Actors & Directors
- Ray Taylor
- Lou Gehrig
- Arthur Loft
- Smith Ballew
- Cy Kendall
- Evalyn Knapp
Run time: 58 min.
Creator: Jack Natteford
List Price: $14.98
Price: $40.99
Review Rawhide / Silver Mine:
Actors & Directors
- Thelma Hill
- Edgar Kennedy
- Oliver Hardy
- James Parrott
- Ruby Blaine
- Stan Laurel
Run time: 21 min.
Creator: Leo McCarey
List Price: $9.98
Price: $43.95
Review Laurel & Hardy: Two Tars (Silent) / Image Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Aleksandra Khokhlova
- Lev Kuleshov
- Porfiri Podobed
- Sergei Komarov
- Pyotr Galadzhev
- Vladimir Fogel
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Viktor Shklovsky
Price: $29.95
Review By the Law/Chess Fever / Kino Video:
Actors & Directors
- Bill Melendez
- Peter Robbins
- Sally Dryer
- Bill Melendez
- Gail DeFaria
- Christopher Shea
Run time: 50 min.
List Price: $9.95
Price: $64.99
Review Snoopy Double Feature Vol. 2 (He's Your Dog/It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown) / Paramount:
Actors & Directors
- David Shepard
- Edwin S. Porter
- Georges Melies
Run time: 414 min.
Price: $99.95
Review The Movies Begin - A Treasury of Early Cinema, 1894-1913 / Kino International:The home-video revolution has yielded a wealth of valuable compilations, but few are as miraculously definitive as The Movies Begin. Equally suited to home or classroom viewing, this authoritative five-volume set is a vital document of film history, providing a one-stop destination for anyone wishing to witness the first two decades of motion pictures. That period-from 1894 to 1913-saw movies develop at a breakneck pace, from the earliest "actualities" of the Lumière brothers in France to D. W. Griffith's audacious development of dramatic action in the Biograph shorts of the early 1910s. Sensibly organized into pivotal stages of technical and creative progress, each of these volumes represents the priceless value of film preservation; all 133 films in the set are presented in the finest condition available, from archival prints to complete restorations, and accompanied by music that perfectly captures the spirit of each film and the time of their creation. Under the expert guidance of film historian David Shepard, this collection is uniquely comprehensive, with fact, fiction, and fantasy represented in equal measure. All major figures are included; it's fitting that one volume is devoted to astonishing shorts by movie magician Georges Méliès, while other volumes serve as "greatest hits" compilations of movie innovations by Edwin S. Porter, Cecil Hepworth, Max Linder, Alice Guy Blanche, and many others. The breathtaking growth of movies is fully apparent by volume 5 ("Comedy, Spectacle, and New Horizons"); most viewers will find this the most entertaining, but each volume is a revelation, offering films that haven't been widely seen since they were first produced. [+]To understand and appreciate the foundation upon which modern filmmaking is built, The Movies Begin is truly essential. -Jeff Shannon.
Actors & Directors
- Eddie Fisher, Lon Chaney Jr. Frank Sinatra
- Bud Yorkin, James V. Kern Charles Friedman
Creator: Eddie Cantor, Abbott & Costello
Price: $49.99
Review The Colgate Comedy Hour (Abbott & Costello, Eddie Cantor) / Madacy Music Group, Inc. TVC-6-1112:2 episodes, 2 tapes, 2 hours of original 1950's television broadcast from THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (1950-1955). The Colgate Comedy Hour was a big budget comedy spectacular featuring the top names in show business. It ran opposite THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW on Sunday nights. One of the first commercial series to originate from Hollywood, it also included the first network color telecast in November, 1953. Tape 1 features ABBOTT & COSTELLO, who were among the principal hosts of this program about once a month from 1951-1954. The boys are featured here in one of their most famous routines doing "WHO'S ON FIRST". Also featured is LON CHANEY, JR. playing Frankenstein in a haunted-house skit. TAPE 2 is hosted by EDDIE CANTOR who spoofs TV westerns. Guest star: FRANK SINATRA and EDDIE FISHER singing "Oh, My Papa".
Actors & Directors
- George Cukor
- May Robson
- Walter Brennan
- Tommy Kelly
- Norman Taurog
- H.C. Potter
- William A. Wellman
- Jackie Moran
- Ann Gillis
Run time: 91 min.
Creator: Marshall Neilan
Price: $9.99
Review Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Starz / Anchor Bay:
Actors & Directors
- 'Snub' Pollard
- Horace Murphy
- Marjorie Reynolds
- Tex Ritter
- Ray Taylor
- Forrest Taylor
Run time: 66 min.
Creator: Lindsley Parsons
List Price: $9.99
Price: $49.62
Review Tex Rides With the Boy Scouts / Hollywood Select Video:
Actors & Directors
- Trevor Bardette
- Roy Rogers
- Gale Storm
- Joseph Kane
- Sally Payne
- George 'Gabby' Hayes
Run time: 54 min.
Creator: Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Price: $9.99
Review Red River Valley / Hollywood Select Video:
Actors & Directors
- Rathbone
- Decordova
- Fontaine
List Price: $14.98
Price: $47.97
Review Frenchman's Creek / Universal Home Video:
Run time: 116 min.
Review It Happened on 5th Avenue / Movies Unlimited:Heartfelt comedy, with an Academy Award-nominated story, stars Victor Moore as a New York City hobo who makes his winter home in a vacant 5th Avenue mansion whose owner, millionaire Charlie Ruggles, has gone south. Moore winds up taking in ex-G. I. Don DeFore and runaway Gale Storm, who, unknown to him, is Ruggles' daughter and plays matchmaker for the pair. With Ann Harding, Alan Hale, Jr. 116 min. NOTE: This movie has been manufactured by a small but reliable supplier and is 100% guaranteed. While this movie has not been digitally restored and may not be nearly as good as a big studio restoration, it is the only print available and collectors ask us for it, regardless of quality.
Actors & Directors
- Brian Penders
- James Gilbert (IV)
- Terry Hughes
- Peter Whitmore (II)
- Diana Dors
- Marcus Plantin
- Barbara Dickson
Price: $29.98
Review The Two Ronnies / Bfs Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Giorgi Gegechkori
- Spartak Bagashvili
- Melkon Aleksanyan
- Vilen Galstyan
- Sofiko Chiaureli
- Sergei Parajanov
Run time: 79 min.
Creator: Sayat Nova
List Price: $29.95
Price: $50.00
Review The Color of Pomegranates / Kino Video:This controversial 1969 film directed by rebellious Russian filmmaker Sergei Paradzhanov (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) chronicles the life of the 18th-century poet Sayat Nova, but in a most unconventional way. Paradzhanov seeks to portray the poet by different actors at various stages of his long life, from a poor childhood working on farms through early celebration as a poet to his self-imposed isolation as a cloistered monk. The unorthodox stream-of-consciousness style of the film highlights character over plot, using the poet's own words as a springboard for sumptuous images that chart the course of his life from birth until death, from his youth and the great love of his life through his struggles with religion and philosophy and the despair of old age. The loose, evocative style not only brings to life the poetry of Sayat Nova's body of work, but also brings great weight to the poetry of his life. Challenging, defiant, and unconventional, The Color of Pomegranates is a must for those searching for new and different forms of filmmaking. -Robert Lane.
Actors & Directors
- Jean Simmons
- Alan Young
- Robert Newton
- Maurice Evans
- Chester Erskine
- Nicholas Ray
- Victor Mature
Run time: 100 min.
Price: $29.95
Review Androcles & The Lion / Homevision:Based on George Bernard Shaw's sparkling play, this satire of ancient Rome is a triumph of comic dialogue and acting. The fable of the tailor who removes a thorn from a lion's paw is retold magnificently with Maurice Evans as Caesar, Robert Newton as a hilarious zealot, and the radiant Jean Simmons.
Release date: 2000-02-08
Run time: 150 min.
Price: $39.98
Review Doctor In The House (Box Set) / Bfs Entertainment:Contains the following episodes: Why Do You Want to Be a Doctor? Settling In It's All Go. The Students Are Revolting Rallying Round All For Love.
Actors & Directors
- Carol Lynley
- Jack Lemmon
- David Swift
- Imogene Coca
- Dean Jones
- Edie Adams
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: Lawrence Roman
List Price: $19.98
Price: $85.99
Review Under the Yum Yum Tree / Sony Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Eddie Albert
- Jeff Donnell
- Carl Benton Reid
- Lloyd Bacon
- Lucille Ball
- Gale Robbins
Run time: 85 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $98.85
Review Fuller Brush Girl / Sony Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Miriam Hopkins
- Gale Sondergaard
- Florence Lake
- David Garfield
- Virginia Wing
- Donald Wolfe
Creator: Ann May
Price: $59.95
Review Savage Intruder / Unicorn Video:
Actors & Directors
- Bela Lugosi
- Lou Costello
- Charles Barton
- Lon Chaney Jr.
- Bud Abbott
- Glenn Strange
Review Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein:Universal Pictures made a great deal of money from its monster movies in the 1930s. In the early '40s, the burlesque team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello kept the studio's coffers full. When the two franchises were combined in 1948, the result was another windfall-despite the apparent oil-and-water mix of subject matter. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein was the first of these summit meetings, although the title is a misnomer. Actually, Bud and Lou bump into most of the Universal heavy-hitters, including Count Dracula (played by Béla Lugosi himself), the Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr. ), and the Frankenstein monster (veteran monster Glenn Strange). There's even a token appearance by the Invisible Man, whose disembodied voice is recognizable as that of Vincent Price. Sure enough, the film is funny, especially since it gives the portly Costello multiple opportunities to do his wide-eyed, quivering scaredy-cat routine. Audiences ate it up, and in future installments Bud and Lou would run into Boris Karloff, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. [+]Hyde, the Invisible Man, and the Mummy. But the first was the best. -Robert Horton.
Release date: 1992-11-02
Price: $49.98
Review James Cagney Gift Set (Gift) / MGM (Warner):
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