The soundtracks from Sony Music’s MOD CD’s highlight this issue as DVD film fans prefer the CD audio quality and packaging an on-demand compact disc provides. There is much much more in the Sony catalog besides soundtracks, so if you are a music online retailer, what better way to provide your customer with the best content shopping experience? They”ll know that no title is out of stock or that they won’t have to deal with back-orders.  With MOD all titles are 100% ready to ship - they’re made when they order! 

Enjoy the sights and sounds of the AV MOD Collection.  

Richard Skillman  

Vice President, Allied Vaughn  

Fox Cinema Archives has really delivered this month too, with two major offerings. On the heels of Seth MacFarlane’s debut as the host of the Oscars, they’ve released his “Family Guy” spin-off, “The Cleveland Show Season 3″. The series has a strong following and should provide retailers with even more contemporary television programs to retail.

In keeping with the attention the Oscars generate, a fantastic wave of titles featuring Academy winners and nominees have also been released from Fox. If you’re not offering these in your retail operation, this is a great series to start with. And, if you’re a Studio like Apprehensive Films, what better way to connect your content with today’s DVD collector? 

Best of success to you in 2013,

Richard Skillman 

Vice President, Allied Vaughn  

Classic film and television is by no means out of favor by consumers either, and our archive studio, American Pop, brings to the market remastered shows such as “My Little Margie” and ” Lawrence Welk”. Remember also, no title is out of stock, all are 100% ready to ship. 

 Best of success to you in 2013,

 Richard Skillman  

Vice President, Allied Vaughn  

As a former Detroit-er, they also offer up BIKER ZOMBIES FROM DETROIT..and I thought I only had to worry about the Lions. Anyway, dear retailers, promote away as all titles are 100% on demand and ready to ship, never a title out of stock.

That also applies to our new CD library from Essential Media, I offer up suggestions below to increase your online retail sales with holiday specific music collections from the EMG Catalog. Check out the metadata today, we have 3000 titles – classics, soundtracks, dance mixes..there is much to choose from.

Enjoy! 

Best of success to you in 2013,

 Richard Skillman  

Vice President, Allied Vaughn  

Valentine’s Day Music: A Fine Selection Of Romantic Classics  A unique and wide assortment of wonderful vocalists spanning various eras and styles make for a very interesting selection of romantic classics. From Al Jarreau’s rendition of the Al Green chestnut “Let’s Stay Together” to the Mills Brothers classic stand  Various Artists

Romantic Rumbas And Sizzling Salsas (Digitally Remastered)  Rumba has its roots in Afro-Cuban music and has remained one of the most popular forms of Latin music. This recording provides a classic example of the form, performed by a master ensemble. Digitally remastered.        

The Rumba Orchestra

Romantic Music Of Spain (Digitally Remastered) From the Period Records archive, the master cellist’s definitve recording of works by De Falla, Torroba, Granados, Albeniz and Cassado.

Newly remastered. Janos Starker

Sings Romantic Arias From Favorite Operas (Digitally Remastered)  One of Hawaii’s most famous legendary entertainers, Charles K.L. Davis was an extraordinary singer with an operatic voice who mostly performed a classic Hawaiian repertoire. In 1959 Charles won the Metropolitan Opera auditions in New York. Charles K.L. Davis

The French Romantic Piano Of Aldo Ciccolini (Digitally Remastered) Classical  Italian born pianist Aldo Ciccolini began his performing career at the age of 16 in 1941, and in 1949 won the prestigious Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud piano competition in Paris. He became a French citizen in 1969 and has done much to champion the piano. Aldo Ciccolini

Celtic Classic Treasures (Digitally Remastered)  The acknowledged masters of Irish folksong, The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem have been at the epicenter of the Celtic folk movement for almost five decades now. This newly remastered version of their classic album, recorded for the Tradition label. The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem and Friends

Come Fill Your Glass With Us (Digitally Remastered)    This classic 1959 album propelled the Clancy’s to world-wide fame and is considered THE quintessential Irish drinking album of all time. The perfect soundtrack for a late-night Irish drinking party – the songs – pub standards all, include “Whisky You’re T    The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

The Bonnie Bunch Of Roses (Digitally Remastered)    Seamus Ennis was one of Ireland’s most influential musicians, had an extraordinary command of the uillean pipes as well as singing in both English and Gaelic, and was considered to be one of the leading authorities on traditional Irish music. 

 Seamus Ennis

Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies (Digitally Remastered)    Robin Roberts was a talented singer of English and Irish ballads who performed in the New York area during the folk revival years of the late 1950′s and early 1960′s. This classic album stands as one of the only documents of her unique singing style from    Robin Roberts

Through Bushes And Briars And Other Songs Of The British Isles (Digitally Remastered)    Isla Cameron was one of the key figures in England’s postwar folk song revival. Cameron became one of the most popular woman folk singers of her day, and performed regularly in clubs throughout the British Isles. Her classic album from the late 1950′s Isla Cameron

I Am The Wee Falorie Man: Folk Songs Of Ireland (Digitally Remastered)  This classic folk album from 1959, features the vocals and guitar of influential Irish singer/ filmmaker/ David Hammond, the Belfast native credited with introducing the singer Van Morrison to Irish traditional music.

Best of success to you in 2013,

Richard Skillman 

Vice President, Allied Vaughn  

Battle Zone    1952    Reenlisting to serve in Korea, Master Sgt. Danny Young (John Hodiak) launches a second front when he discovers the Red Cross nurse (Linda Christian) he once dated is engaged to fellow combat photographer Sgt. Mitch Turner (Stephen McNally). Their rivalry, however, is soon put aside when they volunteer to gather intelligence from deep behind enemy lines. Accompanied by a squad of Marines, Young and Turner infiltrate the north as they battle the Reds on a perilous mission from which they may never return.

Featuring early appearances by Martin Milner, Jack Larson and Charles Bronson, Battle Zone was written by Steve Fisher, whose original story for Destination Tokyo earned him a 1943 Oscar® nomination. One of the few pulp writers to make a successful transition to the screen, Fisher was responsible for the classic noirs I Wake Up Screaming, Dead Reckoning and Lady in the Lake as well as episodes of Combat!, Cannon and dozens more.    

Warner Bros.    John Hodiak, Stephen Mcnally, Martin Milner, Linda Christian

God’s Gift to Women    1931    ”If you want to live, you must follow the tranquil existence of an oyster,” the eminent cardiologist warns his terrified patient. “No excitement and no women. One kiss and you die!”  Mon Dieu! No kissing? That’s the kiss of death for ladies’ man Toto Duryea. And especially now, when he’s found the woman who has won his heart forever. Too bad that heart is one sick ticker.

Vaudeville and stage star Frank Fay portrays Toto in this jaunty pre-Code bedroom farce set in Paris and directed by the legendary Michael Curtiz (Casablanca, Life With Father). Vivacious kewpie doll Joan Blondell and flapper femme fatale Louise Brooks are among former lovers who rush to Toto’s bedside eager to provide comfort. But he rejects them all for a hard-to-get American beauty (Laura LaPlante) whose lips have touched his only once. And oh how he longs to repeat the experience. Will Toto give his life for one more heavenly smooch?    Warner Bros.    Frank Fay, Joan Blondell, Louise Brooks

Hitler   1962  Richard Basehart delivers an incendiary performance as history’s most notorious madman in this searing exposé of The Private Life of Adolf Hitler.

A semi-factual account of the Füehrer’s rise and fall, this rarely seen film follows Hitler’s political career from the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 to his suicide in a Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. Inspired by a 1959 interview with a woman who claimed to be his lover, Hitler mixes historical fact with the theory that impotence and an Oedipal complex fueled the Füehrer’s psychotic quest for power. Costarring John Banner (Hogan’s Heroes) and Cordula Trantow in a Golden Globe®-nominated* performance as the Füehrer’s beloved niece Geli, Hitler was the final film directed by Stuart Heisler, whose career spawned hits in a wide range of genres including mystery (The Glass Key), comedy (Along Came Jones), musicals (Blue Skies) and drama (Storm Warning).    

Warner Bros.    Richard Basehart, Maria Emo, John Banner

I Escaped From The Gestapo   1943  Ordered to bust convicted forger Torgut Lane (Dean Jagger) out of prison, Nazi agents deliver him to their Los Angeles hideout, where the spies’ leader (John Carradine) forces him to produce counterfeit bills to undermine the Allied war effort. Failing at his attempts to make an escape, Lane engraves a message on one of the plates in a daring attempt to tip off the Feds and foil the saboteurs’ plans. Although Mary Brian (The Virginian) played the female lead in I Escaped from the Gestapo, the part was originally intended for Frances Farmer. Arrested for assaulting a hairdresser during her first day of shooting, the troubled actress was committed to a sanitarium, her footage in a montage sequence marking Farmer’s last screen appearance for 15 years.    

Warner Bros.    Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Mary Brian

It’s Tough to be Famous  1932 Out of the deep blue sea…into the turbulent fishbowl of fame. After heroically saving his crew from disaster aboard a navy submarine, Scotty McClenahan becomes an overnight celebrity. Lucrative job offers roll in. Banquets, newspapers and ticker-tape parades hail him. Advertisers want his endorsements. Passersby want his handshake. Meanwhile, a buzzsaw of a press agent keeps events snapping and spiraling. And Scotty, too private a man to enjoy the adoring glare of the public eye, feels he is “walking a tightrope on roller skates.” The pell-mell pace and privacy intrusions are undermining the one thing he values most: his marriage.

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (Gunga Din) portrays Scotty, Mary Brian (1931′s The Front Page) is his wife, and Walter Catlett is a scheming PR man in this satiric comedy-drama whose story was likely inspired by the acclaim that greeted aviator Charles Lindbergh.    

Warner Bros.    Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Mary Brian,  Walter Catlett

At the Chef’s Table Season One    2009  During the complete season 1 (20 Episodes) of this popular PBS Series. we celebrate the unique interaction between chef and guest. Host Alex Boylan travels coast to coast into America’s most celebrated eateries and gets behind-the-scenes access to some of the hottest chefs as they prepare for their best “Chef’s Table”.

Monarch    Alex Boylan,Chef Randy Evans, Chef Tim Keating,  Chef Jesse Llapitan, Chef James Boyce, Chef Scrimgeour, Executive Chef John Doherty, Chef Patrick O’Connell, Chef Terrance Brennan, Chef Alelli, ChefNeil Murphy, Chef Rod Williams, Chef Adrian Hoffman, Chef Emile Mooser, Chef Rick Tramonto, Chef Michelle Bernstein,

Animal Attractions Season One, Two and Three All three seasons are now available of this popular PBS series of entertaining and informative segments that presents true-to-life stories of heroic dogs, therapy cats, and natural born performers.  Features regular segments on pet health questions and answers, and how to have a better relationship with your pet.  

 Monarch    Ronald White. Alex Boylan, Megan Blake, Chrishauda Lee

Ali Baba Goes to Town 1937  A hobo brings a New Deal to ancient Baghdad when he’s transported back in time and mistaken for Ali Baba.    

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation    Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin

Beautiful Blonde From Bashful Bend 1949 A girl from the West accidentally shoots a judge and flees to a small town where she poses as a schoolteacher.    

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation    Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, Rudy Vallee

The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox  1976 Chased by a gang of outlaws, a dance hall hooker and a card shark travel to Salt Lake City with a wagon train of Mormons. Their unorthodox views of life lead the two to fall in love in this loopy western.    

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation    George Segal, Goldie Hawn, Thayer David, Conrad Janis

Professional Soldier 1935 A mercenary is hired to kidnap a young Prince – who turns out to be grateful to be kidnapped.    

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation    Victor McLaglen, Freddie Bartholomew

The Mudlark 1950  In 1875 London, a young boy who lives by scavenging on the banks of the River Thames finds a coin with an image of Queen Victoria and risks his life to meet her in person.    Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation    Irene Dunne, Alec Guiness, Andrew Ray, Beatrice Campbell, Finlay Currie, Anthony Steel

Cannon Season 3 Frank Cannon (William Conrad) is back and keeping the streets of Los Angeles safe in the action-packed third season of CANNON. Taking on everyone from a kidnapper to an incarcerated burglar to a psychopathic killer, Canon does not disappoint. Los Angeles’ one-man police force makes sure that crime doesn’t pay. All 24 episodes of the hard-hitting series return in this DVD set that delivers so much excitement and thrills, you won’t want to miss it! Special features include episodic promos.   CBS Home Entertainment    William Conrad

NYC 22 (2012)  “In the concrete jungle of New York City, there’s a thin blue line between law-abiding citizens and ruthless criminals. NYC 22 follows six diverse rookie cops from Upper Manhattan’s 22nd precinct as they clash with gangs, violent offenders and petty crooks. The series stars Terry Kinney, Adam Goldberg, Leelee Sobieski, Stark Sands, Judy Marte, Harold House Moore, Tom Reed and Felix Solis.

The Best of Kids Say the Darndest Things, Vol. 1  Relive the memories and share some laughter with this great collection of the funniest moments of Art Linkletters beloved television interviews,Kids Say the Darndest Things.This hilarious DVD introduced and hosted by Art Linkletter captures the timeless wit and wisdom of children, and gives us a unique perspective of life through kids eyes. Youll laugh again and again to nearly 2 hours of charming childhood insights and discover that kids do indeed say the darndest things in this one-of-a-kind DVD. CBS Home Entertainment    Art Linkletter

Richard Skillman 

Vice President, Allied Vaughn  

Warner Archives blazes the MOD retail trail once again by adding Blu-Ray titles to its catalog, starting with “Gypsy” and “Deathtrap”..more from Warner below.

 Sony Music and Essential Music Group have selected the AV MOD Collection to offer their vast catalogs of CD Music to our Retailers.  With a surprisingly growing consumer preference for disc collecting, you’ll discover popular artists and titles in these collections that are difficult to find anywhere. And of course, they’re all made on demand, no backorders, 100% ready to ship.  

 Michael Rigby, Allied’s Music Expert, shares more on the new addition of CD Music below. 

Richard Skillman 

Vice President, Allied Vaughn  

EMG Music and SONY Music Join the AV MOD Collection
  

As we know, the industry has been through quite a journey and transition over the past ten years following the introduction of Apple’s now ubiquitous iPod. The past couple of years have seen a stabilizing of sales channels and formats. While the news media tends to focus on the disruptive nature of digital sales, the reality is that the physical CD is alive and doing quite well.

The industry’s leading aggregator of sales data, Nielsen SoundScan, reported that for the most recent full year of reporting (2011) sales of full length albums sold 330.6 million units in the United States alone. Of that total 227.5 million, 69%, were physical CDs. Another way of looking at it is 4.4 million CDs were sold every week in the U.S!

Interestingly, and not to be overlooked, vinyl albums saw a healthy 36% increase over 2010 with sales of 3.9 million. In fact that was the highest sales of LPs since 1991!

What these statistics illustrate is there is a huge market for music and the consumer has more choices than ever before. And while digital sales remain strong It also shows that millions of consumers still buy CDs and will continue doing so for many years to come.

Since the introduction of CDs back in 1983 more than half a million titles have been released. Today, with retail floor space for CDs continuing to shrink there are about 150,000 titles in print. This means that, literally, hundreds of thousands of CD titles have been delisted and are currently out-of-print.

Before the advent of on-demand manufacturing the minimum quantity of a title required to support traditional manufacturing was prohibitive, resulting in these titles remaining unavailable…until now. Music labels, like the film studios, see that an on-demand solution offers the potential to, literally, make every title ever released available again.

So with the physical CD being alive and well, coupled with the music labels opening of their vaults, Allied Vaughn believes a significant, profitable, and rapidly growing, business is available to our online retail partners.   

We are confident our retail partners will want to capture this new business and Allied Vaughn makes it easy for you to plug into our rapidly growing title library. Please contact us today.

Michael Rigby

AV MOD Audio Collection 

This is the week for incredible sales and consumer activity..and the Studios and Networks supporting the AV MOD Collection have retailers covered with new titles and fantastic DVD promotions. If you haven’t set these titles up in your online retail operations, there’s still time to enjoy year end plus revenue.   

THE AV MOVIE GEEK

HOLIDAY TITLES FROM THE

  

AV MOD COLLECTION

The AV MOD Collection has the collectable DVD holiday titles, here are some classics you shouldn’t overlook in your online offerings this week.. if you do not have these titles, contact us and we’ll show you how!

NUTCRACKER: THE MOTION PICTURE    1986    The colorful holiday classic is finally brought to the big screen, designed by famed children’s story author and artist Maurice Sendak, and written for the first time to be as close as possible to the original story.  A lavish, exciting and heart-warming celebration of dance, music, and life. Based upon the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s original production. Hugh Bigney, Vanessa Sharp, Patricia Barker, Wade Walthall, Julie Harris

The Untold Christmas Story  2008    This feature length documentary is a behind-the-scenes look at the Bob Clark holiday classic “A Christmas Story“. For the first time anywhere sharing never-before-seen photos taken on the movie set over 25 years ago. Don’t miss the interviews with the cast, including Scott Schwartz (Flick) Ian Petrella (Randy). Monarch Home Video

A Flintstone Christmas Collection 1977, 1993    Celebrate the solstice in Stone Age style with these two animated holiday classics, starring America’s favorite pre-historic family. Your first course of holiday cheer from Fred and Co. is 1977′s “A Flintstone Christmas”, in which Fred and Barney must save Christmas when Santa sprains his ankle. There’s one big problem, though – Fred promised Mr. Slate that he will play Santa at the Children’s holiday party. Can Fred and Barney deliver all the toys and still make it back to the party in time? And your second course is 1993′s Emmy® nominated ” A Flintstone Family Christmas” , which gives viewers a glimpse into the later life of the Rubbles and the Flintstones. Awaiting the return of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm (now married with children of their own), Fred and Barney encounter a criminally inclined caveless youth. Fred and Wilma attempt to instill values in the boy, only to find themselves with a most unexpected Christmas gift. Warner Bros. 
 

Classic Christmas Collection – Various TV Episodes  1964-97    This holiday settle in front of the TV with the California Highway Patrol, a Mypos immigrant, and other wacky friends and co-workers, in this wonderful 4-Disc Collection of Vintage TV Series Christmas Episodes. The yuletide season doesn’t mean less work for Dr. Kildare and Dr. Gillespie and for Jon and Ponch of CHiPs. A prized medallion is passed around as a gift in The Courtship of Eddie’s Father. Menorahs, mistletoes and Balky Claus - festive traditions of all kinds – are celebrated on Welcome Back, Kotter and Perfect Strangers. The season is nearly ruined twice: on Eight Is Enough the Bradford family’s presents are stolen and Alice gets stuck in a Christmas blizzard. Mama’s Family debates the fate of Mama’s present, a goose. Keep it as a pet or eat it? The staffs from Veronica’s Closet and Suddenly Susan find Christmas with their co-workers to be the most challenging time of the year. So gather ’round and savor this classic compilation filled overflowing with holiday spirit! Richard Chamberlain, Bill Bixby, Kirstie Alley, Brooke Shields, Erik Estrada Warner Bros.

The Christmas Wife 1982    John Tanner, recently widowed, faces his first Christmas alone. Noticing a newspaper advertisement for “social introductions”, John goes to an agency in search of someone with whom to share Christmas. He meets Iris who, though shy and reserved, is happy to join him on one condition: No questions. Their initial awkwardness is soon relieved by the rituals of the season: trimming the tree, giving gifts, cozy chats by the fireside; and a warm friendship begins to develop. But there’s a secret side to The Christmas Wife that, when revealed, will change both their lives forever.   Jason Robards, Julie Harris HBO

Are you featuring the MGM and Fox DVD Year End Promotion? Contact your AV MOD Customer Service today for all the details! The Promo ends 12/31/12, act now for increasing your consumer traffic and collector satisfaction.

Rob – The Complete Series    2012    ROB! is a culture-clash comedy starring  Rob Schneider as a lifelong bachelor who just married into a tight-knit Mexican-American family. Rob is a successful landscape architect who marries his girlfriend Maggie – a beautiful, smart fashion boutique owner - after a whirlwind romance. After eloping in Las Vegas, Rob soon learns that marrying Maggie means taking on the whole enchilada, including her parents, wacky Uncle Hector and feisty grandmother! Legendary funnyman Cheech Marin and comedy king Eugenio Derbez go mano-a-mano with Schneider in this Mexican standoff between a man who loves his wife and the in-laws who drive him loco. They say you can’t pick your relatives…but with relatable stories and a winning cast, viewers have picked as a favorite family comedy!    CBS Home Entertainment    Rob Schneider, Cheech Marin, Eugenio Derbez

Killer By Night    1972    Two cops are shot dead in cold blood, the killer is on the loose, and a woman lies dying in the hospital of diphtheria. Two completely unrelated cases, but nothing is as it seems in KILLER BY NIGHT. As the highly contagious diphtheria begins claiming more victims, Dr. Larry Ross (Robert Wagner) races to find its source to prevent an outbreak. More concerned with the dead police officers, Captain George Benson (Greg Morris) reluctantly cooperates with Dr. Ross. The deeper the investigations go, the more they seem to have in common, and the key to solving both of them may hinge upon the only person who might be able to identify the gunman- a blind nun. Using the backdrop of a deadly outbreak KILLER BY NIGHT crafts a tense and human thriller. Featuring an original score from the legendary Quincy Jones and an all-star cast led by Robert Wagner and Greg Morris, the film also includes strong supporting performance by Robert Lansing, Theodore Bikel, and Diane Baker.    CBS Home Entertainment    Robert Wagner, Greg Morris, Robert Lansing, Theodore Bikel, Diane Baker

Who is Julia?  1986  WHO IS JULIA? is a science-fiction drama that questions the very nature of identity and what it means to be human in these days of rapid, scientific advancement. When beautiful fashion model, Julia North is struck by a car, a strange and fascinating series of events are set into motion. Elsewhere, an ordinary housewife, Mary Frances (Mare Winningham), has a brain hemorrhage. Both women are presumed dead until their fates are joined in what becomes the first ever brain transplant. After a brilliant surgeon (Jeffrey DeMunn) transplants Julia’s still functioning brain into Mary Frances’ body, Julia must contend with her new face and life. Mary Frances’ husband (Jameson Parker) must also adjust to his wife who looks the same, but has a very different mind operating behind that familiar smile. Two-time Emmy® Award winner* Mare Winningham proves pitch perfect in the difficult dual role making the strange and harrowing tale also a very real glimpse into what could be our near future. *Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for George Wallace (1997) and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special for Amber Waves (1980)”    CBS Home Entertainment    Mare Winningham,  Jeffrey DeMunn, Jameson Parker

Cannon Season 3    1973-1974  Frank Cannon (William Conrad) is back and keeping the streets of Los Angeles safe in the action-packed third season of CANNON. Taking on everyone from a kidnapper to an incarcerated burglar to a psychopathic killer, Canon does not disappoint. Los Angeles’ one-man police force makes sure that crime doesn’t pay. All 24 episodes of the hard-hitting series return in this DVD set that delivers so much excitement and thrills you won’t want to miss it! Special features include episodic promos.     CBS Home Entertainment    William Conrad

Hostage  1988  Carol Burnett, one of America’s all-time entertainment greats, is teamed with her real-life daughter in HOSTAGE – a tense mystery-melodrama. Bonnie Lee (Carrie Hamilton) is a young girl who is falsely imprisoned for attempted murder only to escape after receiving death threats from her deranged father (Leon Russom).  Martha (Carol Burnett) is a lonely widow who is caught in the cross hairs and taken hostage by Bonnie in order to draw attention to her plight.  The two soon find themselves sharing a strange bond on the run from the police as they track down Bonnie’s biological mother – the only one who can prove her innocence. Emmy® Award Winner* Carol Burnett gives a brilliant performance in a dramatic turn as the emotionally shattered widow, and with chemistry to spare, her late daughter Carrie Hamilton proves the perfect counter point.  HOSTAGE crackles with drama, brims with mystery and is not to be missed for the first time on DVD.*1997 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for Mad About You,1975 Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series for The Carol Burnett Show 1974 Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Series for The Carol Burnett Show 1972 Outstanding Variety Series Musical for The Carol Burnett Show 1963 Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program for Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall/An Evening with Carol Burnett,and 1962 Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Musical Program for The Garry Moore Show. CBS Home Entertainment Carol Burnett, Carrie Hamilton

The Cisco Kid 1994   The Cisco Kid rides again in this high-spirited action adventure, starring Jimmy Smits and Cheech Marin. With the juaristas locked in a life-and-death struggle with the armies of France, the fate of Mexico lies with Cisco (Smits) and Pancho (Marin), two unlikely heroes who meet while escaping a French firing squad. Joining forces, the two battle their way to the governor’s palace, where they hope to recover El Nino, a stolen religious artifact that will cost Mexico the war if it’s not returned. Created by O’Henry in 1907, the Cisco Kid was the hero of over two dozen films, three radio series and a long-running TV show. In 1994, the Kid galloped back into action in this original TNT movie directed by La Bamba’s Luis Valdez. Shot on location in Mexico, The Cisco Kid also features the eponymous titled track performed by Cheech Marin and War, an updated version of the band’s 1972 hit.    Jimmy Smits, Cheech Marin, Bruce Payne, Ron Perlman, Sadie Frost

Dream West 1986 Richard Chamberlain heads an all-star cast in this rousing true story about the legendary explorer and politician who mapped and opened the American West. Based on the best-selling book by David Nevin, Dream West follows the adventures of John Charles Fremont (Chamberlain), the Army officer who blazed the Oregon Trail, took California away from Mexico, served as its first governor, came within grasp of the presidency and fought for the Union during the Civil War. Shot over a four-month period on locations in Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Virginia, Utah and California, this seven-hour epic was scripted by novelist Evan Hunter and features an extraordinary cast that includes Alice Krige, Rip Torn, Jerry Orbach, Cameron Mitchell, Mel Ferrer and Oscar® winners* Ben Johnson and F. Murray Abraham. Broadcast in April 1986, Dream West has never been repeated, making it one of the rarest and most requested miniseries in television history. * Ben Johnson: Actor in a Supporting Role (The Last Picture Show, 1971); F. Murray Abraham: Actor in a Leading Role (Amadeus, 1984)    Richard Chamberlain

Dress Gray 1986 Nominated for three 1986 Emmy® Awards including Outstanding Miniseries and Writing, Dress Gray stars Alec Baldwin, Hal Holbrook, Eddie Albert and Lloyd Bridges in Gore Vidal’s explosive adaptation of Lucian K. Truscott IV’s best-selling novel. When freshman cadet David Hand (Patrick Cassidy) is found dead in a river, the evidence shows he’d had sex with an upperclassman before he was deliberately drowned. Intent on avoiding a scandal, Academy commandant General Charles Hedges (Holbrook) suppresses the truth and declares it an accident. But when sergeant cadet Ry Slaight (Baldwin) learns of the cover-up and threatens exposure, he’s forced to find the killer before Hedges can falsify charges and have him expelled.    Eddie Albert, Alec Baldwin, Lloyd Bridges, Patrick Cassidy, Susan Hess, Hal Holbrook, Alexis Smith, Lane Smith, James B. Sikking

Eight Is Enough: The Complete Second Season Part 1 1977 Eight Is Enough began its first full season with a gaping hole in the center – the tragic loss of actress Diana Hyland, who played Bradford matriarch Joan. As the season begins, newspaper columnist Tom Bradford is now a widower and the Bradford clan is still healing. Thanks to the arrival of tutor Sandra Sue “Abby” Abbot (Betty Buckley), smiles come more quickly to the Bradford kids and love might just be in the air for Tom. While Cupid plays his games, the eight Bradford children mix humor and drama while confronting a host of life’s timeless travails as well as some contemporary controversies, from “trial marriage” and trial separations to real weddings, second mortgages and stolen holidays. Notable guests of the Bradfords found in this 4-Disc, 14-Episode collection include Alice’s Beth Howland, plus Don Johnson, Gerald McRaney, Will Geer and Robin Williams.    Dick Van Patten, Betty Buckley, Grant Goodeve, Lani O’Grady, Laurie Walters, Susan Richardson, Dianne Kay, Connie Newton, Willie Aames, Adam Rich

Good Old Boys  1995  Academy Award® winner* Tommy Lee Jones writes, as well as stars and makes his directorial debut in this rousing turn-of-the-century Western based on Elmer Kelton’s popular novel and featuring Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, and Wilford Brimley. It’s the early 1900s, and weather-beaten cowhand Hewey Calloway (Jones) rides in from the vast Texas range after learning his brother’s farm is in danger of foreclosure. Arriving in a nearby town, what the middle-aged roughrider finds amazes,yet threatens him – automobiles and civilized society. Soon the local schoolteacher (Spacek) catches his eye, which places Hewey in a unique situation. Surrounded by his brother’s family and with a strong attraction to the new lady in his life, Calloway is actually considering settling down. But when his freewheeling ranching buddy (Shepard) comes to visit, Hewey begins longing for the old days in the saddle. Torn in both directions, Calloway is now faced with the biggest decision of his life.  Tommy Lee Jones, Terry Kinney, Frances Mcdormand, Sam Shepard, Sissy Spacek, Matt Damon

Hawkins: The Complete TV-Movie Collection  1973-74  A decade before TV saw another silver-haired, slow-drawling Southern shyster with a knack for sleuthing out the truth, MGM welcomed back two titanic talents, TV producer Norman Felton and screen legend Jimmy Stewart, for Hawkins. Stewart played Billy Jim Hawkins in rotation with the Shaft TV movies (Talk about Country Mouse and City Mouse!), solving crimes alongside his cousin RJ (Strother Martin) and a bevy of sensational costars. Bonnie Bedelia plays a troubled young woman accused of familicide, Cameron Mitchell plays a tinseltown spouse facing murder charges, Julie Harris plays an accused mercy killer, William Windom plays a parent with a vendetta, Lew Ayres and James Best play folk caught up in a deadly Civil War re-enactment, James Luisi plays a football pro caught up in foul play, Teresa Wright plays an ex-amour of Bill Jim’s, and Paul Burke and Pernell Roberts play a senator and aide caught up in a slaying.    Jimmy Stewart

Riders Of The Purple Sage  1996  The all-time best-selling Western by novelist Zane Grey comes to the screen! Ride into action with this timeless tale of a proud homesteader who joins forces with a mysterious gunman to protect her land from an entire town that’s turned against her. Ed Harris (Apollo 13, The Firm) and Amy Madigan (Field of Dreams, Places in the Heart) star in this suspenseful, passionate saga set against the breathtaking beauty of the purple badlands.    Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Henry Thomas, Robin Tunney, G.D. Spradlin

Single Ladies: Season 2  2012  Single Ladies is a romantic comedy series about Keisha, Raquel and April – best friends with different philosophies on love, sex and relationships, proving not all women have the same desires. Keisha (LisaRaye McCoy) is a former video dancer who believes in making her own luck, her own money and choosing men with her head instead of her heart. April (Charity Shea,) had found the “perfect” man for the “ideal” marriage – but is learning that marriage does not always mean happily ever after. Season 2 will introduce Raquel (Denise Vasi) a sophisticated business woman coming into her own and calling the shots. Single Ladies is a modern, sexy series set in the world of Atlanta fashion, music, and celebrity that explores women’s different approaches to relationships.

Mob Wives: Chicago    2012    Mob Wives Chicago follows the lives of five women allegedly connected to “The Outfit,” Chicago’s version of the Mob, as they bear the cross for the sins of their Mob-associated fathers. With lives that are right off the pages of a story book, each woman has chosen her own way to live her life in the city that was once home to Al Capone, sometimes in spite of – and many times because of – who her father is. Along the way these women battle their friends, families and each other as they try to do what’s best for themselves and their children. But ultimately, it is the ghost of their fathers they battle, living and dead, as they try to overcome and persevere in the face of these men’s notorious legacies.

The Pauly D Project    2012  The Pauly D Project will give viewers an inside look at Pauly D’s life away from Seaside Heights, NJ, as cameras document his transition from world-famous housemate to world-class DJ with his best friends from his home state of Rhode Island along for the ride. While the 12-episode series retains the trademark humor, swagger and distinctive haircut that fans associate with Pauly D from Jersey Shore, it’s not always all girls, good times and good music. Aiming to become one of the world’s most successful and recognized names in the music industry, viewers will get to see Pauly D chase his dream as he signs a recording contract with rap icon 50 Cent’s G-Note Records, accompanies pop icon Britney Spears on her international “Femme Fatale” tour and tries to balance it all with the array of photo shoots, public appearances and media interviews that are now a part of his everyday life. America knows Pauly D has seven friends for life from the “Shore” house but what they don’t know is that while his star has risen, he’s brought along his friends who were by his side back when he was a struggling DJ and not yet a part of TV’s #1 show. Set to take the music world by storm, the stakes for Pauly D have never been higher. Fame isn’t easy — but with his boys-for-life along for the ride to the top with him, it is sure to be a lot more fun. 

I’m back from the attending the Royal Premiere of “Skyfall” in London and I don’t recall in recent years a film that has been received with as much fanfare and incredible opening week grosses. I was fortunate to accompany AV Dept. contributors, Dave Worrall and Lee Pfeiffer, editors of CinemaRetro Magazine and we enjoyed many of the Bond related events throughout the week. It certainly points to a very strong entertainment season for the remainder of the year and we’re seeing this with our Studio on-demand DVD titles too.  

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99 River Street    1953    A down-on-his-luck boxer, who is reduced to driving a cab, offers to help a would-be actress who is accused of murdering a stage producer…but finds that he must clear his name as well when his wife’s lifeless body turns up in the back of his cab]  Based on a story by George Zuckerman.       
 

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1969)    1968    A film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s famous play in which four lovers sort out their problems with the help of fairies at midnight in the forest of Athens.         
 

THE AMBULANCE  1990    When the woman of his dreams is snatched by a strange ambulance, Josh risks it all to find her.  Looking into a series of similar disappearances involving the phantom ambulance, Josh tracks down a ring of doctors who traffic in human guinea pigs.        
 

The Big Boodle  1956    Errol Flynn plays a croupier in a Havana casino who is falsely accused of counterfeiting pesos. As self-protection, he is forced to uncover a racket involving highly respected banking officials.         
 

Big House, U.S.A.    1955    A tough and realistic crime drama unfolds as ruthless convicts (Broderick Crawford, Charles Bronson, Ralph Meeker, Lon Chaney, Jr., and William Talman) execute a successful prison escape to secure $200,000 in hidden ransom money.        
 

THE BIG NIGHT  1951    A lonely adolescent seeks revenge on the man who mercilessly beat his father.    

BULLSEYE    1990    Michael Caine and Roger Moore play two crooks who are dead ringers for two nuclear scientists who are illegally auctioning off a super energy producing cold fusion technique.         
 

BURIED ALIVE    1990    Using elements of Poe’s short stories, BURIED ALIVE tells the story of Janet Pendelton, a teacher at a correctional school for girls, and the horror she has to face as her students start disappearing.

Cage Of Evil    1960    A detective falls in love with the diamonds–and the girlfriend–of a thief he’s pursuing.          
 

Caged Fury    1989    The evacuation of a prison leads to the kidnapping of a beautiful prison psychologist and the escape of a busload of convicts.   
 

CALIFORNIA    1963    Monterey, California…1841. The people of the Mexican territory unite in their movement to break free of Mexico and apply for admission to the United States.         
 

THE CALLER   1989    The night is long and tension thick as a strange visitor finds his way into the home of a lone woman. The erotic mood builds as undertones of fear quietly begin to surface as a series of twisted, chilling games ensue.        
 

THE CAPTIVE CITY   1952    Robert Wise’s direction, and masterful cinematography by Lee Garmes enhance this taut thriller about a federal investigation into the total corruption of a small town by organized crime.  

THE CARETAKERS   1963    In this emotionally charged drama, Joan Crawford portrays a headstrong nurse who clashes with a crusading psychiatrist (Robert Stack) over the proper care and treatment of a mentally ill patient.         
 

CLOUDBURST    1951    A World War II veteran, working in the British Foreign Office, avenges his wife’s murder.          
 

FATAL CHARM    1992    He may have been convicted of raping and murdering six young women, but to a smitten teenage girl who’s initiated a relationship-by-mail, he’s just a cute guy who couldn’t possibly be guilty.  Did he…or didn’t he?        
 

FOREIGN BODY    1986    In this throwback to the style of the British sex comedies of the 1950s, an itinerant Indian poses as a doctor and soon finds all of the women dying to get him into bed.  Little do they know that six months earlier he was a London bus conductor.        

GETTING IT RIGHT    1989    Gavin Lamb is a 31 year-old virgin who, in just a few days, will lose his virginity to one woman, almost be forced to marry another, and possibly find true love with a third in this hilarious English comedy.        

GHOST WARRIOR    1985    While exploring a cave, two skiers find the body of a 400-year-old samurai warrior entombed in ice. He is brought to the United States in a hush-hush operation and revived through cryosurgery. Unfortunately, he is then forced to battle for his freedom, dignity and life.        

GUN STREET    1962    A sheriff goes in pursuit of an escaped convict who is bent on paying back the people responsible for his imprisonment.          

GUNFIGHTERS OF ABILENE    1960    A gunman receives a request for help from his brother, but arrives too late to save him from the lawless rancher who wanted him dead.          

INHERIT THE WIND      1999    Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott star in this remake of the dramatization of the 1925 Scopes “monkey trial”, in which a schoolmaster is tried for teaching the theory of evolution.       

JENNIFER ON MY MIND    1971    Two wealthy, independent young people meet in Venice and fall in love; as we view their romance in flashbacks, the young woman’s demons bring their affair to darker territory…      

Late for Dinner    1991    Two best friends whose unwitting participation in a bizarre 1962 experiment brings them twenty-nine years into the future. Shocked to find themselves in the loud, rude and expensive new world of 1991, the pair return to their hometown and attempt to re-enter the lives of loved ones left behind so long ago.       

LEATHER JACKETS    1991    Leather-jacketed Elwes and friends rip off and murder a Vietnamese mob bagman, whose associates vow vengeance.  A devastating human drama about love, friendship and the pain of growing up in a world gone wild. Leather Jackets explores the fragile relationship between three friends desperate to make sense of their lives before a brutal act of violence rips them apart.      

Little Cigars    1973    On the lam from her sadistic gangster boyfriend and his two henchmen, a gun moll becomes involved with a team of midgets who are, in reality, crooks.         

MODERN GIRLS    1986    Three young ladies who are looking for love realize that their friendship is more important than romance.          

Report To The Commissioner    1974    This action-loaded drama set in New York City stars Michael Moriarty as a naive rookie cop whose youtful idealism thrusts him into an interdepartmental power play with disastrous consequences.         

Return To Treasure Island    1954    A descendant of Jim Hawkins visits Treasure Island with a priceless map.   

The Spikes Gang    1974    Lee Marvin gives a spellbinding performance as a wounded outlaw who appears as a romantic figure to two impressionable youths (Ron Howard and Gary Grimes). Nursed back to health by the boys, the outlaw enlists them in his robberies…and then callously betrays them.        

Vigilante Force    1976    In this fast-paced adventure, an embittered Vietnam veteran (Kris Kristofferson) is hired by the residents of a small California town, who are weary of the disruption caused by unruly oil workers. The vet brings in other workers who do the job, then take over the town themselves…       

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Arizona (1940)  Phoebe Titus (Academy Award® nominee Jean Arthur, 1943, Best Actress, The More the Merrier) is a strong, independent woman determined to make good with her freighting company in Tucson, Arizona. When she meets Peter Muncie (Academy Award® winner William Holden, 1953, Best Actor, Stalag 17), however, she starts thinking about her future. But Peter decides to run out to California, and Phoebe is left alone to fend off Native Americans and two deceiving competitors (Warren William, Gold Diggers of 1933, and Porter Hall, Double Indemnity) for her business and ranch. When Peter returns, will he be enough to save Phoebe? Newly remastered.    Jean Arthur; Porter Hall; William Holden; Warren William

Assignment K Philip Scott (Stephen Boyd, Ben-Hur) runs a prestigious international toy company, but he is also the head of an elite British spy ring. When his cover is blown and his girlfriend, Toni (Camilla Sparv, The Trouble With Angels), is kidnapped by the treacherous Smith (Leo McKern, A Man for All Seasons) and his gang, Philip must find a way to save her and keep valuable information away from Smith in this compelling spy thriller. Newly remastered.    Stephen Boyd; Leo McKern; Robert Hoffman; Michael Redgrave; Camilla Sparv; Jan Werich

The Boogieman Will Get You Two cinematic legends – Boris Karloff (Frankenstein) and Peter Lorre (Casablanca) – join forces in a movie that combines spine-tingling thrills with slapstick comedy. Karloff stars as bumbling scientist Nathaniel Billings, whose experiments have led to the deaths of several traveling salesmen, leaving their bodies piling up in the cellar. When a young man (Jeff Donnell, Sweet Smell of Success) buys the professor’s house to create a hotel, it’s only a matter of time before suspicions arise. The town’s sheriff/doctor/loan shark (Lorre) looks to stop Billings, but sees the financial gain and becomes his partner instead. Will the doctor’s experiments be stopped before more bodies get added to the cellar? Newly remastered.    Jeff Donnell; Boris Karloff; Peter Lorre; Maxie Rosenbloom; Maude Eburne; Larry Parks

Breaking In – The Complete Series Contra Security is not your typical security firm. They have extreme, questionable methods to get clients, including breaking into other companies’ security systems to show their own firm’s worth. Led by the peculiar Oz (Christian Slater, True Romance), Contra hires a crackerjack computer hacker (Bret Harrison, TV’s “Reaper”) and sells out to a global conglomerate overseen by Veronica (Megan Mullally, TV’s “Will & Grace”). While Oz and Veronica butt heads over business, Team Contra continues to find new and ingenious ways to overcome security systems without disrupting the bottom line in the Complete Series of this quirky comedy. Newly remastered.    Megan Mullally; Christian Slater; Bret Harrison; Trevor Moore; Alphonso McAuley; Odette Annable; Erin Richards

Camp on Blood Island  Near the end of World War II, Allied soldiers are held prisoner in a Japanese camp on Blood Island. When Colonel Lambert (Andre Morell, The Bridge on the River Kwai) finds out that the Allies are about to win the war, he knows that the Japanese will kill all of the prisoners in their camp and the women’s camp on the other side of the island. It is up to Lambert and his cohorts to keep the Japanese officers from finding out about the Allies, while arming the prisoners in case the guards learn the truth. Based on a true story, THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND is a compelling tale about the savagery of war. Newly remastered.    Edward Underdown; Carl Mohner; Andre Morell; Walter Fitzgerald; Phil Brown; Barbara Shelley; Michael Gwynn; Michael Goodcliffe; Marne Maitland; Ronald Radd

Caught   Academy Award® nominee Edward James Olmos (1988, Best Actor, Stand and Deliver) and Maria Conchita Alonso (Colors) star in this emotional drama about a couple trying to make their business work and the mysterious drifter who comes into their lives and changes them completely. Nick (Arie Verveen, The Thin Red Line) appears in Joe (Olmos) and Betty’s (Alonso) Jersey City fish store while running away from the cops. The couple takes Nick in, and he inspires Joe and ignites passions in Betty. Neither Nick nor Betty want to hurt Joe, but their sexual attraction may be too strong to deny. When Joe and Betty’s son, Danny (Steven Schub, The Thirteenth Floor), returns home after failing as a stand-up comedian, he sees what is going on and wants Nick out. CAUGHT is a gripping drama filled with powerful performances. Newly remastered.    Maria Conchita Alonso; Edward James Olmos; Ari Verveen

Don’t Panic Chaps During World War II, four British soldiers are commissioned to set up an observation post on a seemingly deserted island in the Mediterranean. However, while surveying the island, the Brits come across four German soldiers holed up in a monastery. The Brits and the Germans agree to a truce, sharing the monastery together until either the British or German troops arrive. But when a shipwrecked Slavic girl ends up on the island, a battle over her erupts amongst the men. Featuring Dennis Price (Kind Hearts and Coronets), George Cole (Cleopatra) and Harry Fowler (Start the Revolution Without Me), DON’T PANIC CHAPS is a delightful wartime comedy. Newly remastered.    Nadja Regin; Thorley Walters; George Cole; Terence Alexander; Thomas Foulkes; Harry Fowler; Percy Herbert; George Murcell; Gertan Klauber; Nicholas Phipps; Dennis Price

The Endurance Narrated by Academy Award®-nominated actor Liam Neeson (1993, Best Actor, Schindler’s List), THE ENDURANCE is a faithful and dramatic documentary of the ill-fated expedition to Antarctica by Sir Ernest Shackleton from 1914-1916. Featuring interviews with family, on-location footage, archived audio interviews and letters from the expedition members, as well as still photography from the journey, THE ENDURANCE is a compelling and complete look into the men who boldly took on an impossible task, and tried to survive when all hope seemed lost. Newly remastered.   

Hook, Line and Sinker Peter Ingersoll (Jerry Lewis, The Nutty Professor) is living a humdrum existence as a family man and insurance salesman when he finds out from his doctor friend, Scott (Peter Lawford, Ocean’s Eleven), that he has a terminal illness. Thinking that his life is nearly over, he lives life to the fullest, building up insurmountable debt. When the debt becomes too much, Scott tells Peter that he is actually not sick. To remove the debt, Scott comes up with the idea to stage Peter’s death, allowing him to return after the statute of limitations is done. But when Peter finds out that his wife (Anne Francis, Funny Girl) and Scott are having an affair and that this was all a scheme to get rid of him, Peter has some work to do in this zany comedy. Newly remastered.    Anne Francis; Peter Lawford; Jerry Lewis; Sylvia Lewis

The Houston Story  Directed by William Castle (House on Haunted Hill), this gritty film noir stars Gene Barry (TV’s “Burke’s Law”) as Frank Duncan, a crooked driller looking to steal oil from a Houston field. Duncan enlists mobster Paul Atlas (Edward Arnold, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington) to help him pull off the scam. Duncan finds himself involved with double-crosses, dirty deals and violent criminals, all to try to collect his bounty – five million dollars. Also featuring Barbara Hale (TV’s “Perry Mason”), THE HOUSTON STORY is a compelling crime tale about a man willing to do whatever it takes to make it rich. Newly remastered.    Edward Arnold; Gene Barry; Barbara Hale; Paul Richards; Jeanne Cooper; Frank Jenks; John Zaremba; Chris Alcaide

Men Without Law Known as one of the great western stars of his time, Buck Jones (Empty Saddles) stars as Buck Healy, a soldier returning from the war. When he gets home, he finds out that his younger brother is in trouble with the dangerous Murdock (Harry Woods, Monkey Business). Murdock trails Buck and steals a letter of introduction from Buck to the family of a fallen comrade. Posing as Buck, Murdock visits the Del Rey family and steals the family jewelry and their daughter Juanita (Carmelita Geraghty, My Best Girl). In order to save her, Buck must turn the tables and pose as Murdock. Newly remastered.    Carmelita Geraghty; Fred Burns; Tom Carr; Lydia Knott; Buck Jones; Harry Woods

TheTall T  Filmed by legendary western director Budd Boetticher and based on a story by Elmore Leonard, THE TALL T is considered by many to be a classic of the western genre. Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott, Ride the High Country) is a former ranch hand trying to make it on his own. After losing his horse in a bet, he finds himself on a stagecoach with Willard (John Hubbard, The Cimarron Kid) and Doretta Mims (Maureen O’Sullivan, The Thin Man). When a pack of outlaws takes over the stagecoach and finds out that Doretta is the heir to a copper fortune, a hostage situation develops, and it’s up to Brennan to save the day. Newly remastered.    Maureen O’Sullivan; Henry Silva; Arthur Hunnicutt; Skip Homeier; Richard Boone; Randolph Scott

The Vertical Ray of The Sun  In this critically acclaimed Vietnamese drama from 2000, three sisters living in modern-day Hanoi – prepare a banquet for the anniversary of their mother’s death. Upon the ending of the banquet, the three sisters’ personal lives go through different stages of distress, dealing with strife in their personal relationships and the revelation of a mysterious man who lingered throughout their mother’s life. THE VERTICAL RAY OF THE SUN is a beautifully shot film that transports you into another world. Newly remastered.    Nhu Quynh Nguyen; Le Khanh; Tran Nu Yen-Khe

Bobby Jones: The Complete Warner Bros. Shorts Collection    1931-33    Robert Tyre Bobby Jones, Jr., perhaps the greatest amateur golfer in the history of the sport, is here to show you the secrets of his game. In between winning his legendary Grand Slam in golf and the Masters tournament, this original sports superstar shot a series of instructional shorts in two series for Warner Bros, “How I Play Golf” and “How to Break 90″. The studio’s selection of students for these shorts are a true Hollywood who’s who – luminaries like James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, WC Fields, Joan Blondell, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, and Glenda Farrell are but a few of the stars learning to swing in these short sportaculars. As directed by George Marshall, the Bobby Jones shorts combine instruction with narrative to create a one-of-a-kind cine-sensation – one that will be eagerly enjoyed by sportsman and film fan alike.  
 

The Clock 1945  It’s wartime, and young people are rushing into hasty -sometimes unwise – marriages. But not pretty, level-headed Alice. Then she meets Joe, a G.I. on a two-day pass, and falls heart-over-level-head in love. Judy Garland and Robert Walker are sweethearts for the ages in this glowing valentine of a movie directed by Vincente Minnelli (who, to add another layer of radiant romance, was about to marry his leading lady). And New York itself plays a role, transforming the whirlwind courtship into a love triangle. The city helps and hinders, holding the young lovers in a warm embrace one moment, then tossing up funny, frustrating roadblocks the next. The National Board of Review named “The Clock” one of the Top 10 movies of 1945. Film fans rate it even higher. They know “The Clock” is timeless, one of the great cinema loves of a lifetime.”    Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Keenan Wynn, Marshall Thompson

Corvette Summer    1978  “A cherry Corvette Stingray. A gorgeous girl. And a summer in glittery Las Vegas. What more does a guy need for the wildest, weirdest, funniest, freakiest time of his life? Mark Hamill (Star Wars) and Annie Potts (Designing Women) make comedic and romantic sparks fly in a revved-up tale of car-brained Kenny (Hamill), trailing a Corvette that’s mysteriously boosted after his high school shop class restores it to perfection. The trail leads to Fun Capital, USA, and a ditzy diversion (Potts) whose dream is to become – a hooker! This damsel in distress needs a white knight on a candy-apple, metal-flake, superior-mags, mercury-tubes steed – right, Kenny? Both are in for a summer they’ll never forget.  Mark Hamill, Annie Potts, Eugene Roche, Kim Milford, Richard Mckenzie, William Bryant, Philip Bruns

The Dish 2001    It’s the biggest event since sheep invented wool!  Apollo 11′s astronauts will walk on the moon – and the 1,000-ton satellite dish in tiny, sheep-farming Parkes, Australia, will beam that historic first step around the globe. But as giddy citizens prepare for the moment when the entire world will depend on them, the dish flatlines. And its unconventional Aussie crew and its by-the-book NASA supervisor from the U.S. have very different ideas about how to fix it. A culture clash of cosmic proportions erupts in this fact-based tale of how the biggest televised event in history was almost not televised. The Dish, with Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Patrick Warburton (Seinfeld) and others in a skilled ensemble portraying a spirited array of techies and townies, “will send you to the moon and back laughing (Bruce Kirkland, Toronto Sun).”    Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Genevieve Mooy, Tayler Kane, Bille Brown, Roy Billing, Andrew S. Gilbert, Lenka Kripac, Matthew Moore, Eliza Szonert, John Mcmartin

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1968  If John Singer could, he’d tell you about his inner world of beauty and dignity. But the card he holds must speak for him. “I am a deaf-mute. I read lips and understand what is said to me. Please do not shout.” In the performance that earned him an Oscar® nomination and New York Film Critics Award as 1968′s Best Actor, future Academy Award® winner* Alan Arkin is Singer in this film of Carson McCullers’ acclaimed first novel. When he moves to a sleepy Southern town to be near his hospitalized friend (Chuck McCann), a brain-damaged man-child, Singer’s silent kindness draws to him others broken in body and spirit. Playing some of those others in a prime ensemble are Cicely Tyson, Percy Rodriguez, Stacy Keach and fellow Oscar® nominee* Sondra Locke.    Alan Arkin, Laurinda Barrett, Stacy Keach, Jr., Chuck Mccann, Biff Mcguire, Percy Rodriguez, Cicely Tyson, Sondra Locke

Madame Curie  1943    In an era when women were allowed to be ornaments, mothers or drudges, young Marie Sklodowska of Poland dreamed of something more. She defied convention to study physics and mathematics at the Sorbonne and – with Pierre Curie, the professor who became her husband – to make one of the greatest breakthroughs in 20th-century science. Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reunite after their Mrs. Miniver triumph to portray the courageous couple who won the 1903 Nobel Prize for their discovery of radium. This stirring biopic captures the challenge of research, the triumph of achievement and the profound bond of love they shared. “Madame Curie” is a lasting inspiration [that] makes the quest for knowledge a romantic and thrilling pursuit (Bosley Crowther, The New York Times).    Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers, Albert Basserman, Robert Walker, C. Aubrey Smith, Dame May Whitty, Victor Francen, Elsa Basserman, Reginald Owen, Van Johnson, Margaret O’Brien

The Night Court: Complete Seventh Season  1989-90  Big changes were in the air for the legal crew of Night Court as the smash hit show entered the seventh season of its epic nine-season run. Status quo is MIA for the court as the season begins with a visit from Harry’s estranged dad, former mental patient Buddy (recurring guest John Astin), that results in the two shacking up. Meanwhile, Dan (John Larroquette) begins a season-long quest for new lodgings – a quest complicated by Judge Harry’s (Harry Anderson) new roomie. Making the case for comedy in season seven are visitor from the future VHK 937 (Michael McManus), Roz’s (Marsha Warfield) visiting aunt (Della Reese), and a return visit from Mel Tormé. Upping the stakes with a dash of drama, Dan faces disbarment, Christine (Markie Post) faces motherhood as a wedded single mom (Don’t ask! Just watch it!), Buddy gets engaged and Yakov Smirnov seeks asylum. Grab the gavel – Bull’s about to bring order to the court! Also starring Richard Moll as Bull and Charles Robinson as Mac.    John Larroquette, Harry Anderson

The Show 1927  From director Tod Browning comes this delirious tale of jealousy and murder starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée and Lionel Barrymore. Welcome to the Palace of Illusions, a carnival show whose main attraction is a lurid performance of the Dance of the Seven Veils featuring Salome (Adorée) and Cock Robin (Gilbert), the philandering cad she adores. So when a jealous hoodlum (Barrymore) switches swords in a failed attempt to behead Robin, he hides out in Salome’s room while his rival plots in the attic above to finish what he started. Hailed as the Edgar Allan Poe of cinema, Browning made his reputation through a masterful series of bizarre melodramas – dark, twisted movies that continue to shock and amaze. Thought lost for nearly 50 years, The Show is one of Browning’s most unsettling films, made all the more powerful by his use of angles and light to create a stylish masterwork seething with mood and suspense.    John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Lionel Barrymore

Sinbad the Sailor    1947    Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., one of the heroes in the adventure classic “Gunga Din” and son of the silent screen’s greatest swashbuckler, shows his own skill at acrobatic derring-do in the title role of this lighthearted adventure spectacular. Eager to find the fabled lost treasure of Alexander the Great, Sinbad unexpectedly has his ship commandeered while in harbor and put up for auction – an auction that our hero wins by a clever ruse. From there an ocean of adventure awaits as Sinbad sets out in quest of the treasure; forms an uneasy alliance with feisty, headstrong adventuress Shireen (Maureen O’Hara, whose flame-red hair and radiant beauty seem almost made for the film’s Technicolor® cinematography); deals with the duplicitous Melik (Walter Slezak) and confronts the treacherous Emir (Anthony Quinn). Weigh anchor and set sail with the most wondrous voyage of Sinbad the Sailor!    Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maureen O’Hara, Walter Slezak, Anthony Quinn, George Tobias, Jane Greer, Mike Mazurki

The Spanish Main 1945    One name strikes fear among Spanish ship captains plying the coastal Caribbean waters of the Spanish Main: Barracuda, the notorious scourge of the seas. Yet it was not always so…. In this lavish swashbuckler, Casablanca’s Paul Henreid stars in a change-of-pace role as Capt. Laurent Van Horn, a Dutch trader in the Caribbean who is wrongly imprisoned by the Spanish governor (Walter Slezak) and sentenced to hang for trespassing. But Van Horn stages a breakout with other unjustly incarcerated prisoners, resurfacing as the rakish Barracuda to command the pirate waterways, rescue fair Francesca (lovely Maureen O’Hara, who also sailed the celluloid oceans in The Black Swan and Sinbad the Sailor) from marriage to the governor and avenge the wrongs done to him. Filmed in Technicolor®, the film received a 1945 Oscar® nomination for Best Color Cinematography.    Paul Henreid, Maureen O’Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes, John Emery

Ten Little Indians  1966    ”Ten people – eight strangers and two married domestics – attend a posh weekend at a remote castle. What’s the occasion? Each has unwittingly been invited to his/her own murder. Who’s behind this dastardly plot? You’ll have a devilishly tense time figuring it out while watching this clever Agatha Christie adaptation. Ten Little Indians refers to the ten invitees, the familiar nursery rhyme and the figurines affixed to a serving plate at the castle. After the fatal poisoning of a guest, one figurine goes eerily missing. One down. Nine to go. Who’s next? That’s a fate Hugh O’Brian (TV’s Wyatt Earp), British screen veterans Leo Genn, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Stanley Holloway, and Goldfinger girl Shirley Eaton desperately hope to avoid.”    Hugh O’Brian, Shirley Eaton, Fabian, Leo Genn, Stanley Holloway, Marianne Hoppe, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Daliah Lavi, Dennis Price, Mario Adorf

The Circle (1925)  It’s déjà vu all over again in this scandalous comedy about marital infidelity directed by two-time Academy Award® winner* Frank Borzage and based on the hit stage play by W. Somerset Maugham. Bored with her marriage to stuffy aristocrat Arnold Cheney (Creighton Hale), Elizabeth (Eleanor Boardman) is planning to trade him in for a new model (Malcolm McGregor), just as Arnold’s mother (Eugenie Besserer) did to his father (Alec Francis) 30 years before. To help her decide if she’s made the right choice, Elizabeth invites her mother-in-law and her husband (George Fawcett) to pay them a visit, while Arnold takes measures to save his marriage with a hard-hitting plan of his own. The first film to feature Lucille LeSueur acting under the name Joan Crawford (playing the young Lady Catherine), The Circle would be remade as Strictly Unconventional, a 1930 M-G-M talkie starring Lewis Stone and Catherine Dale Owen. *Directing: 7th Heaven (1927/28), Bad Girl (1931/32)    Eleanor Boardman, Malcolm Mcgregor, Alec Francis