary plays Mayor LaTrivia.
Broadcast from 1959-1960, this classic TV series is very hard to find but we
offer four classic episodes on each
of these DVDs!
FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (Volume One) Titles include: "McGee Buys a
Trailor," "The
Lease Renewal," "Fred Nitney Visits," and "The Courtship."
FIBBER McGEE AND MOLLY (Volume
Two) Four more classic episodes includes the following episodes: "The Big Dance," "Good Neighbors," "2,500
Shares of Stock" and "Nitney's Inventions."
GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER
Hosted by Ronald
Reagan, this anthology series was broadcast on "live"
television from 1953-1956, and was one of the highest
rated anthology series
broadcast during the golden age of television. This two disc set features
the following
four episodes:
"Let It Rain" with Ronald Reagan and Cloris Leachman
"Feather Top" with Natalie
Wood
"The Golden Key" with Joe E. Brown
"The Honest Man" with Jack Benny, Zsa Zsa Gabor and
Charles Bronson
"Estaban's Legacy" with Ricardo Montalban
"The Hat with Roses" with Gisele
MacKenzie
"Easter Gift" with MacDonald Carey
"Summer Promise" with Joan Fontaine
THE
GREAT GILDERSLEEVE
Several radio comedies made a success for the television medium during the
1950s. One of them
was "The Great Gildersleeve," originally played by
Harold Peary on radio, later replaced by Willard Waterman.
From 1955 to
1956, a total of 39 episodes were filmed and broadcast based on the same
radio comedy, with Willard
Waterman reprising his role as the water
commissioner.
THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (Volume One) Includes the following
four episodes:
"Leroy's Girlfriend," "The Whistling Bandit," "Secretary Trouble," and
"The
Rival."
THE GREAT GILDERSLEEVE (Volume Two) Includes four more TV episodes:
"Marjorie's
Beau," "Who's the Water Comissioner?" "Mrs. Gildersleeve" and
"The Jolly Boys."
GROUCHO MARX RARE TV PILOTS
In a January 1961 interview, Groucho was asked why he was shooting a pilot
for
a new show, with the classic YOU BET YOUR LIFE now off the air. Groucho
answered, "I thought about not working,
but the show gives me the only fun I
have." With the series off the air and being rerun across America, Groucho
Marx participated in three television shows that were actually pilots for
proposed game shows that never made
it to the air. "What Do You Want?" was
filmed in January 1961. "Tell It To Groucho" was filmed in
mid-1961. But
the most unique television pilot is "The Plot Thickens" from 1963, with
Groucho as a guest
panelist - directed by William Castle and a script
written by Robert Bloch!
HECKLE AND JECKLE
Two hours
of classic magpie fun!
"Movie Madness" (early 1952), "Off to the Opera" (May 1952)
"House
Busters" (August 1952), "The Fox Hunt" (February 17, 1950)
"A Merry Chase" (May 1950), "King
Tut's Tomb" (August 1950)
"Bulldozing the Bull" (March 11, 1951), "The Rainmakers" (June
1951)
"Log Rollers" (November 1953), "Sappy New Year (November 10, 1961)
"Deep Sea Doodle"
(September 16, 1960), "Magpie Madness" (July 1948)
"Free Enterprise" (November 23, 1948), "The
Stowaways" (April 1949)
"The Power of Thought" (December 31, 1948), and "Happy Landing" (unknown
date)
HEY, LANDLORD!
Will Hutchins plays Woody, a landlord of a New York boarding house he
inherited
from his uncle, and then spent episode by episode solving other
people's problems. This rare 1966-67 situation comedy
is now available on
DVD including the following episodes:
#14 "By the Sea . . . or at Least Rent It"
(December 18, 1966)
#16 "Go Directly to Jail" (January 1, 1967)
#29 "Check Your Wife, Sir?"
(April 9, 1967)
#20 "Stranger in the Night, Than in the Morning" (January 29, 1967)
HONG KONG
Starring Rod Taylor in this short-run series that tried to be a little
different than most of the average detective
programs of the time. Taylor
plays Glenn Evans who finds himself caught up in a series of mysteries week
after
week. A different female was introduced in each episode, helping
assist Evans in his job. This program only lasted 26
episodes so to start
you off, we're offering 12 of them on 2 volumes with more to come!
HONG KONG (Volume
One) Includes the following episodes:
#1 "Clear for Action" (September 28, 1960, premiere episode)
#3
"The Pearl Flower" (October 12, 1960) Inger Stevens
#12 "The Dragon Cup" (December 14, 1960) Bethel
Leslie
#21 "With Deadly Sorrow" (February 22, 1961) Anne Francis
#22 "Murder by Proxy" (March
1, 1961) Nancy Gates
#25 "The Innocent Exile" (March 22, 1961)
HONG KONG (Volume Two) Includes the
following episodes:
#5 "The Jade Empress" (October 26, 1960) Patricia Crowley
#9 "The Turncoat"
(November 23, 1960)
#14 "Suitable for Framing" (January 4, 1961) Julie London
#16 "The Survivor"
(January 18, 1961)
#17 "Night Cry" (January 25, 1961)
#26 "The Runaway" (March 29, 1961, final
show) Gia Scala
JUNGLE JIM : THE COMPLETE SERIES
Based on the newspaper feature, Olympian Johnny Weissmuller
was an African
guide of the title name, and after doing a bunch of movies for the movie
studios, did these 26
half-hour episodes for television playing the same
character.
JUNGLE JIM (Volume 1) Includes the following
episodes:
"Safari Into Danger" "Gift of Evil"
"Treasure of the Incas" "The Code
of the Jungle"
"The King's Ghost" "Man From Zanzibar"
"White Magic" "The
Deadly Idol"
"The Leopard's Paw"
JUNGLE JIM (Volume 2) Includes the following episodes:
"Land of Terror" "Voodoo Drums"
"Lagoon of Death" "Precious Cargo"
"Return
of the Tauregs" "The Eyes of Manobo"
"The Sacred Scarab" "Blood Money"
"Man
Killer"
JUNGLE JIM (Volume 3) Includes the following episodes:
"Golden Parasol" "The Avenger"
"The Power of Darkness" "Jungle Justice"
"The Silver Locket" "Wild Man of the Jungle"
"A Fortune in Ivory" "Striped Fury"
THE LEFT FIST OF DAVID
This TV pilot was filmed
in 1958 for a proposed show entitled COLLECTOR'S
ITEM starring Vincent Price and Peter Lorre. It was never broadcast
and
except for this lone episode, nothing became of the series. Thrown in for
good measure are two other classic
1950s TV shows, THE STAR AND THE STORY
(also known as THE DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR SHOW) with Peter Lorre from 1955
entitled "The Blue Landscaper", and HOLLYWOOD HALF HOUR from July 17, 1953
with Vincent Price entitled "Dream
Job."
THE LEGEND OF HERCULES
This DVD features the 1965 unaired TV pilot "Hercules and the Princess
of
Troy," which was filmed abroad just like most of the other Hercules films of
the 1960s. Gordon Scott plays
the legendary son of Zeus with Diana Hyland
guest starring as the princess. Watch as Hercules battles monsters in
creatures. If you thought you saw all of the big screen Hercules and Samson
movies, you haven't seen this TV pilot.
Thrown in for additional
entertainment are more than 2 dozen "movie previews" to 1950s and 1960s
films
of Hercules, Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Samson, and the many
imitators that followed in the "sword and sandal"
footsteps.
MY LIVING DOLL
Broadcast from 1964 to 1965, this comedy introduced the ultimate in fantasy
- a sexy, curvaceous, female robot programmed to do anything she is told -
absolutely anything. Julie Newmar played
the female lead to perfection,
and this was a couple years before she became familiar as Catwoman on
BATMAN. Bob
Cummings played the role of her owner, taking on the task of
training her to be the perfect woman. To complicate things,
Bob's neighbor,
Peter, fell in love with the female and had to be fended off lest he
discover her secret.
Regrettably, after this series aired, all copies of
the films were destroyed by the producers and over the last few
decades,
only two episodes have been known to exist. Just recently, four new
episodes turned up, discovered in
a vault somewhere, so now you can watch
the only six episodes known to exist!
MY LIVING DOLL (Volume One)
Includes the following three episodes:
#1 "Boy meets Girl" (September 27, 1964)
#3 "Uninvited Guest"
(October 11, 1964)
#6 "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" (November 1, 1964)
MY LIVING DOLL (Volume
Two) Includes the following three episodes:
#8 "The Beauty Contest" (November 15, 1964)
#16 "The
Pool Shark" (January 6, 1965)
#21 "A Day in Court" (February 10, 1965)
MARILYN MONROE SALUTE
She was the blonde that took America and the world by storm, and has since
become an icon. This DVD features a variety
of rare films featuring Marilyn
Monroe.
"Biography" (1961-1964) Hosted by Mike Wallace, a rare 1960s
TV show.
"Person to Person" (1953-1954) Hosted by Edward R. Murrow.
"Movie Trailers and Home Movies"
A whole bunch of them!
"Gasoline Commercial" Before she became extremely famous, she did this TV
commercial!
"Hometown Story" (1951) One of Monroe's earliest movies ever made.
MEET McGRAW
Although McGraw
(that was the only name he used) was not officially a
private detective, for all intents and purposes he might as well
have been.
Tough and willing to get into a fight, but never carrying a gun, he accepted
all sorts of dangerous
jobs for the pay. The dialogue was sharp and witty,
much like the film noir movies of the 1940s. This series, also known
as THE
ADVENTURES OF McGRAW, was broadcast on television from July 2, 1957 to
October 8, 1959. This DVD features
four classic episodes, starring Frank
Lovejoy as McGraw, and with supporting actors Barry Atwater and Angie
Dickinson.
All four episodes are uncut and unedited. "The Long Aloha"
(March 18, 1958), "Tycoon" (July 9, 1957),
"A Time for Dying" (January 24,
1958) and "The Ballerina" (August 20, 1957).
MISTER ED:
THE UNAIRED EPISODES
This DVD features "The Wonderful World of Wilbur Pope," the unaired TV pilot
that
eventually became what we associate with MISTER ED. A different
cast is featured but Allan "Rocky" Lane still
supplies the voice of the
horse. "Wilbur Gets the Message" was the only episode of the TV series with
the regular cast that was never aired over network television - it's an
episode in which Wilbur convinces people
to buy bonds!
THE MUNSTERS: UNAIRED PILOTS
Here's a DVD worth viewing. The original surviving color footage
of the
original unaired TV pilot, followed by the black and white unaired TV pilot
with a slightly different cast
and makeup, followed by the actual pilot that
did sell the series! That's right, three pilots! As a bonus you also
get
trailers for MUNSTERS movies, Cheerio commercial with the MUNSTER
cast, and even THE MUNSTERS AT MARINE LAND
footage!
TAILSPIN TOMMY: THE COMPLETE SERIES
Monogram Studios filmed and released a series of four adventure
movies with
teenage throttle jockey Tailspin Tommy who, with his pals, do what they can
to foil the evil plots
of henchmen and villains. Based on the comic strip
of the same name. Now you can own all four movies on this 2-disc
set!
"Mystery Plane" (1939) "Stunt Pilot" (1939)
"Sky Patrol" (1939) "Danger
Flight" (1939)
THE WIZARD OF OZ: The Complete Classics Collection
This two-disc set features four silent
films based on the charming
children's novels by Frank L. Baum. Oliver Hardy (of the Laurel and Hardy
fame)
stars in the 1925 screen version of THE WIZARD OF OZ. Then you are
treated to three silent movies all filmed and directed
by Frank L. Baum
himself including HIS MAJESTY, THE SCARECROW OF OZ (1914), "THE MAGIC CLOAK OF OZ (1914) and THE
PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ (1915).
SIX HOURS TO LIVE (1932)
Warner Baxter and Miriam Hopkins. A murder
victim
is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the
effects only last for six hours, so he must find his
killer before the
effects run out. A strange cross of fantasy, mystery, horror, suspense and
science-fiction.
THE STUDIO MURDER MYSTERY (1929)
Warner Oland and Fredric March star.
Philandering actor Richard Hardell
is murdered at a movie studio. His
jealous wife Blanche, his director Rupert Borka, and a girl he mistreated,
Helen
MacDonald, all have substantial reasons for having wanted him dead.
PARAMOUNT STARS ON PARADE (1930)
An all-star
early talkie featuring tons of people under contract with the
studio such as Fredric March, Gary Cooper and Fay Wray
in songs and comedy
skits. Among them is a skit with Warner Oland as F. Manchu, William Powell
as detective Philo
Vance, and Clive Brooks as Sherlock Holmes. Also, Mitzi
Green makes her screen debut.
ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
(1956)
The first true rock and roll feature film, the fictionalized account of the
discovery of rock and roll by
small-time promoter Steve Hollis. Bill Haley
and the Comets appear in this classic, as well as the Platters. We only
have a couple of these available so they are sold on a first-come, first
serve basis.
SPOOKY CARTOONS
A two-hour collection of spooky cartoons from the 1920s, 30s and 40s.
Ghosts, black cats, flying bats, dancing skeletons,
midnight graveyards and
mad scientists make this a must see for anyone who loves the spooky
cartoons. Eighteen
cartoons fill the two hours, and among them "The Magic
Mummy" (1933), "Spooks" (1931), "There's
Good Boos Tonight" (1948), "Spooky
Swabs" (1957), "Scared Crows" (1939), "Wot a Night"
(1931), "Is My Palm
Read" (1933), "Nursery Scandal," (1932) and more!
BAMBI MEETS GODZILLA
No joke. This two-hour collection of cartoons is odd, weird, almost all of
them vintage, and purely for adults only.
For this reason we tell it to you
now - ADULTS ONLY. From "Spies" (1943) and "Making Stars" (1935),
our
personal favorite "Booby Traps" (1944) and the classic "Bambi Meets
Godzilla" (1969),
you'll love and be shocked at what you see, and you can't
live life to the fullest till you see "The Huffless,
Puffless Dragon" (1964).
WWII CARTOONS (Volume 1)
That's right! Another two hours of classic cartoons
from and about WWII.
Here you'll see Army Educational Animation, five classic Private Sanfu
cartoons, the
only four cartoons of Mr. Hook ever made, the Bugs Bunny Bond
Rally, Puppet-motion animation spoofing Adolf Hitler,
and a bunch of
cartoons made in Germany and France during the War designed to entertain
troops overseas, including
a couple German propaganda!
WWII CARTOONS (Volume 2)
HISTORY OF THE NEWSREEL
A 2-hour collection
of vintage newsreels from the 1930s to the 1950s. Among
the MANY subjects covered here, you'll find ...
* Herbert
Hoover nominated for President of the U.S.
* Vintage Kentucky Derby footage!
* Harry Truman wins the Presidential
election!
* General MacArthur returns to the Phillippines!
* The 18th Amendment (Prohibition) is repealed.
*
Al Capone arrives in Atlanta to begin serving his sentence!
* Queen Elizabeth is crowned Queen and not only do you see
the entire
ceremonies (and the only time historically that she wears the famed crown),
but you'll see a five
or six year old boy known to us as Prince Charles!
THE FORD THEATER
Four classic TV Episodes complete with
their original Ford Automobile
commercials!
"The Fugitives" (1954) with Barry Nelson and Raymond Burr
"Cardboard Casanova" (1955) with Ricardo Montalban and Dick Foran
"Journey by Moonlight" (1956)
with Joy Page and Louis Jourdan
"Broken Barrier" (1957) with Macdonald Carey and Marquerite Chapman
CHARLIE McCARTHY, DETECTIVE (1939)
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy star with Constance Moore and Robert Cummings
in this comedy about Edgar's visit to a party where a murder occurs and with little help from his wooden dummy Charlie,
Edgar pieces the clues together to disclose the murderer's
identity.
IT'S A JOKE SON (1947)
The
fast talking Senator Claghorn from the Fred
Allen Show makes his screen debut in this comical movie about a Southerner
forced to sell his land and his beloved mint crop. Through foolish
investments and an attempt to win an election,
Senator Claghorn (the
inspiration for Foghorn Leghorn, incidentally) joins Una Merkel and June
Lockhart in a hilarious
movie filled with down-home humor.
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1936 German Version)
Though there are no
subtitles, anyone who knows the story can follow this film easy. On his uncle's death, Sir Henry Baskervilles returns
from abroad and opens up the
ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot
involving
a terrible trained hound. This was one of two films found in
Adolf Hitler's bunker by the Allies in 1945.
THE MAN WHO WAS SHERLOCK HOLMES (1936 German film)
Again, no English subtitles but this cute little film follows the
exploits of two men,
mistaken as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and take on the charade so they
can impress women,
only to find themselves caught in a terrible plot. This
was one of two films found in Adolf Hitler's bunker by the
Allies in 1945.
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1979 Russian version)
This film does have English subtitles
and is a must for any Sherlock Holmes fan!
THE GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE (1939)
One of the best Philo Vance
mysteries ever made! A fitfully amusing screwball mystery with the scatterbrained Gracie as herself, constantly annoying Philo
Vance in his investigation of a murdered convict. Laughs and thrills are included. This is a cute,
enjoyable film.
SUSPENSE (1946)
Monogram Studios, deliberately attempting to cash in on the success of the CBS radio program
of the same name, released this film-noir-style movie with a clever opening shot, now considered an over-looked and underrated
classic. If you love mystery movies, you might just love this one, finally getting the recognition it deserves. No-good heel
Joe Morgan not only strong arms Leonard into sharing the establishment's profits, but learns the hard way what happens
when you try to move in on another man's wife. There are a few elements of suspense in this picture, including the threat
of a murder on the ice rink!
ALIAS BULLDOG DRUMMOND (1935)
Also known as "Bulldog Jack," this is
the one film that differs from the rest of the Bulldog Drummond movies. Not part of the Paramount films that are commonly
turning up on DVD today, this is also one of the best of the series. In fact, it's on our top-ten list of "must see"
movies. Yes, it's that good! Bulldog is injured when his sabotaged car crashes and Jack Pennington agrees to masquerade
as the sleuth. He is enlisted to help Ann Manders find her jeweler grandfather who has been kidnapped by a gang of crooks
who want him to copy a valuable necklace they want to steal. The climax in the runaway train in the London Underground is
magnificent. Thrills, comedy (real comedy) and excitement make this film VERY enjoyable. Recommended.
THE CANARY
MURDER CASE (1929)
Originally filmed as a silent, this well-cast early talkie stars William Powell debuting as urbane
sleuth Philo Vance, probing the death of a nightclub singer played by Louise Brooks. This was the first film of the Philo
Vance movie series and regarded as a
great mystery. Sadly, the director had to go back and refilm certain scenes after
it was completed so the production lacks confident direction. Still, it's a neat little movie for mystery buffs.
OLD PEPSI COMMERCIALS
"Be Social able . . ." Remember that old tune? This DVD is chock full of
old
Pepsi jingles, two hours of antique commercials from the golden years of
television broadcasting. If you are a collector
of Pepsi memorabilia, then
this is a must-have for you. Among the following highlights are:
* The 1946 Pepsi and
Pete commercial, a true vintage!
* Polly Bergen promotes Pepsi from her "live' television shows from 1955!
* A rare 6-minute commercial with Hans Conried from a Pepsi TV special of
1955!
* Harpo Marx even sells Pepsi!
* Watch rare footage of Pepsi being the number one choice drink of
Disneyland in 1963!
WILL ROGERS SALUTE
"I'm not a real movie star. I still got the same wife I started out with
nearly 28 years ago." The wit
and wisdom of Will Rogers has endured the
decades, and become known as a legend among America's brightest media
stars
during the 1920s and 1930s. This DVD features three rare films featuring
Will Rogers himself.
"The
Headless Horseman" (1922 silent Horror) Rogers plays Icabod Crane.
"The Ropin' Fool" (1922) a great
short with Will demonstrating his roping
tricks.
"Biography" (1961-1964) Hosted by Mike Wallace, a rare
1960s TV show.
AFRICAN AMERICAN SHORT SUBJECTS
A collection of rare film shorts, newsreels and telefilms from
1939 to 1952
with all-black casts.
"All American News" (1945, Charles Wilson)
"The Negro in
Industry" (Sponsored by Chesterfield Cigarettes!)
"Kilroy Was Here" (1943, Astor Pictures)
"The
Negro in Sports" (Chesterfield)
"The Negro in Entertainment" (Chesterfield)
Cab Callaway in "Minnie
the Moocher"
"Jittering Jitterbugs" (Alfred N. Sack Amusement)
"Sing-A-Long Songs with Heavenly
Choir" (Alfred N. Sack)
"St. Louis Blues" with Bessie Smith (Sack Amusement)
Half Hour TV Show, unknown,
with Nat King Cole and Mantan Moreland
Cab Calloway in "Hi-De-Ho" (Paramount Short)
VINTAGE AUTOMOBILE
COMMERCIALS
Literally 2 ½ hours of automobile commercials from the 1950s and 1960s.
Watch Pat Boone try
to pitch the 1958 Chevrolet. Watch Don Adams hock
Texaco Gasoline! Danny Thomas sells the 1954 Dodge. Groucho sells
1957
DeSoto, Ed Sullivan pitches the 1954 Mercury with the V161 Engine, Lorne
Green tries to convince television
viewers that the 1962 Chevrolet is a
bargain, Alan Young loves his 1959 Studebaker, Bob Hope and Dinah Shore
agree
on the 1957 Chevrolet, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz love the 1959 Ford,
and it goes on, and on, and on!
HEADIN'
HOME (1920)
What better to have a baseball movie about the life of Babe Ruth than to have Babe Ruth himself star in
it? Well, you got it. Here's the 1920 classic where Babe plays himself in this biographical picture with music score.
JAMES DEAN COLLECTION
This two-disc set still sells as one disc, but you get twice the fun! Dean only starred
in three movies his entire life (count 'em and name 'em) but he did tons of television appearances on dramatic shows.
This 2-disc set offers THE BELLS OF COCKAIGNE, a 1953 drama from The Armstrong Circle Theater; SOMETHING FOR AN EMPTY BRIEFCASE
from 1954's Campbell Soundstage, THE UNLIGHTED ROAD, an episode of the Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, I'M A FOOL from
the G.E. Theatre, and THE JAMES DEAN STORY from September 1957, a TV documentary months following his death. There are also
bonus features such as trailers for Dean's movies, a Pepsi commercial with
Dean, outtakes from his movies, and more!
WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE UNAIRED TV PILOT
George Pal is probably best remembered for producing the War of the
Worlds movie that won an Academy Award for best special effects in 1952. What many people do not know was that in 1968, Pal
put together a short film as a pilot for a proposed TV series based on the same novel his 1952 movie was adapted from. It
never aired on TV. This DVD includes the promo footage explaining the crew of the star ship Pegusus, their special abilities,
and the opening shots of the first day's filming. Also included on this DVD is 30 minutes of raw footage of the technicians
attempting various shots of special effects
featured in Pal's science-fiction movies, a movie trailer, and a movie!
OLD-TIME RADIO ON TELEVISION
Travel back in time when radio was the medium for entertainment, and television
was still in diapers! This DVD features four classic half-hour television episodes.
THE ALDRICH FAMILY "The Halloween
Costume Party" (circa October 1950)
BERGEN & McCARTHY SHOW "Thanksgiving" (1952 unaired TV Pilot)
BERGEN & McCARTHY SHOW "Ghost Town" (1954 another unaired TV Pilot)
DAY IN THE LIFE OF DENNIS DAY (1953
Unaired TV Pilot)
UNAIRED TV PILOTS (Volume One)
Includes three, half-hour unaired pilots:
THE PHANTOM
(1954) Stars Lon Chaney, Jr. and Paulette Goddard
THE ARCHIES (1961) Stars William Shallert
THE SHADOW (1954) Stars
Tom Helmore as Lamont Cranston
SCIENCE FICTION NOSTALGIA
Peter Lorre stars in "Young Couples Only,"
a knock-out of a sci-fi story with a twist ending you won't see coming. Then there is a 1950s gem entitled "Way Stations
in Space." Followed by DESTINATION SPACE, an hour-long TV pilot filmed and never broadcast about a group of scientists
and their efforts to travel through space exploration.
Each episode was supposed to be a cliffhanger but in this case,
there was never any additional episodes filmed. Stars Cecil Kellaway, Harry Townes and John Agar.
SUPERBOY / SUPERPUP
PILOTS
This DVD features the rare telefilms that never made it to the airwaves. Shortly after George Reeves' death,
the producers attempted to try a new series. Here are those two pilots including bonus material such as the screen tests,
Reeves as Clark Kent in Kellogg's commercials, and even animated spoofs. What a DVD!
WARNER BROTHERS BLOOPER
REELS
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, the editors at Warner Brothers saved all of the year's most hilarious bloopers
from the movies they made, and spliced them together in a gag reel for presentation during the New Year's dinner. Thankfully,
many of these reels still exist so as a result, we can watch these gag reels in the comfort of our own home. Watch Humphrey
Bogart, Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Ronald Reagan, James Cagney, James Stewart and tons of others cracking up on the set, swearing
when they miss a line, and much more!
1957 USO CHRISTMAS TOUR
Early in 1941, the U.S.O began "camp shows,"
with entertainers waiving pay and working conditions to bring live entertainment to the troops at bases within the United
States and abroad. In 1957, the USO produced this 90-minute movie featuring literally dozens and dozens of Hollywood celebrities
performing skits, singing songs, etc. for troops
stationed overseas. This film was never shown in the United States.
Jimmy Durante, George Burns, Milton Berle, Shirley McClaine, Gregory Peck, Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, James Stewart, Jack Benny,
Sid Ceasar, Gale Storm, Dick Powell, Danny Thomas and many other stars in this rare piece of American history. A must-see
for any history buff.
BELA LUGOSI: RARE FILMS (Volume One)
A three hour compilation of rare movies and film
shorts featuring Bela Lugosi. THE MIDNIGHT GIRL (1925) features one of Lugosi's best roles in a silent film. A complicated
story of love and murder with Lugosi as a wealthy art patron. In TANZ AUF DEM VULKAN (1920), one of Lugosi's earliest
surviving films, he plays the role of Andrew Fleurot in a story about a French aristocrat who falls for a Russian nightclub
singer. Also features Lugosi as Dracula in HOLLWYOOD ON PARADE NUMBER EIGHT, a nine minute interview Lugosi had with Dorothy
West from 1931, and Karloff and Lugosi duke it out in a game of chess.
BELA LUGOSI: RARE FILMS (Volume Two)
A three hour compilation of rare movies and film shorts. Karloff and Lugosi are judging a Black Cat contest for a movie
publicity stunt. Lugosi performs a magic act for a 15-minute live television program called YOU ASKED FOR IT. DER LEDERSTRUMPF
(1920)
features Lugosi as Chingachgook in a German silent version of the Cooper story, "The Deerslayer." THE
THIRTEENTH CHAIR (1929) has Lugosi teaming with director Tod Browning two years before DRACULA. And you even get to see footage
and interview of Lugosi leaving the drug rehab clinic in the mid-1950s.
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (3 versions)
This DVD features the following three film versions of the Edgar Allan Poe story:
#1 (1928 version, with music
score) Stars Jean Debucourt and Charles Lamy
#2 (1928 version, with music score) Stars Herbert Stern & Melville Webber
#3 (1948 British version) Stars Kay Tendeter and Gwen Watford.
WAY OUT!
Does anyone remember the television
show that followed the Twilight Zone on
Friday nights in 1961 and offered bizarre plays with twist endings and was
extremely odd? How about the episode where the old woman arranges to have
her husband's brain kept alive in a
jar after his passing? A photographer
who discovers that when he alters his photos, he alters the models - until
the day he stepped on his own portrait! Such chilling tales were hosted by
Roald Dahl, the same man who wrote Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory and
other bizarre stories - but sadly the program only lasted 14 episodes before
going
off the air. This DVD features the only five episodes known to exist.
"William and Mary" (March 31, 1961, premiere
episode) with Henry Jones
"I Heard You Calling Me" (May 5, 1961) with Constance Ford
"The Croaker"
(May 12, 1961) with John McGiver
"Dissolve to Black" (June 2, 1961) with Richard Morse
"Death Wish"
(June 9, 1961) with Don Keefer
SCRAPPY CARTOONS
From 1931 to 1935, Columbia produced a series of animated
shorts featuring
the character of Scrappy. Often thought to be lost until a few years ago,
this DVD now offers
almost two hours of classic vintage black and white
animated gems (wait till you see the Ed Wynn Texaco Fire Chief spoof
in the
later cartoons). This DVD features the following cartoons:
The Dog Snatcher (October 19, 1931)
Minding
the Baby (November 16, 1931)
The Pet Shop (April 28, 1932)
Sunday Clothes (September 24, 1931)
Battle of the
Barn (May 31, 1932)
The Flop House (November 9, 1932)
The Bad Genius (December 1, 1932)
The Wolf at the Door
(December 29, 1932)
Sassy Cats (January 25, 1933)
The Match Kid (May 9, 1933)
Techno Racket (May 20, 1933)
Scrappy's Art Gallery (January 5, 1934)
Scrappy's Television (January 29, 1934)
Scrappy's Dog Show
(May 14, 1934)
Scrappy's Relay Race (June 30, 1934)
Scrappy's Expedition (August 27, 1934)
Concert
Kid (November 2, 1934)
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO CARTOONS
In the 1960s, a series of animated shorts featured the
exploits of Bud
Abbott and Lou Costello. Costello was gone by then, but Bud Abbott, needing
the money, voiced
his own character. This 2-disc set features the following
animated shorts:
"Booty Bounty" (March 23,
1968)
"The Bouncing Rubber Man" (November 4, 1967)
"Cherokee Choo Choo" (April 20, 1968)
"Desert Danger" (1967-1968)
"Fish Hooked" (January 6, 1968)
"Following the Bouncing Blob"
(March 9, 1968)
"Germ Squirm" (November 18, 1967)
"G.I. Jokers" (March 23, 1968)
"The
Incredible Space Suit" (October 28, 1967)
"The Little Fat Boy Cried Wolf" (December 2, 1967)
"Monsterkeet"
(December 9, 1967)
"No Place Like Rome" (March 9, 1968)
"Picture Frame Up" (March 16, 1968)
"Pinocchio's Double Trouble" (June 1, 1968)
"The Sinister Professor Sinister" (February 17,
1968)
"Son of Konk" (April 13, 1968)
"Starlight Starfight" (June 1, 1968)
"Teenie
Weenie Genie" (December 30, 1967)
"Trigger Tracks" (June 1, 1968)
"Wacky Wax Work" (December
2, 1967)
"Wizardland" (October 7, 1967)
THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY
After finding a small spaceship
crashed in the road in front of them, an
older couple, the Kents, find a tiny infant and adopt the boy as their own.
Now a young boy and law-abiding citizen of Smallville, he uses his secret
powers to fight crime, space aliens
and villains in this short-run animated
cartoon series.
"Revolt in Robotville" (January 7, 1967)
"The
Great Kryptonite Caper" (1968)
"Krypto's Calamitous Capers" (September 24, 1966)
"Double
Trouble, Double Doom" (1968)
"Superboy Meets Mighty Lad" (1968)
"The Black Knight" (November
26, 1966)
"Krypto, the Super-Seeing Eye Dog" (November 19, 1966)
"The Jinxed Circus" (December
10, 1966)
"The Spy from Outerspace" (September 10 and 17, 1966)
"Operation Counter Invasion"
(December 3, 1966)
WINSOR McKAY CARTOONS
Silent black and white gems that prove once you see them, that McKay
really
was "America's Greatest Cartoonist." This DVD features what is supposedly
the only surviving
animated shorts ever conceived by McKay.
"A Mosquito Operates" (1912)
"Gertie the Dinosaur"
(1914)
"The Sinking of the Lusitania" (1918)
"The Pet" (1921)
"Bug Vaudeville"
(1921)
"The Flying House" (1921)
"Gertie on Tour" (?)
"The Cenataurs" (?)
and "Flip's Crcus" (?)
DECEMBER 7TH: THE PEARL HARBOR STORY
John Ford's "December
7th" was banned by the U.S. Government for nearly
fifty years. This special edition is now available: presenting
the fully
restored, 82-minute version, with subtitles added to the controversial
Japanese language sequences and
a special "behind the scene" introduction.
The full-length version stars Walter Huston as Uncle Sam and is
set in
Honolulu on the day before the Japanese attack. Also featured on this DVD
is a Universal Newsreel featuring
the first films of the bombing, Movietone
News Extra with actual battle films, Japan's reaction to the "uncensored"
version, full commentary by four Pearl Harbor survivors, learn the inside
story on how the un-cut version of "December
7th" was made and why the U.S.
Government kept it classified and away from the public for decades, compare
the cut and uncut versions, Frank Capra's infamous "Know Your Enemy: Japan"
(1945) produced for the
U.S. Army, plus more! Three hours and 26 minutes
total running time! This is only available on DVD; the company did
not
release this in VHS format.
GOOD OLD DAYS OF RADIO - More of a dinner celebration than a documentary,
this 85 minute special was hosted by Steve Allen and featured almost a
hundred of your favorite radio stars. Jim
Jordan, Harold Peary, Rochester,
Dennis Day, Sandra Gould, Mel Blanc, Les Tremayne, Barbara Luddy, Olan
Soule,
Ken Niles, Don Wilson, George Fenneman, Marie Wilson, Art Linkletter,
Bill Stern, Bob Hope, and many many others! Edgar
Bergen and Charlie
McCarthy perform a skit on stage, Jim Jordan plays old home footage and you
get to see the
sound man knocking everything off a flight of steps for the
closet routine, and a few people even perform a short radio
skit. This is
certainly a must for radio fans, caught on film, and we've received nothing
but praise for how
entertaining his program is. A must for OTR fans.
THE GIFT OF GAB (1934)
Horror stars Boris Karloff and Bela
Lugosi appeared in the same film together only eight times throughout their careers. Of those eight movies, only seven have
been known to exist. The eighth, GIFT OF GAB, has been considered a "lost" film for decades. No one seemed to have
a print, Museums and Libraries didn't have it listed on shelf, and whole
magazine articles have described the film
in detail. Still, no one came forth and confessed they had a copy. Until now. Thanks to the generous heart of a 16 mm reel
collector, the film has not only been found, but made available to home video. If you are a Bela Lugosi or Boris Karloff (or
Phil Baker or Gloria Stuart or Andy Devine or Victor Mature) fan, this is a must-have. You won't find it anywhere else
so don't delay!
A CHRISTMAS CAROL - December 23, 1954.
The television program "Shower of Stars"
presented an hour-long "live" telecast of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" with Fredric March,
Basil Rathbone and the Robert Wagner Chorus Group . This is as timeless a classic as you can get so if you're tired of
seeing the same old Grinch every year (nothing wrong about the Grinch, we
love him too!) and you want to sit down
with the entire family and enjoy the
same great story but in a different production, here you go! March is absolutely
wonderful as Scrooge.
THE LON CHANEY COLLECTION
This video includes two short features, two movie trailers,
Grauman's Chinese Theater Opening from 1925, a Universal Studios Tour from 1926, and an MGM Studios Tour from the 1920s.
These last three films alone are worth the price of admission, especially if you are a fan of Hollywood. All of these films
have the silent star Lon Chaney. Wow!
WOLF BLOOD (1925)
Yes, this is the silent movie known (historically)
as the very first werewolf movie ever made. A man is injured and a doctor, in desperation, gives the patient a blood transfusion
from the only source possible - a wolf. As the weeks pass, the man wakes to learn of a horrifying series of murders committed
by what appears to be a wolf man - and he suspects he's changing into a wolf at night! Produced by Ryan Brothers Productions
in 1925 (and released in theaters just days before Christmas in 1925), this film was one of the thirty+ pictures made and
distributed by the Lee-Bradford Corporation, released in NYC Theaters. Silent movie does have a music score.
THEY
SAVED HITLER'S BRAIN (1963)
Considered one of the worst movies ever made, this film was never even finished when
first filmed - but was completed years later thanks for a group of individuals who wanted to use it for their project. Now
movies about brains kept alive in a jar or decapitated head stories are not always the best horror films, but when you involve
Hitler, it's really bad!
THE TOD SLAUGHTER COLLECTION
Tod Slaughter had a remarkable talent for playing
over-the-top maniacs in
macabre Victorian settings. What Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi are here in
the states,
Tod Slaughter was in England. This 2-disc set offers six of
what is considered his best horror movies including the
classic "Sweeney
Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street," which was later made into a
Broadway musical
of the same name! This 2-disc set offers the following
movies: "Murder in the Red Barn" (1935)
"Sweeny
Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" (1936)
"Never Too Late to Mend" (1937)
"The Face at
the Window" (1939)
"Crimes at the Dark House" (1939)
"The Greed of William Hart" (1948)
TWELVE ANGRY MEN . . . . The Original !!!!
The fall 1955-56 season of STUDIO ONE opened with a big bang. An original
drama titled "12 Angry Men" and it stole the Emmy Awards that year. Three years later, Henry Fonda, Jack Klugman,
Jack Warden, Lee J. Cobb and E.G. Marshall co-starred in the big-screen theatrical version that we've all come to watch
and love. The original telecast, however, did not. It was broadcast live and the original kinescope was "lost,"
with the network owning only the second half of the show, not the first half. That means for the past six decades, it's
never been seen since its initial 1955 broadcast. Thankfully, someone found a print while cleaning out the house of a judge
in Conn. and history was unearthed. This DVD includes that very hour-long drama that has been considered "lost"
for the past sixty years!
JUST PALS (1920)
Directed by Jack (John) Ford, this is an examination of the true
character in people. "Just Pals" is about a lazy town bum and the homeless boy he takes under his wing as he tries
to change hiis image and prove himself. While this is not a western, Buck Jones played the lead and this theme was later used
(and reused) in some of his later "B" Westerns such as "The Cowboy and the Kid."
WHEN THE WEST
WAS FUN (1978)
This all-star TV special features so many western stars it isn't funny. Larry Storch, Neville Brand,
Clayton Moore, Chuck Connors, Lee Van Cleef, Mark Slade, Doug McClure, James Drury, Will Hutchins, Ty Hardin, Jack Kelly,
George Montgomery, Keenan Wynn, Bill Williams, Jeanette Nolan, Andy Devine, Rex Allen, Guy Madison, Slim Pickens, John McIntire,
Dick Jones, John Russell, Michael Ansara, Rod Cameron, Johnny Crawford, Dewey Martin, Alan Hale, Glenn Ford, Iron Eyes Cody,
Denver Pyle, John Ireland, Pat Buttram, Ken Curtis, Milburn Stone, Jackie Coogan and MANY more!
TV CHRISTMAS CLASSICS
(Volume 1)
Vintage nostalgic TV classics from the 1950s. These yuletide offerings are timeless and most represent the
nostalgic feel of the holidays, and many with their original holiday commercials from the 1950s!
"Joe Santa Claus"
(1951) with Ray Montgomery
"The Ruggles" (1949-1952) with Charlie Ruggles
"You Asked For It"
(1954) with re-enactments and Korean War Christmas
"The Paul Winchell Show" (1950-1954) Ventriloquist Paul
Winchell tells his version of A Christmas Carol.
TV CHRISTMAS CLASSICS
(Volume 2)
Vintage nostalgic TV classics from the 1950s. These yuletide offerings are timeless and most represents the
nostalgic feel of the holidays, and many with their original holiday commercials from the 1950s!
"The Gift"
(1953) with Charles Boyer and directed by Robert Aldrich
"The Blessed Midnight" (1956) with Maureen O'Sullivan
"A Christmas Carol" (1949) with Vincent Price
"A Star Shall Rise 91952) with Raymond Burr
TV CHRISTMAS CLASSICS (Volume 3)
Vintage nostalgic TV classics from the 1950s. These yuletide offerings
are timeless and most represents the nostalgic feel of the holidays, and many with their original holiday commercials from
the 1950s!
"The Liberace Christmas Show" (1955) with Liberace
"Love That Bob" (1956) Grandpa's
Christmas Visit
"Meet Corliss Archer" (1954) The Christmas Special
"Where's Raymond (1954) Christmas
Spirit with Ray Bolger
"Date with the Angeles" (1954) with Bette White and Richard Deacon
TV CHRISTMAS
CLASSICS (Volume 4)
Vintage nostalgic TV classics from the 1950s. These yuletide offerings are timeless and most represents
the nostalgic feel of the holidays, and many with their original holiday commercials from the 1950s!
"The Adventures
of Long John Silver" (1957) "Orphan's Christmas"
"Annie Oakley" (1956) "Santa Claus
Wears a Gun"
"The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1955) "The Christmas Goose"
"Crossroads"
(1955) "Out First Christmas Tree"
TV CHRISTMAS CLASSICS (Volume 5)
Vintage nostalgic TV classics
from the 1950s. These yuletide offerings are timeless and most represents the nostalgic feel of the holidays, and many with
their original holiday commercials from the 1950s!
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1955) The Christmas
Pudding
"The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel" (1956) The Christmas Present
"The Adventures of
Ozzie and Harriet" (1961) Ozzie Plays Santa Claus
"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" (1962) Christmas
Tree Lot
PETE KELLY'S BLUES (1955)
Jack Webb's classic motion picture based on the popular radio program
of the same name, this digitally-restored version is in the original letterbox format. Janet Leigh, Peggy Lee and Edmond O'Brien
round out the cast.
THE ED WYNN SHOW
Known as "the Perfect Fool," Ed Wynn had a short-run television
program from 1949 to 1950, having already pioneered into radio as The Fire Chief. This DVD features four classic episodes
from the golden age of "live" television with guests Gloria Swanson, The Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Shemp), Ver
Vague and Buddy Ebsen.
THE FORD THEATRE (Volume 2)
Another collection of episodes from the mid-fifties with
their original network commercials. All transferred from 16 mm Kodak prints.
Mimi (May 19, 1955) Rick Jason, Mel Welles
and Paul Henreid
Too Old for Dolls (Feb. 24, 1955) Franchot Tone and Natalie Wood
Broken Barrier (March 6, 1957)
Macdonald Carey and Marguerite Chapman
Ringside Seat (Feb. 13, 1957) Hugh O'Brian
IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD
(1958)
This short-run television series was syndicated in 1958, and hosted by actor Vincent Price. Each episode covered
a different aspect of the Golden Age of Hollywood, with rare film clips, outtakes, and worthy footage. From romance to science-fiction,
westerns or war pictures, make-up or movie magic, this series looks back at the days when Hollywood was glamour, and everything
and anything could happen. A must for people who love the old movies.
THE MYSTERY OF THE 13TH GUEST (1943)
This
is the second film version of the Armitage Trail novel. The first is easily available called "The Thirteenth Guest"
with Ginger Rogers, but this is the harder-to-find title. Heirs return to a spooky old mansion as prescribed in a will. However,
one of them does not want the others to share in the vast fortune so every time the phone rings, someone dies.
ADVENTURES
IN PARADISE
This TV series featured handsome Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of a free-lance schooner plying
across the South Pacific in search of passengers, cargo, and adventure. Such guests as Dick York and Vincent Price made appearances,
and the program lasted three seasons on the air.
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE (Volume 1)
#10 "The Bamboo Curtain"
(December 14, 1959)
#14 "The Archer's Ring" (January 11, 1960)
#21 "The Siege of Troy" (March
7, 1960)
#23 "The Amazon" (March 21, 1960)
#33 "Once Around the Circuit" (October 17, 1960)
#36 "A Whale of a Tale" (November 7, 1960)
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE (Volume 2)
#39 "The Big
Surf" (December 6, 1960)
#43 "Treasure Hunt" (January 9, 1961)
#45 "Mister Flotsam" (January
23, 1961)
#55 "A Touch of Genius" (April 10, 1961)
#56 "Serpent in the Garden" (April 17, 1961)
#67 "The Reluctant Hero" (October 8, 1961)
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE (Volume 3)
"Once Around
the Corner" (October 17, 1960) Peggy Ann Garner
"The Siege of Troy" (Match 7, 1960)
"The Pit
of Silence" (October 5, 1959) Hazel Court & Teresa Wright
"The Archer's Ring" (January 11, 1960)
Wayne Morris
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE (Volume 4)
"The Fires of Kanua" (November 19, 1961) Nancy Gates,
Barry Morse
"Beachhead" (June 12, 1961) Glynis Johns
"The Death-Divers" (April 25, 1960) Gena
Rowlands
"Whip-Fight" (May 9, 1960) Susan Oliver
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE (Volume 5)
"The
Violent Journey" (March 28, 1960)
"The Raft" (November 30, 1959) Vince Edwards
"The Flaming
Lady" (May 22, 1961)
"The Amazon" (March 21, 1960) Claude Akins
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE (Volume
6)
"Nightmare on Napuka" (January 18, 1960) Herbert Marshall & Martin Landau
"Prisoner in Paradise"
(February 29, 1960) Fay Bainter
"The Feather Cloak" (February 27, 1961) George Macready
"Blueprint
for Paradise" (April 1, 1962) Last show of the series
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE (Volume 7)
"Heads,
You Lose" (April 18, 1960)
"Beached" (May 2, 1960) Simon Oakland and Marilyn Maxwell
"Daughter
of Illusion" (December 12, 1960) Barbara Steele
"Sink of Swim" (December 19, 1960) John Dehner
ADVENTURES IN PARADISE (Volume 8)
"A Whale of a Tale" (November 7, 1960) Juliet Prowse
"The Big
Surf" (December 5, 1960)
"Away From it All" (October 24, 1960) Henry Jones
"Color of Venom"
(February 8, 1960) Vincent Price
THE ADVENTURES OF NICK CARTER (1972)
This TV pilot stars Robert Conrad as
the famed detective who, during the turn of the century, found himself solving crimes and in this case, hired to locate the
missing wife of a wealthy "robber baron" playboy. Celebrity guests in this movie include Broderick Crawford, Neville
Brand, Shelley Winters, Purnell Roberts and more! Sadly, this pilot never made it to a regular series and never aired on TV
until four years after it was completed.
ATOMIC BOMB FILM SHORTS
This DVD features five classic film shorts
that remind the audience how to wash the radiation off their arms in case of a Nuclear attack, how the bomb works, and the
proper way of building a bomb shelter. Yeah, some of these are dated but for historical value, they are fascinating (and often
times hilarious).
"Living with the Atom" (1957)
"Radioactive Fallout and Shelter" (1965)
"The Atom Strikes!" (1945)
"Fallout: When and How to Protect Yourself" (1959)
"The Atom
Goes to Sea" (1954)
VINTAGE BEER COMMERCIALS
Beer makers have been searching for the perfect beer commercial
nearly since television exploded onto the American scene in the late 1940s. In those pioneer days, nobody--not the advertisers,
not the ad agencies, not the TV stations--knew exactly what made for a good commercial. Indeed, the earliest beer commercials
consisted of everything from live demonstrations of how to cook a Welsh rarebit using beer to the noisy rumble of a studio
audience muddling through a rendition of the brewer's theme song. Includes such examples as: Blatz (from the Amos n'
Andy TV Show), Budweiser (with Ed McMahon), Ballantine (with Mel Allen) Hamms Drafts, Jax (Nichols and May), Pabst Blue Ribbon
(from TV's "The Life of Riley"), Black Label, Utica Club, Rheingold Beer, Gobel Beer, Stag Beer (from the Mr.
Magoo show), Schlitz Beer (with Ray Milland from TV series "Markham"), Genesee ("Making a Movie"), and
many more!
THE BEST ANIMATED COMMERCIALS
90 minutes of your favorite animated cartoon characters helping
to hock cigarettes, cereal and toys. The Flintstones promote Winston Cigarettes, Rocky and Bullwinkle try to sell Trix and
other General Mills cereals, Ding Dongs with King Ding Dong, Bucky Beaver tries to pitch Ipana Toothpaste, Stag Beer with
Mr. Magoo, and many more!
BIFF BAKER, USA (1952)
This classic TV series starred Alan Hale Jr. before he
became famous for playing the Skipper on GILLIGAN'S ISLAND. As Biff Baker, he and his wife run a small business, which
allows them to travel the world in search of treasures to sell - and always find a way into the hands of murderers and thieves.
This 2-disc set contains eight episodes.
BING CROSBY CHRISTMAS SPECIALS
This 2-disc set contains two, hour-long
episodes as they were broadcast on December 25, 1965 and December 11, 1961. The first one features Fred Waring and the cast
of Hogan's Heroes, including Bob Crane! The second Christmas special was announced as Bing's first television Christmas
special, and it was filmed in England with guests Terry Thomas, Marion Ryan and Bob Hope!
BUSTER KEATON FILM SHORTS
These four film classics are from the sound era, not the talkie era, so you can enjoy such classic 2-reelers with Buster
Keaton! Titles include "One Run Elmer," "Jailbait," "Grand Slam Opera," and "The Chemist."
CALTIKI, THE IMMORTAL MONSTER (1959)
Mario Bava's horror/sci-fi classic that imitates The Blob in a
truly frightening fashion. It's also a really cool movie! A living mass of goo is growing larger and larger and consuming
people in comes into contact with. Can it possibly be stopped before it's too big?
CASEY, CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER
This double feature DVD offers the only two movies ever made based on the popular and long-running radio program of the
same name. "Women Are Trouble" (1936) features ace reporter Casey and city editor Blaine attempting to out-scoop
their rival newspaper, and get involved with gangsters and snappy one-liners. In "Here's Flash Casey" (1938),
Flash Casey gets out of high school and begins what is his first big job - and almost risks his life in the process.
11 CHARLEY CHASE FILM SHORTS
A collection of film shorts starring Charley Chase and as an added bonus, Thelma Todd
is featured in four of these with Charley! If you've never seen Charley Chase but love Laurel and Hardy and Little Rascals,
we recommend you watch these!
"It Happened One Day" (1934) "Arabian Tights"
(1933)
"Luncheon at Twelve" (1933) "Hasty Marriage" (1931)
"The
Sap Takes a Wrap" (1934) "Rough Seas" (1931)
"All Teed Up"
(1930) "The Count Takes the Count" (1936)
"The Wrong Miss Wright"
(1937) "The Pip from Pittsburgh" (1931)
"High C's" (1930)
VINTAGE CIGARETTE COMMERCIALS
Cigarette manufacturers were one of the first industries to advertise widely on television.
They had deep pockets and could afford to gamble on a new advertising medium, footing the bill for a host of early classic
television programs. Ironically, in just a few short decades, they were cast away from the medium they helped create.
Includes
such examples as:
L & M Cigarettes (from TV's "Gunsmoke"), Camel (with the cast from TV's Topper)
Cavalier (King Size), L & M (movie star Nick Adams), Marlboro (with actress Julie London)
Camel Filters ("Drop
Eveything!"), Winston (from the Bob Cummings Show)
Phillip Morris (with Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz), Salem ("My
Favorite Spot")
Robert Burns Cigarillos, Lark ("There's Nothing Like a Lark")
Lucky Strike (with
Lou Whittle), Phillip Morris (from TV's "Racket Squad")
The Christmas Camel Cigarettes commercial, Chesterfield
(with Dick Stein)
Pall Mall, Marlboro ("Settle Back, Cowboy"), Camel (Pete Rinnells), and many more!
"C" IS FOR COMMUNISM
This two-hour DVD contains five classic film shorts documenting the evils of Communism,
hoped to educate the American public about the menace of the Soviet Union and the "Communist threat." Among the
film shorts is a 1945 March of Time newsreel and the 1963 "What is Communism?" hosted by Herbert A. Philbrick.
COBRA WOMAN (1944)
Jon Hall and Maria Montez star in this lavish jungle picture. Also features Lon Chaney Jr.
Upon discovering his fiancée Tollea has been kidnaped, Ramu and his friend Kado set out for a Pacific isle where all
strangers are to be killed on arrival and the inhabitants, who are frequently sacrificed to an angry volcano god, worship
the cobra. The island is ruled over by Tollea's evil twin Naja, the Cobra Woman, who, besides having designs on her new
prisoner Ramu, also desires to eliminate any competition from her benevolent sister.
VINTAGE COCA COLA FILM SHORTS
Even before silent movies were made, Coca Cola was already being sold in the stores along city streets. So it's no surprise
that when motion pictures came into being, the company used the new medium as a way to promote and advertise their product.
This 2-disc set contains a collection of vintage promotional films: "Always Tomorrow" (1941), "Member of the
Family" (1954), "Pearl of the Orient" (1955), "A Refreshing Look" (1950s), TV pilots sponsored by
Coke that never made it to network television and vintage TV commercials with celebrities!
VINTAGE CONEY ISLAND
FILM SHORTS
A collection of seven film shorts showing us the good ol' days of Coney Island in New York. Among these
film shorts are "Over the Waves" from 1938, "Coney Island, USA" (1952), "Arteries of New York City"
(1941) and "Henry Ford's Mirror of America" (1962). Home movie footage of Coney Island, Greenwich Village and
a huge NY snowstorm is also featured!
DARK INTRUDER (1964)
This hour-long movie is unusual. Set in San Francisco
in the 1890s, Leslie Nielsen stars as playboy sleuth Brett Kingsford, an expert on the supernatural and, along with his dwarf
assistant Nicola, he helps the police uncover the scheme of a Sumerian demon attempting to return to Earth and take over a
human body. This was originally filmed as a pilot for a proposed television series entitled The Black Cloak. And get this
- Alfred Hitchcock produced it! When the network said they would not accept the pilot, the footage was edited for an episode
of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. This idea was soon scrapped and a year later, the studio decided to release it as a major motion-picture
feature as part of a double feature.
THE DOGVILLE COMEDIES
For anyone who doesn't know what these are,
I'll explain very briefly. From 1929 to 1931, MGM produced a series of film shorts with little dogs playing the lead roles,
dressed in midget costumes, and voiced by "name" actors. The plots were lifted from recent studio motion pictures,
ranging from old-dark house murder mysteries to westerns to broadway musicals. They are laughably funny and highly sought
out by film buffs. This 2-disc set includes all nine comedy film shorts. Over 2 hours of laughter!
DON McNEIL'S
BREAKFAST CLUB
Originally starting out as a radio program of the same name, the popular morning program made the transition
to television for a few brief years, but proved that sometimes morning radio programs were best suited on the audio waves.
Considered one of the longest running morning programs of all time, this is one of those rare 1950s telecasts that survive
today thanks to the format of kinescope. Also included on this DVD is an episode of The Four Star Revue from 1950 with guests
Fred Allen and Eddie Cantor.
DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE? (1955-1956)
This short-run television quiz show starred
Edgar Bergen and his wooden dummies, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Effie Clinker. Real-life married couples compete
for cash prizes! This DVD includes four classic, black and white episodes.
DRIVE-IN INTERMISSION BREAKS
Two
hours of the intermission breaks you remember seeing between double features at the local movie house and at the local drive-in.
Remember when hot dogs cost 40 cents? How about the reminder to replace the speakers on the poles before driving out of the
drive-in? The animated shorts telling you how many minutes you have left? The movie trailers offering previews of soon-to-be-seen
movies? And the vintage films that reminded you how important it was to attend Church or Sunday School? Here is a DVD containing
2 hours of rare film shorts designed to bring back memories.
DRIVER'S ED SCARE FLICKS
Yep, the classroom
film shorts they used to play in high school are now mastered on this DVD, containing two hours of "scare" tactics
designed to demonstrate safe driving, and the hazards that result from careless driving. Includes the notorious "Signal
30" from 1959, that pushes the limits of good taste. "Late Date" from 1949, "Live and Let Live" (1947)
and "The Other Fellow" (1937) are classics, and watch as a youngster learns that speeding hot rods isn't always
the latest fashion in "A Cool Hot Rod" (1953). And "Road Runners" is black and white gem that can't
be overlooked!
DROOPY CARTOONS
The complete series in this DVD set that contains every cartoon to ever feature
Droopy in chronological order, restored and uncut! This is the ultimate way to watch these cartoons and guess what? Even the
politically incorrect cartoons have remained unedited!
DUFFY'S TAVERN (1945 movie)
Based on the popular
radio program of the same name, this rare movie features a roster of Hollywood actors each playing a small role. Bing Crosby,
William Bendix, Robert Benchley, Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Betty Hutton, Paulette Goddard, Dorothy Lamour and
many others (literally). Ed Gardner is Archie, the Barkeep, trying to prevent Duffy's from being torn down. This DVD also
features an episode of the television series from 1954.
THE ENCHANTED FOREST (1945)
We're going to make
a lot of people happy. This is one of the more obscure films that we get many requests for. PRC Pictures produced this early
color family movie in the spirit of Disney movies. Brenda Joyce and Edmund Lowe play the leads, and Blackie and Jim the Crow
are characters. It's basically a poor-man's version of a Disney movie, but so many people apparently grew up watching
this movie, which is extremely difficult to find anywhere.
FILM NOIR MOVIE TRAILERS
Here is a collection of
movie trailers from the golden age of Hollywood. Most of them are of film noir movies, and classic mysteries, and stretches
more than an hour and a half long. One trailer after another! The Maltese Falcon, The Big Clock, The Big Heat, Hangover Square,
Double Indemnity, Grand Central Murder, The Big Knife, Key Largo, Night of the Hunter, Crossfire, Conflict, The Glass Key,
The Big Sleep, This Gun for Hire, Lady in the Lake and more!
THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY FILM SHORTS
This DVD
contains almost two hours of vintage Ford fun. "A Wonderful New World of Fords" is a 3-minute promo film from 1960
done with a splash of color. "Styling and the Experimental Car" (1964) is a unique look at the engineering and making
of a Ford car. A silent home movie camera captured the Highland Park Ford Plant in the 1930s, "The Human Bridge"
(1949) shows just how far we've come in the automotive industry and designing safer roads, "Harvest of the Years"
is a 1952 recap of the Ford industry, "Trader Thorne" (1956) reveals one man's attempts to sell a Ford car to
customers, showing them the best parts of the automobile and the accessories they can purchase, and the DVD rounds out with
19 minutes of black and white vintage Ford TV commercials.
FRANKENSTEIN 1970 (1958)
This horror movie made
in the late fifties, takes place in the near future when teenagers make themselves at home in a mad scientist's castle
for a live telecast of rock n' roll music, unaware that the scientist is creating a monster in the laboratory. Boris Karloff
plays the mad scientist in this classic black and white gem not available elsewhere on DVD.
FRED ALLEN AND GROUCHO
MARX TV SPECIALS
Two hour-long television specials each narrated by a different celebrity.
"The Jazz Age"
(telecast December 6, 1956) is narrated by Fred Allen. This documentary starts from the conception of Jazz music to the end
of the era when the 1929 Stock Market plunge killed the last of the Jazz Age. "Merrily We Roll Along" (telecast
October 22, 1961) is narrated by Groucho Marx. In what The Jazz Age did for capturing the decade of Jazz music, with rare
footage, this does the same for the American Automobile Industry.
FROM HELL IT CAME (1957)
One of those classic
late-night horror films that is so unique and different that most TV stations are frightened to play it. Why? Because the
monster is so lame. A monstrous tree rises from the grave of a native chief's son, causing terror in a South Seas village.
As walking tree movies go, this is the top of the list. If you're going to watch only one killer tree movie this year,
this is the one you don't want to miss!
THE GABBY HAYES SHOW
This 2-disc set contains 8 classic episodes
that appeared on television in 1950s. Hayes begins and ends each episode with humorous tales of the exploits of his zany relatives
as he happily whittles away. Many of these episodes feature Tex Ritter, Buster Crabbe, Eddie Dean, Lash La Rue and Bob Steele.
CLASSIC GAME SHOWS (Volume One)
A potpourri of classic game shows from the days when television presented
"live" on the air, from sound stages. Celebrity guests of yesteryear will turn up on some of these, so try your
luck on these puzzlers! This DVD includes six, half-hour episodes.
"Twenty-One" This is the same quiz show
that started investigations years before!
"Tic Tac Dough" Big rewards are given when tough questions are answered!
"To Tell the Truth" Hosted by Bud Collyer, a panel of celebrities and a mystery man!
"What's My
Line" Kim Novak is one of the guests in this classic game show.
"Queen for a Day" Hosted by Jack Bailey,
this is one you don't want to miss.
"I've Got a Secret" Desi Arnaz conspires with the show to joke
his wife Lucille Ball!
CLASSIC GAME SHOWS (Volume Two)
Another potpourri of classic game shows and this
time we're offering some of the rarest of the rare. We'll bet you never heard of most of these, but you'll certainly
know why after watching these classic "live" telecasts from the 1950s.
"Treasure Hunt" Jan Murray
gives a woman a chance to pick one of 30 treasure chests.
"It Could Be You!" Bill Leyden offers a heartwarming
reunion with the winner and long-long relatives.
"Juvenile Jury" Jack Barry is the host of this hilarious children's
panel.
"Dollar A Second" Jan Murray is host again for the most humiliating stunts.
GIRL O' MY
DREAMS (1934)
A conceited college track star is used to being the big man on the campus, until he gets a jolt of reality.
He loses an election to see who is the most popular man in school. Stars Sterling Holloway, Mary Carlisle, Arthur Lake and
Lon Chaney Jr.
HILLBILLIES IN A HAUNTED HOUSE (1968)
One of the most absurd and entertaining country and western
monster musicals ever made. Three country teenagers (Joi Lansing among them) on their way to a Nashville Jamboree find themselves
stranded in a haunted house because of a storm. Unaware they are not alone, the basement contains three sinister men (Basil
Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine) and an evil Chinese woman who is obviously a Communist Oriental who takes commands
from her superior on a television set. And we cannot forget the man in the horrible monkey suit in the cage! Add Merle Haggard
to the cast and you have one great evening of fun!
HOT ROD FILM SHORTS
If you love the 1950s hot rod flicks,
this is the DVD for you! My wife loves cars, watched this DVD, and admitted it was very amusing. Almost two hours of nostalgic,
vintage film shorts. The final one, while not really qualifying as a film short about 1950s hot rods and street rods, is the
one we get more feedback about.
"Ingenuity in Action" (1958) "A
Cool Hot Rod" (1953)
"Show ‘em the Road" (1954) "On
the Run" (1956)
"Road Runners" (1952) "The All-American
Soap Box Derby" (1936)
IT AIN'T HAY (1942)
Lou Costello gets involved with the race track and
a run-down race horse, based on a story by Damon Runyon. Now you can watch this classic uncut and edited!
I WAS
A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI (1951)
The FBI is willing to infiltrate the Communist Party so much that they risk the life of
one of their own. The classic novel of the same name is adapted for the big screen with Frank Lovejoy as Matt Cvetic, the
counterspy who worked for the FBI, while gathering information from the Communists he was working for. The true story is now
available on DVD.
JESSE JAMES UNDER THE BLACK FLAG (1921)
Produced by Mesco Pictures Production, Jesse James
Jr. plays the role his famous outlaw father did years before. This silent classic features one family relative playing the
original. Historical fun if you love to watch westerns.
JOE McDOAKES: BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL (Volume One)
This
DVD features nine classic film shorts (one-reelers) that are often sought after by film buffs and those who like comedy shorts.
The list below includes the titles and release dates for the nine featured on this DVD.
"So You Want to Give Up
Smoking?" (November 14, 1942)
"So You Think You Need Glasses?" (December 26, 1942)
"So You Want
to Keep Your Hair?" (December 7, 1946)
"So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck?" (December 28, 1946)
"So You Want to Be in Pictures?" (June 7, 1947)
"So You're Going on a Vacation?" (July 5, 1947)
"So You Want to Be a Detective?" (June 26, 1948)
"So You Want to Be on the Radio?" (November 16,
1948)
"So You Want to Be an Actor?" (December 3, 1949)
JOE McDOAKES: BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL (Volume
Two)
This DVD features nine classic film shorts (one-reelers) that are often sought after by film buffs and those who
like comedy shorts. The list below includes the titles and release dates for the nine featured on this DVD.
"So
You Think You're Not Guilty?" (April 15, 1950)
"So You're Going to Have an Operation?" (December
2, 1950)
"So You Want to Be a Paperhanger?" (June 2, 1951)
"So You Want to Enjoy Life?" (March
29, 1952)
"So You Want to Learn to Dance?" (March 28, 1953)
"So You Want A Television Set?"
(May 23, 1953)
"So You Think You Can't Sleep?" (October 31, 1953)
"So You Want to Be an Heir?"
(December 19, 1953)
"So You Want to Know Your Relatives?" (December 18, 1955)
THE JOLSON STORY (1946)
This movie dramatizes the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson. A little Jewish boy grows up against the will of his
father to be in showbiz, becomes a star, falls in love with a dancer not of his religion and marries her. Through hardships
and obstacles, this movie demonstrates just what it takes to have a career on the stage. Winner of two Academy Awards plus
additional nominations, this movie stars Larry Parks as Al Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as Julie Benson and William Demarest as Steve
Martin.
JUST IMAGINE (1930)
This is probably one of the weirdest movies you will ever see! A man is struck
by lightning on a golf course and finds himself transported to New York City 1980, fifty years in the future. Airplanes have
replaced automobiles, numbers have replaced names, pills have been replaced with food, government arranged marriages have
replaced all need for love and test tube babies have replaced . . . well, you know. The lead falls in love with a woman and
to prove his worth to her father, agrees to participate on a four-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. Did we
mention this was a musical? Yep, one of the weirdest and most unique movies to come from the vaults of 1930.
KILL
THE UMPIRE (1950)
A former baseball player (William Bendix) spends his days watching baseball games. Believing the worst
man on the field is the umpire, he finds himself in the same position. Against his wishes but to appease his wife, he attends
umpire school, where he tries everything to get thrown out of the ballpark, and the funny scenes are hilarious. Ray Collins
and Una Merkel co-star.
MEET NERO WOLFE (1936)
Starring Edward Arnold as the title character in one of the
better-than-average mystery flicks of the 1930s. Rita Hayworth plays a small role, and our favorite character actor, Victor
Jory, plays the role of Claude Roberts. Yes, Nero has his bungling but faithful servant, Archie, in this classic.
MONSTERS CRASH THE PAJAMA PARTY (1965)
Now this is an odd ball. This 30 minute film was designed to be played in theaters
and have men in monkey suits jump out of the screen or off the stage and run up and down the aisles to frighten theater goers
- an interactive movie. Women in skimpy bedroom clothing run around the hallways of a spooky old mansion while a mad scientist
in the basement let loose his "hounds." Campy fun with the original theatrical trailer, and tons of extra trailers
and film shorts to classic horror movies. But how bad is this movie? So cheap they could not afford title screen credits and
the narrator credits the screenwriter from getting his ideas from bubblegum wrappers!
MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS
CAROL
This is the one that started it all! The first-ever animated holiday special made for television stars the hilariously
nearsighted Mr. Magoo in a musical retelling of the Charles Dickens classic. Jim Backus plays the role of Magoo. This DVD
also includes bonus features including a cartoon short titled "Magoo Meets McBoing Boing."
THE NBC COMEDY
HOUR (March 4, 1956)
A complete episode of The NBC Comedy Hour, sponsored by Crosley TV (with the Zoom-A tenna), Jergens
Lotion, Woodbury Soap and Bendix Washer-Dryer. Gale Storm and Bill Thompson tell the joke of the week, Stan Freeberg and his
puppet Grover to a comedy routine, Groucho Marx introduces a comedian who later got leads on motion pictures, Jonathan Winters
is a bore on an airplane, Ben Blue has an unexpected guest, and Tom D'Andrea and Larry Blake are "The Soldiers."
Also among the cast are Hans Conried, Jack Albertson, Julie Oceans and Bill Elliott (yes, the Bill Elliott).
OLD-TIME
RADIO FILM SHORTS (Volume One)
A collection of film shorts featuring BACK OF THE MIKE (1938) with the WXYZ cast doing
a western script similar to The Lone Ranger, ON THE AIR (1937) which shows how a microphone works, COMMUNICATION (1927) revealing
how a radio microphone works, THE BIG BOUNCE (1960) revealing history's second communications satellite, a vocational
guidance film called RADIO AND TELEVISION (1940), a unique look at how radio helped soldiers overseas in RADIO AT WAR (1944),
and a few newsreels revealing Eisenhower's broadcast of peace from space to the world.
OLD-TIME RADIO FILM
SHORTS (Volume Two)
A collection of film shorts including BEHIND YOUR RADIO DIAL (1947) revealing the origin and history
of NBC, how radio helped shape propaganda during WWII in VOICE OF VICTORY (1944), highlights of world history and the Cold
War in HEAR AND NOW (1958), the NYC station WMCA is documented in INDEPENDENT RADIO STATION (1951) and CRUSADE REPORT (1951)
revealing Eisenhower's organization to use radio transmitters to broadcast American propaganda.
PAT PAULSEN
FOR PRESIDENT (1968)
This one-hour presidential special aired on CBS in October of 1968. A take-off on all presidential
campaigns, this comedy details Pat Paulsen's early denials of political ambition to his barnstorming antics across the
country. Narrated by Henry Fonda, this satirical look at politics is a highly-acclaimed show that will make you laugh till
your side hurts.
PERRY COMO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Broadcast in the early 1960s, this is one of the few holiday
offerings broadcast on television starring Perry Como. A wonderful hour-long telecast for the whole family to sit back and
relax in front the TV set during the holiday season.
THE PINKY LEE SHOW
Pinky Lee assaults his audience of
kids and moms with his rapid-fire delivery of song, dance and jokes in this Emmy-nominated children's show from 1954.
With Jimmy Brown and Molly Bee, this classic television series is now available on DVD! Includes bonus vintage cartoons.
VINTAGE PUBLIC SERVICE FILMS
Schools were expected to instill certain life-skills to their pupils, which is rarely
done today. But yesterday's standards raises the question - how far have we gone and how silly can this be? Watch as these
film shorts try to educate young children in the style "Reefer Madness" has accomplished the last few decades.
QUEEN FOR A DAY
The only seven episodes known to exist are included in this 2-disc set. This television game
show was the housewife's dream - a chance to win a dish washer or refrigerator. All they had to do was give the saddest
story they could on why they needed it. The winner would be crowned "Queen for a Day" and yes, compared to today's
standards, this game show demeaned women. But it is part of television history. So get ready for a game show that would never
be conceived for today's television . . .
VINTAGE RAILROAD FILM SHORTS
If you love trains, and there
are some of you who are locomotive fans, this DVD is chock full of vintage film shorts of freight trains, operational tours,
and even explore the inner workings of the railway system. This DVD includes the following film shorts.
"The Big
Train" (1950) "Troop Train" (1943)
"This is My Railroad"
(1944) "A Great Railroad at Work" (1942)
"Wheels of Progress" (1950)
"Desert Empire" (1948)
"New Horizons" (1948)
plus a few bonus features!
SECOND FIDDLE TO A STEEL GUITAR (1965)
This Nashville jamboree movie features
performances by an incredible musical line-up and appearances by Arnold Stang and the boys from the bowery, Huntz Hall and
Leo Gorcey crash the jamboree. That's right, a Bowery Boys movie with the boys!
THE SPIDER (1931)
Edmund
Lowe stars as Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening performance at an
upscale theater, a murder occurs. A hand wearing a sinister spider ring raises a revolver, the lights go out, and a shot rings
out! When the lights come back on, the body of a patron is found dead. The police close the theater and begin their investigation.
Before the movie is over, Chatrand will use his magical powers to solve the crime and expose the killer. This is a great movie
and one of our top ten recommendations.
STARS IN THE AIR (November 15, 1952)
This hour-long TV special celebrated
the opening of "Television City" in Hollywood. Almost every major TV star was there and performing short comedy
skits. The cast of TV's Amos n' Andy, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Meet Millie, Life with Luigi, My Friend Irma, Jack
Benny, Rochester, Burns and Allen, Bob Crosby, Eve Arden as Miss Brooks, Alan Young, Bob Sweeney, Gale Gordon, and even Governor
Earl Warren helps Jack and Rochester push the Maxwell off stage before joking with Gracie Allen.
SUPER CIRCUS (Volume
One)
Classic television series featuring Nicky the Tramp Clown, Scampy the boy clown, magic acts, acrobats and animal
acts. A circus performed for children during the 1950s, telecast "live" from soundstages. Mary Hartline, the blonde,
was television's first hottie for the male viewers. This DVD contains three classic episodes and did we mention how rare
this series is?
SUPER CIRCUS (Volume Two)
VINTAGE TELEPHONE FILM SHORTS
Remember when you had
to ask the operator to patch you in to New York? Remember your mother recalling how party lines were the way to go? Of all
the film shorts we offer, this is the one we recommend above all others. Not only do these film shorts reveal the inner workings
of the telephone system of the 1920s to the 1960s, but they are fascinating! This 2-disc set contains over 20 film shorts.
VINTAGE TELEVISION FILM SHORTS
Learn the history of television during its early years. Watch as RCA televisions
are constructed in factories, how a TV signal goes from your local station to your antenna, and the early production techniques
of "live" broadcasting. Dig the new thing they call a remote control! Includes eight film shorts such as "Radio
and Television" (1940), "The Reasons Why" (1959), "The Story of Television" (1956), "Magic in
the Air" (1955), and "Magic in the Air" (1941).
VALLEY OF THE ZOMBIES (1946)
A crazed undertaker
returns from the dead, and like a vampire he must get transfusions of fresh blood in order to survive. He soon finds himself
bent on destroying all those who he feels were responsible for having him committed to an insane asylum. Stars Lorna Gray,
Robert Livingston and Ian Keith.
THE VAMPIRE'S GHOST (1945)
A four-hundred year old vampire rules a small
village of the West Coast of Africa. He is condemned to wander the Earth forever because of an ancient curse laid upon his
head. An unusual take on the vampire legend by veteran pulp writers Leigh Brackett and John K. Butler. Cast includes John
Abbott, Grant Withers and Roy Barcroft.
VAUDEVILLE VIDEOS (Volume One)
A two-hour collection of artists,
some of them big names but many of them you never would have seen or heard of except in newspaper clippings! Jugglers, tap-dancers,
comics and performing animals was a constant staple of tricks and gimmicks used to entertain theater audiences before the
days of radio and television. This 2-hour DVD includes the following (among the MANY acts also included):
* Bob Hope
performing a marriage license skit four years before his first motion picture.
* Cowboys and cowgirls do some fancy juggling.
* The Incredible Hadji Ali does his regurgitation act!
* Carl Emmy and his Mad Wags, a dog act, will make you laugh!
* Herb Williams and his collapsing piano!
* Jack Lane and his trained birds to tricks and stunts.
VAUDEVILLE
VIDEOS (Volume Two)
This 2-hour DVD includes the following (among the MANY acts also included) . . .
* MAIL CALL
(1944) with Don Wilson, Dorothy Lamour and Abbott and Costello
* COMMAND PERFORMANCE (1944) with Bob Hope, Lana Turner
and Judy Garland!
* JUBILEE (1943) with Rochester and Lena Horne!
* The Jolly Bakers mold clay into fascinating
faces!
* Bill "Bojangles" Robinson stars in "Let's Scuffle" from 1941.
* The Douglas Brothers,
an acrobatic troupe, will amaze you.
* Buster Shaver with Oliver and George, the singing and dancing midgets!
*
Zeb Carver and his Cousins, a hillbilly novelty jug band.
* The L.I.M.E. Trio in an amusing "Rag Doll" skit.
* Les Reis and Artie Dunn, wandering minstrels.
VAUDEVILLE FILM SHORTS (Volume Three)
A new volume of film
shorts! The legendary Smith and Dale (the original Sunshine Boys) perform some of their classic sketches including "Dr.
Kronkheit and his only Living Patient." Jack Benny, Weber and Fields, Henny Youngman all perform. Performing seals, dogs,
jugglers and other novelties. A rare look at Negro vaudeville is captured in a 1915 silent comedy produced by the Ebony Film
Company of Chicago. W.C. Fields performs one of his classics. Sophie Tucker is in fine form as one of the last Red Hot Mamas.
High-wire artsists are death-defying. Eubie Blake and Nobel Sissell perform ragtime music and much more!
THE VEIL:
The Complete TV Series
Produced by Hal Roach Studios, this short-lived spooky TV anthology only lasted ten episodes before
the studio filed out of business. Since they never finished all 39 episodes, the series never aired on the networks. But we
have all 10 ever made on this 2-disc set. Boris Karloff not only hosts each episode, but stars in 9 of them! Made in the vein
of the One Step Beyond TV episodes. Very spooky and lots of fun.
VINTAGE SEX EDUCATION FILM SHORTS
The kind
of classroom film shorts your teachers made you watch way back when! Initially intended to "scare" young children
away from the dangers of "heavy petting," they are now often considered hilarious when a young girl hangs her head
in shame and tells her mother that she gave her boyfriend "too much affection." Or the young lad who feels comfortable
asking his gym teacher at school what a wet dream is. This 2-disc set contains a ton of film shorts, a little over four hours
worth!
WINKY DINK AND YOU
This nostalgic children's program was broadcast from 1953 to 1957 and offered
an interesting twist to the usual children's program. Kids were allowed to go out and buy a Winky DInk set in the stores
and the parents, after putting a clear film on the TV screen, would allow their children to interact with the TV show. They
could use the magic marker to scribble on the screen and allow Winky Dink to walk across a bridge, etc. This 2-disc set contains
almost three hours of animated cartoons and the only two episodes known to exist of the live action episodes!
WWII
FILM SHORTS (Volume One)
News Parade News Reels for 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945 are among the many film shorts included
on this DVD. A 16 minute film short from 1942 titled "It's Everybody's War" with Henry Fonda is included.
A nine minute film from 1942 titled "Yanks Bomb Tokyo" is fascinating. "A Letter From Bataan" (1942),
"Peace Comes to America" (1945) and two animated cartoons "My Boy Johnny" and "Shipyard Symphony"
are among the highlights. Frank Sinatra stars in "The House I Live In" (1944). Kate Smith sings "God Bless
America." Perhaps the best film short on this disc is the All-Star Bond Rally with an all-star cast including Bob Hope,
Fibber McGee and Molly, and many others!
WWII FILM SHORTS (Volume Two)
Another collection of film shorts
produced for the war cause. "The Rear Gunner" stars Ronald Reagan and Burgess Meredith. "The Tanks Are Coming"
stars George Tobias. "Soldiers in White" and an MGM Newsreel is included. An animated cartoon, "A Tale of Two
Kitties" is hilarious. Movie trailers for war pictures Objective, Burma!, Destination Tokyo, Dive Bomber and All Through
the Night are also included.
WWII VENERAL DISEASE FILM SHORTS
These are the classroom film shorts that were
played for servicemen overseas during World War II, hoping to sway the servicemen from taking advantage of the women overseas
when they made port. One film shows a nation struggling with epidemic levels while another dramatizes a serviceman who spent
the evening with a strange woman at port and learned a valuable lesson. These film shorts were filmed from 1939 - 1945.
YOU BET YOUR LIFE BLOOPERS
The classic 1950s game show was recorded in advance (not broadcast "live"
like most game shows) for good reason. The producers knew that Groucho's sharp wit would include some remarks that couldn't
possibly be broadcast. And they were right. Here's the clips and scenes that never aired on television. Groucho has some
great one-liners (for adults only) but surprisingly, even the contestants slipped and said something that wasn't appropriate.
70 consecutive minutes of outtakes and bloopers you gotta see to believe. Also included are some bonus features on the same
disc.
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