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ADVENTURES OF CHAMPION
Gene Autry's horse, Champion, had his own series. That's right! Also in the show was Jim Bannon in two episodes represented here; "CROSSROAD TRAIL" and "RENEGADE STALLION".
(A-390-E) B & W ...........approximately 55 minutes total...$20.00 plus shipping and handling


ADVENTURES OF JIM BOWIE 1956 Scott Forbes stars as Jim Bowie, a fighter and a fearless, mighty adventurin' man!  Set in New Orleans in the 1830's, follow the exploits of frontiersman-pioneer Jim Bowie, the inventor of the Bowie knife.   BIRTH OF THE BLADE, TRAPLINE 
(A-00-MC116)  B & W ....................approx 55 minutes ...............   $19.95 plus S & H


BIFF BAKER U.S.A.: EARLIEST EPISODES   1952
Top adventure series with Biff Baker played by Alan Hale Jr., and his beautiful wife Louise, played by Randy Stuart.  As an American entrepreneur traveling the world looking for goods for his profitable import business, Biff and Louise can't help getting involved in espionage and intrigue behind the Iron Curtain. ALPINE ASSIGNMENT  FIRST EPISODE-Aired 11-13-52. Biff and Louise uncover communists blocking the broadcasts of the Voice of America in Vienna.  Guest stars include Lee Marvin and Charles Buchinsky (Bronson)!  GREY MARKET-EPISODE 2. The couple in Marseilles helps Polish immigrants whose family ring is stolen by murderous dealers in American Money with Peter Mills and Rex Evans.
(A-00-MC118)  .................... approx. 55 minutes....................$19.95 plus S & H


BIFF BAKER USA VOL.  2   1952
More adventure with Alan Hale Jr. and Randy Stuart.  SAIGON INCIDENT Bill and Louise go to Vietnam to buy rubber.  A force of Vietnam nationalists is terrorizing the plantation, and Biff helps American enterprise win in the end.  With Ian MacDonald, Marya Marco, and Harry Lauter MONA LISA The place is Paris, where Biff and Louise purchase paintings that are actually masterpieces stolen during the war, including the Mona Lisa!  With Alan Napier, Maurice Marsak, and John Mylong.
(A-00-MC119) .................... approx. 55 minutes....................$19.95 plus S & H


CHINA SMITH
Popular character actor Dan Duryea starred as the devil-may-care adventurer living in Singapore. China Smith was a combination private-eye and con-artist willing to take anybody's money. Episodes represented here are "DEVIL IN THE GO DOWN" and "THE MANCHU EMERALDS".
(A-421-E) B & W ........approximately 55 minutes total.........$20.00 plus shipping and handling


CHINA SMITH 1953 Dan Durea plays China Smith, an American adventurer always embroiled in intrigue and trouble, as he sells his services to the highest bidder in Singapore. Hard-boiled excitement! YELLOW JADE LION, NIGHT THE DRAGON WALKED
(A-00-MC28)  B & W ...................55 minutes.................... $19.95 plus S & H

James  Dean's  Lost Television appearance: TROUBLE WITH FATHER
As an aspiring actor, Dean took a bit part in this popular TV sit-com early in his career. Airing in February 1952, this is his second TV appearance. Playing Randy, a 16-year-old teenager, he meets with his friend Drexel (Martin Milner). The boys discuss difficulties in asking for a date. Although his screen time is only a minute and a half, the persona and star quality is all Dean. Series stars Stu Erwin, June Collyer, Shelia James, and Ann Todd. Commercials intact.
(A-00-MC259) B & W ......................30 minutes................... $14.95 plus shipping and handling

DETECTIVE ON THE MIDWAY
Two detective shows from the 1950's with amusement park locations are featured here. "THE CHEATERS" stars John Ireland investigating the operators of a circus/amusement park who are robbing their customers and putting in false insurance claims. This episode was filmed in England. Next, Louis Hayward stars in "THE LONE WOLF" where murder and robbery ends with a chase on the roller coaster. This episode was filmed at San Francisco's Playland.
(A-380-E) B & W ...............approximately 55 minutes total....$20.00 plus shipping and handling

DETECTIVE SHOWS ; Colonel March & Sherlock Holmes
Mystery and detective shows have always proved popular throughout the years. This offering pairs Boris Karloff as an inspector named Colonel March of Scotland Yard as he solves a mystery. The next show is one of the earliest television adaptations of the legendary Sherlock Holmes stories with Ronald Howard as Holmes.
(A-411) B & W ..........approximately 60 minutes total....$9.98 plus shipping and handling

DETECTIVE SHOWS; New York Confidential & I Am The Law
The first show, "NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL", stars Lee Tracy as a crime fighting reporter. Next is a 1953 syndicated series starring George Raft as a cop in "I AM THE LAW".
(A-412-E) B & W .......approximately 55 minutes total.....$20.00 plus shipping and handling

DIVORCE HEARING 1958
Dr. Paul Popense moderates unrehearsed divorce hearings with real couples (not actors). Mr. & Mrs. L. seek divorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty and excessive drinking. They have to "censor" Mrs. L. when she's talking about her husband! Other couples have problems too. A wife is caught in a motel. A man spends all the money on his model plane hobby. A husband says his spendthrift wife wants more than $65 a week to live on. He says: "This woman can spend $25 in three days." That is grounds for divorce in any book, isn't it? One of the earliest exploitation TV talk shows.
(A-00-213MC) ....................approx 55 min.................... $19.95 plus S & H


DRAGNET
Jack Webb became a part of our culture with his low key portrayal of Sergeant Joe Friday who just wanted "the facts, ma'am".Three early episodes here titled "BIG BETTY" , "COUNTERFEITERS" and "MURDER AT A MOVIE STUDIO" are offered.
(A-408) B & W ..........approximately 85 minutes total... $14.98 plus shipping and handling

DRAGNET
Another volume of the acclaimed crime detective series starring Jack Webb. This edition features "THE BIG SHOPLIFT" and "HIT AND RUN".
(A-409-E) B & W .............approximately 1 hour total......$20.00 plus shipping and handling

DRAGNET
Jack Webb returns as Sergeant Joe Friday and Ben Alexander as officer Frank Smith in two episodes; "BIG BOYS" and "BIG GIRLS". Everything was big about Dragnet!
(A-410-E) B & W ............approximately 1 hour total .....$20.00 plus shipping and handling

DRAGNET
Two more cases. In " BIRD KILLER" , a  house-breaker kills the owner's pet birds after ransacking the home. Friday and Smith stage a trap to catch the killer. In  "THE VAUDEVILLE TRUNK" a destitute lady is brutally beaten to death and her trunk full of vaudeville memorabilia ransacked. Something about that trunk has a clue to the mystey as Friday and Smith go undercover survelance with hidden microphones.
(A-296 ) B & W ........approximately 56 minutes total........$14.98 plus shipping and handling

FORD STARTIME "The Jazz Singer"
Jerry "Jolson" Lewis stars in a modern version of the Samson Rafelson play which formed the basis for the first successful talking feature-length movie in 1927. This updated version was aired October 13, 1959 on NBC. Starring with Jerry Lewis is Eduard Franz, Molly Picon, Alan "Flintstones" Reed, and Anna Maria Alberghetti. In this adaptation, Lewis plays a small time night club comic-singer (a sort of one man Martin and Lewis) who is about to get a big break on national television but is at odds with his father who is a Cantor that feels his son is not in the proper vocation. When the father falls ill, Jerry must grapple with filling in for his ailing father or perform on television for his big break.
(A-422-E) B & W ....................approximately 1 hour  ................$20.00 plus shipping and handling

FORD THEATER 1950
Rare live telecast. THE MARRIED LOOK stars Paul Kelly, Louis Wilson, and Betsy Blair. A scientist and his wife argue because he won't leave his laboratory. He has a dream about a beautiful girl; could it be his wife when she was young? Through the dream, he discovers his wife's true goodness and romance. Interesting dream sequences for live television. Complete with 1950 Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln car commercials.
(A-00-MC48)  B & W ...............approx. 60 minutes...............$19.95 plus S & H


ADVENTURES OF FU MANCHU Vol. 1
The Fu Manchu series is unique in that it starred an inscrutable oriental villain. The Sax Rhomer character had starred in many movies with such actors as Boris Karloff and Henry Brandon playing the part. This was the first television outing for the character. It was made by Republic Pictures and stars Glen Gordon as Fu Manchu and Lester Matthews as the Inspector. Episodes represented here are "SLAVES OF FU MANCHU" and "FU MANCHU, INC".
(A-280-E) B & W .........approximately 55 minutes total.....$20.00 plus shipping and handling


ADVENTURES OF DR. FU MANCHU 1956
Action and adventure as Dr. Fu Manchu seeks revenge through his sinister organization of evil and his beautiful daughter. Only 13 episodes, starring Glen Gordon, Laurette Luez, and Lester Stevens, were produced. Two episodes are offered here.  THE PLAGUE , THE GOLDEN GOD
(A-00-MC75)  B & W ....................approx 55 minutes...............$19.95 plus S & H


ADVENTURES OF DR. FU MANCHU   VOL. 2  1955
More adventure with the sinister Oriental mastermind Fu Manchu expertly portrayed by Glen Gordon.  His curvaceous daughter is played by Laurette Luez, with Lester Stevens as his adversary Detective Nayland Smith. COUNTERFEITERS OF DR. FU MANCHU, DR. FU MANCHU INC.
(A-00-MC176)   B & W ...............approx 55 minutes................  $19.95 plus S & H


ADVENTURES OF DR. FU MANCHU   Vol. 3  1955
The sinister Oriental mastermind Fu Manchu is at it again!.  PRISONER OF DR. FU MANCHU, ASSASSINS OF DR. FU MANCHU.
(A-00-MC266) B & W ...............approx 55 minutes............... $19.95 plus S & H


GANGBUSTERS
Here is another long-running radio show (22 years) that was adapted to television. The series was originally created by Phillips Lord and stars Alvin Karpas.
(A-404-E) B & W ....................approximately 52 minutes.................$20.00 plus shipping and handling

G. E. Theater & Four classic shows
Ronald Reagan became the host of General Electric Theater in 1953.  Drawing upon popular novels, plays and short stories, this 10 year series featured many top stars of the day. Here are four programs. SUMMER PROMISE stars Joan Fontane in a tragic love story. In EASTER GIFT, Macdonald Carey stars in this story of a minister who overcomes a crisis of faith. ESTABAN'S LEGACY features Ricardo Montalban as an idler in a village who finds a gold coin and is afraid his neighbors will think he stole it unless he can find work first! Gisele MacKenzie stars in THE HAT WITH ROSES as a lonely teacher forced to share a holiday with the one studen who hates her the most.
(A-00)  B & W ..............approx. 100 minutes.............. $9.95 plus shipping & handling

G. E. Theater & Shower of Stars
Show business was, and still is, a popular theme in television. SO THIS IS HOLLYWOOD is a delightful comedy series about two young ladies trying to make it in show business. Beautiful Virginia Gibson is Kim Tracey, and aspiring actress. Mitzi Green is Queenie Dugan, looking for her break as a stunt woman. A lovable actor and neighbor of the girls from
the early days of Hollywood (guest star Victor Moore) dusts off some "connections" to help Kim get a part. All commercials intact!
SHOWER OF STARS (1955) Joan was a stage star before she decided to raise a family. Getting ready for a magazine interview by Theater Arts Magazine about her "ideal marriage," she gets wind her husband is out late with another woman! Laughs galore as the teenage daughter and Joan find they might have prematurely judged daddy. Co-stars are John Sutton, Ellen Corby, and Susan Whitney.
(A-00-MC272)  B & W ..............approx. 58 minutes.............. $19.95 plus shipping & handling


GOODYEAR THEATER "All Summer Long" William Shatner & Raymond Massey
In his television debut, William Shatner plays a teenage son of a harsh father in this coming of age family drama marked by excellent performances and tense interplay as the family frustrations and problems are hashed out. The family, in addition to the father and the older boy includes the mother, a younger son and a teen-age sister. They spend their summers at a cottage. This is one of those live TV dramas performed like a stage play. They do, however manage to re-create a flood for the finale!
(A-389) B & W..........approximately 1 hour.............................$14.98 plus shipping and handling


GOODYEAR THEATER ; "Marty"
Rod Steiger stars in this live television broadcast which would later be made into a full-length feature motion picture starring Ernest Borgenine in the role that Steiger portrays here.
(A-279) B & W ........approximately 60 minutes..............$9.98 plus shipping and handling

I AM  THE LAW  1953
Talk about atmosphere! George Raft is Lieutenant George Kirby of the New York Police Department. Raft was known for his gangster roles, but in this series he was a good guy.   FATHER KILLER You’ll never guess the killer!  SHOPLIFTING RING Where a family helps themselves! 
(A-00-MC9) ....................55 minutes........................ $19.95 plus S & H


I REMEMBER MAMA (1949) and RACKET SQUAD (1950)
I REMEMBER MAMA Popular live show about a close Norwegian family in 1917. Peggy Wood plays Mama, and this show contains the old Maxwell House commercials. In this episode, Mama is ashamed of her new eyeglasses, but all turns out well.  RACkET SQUAD Reed Hadley plays John Braddock, a tireless public official after the bad guys running a confidence game. This show has some real characters who pull a sting operation on a greedy old man.
(A-00-MC24) ..............60 minutes...............$19.9 5 plus S & H


JANET DEAN: REGISTERED NURSE (1954)
The exciting cases of Janet Dean (played by Ella Raines), a private duty nurse who seeks the facts behind her patients problems. APPLE CASE,  GARCIA CASE One show stars '50s heartthrob Sal Mineo in his first television appearance.
(A-00-MC77) ...................approx 55 minutes total  ..................$19.95 plus S & H


LONG JOHN SILVER VOLUME #1 1955
Robert Newton (who starred in Disney's classic 1950 feature version of Treasure Island) reprises his role as the lovable pirate in these memorable TV episodes from 1955. Co-starring Kit Tayor as young Jim Hawkins. Connie Gilchrist plays the pub owner Purity. Two episodes in rare color:  THE ORPHANS' CHRISTMAS, THE NECKLACE
(A-00-MC26) (Color) ...............approx.55 minutes....................$19.95 plus S & H


LONG JOHN SILVER VOLUME #2  1955
Two more episodes in color starring Robert Newton as our favorite one-legged pirate. DRAGON SLAYER, TALE OF A TOOTH
(A-00-MC27) (Color) ...............approx. 55 minutes.................$19.95 plus S & H


LUX VIDEO THEATER     1955
"A HOLIDAY AFFAIR " stars Phyllis Thaxter, Scott Brady, and Chris Olson. Hosted by Ken Carpenter, Otto Kruger with guest stars Walter Brennan and Margaret O'Brien. Some commercials intact, including Lux Soap and Pepsodent.
(A-00-MC76)  B & W ...............approx. 58 minutes...............$19.95 plus S & H


MEDIC (1954)
Dr. Konrad Styner is played by Richard Boone in this series that dealt with some controversial subjects for the time.
FLASH OF DARKNESS A chilling look at what would happen if the atomic bomb was dropped on an American city. LAUGHING IS A BOY Shows a boy in need of plastic surgery. The last episode has all the original commercials
(A-00-MC11) ...............approx 1 hour total....................$19.95 plus S & H


MAN BEHIND THE BADGE 1955
Hosted by Charles Bickford, stories of the men and women who risk their lives to protect the people. True depictions based on official law enforcement records.  CASE OF THE BIG BREAK  A family comes across with a smart insurance investigator when they try to fake an accident in a theater. With Dick Cutting, Wally Brown, and Claire Carleton. BLACK SHEEP  A rash of safe robberies puts two officers, specialists in “safe crackers,” on the case. You’ll never guess who it is! With Tom McKee, Russ Comway, Christopher Dark, and Francis Morris. 
(A-00-MC-117) .....................55 minutes.....................................  $19.95 plus S & H


MR. AND MRS. NORTH 1953
Richard Denning and Barbara Britton star. The adventures of Jerry North, one time private eye turned publisher, and his beautiful wife, Pamela.  TRAINED FOR MURDER and MILLION DOLLAR COFFIN. One episode is complete with all commercials as aired in 1953 
(A-00-MC84) .....................58 minutes..................  $19.95 plus S & H


PLAYHOUSE 90 ; "The Days of Wine & Roses"
From October 2, 1958 comes the live television version of a dramatic story that would later be made into a motion picture. Written by J.P.Miller and directed by John Frankenheimer, it stars Cliff Robertson in a brilliant portrayal along with Piper Laurie and Charles Bickford. Note some of these programs have been culled from Army-Air Force TV kinescopes and may not have original commercials which could affect the running time.
(A-385) B & W ..........approximately 80 minutes...........$9.98 plus shipping and handling


PULITZER PRIZE PLAYHOUSE 1951
BROKEN DISHES is a delightful light comedy starring James Dunn, a young Robert Stack, and Marcia Henderson. Without giving away the punch line, Dad is henpecked by an overbearing wife who is always talking about how she should have married her old flame. When the old flame shows up, he ends up being a crook! In the meantime, the pretty young daughter wants to marry Robert Stack. Will she succeed? Will Dad become boss of the household. Well, don't try to guess the ending. Just give this early "live" telecast a try.
(A-00-MC60) ....................55 minutes....................$19.95 plus S & H


RACKET SQUAD
Reed Hadley stars in this early police detective television series. In the episode titled "The System" , Don Reardon falls for a young woman played by Lola Albright, whose father has a system for beating the horse races. He sells the system to Don. In "The Salted Mine", a friend of Captain Braddock has been cheated with a salted mine. Braddock sets himself up for the same con game but is almost murdered while bringing the con men to justice!
(A-384) B & W ..........approximately 55 minutes total.......$9.98 plus shipping and handling


RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE
Here's another action-adventure television series from the early 1950's starring Jon Hall who was featured at Universal Studios back in the 1940's in exotic island adventures with Maria Montez. Here, he plays a scientist who works in the jungles of Kenya. Episodes represented here are "VOICE IN THE SKY" and "SAVAGE FURY".
(A-394-E) B & W ............approximately 55 minutes..............$20.00 plus shipping and handling

RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE     1952
Rare jungle adventure starring Jon Hall as Dr. Tom Reynolds, physician and scientist, known by the local natives as Ramar, the White Witch Doctor.   Robert Montgomery co-stars as his assistant and friend, Professor Howard Ogden.   THE CROCODILE GOD OF KAAR, MARK OF SHAITAN. In one episode, Ramar stops a human sacrifice! Two action packed shows.
(A-00-MC6) B & W ...............approx.55 minutes...............$19.95 plus S & H


RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE VOL. 2     1952
Jon Hall stars as Ramar, meaning to the natives "White Witch Doctor," with Ray Montgomery as his assistant Professor Howard Ogden.  LADY OF THE LEOPARDS Ramar and Howard discover a beautiful woman imprisoned in a jungle cage.  Does she become a leopard by the full moon...killing innocent natives?  Ramar will find out!    ZOMBIE TERROR Zombies roam the jungle as a mad scientist converts natives into zombies with an elaborate ray gun.
(A-00-MC137) B & W ...............approx. 55 minutes...............$19.95 plus S & H


RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE VOLUME #3   1952
More jungle excitement!  DARK VENTURE Ramar finds the lives of many natives are at stake.  A ruthless woman scientist is obsessed with testing her invention, a lethal atomic gas, on a village of peaceful natives.  Ramar and Howard must stop this hideous experiment!  HIDDEN TREASURE A medallion hidden by a dying man leads Ramar and Howard to the sacred temple of Kaleb.  There they witness a holy ceremony where a high priest is buried alive!  Discover with Ramar the secret of the temple!
(A-00-MC138)   B & W ...............approx. 55 minutes...................$19.95 plus S & H


RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE  Volume #4   1952
Jon Hall is Ramar, seen by the natives as a "White Witch Doctor," with Ray Montgomery as his assistant Professor Howard Ogden.  BRIDE OF THE IDOL   Ramar saves a girl who is to be married to an idol and sealed in a tomb.  WHITE MANS MAGIC Ramar and Professor Howard find a ventriloquist (Max Terhune) wandering in the jungle with his dummy called Albert.  The natives think Albert is a God, not realizing Albert contains stolen radium that can be fatal to anyone close.
(A-00-MC263)   B & W ...............approx. 55 minutes....................$19.95 plus S & H

 

Robert Montgomery Presents
Excellent live TV hosted by Robert Montgomery. LONGING FOR TO GO stars Lenka Peterson and Robert Culp. Go into an actual TV studio at NBC in 1957 and see the making of a TV show while enjoying the romantic comedy of the producer and his girl "Friday" who's looking for more than a work relationship.
(A-00-MC31) ....................55 minutes....................$19.95 plus S & H


ROBIN HOOD VOLUME #1 1955, 1956
Richard Greene stars in this swashbuckling series set in Sherwood Forest.  Enjoy the exploits with Little John, Friar Tuck, and Robin Hood's love interest, Maid Marian.   Donald Pleasance plays the evil Prince John.  THE HIGHLANDER,  TABLES TURNED   Complete with commercials.
(A-00-MC107)  B & W ................60 minutes...................$19.95 plus S & H


ROBIN HOOD VOLUME #2 1957, 1958
More action! DOWREY, ISABELLA   All commercials as aired.
(A-00-MC108)  B & W ...............60 minutes....................$19.95 plus  S & H

 

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SCHLITZ PLAYHOUSE OF STARS (1953) 
Great shows containing all the original Schlitz commercials. Excellent performances, the best of early TV. CLOSED DOOR Stars Gene Lockhart aired 11-27-53  NO COMPROMISE Stars Stephen McNally aired 12-11-53. 
(A-00-MC-114) ............................60 minutes .......................$19.95

SCIENCE FICTION TV Vol 1
Screen legend James Dean stars in " THE EVIL WITHIN" from the days of live televison in this futuristic science fiction story. Henry Jones stars in " THE SPIDER'S WEB". Anton Diffrering stars in "TALES OF FRANKENSTEIN" directed by Curt Siodmak. In this pilot episode, Dr. Frankenstein creates the monster (portrayed by Don Megowan) but must replace the criminal brain the monster has. When a dying man and his wife appeal to Dr. Frankenstein to save him, he refuses. After the man's death, Dr. Frankenstein robs the grave and puts the man's brain into the monster. Also Lon Chaney, Jr. stars as "FRANKENSTEIN" in a 1952 live presentation.
(A-261) B & W...........2 hours total................................$19.98 plus shipping and handling

SCIENCE FICTION TV Vol. 2
This edition concentrates on children's science fiction rather than the adult style of volume one. Alvy Moore guests as the Governor's son in an episode of "SPACE PATROL". Then two episodes of "FLASH GORDON" are offered. "The Brain Machine" and "The Breath of Death" are the episodes.
(A-262) B & W ..........approximately 90 minutes........$14.98 plus shipping and handling

SCIENCE FICTION TV Vol. 3
Here are three episodes from "SPACE PATROL". Travel into the future with Buzz Corey, commander and chief of the Space Patrol. This children's science fiction adventure series starred Ed Kenner and Lynne Osborn in a feature length kinescope of the popular series titled "Sorcerers From Outer Space".
(A-263-E) B & W ...............approximately 80 minutes...$20.00 plus shipping and handling

SCIENCE FICTION TV Vol. 4
In an attempt to rival "The Twilight Zone", ONE STEP BEYOND was an anthology series of tales of the occult and supernatural based on actual case histories. Hosted and directed by John Newland, the productions were very atmospheric and suitably eerie for ghostly tales. Two episodes offered here are "TONIGHT AT 12:17" and "EARTHQUAKE".
(A-264-E) B & W ................approximately 55 minutes...$20.00 plus shipping and handling
 

SOAPERS
A nostalgic look at soap operas of TV's early days. All feature the original commercials. INNER FLAME (3-29-55)GUIDING LIGHT (2-17-53)SEARCH FOR TOMORROW (2-22-52) LOVE OF LIFE (6-9-53)
(A-00-MC2) .........60 minutes $19.95
 

MORE SOAPERS
Another nostalgic look at the soap operas of yesteryear. Great hokey commercials include Corned Beef Hash Pie, Wizard Spray Deodorizer, Ivory Bar Soap for dishes, Melcalose Tablets, and more. VALIANT LADY (11-2-53)GUIDING LIGHT (5-22-53)SEARCH FOR TOMORROW (4-3-53)LOVE OF LIFE (4-22-52)
(A-00-MC57)...................................................60 minutes .............................................$19.95

SOAPERS Vol. #3   1953-1960
Four complete soap operas from TV's past.  The commercials are a hoot, with some surprise guests!  THE BRIGHTER DAY  1955, 1960  One episode has Dr. Hamilton (Larry Ward) involved in a scandal.  In the other, the daughter graduates college.  SEARCH FOR TOMORROW  1953, 1960.  Look for Don Knotts in a coma on the verge of waking up.  Larry Hagman gives advice to a girl teenager.  You can see the future role of  "J.R." shining through!   Commercials include Cheer, Shasta Shampoo, Mr. Clean, Spic & Span, Ivory Snow, Cascade, and more! 
(A-00-MC284) .........................................60 minutes.................................................  $19.95

SOAPERS   Vol. #4 
THE EDGE OF NIGHT 1964/ THE SECRET STORM 1966
The sagas continue!  EDGE OF NIGHT  Martha (Teri Keane) cancels a dinner date with Bill (Mandel Kramer) to help a sick friend. Liz (Ludi Claire) calls and invites Bill to dinner. Captain Griffin (James Mitchell aka Palmer Cortlandt on All My Children) takes a bribe.  SECRET STORM   Newlyweds Jerry (Peter White) and Hope (Pamela Raymond ) move into a new apartment.  Jealous Matthew (John Colicos) and Sally plot to come between them.  Both prints contain all the original commercials. 
(A-00-MC286) ..........................................60 minutes....................................................  $19.95



SIR LANCELOT: THE EARLIEST EPISODES  1956
William Russell stars as Sir Lancelot, a knight of the Round Table, in this series authentically filmed in England. LESSER BREED This rare color episode is the pilot produced to sell the series.  King Arthur sends Lancelot and Brian the Squire to investigate a sea monster carrying villagers off to sea.   THE KNIGHT WITH THE RED PLUMAGE  In this first episode of the series, Sir Lancelot seeks to join the Knights of the Round Table. In order to get an audience with King Arthur, he must battle other knights to show his worth. 
(A-00-MC207) ..........55 minutes COLOR and b-w ................$19.95 plus S & H


SIR LANCELOT
This action adventure televison series starred William Russell in a series based on the days of King Arthur. It was produced in 1956 by NBC. Episodes represented here are "THE BLACK CASTLE" and "THIEF OF EXCALIBUR".
(A-300-E) B & W .......approximately 55 minutes total.......$20.00 plus shipping and handling


THE STAR AND THE STORY
This is one of the many anthology shows that featured different actors in different stories each week rather than a recurring character or format. This tape combines two episodes. The first stars Dick Powell in "The House Always Wins". The second story stars Peter Lorre and Hillary Brooke in "The Blue Landscape". Two more bonus shows starring Jam Sterling and Teresa Wright are also included on this edition
(A-407) B & W ........approximately 100 minutes total......$9.98 plus shipping and handling

STUDIO ONE   1950
THE HORSE’S MOUTH  Burgess Meredith stars as the cantankerous, conniving, and lovable starving artist who wants to paint his last masterpiece.  The problem is his modern style favors nudes in his paintings; this film is zany, funny, and refreshing comedy fun. Sally Gracie, Peter Martyn, and Robert Craven also star. Commercials intact from Westinghouse including an entertainment center with a TV, radio, and record player! 
(A-00-MC208) ....................approx 60 minutes ....................$19.95 plus S & H


STUDIO ONE    1950
Highly charged suspense will keep you on the edge of your seat in this outstanding live performance.  Peggy Ann Gardner, Catherine Nesbitt, and Laurence Hugo star in STRANGE COMPANION.  A man meets a mysterious beautiful woman at a concert who has multiple personalities and lives in an imaginary dream world.  When the woman’s older lady “companion” puts a stop to the romance, she seeks a chilling and unusual form of revenge.  Commercials intact.
(A-00-MC209) ....................approx 60 minutes....................$19.95 plus S & H

TERRY AND THE PIRATES 1952 and  JOE PALOOKA STORY 1954
TERRY AND THE PIRATES is a rare adventure series staring John Baer as Terry Lee, an American Colonel airplane pilot searching for a lost gold mine in the Far East. William Tracy plays Hotshot Charlie, who eats explosives disguised as meat on the plane!  THE JOE PALOOKA STORY Here’s another great episode of the series starring Joe Kirkwood, Jr. as Joe Palooka, the honest & upright boxing champ. Also stars Cathy Downs and Maxie Rosenbloom. Max thinks he is terminally ill, so he decides to celebrate. Of course, it is all a mistake!
(A-00-MC30) B & W ...............approx. 55 minutes...............$19.95 plus S & H


TERRY AND THE PIRATES  1952
Action packed adventure in the Orient...the stories of two pilots, Terry Lee and Hotshot Charley, and their adventures carrying freight in a DC-7 for their oriental boss, Chopstick Joe. Starring John Baer as Terry, Walter Tracy as Hot Shot Charley, and Jack Reitzen as Chopstick Joe.  GREEN GOD  A beautiful night club singer (Phyllis Coates) has a keen interest in a statue of a Green God idol linked to missing treasure stolen from a museum. MARTLAND AFFAIR The Dragon Lady (Gloria Saunders) involves Chopstick Joe in a plot to sell a boatload of rice not fit for human consumption.
(A-00-MC220)   B & W ...............approx. 55 minutes..............$19.95 plus S & H


TRIAL OF SHOELESS JOE JACKSON
The infamous "Black" Sox scandal of the 1919 Baseball World Series saw eight men banned from the game for throwing the World Series. This dramatic play takes the true facts and people involved and presents a hearing in a courtroom-like setting where we get to hear witnesses for and against one of the eight men who maintained his innocence to his dying day. This is the same video as listed in the sports section of this web site.
(A-413) B & W ..........approximately one hour ...................$14.98 plus shipping and handling


TV's Flops, Retreads and Hits
This is a collection of TV season promos for various shows by the networks. Some shows touted never lasted, some were retreads (like Chico & the Man without Chico! and Night Gallery with Rod Serling) and some became hits. The following shows include "Legend of Jesse James", "A Man Called Shenandoah", "F-Troupe", "Gidget","The Big Valley", "O.K. Crackeby" starring Burl Ives, "The Long Hot Summer", "Tammy",  private eye"Honey West","The F.B.I.", "Land of the Giants", "Ben Casey", "Shindig", "The King Family", "Patty Duke Show", "Lawrence Welk", "Hollywood Palace", "Jimmy Dean", "12 O'Clock High". "Night Gallery" was a Twilight Zone retread hosted by Rod Serling with extended clips from the series featuring E.G. Marshall, Desi Arnaz Jr., Victor Buono, John Carridine, Geraldine Page, Elsa Lanchester, Burl Ives, David Wayne Jane Wyman, Caesar Romero, William Shatner, Burgess Meredeth, Ray Milland, Vincent Price, and more. "Gentle Ben", "Carol Burnett", "Good Morning World" with Ronnie Schell, Joby Baker and Billy DeWolf, "He and She" with Paula Prentess and Richard Benjamin and Jack Cassidy, "Dundee and the Culhane" with John Mills, Sean Garrison and Charles Bronson, "Cimarron Strip" with Stuart Whitman, "Mannix" with Mike Connors,criminal lawyers "Rosetti & Ryan" with Tony Roberts & Squire Frydell, "C.H.I.P.S." with Eric Estrada, "The Oregon Trail" with Rod Taylor, "Richard Pryor Show", a socio-concious problem play show called "What Really Happened to the Class of '65?" (it got cancelled), a Dallas wannabe called "Big Hawaii", a science fiction adventure "Man From Atlantis".  More re-treads with "Chico and the Man" without the dead Chico, "Sanford Arms" without Sanford or Son. Then there was "event programming" and mini-series including scenes from   "The Godfather Saga" premiere of the complete novel for TV. Also mini-series "Aspen", "79 Park Avenue" ,"Wheels", "Centennial", etc. Also big theatrical movies on TV sych as "Rooster Cogburn", "Prisioner of 2nd Ave.", "Hard Times", "Little Big Man", "Farewell My Lovely", "The Hindenburg", "Family Plot". Movies for TV include "In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlin", Frank Sinatra in "Contract on Cherry St.", "King", "Ziegfeld", "My Luke and I" and others.
(A-800 ) Color & B & W .............approximately 90 minutes total.........14.98 plus shipping & handling


TELEPHONE TIME #431
CBS produced this series during the 1956-1957 season based on true stories collected by host John Nesbitt. Remember John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" series in the theaters? Produced at the Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, this volume contains "The Golden Junkman" starring Lon Chaney Jr. Also on this volume is "Vicksburg" starring Gene Lockhart.
(A-431-E) B & W  .................................................................$20.00 plus shipping and handling


TELEPHONE TIME #432
This second volume features Bette Davis in "STRANDED". Also on this tape is Emmett Kelly in "THE CAPTAIN FROM KOPANCEK".
(A-432-E) B & W.................................$20.00 plus shipping and handling
 

TELEPHONE TIME #148
Hosted by John Nesbitt, with all commercials intact in these full network versions.  BOARDERS AWAY (1956) The WW2  story of Captain Dan Gallery.  He convinced his superiors he could capture a German U-boat.  See the top secret preparation, the planning for booby traps, and the actual boarding and capturing of the U-505 German submarine.  This harrowing feat led to the capture of the German code books which helped shorten the war. This episode stars Arthur Space, James Dobson, and look for Scotty Beckett ("Winky" from Rocky Jones).  BULLET LOU KIRN (1957) Alan Baxter plays Lou Kirn, a Navy football star in 1931, a Squadron Commander during WW2, and a man faced with his biggest challenge in 1954...a dread form of paralysis.  During this personal battle he reaches out to save a paralyzed boy (young Johnny Crawford from "Rifleman").  A true story of courage--Kirn promises to walk if the boy will walk too!  Also starring Harold J. Stone and Herbert Rudley.
(A-00-MC-148) ......................60 minutes.......................$19.95
 

TELEPHONE TIME #90
This popular series was based on true events. All commercials intact.  STRANDED Hosted by John Nesbitt and starring Bette Davis as a teacher who saves the lives of her pupils during a terrible storm. Look for Ed Byrnes in a minor role.   NOVEL APPEAL Stars Claudette Colbert as an author who frees an innocent man from prison. John Carradine is among the guest stars. This show is hosted by Dr. Frank Baxter, and there is a promo for Our Mr. Sun (see MC-53).
(A-00-MC-90)...................60 minutes .............................$19.95
 

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UNAIRED PILOTS VOL. #2 Westerns
DANIEL BOONE and FREMONT THE TRAILBLAZER  (1955, 1956) 
The TV series that never made it. Can you figure out why?  DAN'L BOONE Bruce Bennett plays the famed frontiersman, with Lon Chaney Jr. as the Shawnee Chief "Blackfish."  Daniel is in the middle of an Indian uprising caused by crooked white men.  He proves his worth by running through rows of tomahawk-wielding Indians. The chief and Daniel become friends when he saves the Chief's son.  Action abounds, for peace can come to Doonsboro only if the treacherous traitor is found. 
FREMONT THE TRAILBLAZER  Follow the exploits of the explorer where "from the ashes of his campfire have sprung cities."  Fremont (Steve Cochran) leaves a beautiful woman (Barbara Wilson)  to record trails of land seen only by Mountain Men. Kit Carson (James Gavin) helps guide Fremont through untamed wilderness where they find Soo Indians, a viciously slaughtered scout left to warn those who proceed, and an endless desert.  This is just a sampling of the adventure Fremont and Kit encounter on their ongoing adventure.
(A-00-MC-154 )....................approx 55 minutes..............................60 minutes  $19.95

UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR   1953
Sterling performances highlight this "live" UNITED STATES STEEL HOUR from 1953 that describes the psychological torment our American G.I.’s faced when they returned to the U.S. after being in communist prison camps. Questions of heroes, courage, and cowardice are explored in a time when "brainwashing" was a new phenomena. The story takes place in an army hospital and stars Gary Merril, Phillis Kirk, Richard Kiley, and Brian Keith.
(A-00-MC54) ....................55 minutes....................$19.95 plus S & H

WIRE SERVICE  (1956)
THE DEEP END  Adventure series takes you along on the global investigations of wire service reporters for the Trans Globe News.  A teenager in a sinister hot rod stalks victims on the road and murders them!  Boys will be boys!   This episode stars George Brent as reporter Gene Evans, with Margaret Hayes and Larry Pennell.
(A-00-MC81) .................................55 minutes ................................... $19.95

WIRE SERVICE   (1956) 
Mercedes McCambridge stars as reporter Kate Wells.  Episode: HIDEOUT $
(A-00-MC270) ......................................................................................19.95

X-Y-Z

YOU ARE THERE Vol 1
This early television series took historical events and framed them as though you were watching them live as it happened with interviews of people involved. A great introductory learning tool for history buffs! This volume includes "Napoleon's Return" , "Capture of John Wilkes Booth", "Whitney's Cotton Gin" and "Tragedy of John Milton".
(A-291) B & W ..........approximately 2 hours total...............$14.98 plus shipping and handling

YOU ARE THERE Vol 2
This collection features "Dewey at Manilla", "Stanley Finds Livingston", "The Resolve of Patrick Henry", and "The Signing of The Declaration of Independence".
(A-292) B & W ..........approximately 2 hours total...............$14.98 plus shipping and handling

YOU ARE THERE Vol 3
In this compilation are "The Mona Lisa", "The story of Lou Gehrig", "Clara Barton", and "Cornwallis at Yorktown".
(A-293) B & W ..........approximately 2 hours total................$14.98 plus shipping and handling

YOU ARE THERE Vol. 4
Included in this collection are "Comstock Silver Strike", "Decatur's Raid at Tripoli", "Sinking of the Titanic", and "The End of the Dalton Gang".
(A-294) B & W..........approximately 2 hours total.................$14.98 plus shipping and handling

Loretta Young Show Vol. 3    (1960)
Beautiful Loretta Young hosts and stars in these exceptional episodes. CONDITIONAL SURRENDER  Loretta shows a clever wife can see through her husband!  When  husband (John Newland) asks for a divorce, Loretta's comical solution is to stop cooking and doing household chores while she shows her husband with the wandering eye life won't be easy without her!   Co-staring Patricia Blair.  THE LONG NIGHT Loretta and her family have new neighbors in the house next door.  A tragedy leads to the highly emotional climax, showing a man should recognize and love his wife in this fragile world.
(A-00-MC172) ..............approx 55 minutes total ............... $19.95 plus S & H

Loretta Young Show Vol. 4 1960, 1955
Beautiful Loretta Young stars in these exceptional episodes.  FAIR EXCHANGE  Advice for Loretta’s best friend leads to the story of a stolen kiss in the night by an admiring neighbor.  CLARA SCHULMAN  Clara, a talented concert pianist, marries composer Robert Schulman in 1840.  Follow the joys and tragedies endured while married to a creative genius. Co-stars George Nader. First show has commercials intact!
(A-00-MC260) ...............approx 57 minutes ...............$19.95 plus S & H

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