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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.
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!
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) Two hours of additional cartoons including
Private Snafu, all four Mr. Hook cartoons, and other goodies.
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) Rogers plays Icabod Crane.
> "The Ropin' Fool" (1922) 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 pitch 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.
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, w/music score) Stars Jean Debucourt & Charles
Lamy
#2 (1928 version, w/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) w/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)
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" (?)
"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 a young Robert Wagner. 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!
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
pitch 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!
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
Nclude "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.
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 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.
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!
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!
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" The quiz show that started investigations years before!
"Tic Tac Dough" Big rewards when tough questions are answered!
"To Tell the Truth" w/Bud Collyer, celebrities and a mystery man!
"What's My Line" Kim Novak is a guest
"Queen for a Day" w/Jack Bailey, this is one you don't want to miss.
"I've Got a Secret" Desi Arnaz conspires to play a joke his wife
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
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.
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.
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)
Three more additional episodes. So rare that supposedly only six
episodes are known to exist so both volumes makes the entire
collection!
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!
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 skit four years before his 1st 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) w/Don Wilson, Dorothy Lamour and Abbott & Costello
* COMMAND PERFORMANCE (1944) w/Bob Hope, Lana Turner & 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 w/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!
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.