Nazarro, Ray

Forgotten Noir Collector's Set 3

Eight film noirs not to be misses: DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY; DANGER ZONE; THE BIG CHASE; MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY - 1947; RINGSIDE; HI-JACKED; SCOTLAND YARD INSPECTOR; PIER 23; THE CASE OF THE BABY-SITTER Bonus Features: Scene Selection, Trailers, SCOTLAND YARD INSPECTOR - Featurette by Joel Blumberg, PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE - Radio program and source for PIER 23, LORD OF THE RADIO Part 2 - Jean Lord Greenlaw interview, with Richard Roberts, Mr. District Attorney - Radio Program, THE BIG CHASE: Robert L. Lippert Jr. interview with Tom Weaver (reenactment), LORD OF THE RADIO Part 1 - Jean Greenlaw interview, with Richard Roberts Product Specs: 3-DVD9s; Dolby Digital; 554 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954.

Shirley Temple - Little Darling Pack (Little Miss Marker/Now and Forever/The Runt Page)

Shirley Temple's superstardom in the 1930s was associated with Twentieth Century Fox, but before Fox locked her down she made the two films for Paramount bundled here. It was 1934, her breakthrough year, and these pictures are not quite yet the showcase vehicles Fox would assemble for their pint-sized meal ticket. In Little Miss Marker, Shirley comes under the wing of Sorrowful Jones (Adolphe Menjou in good form), as Damon Runyon's world of bookies and gamblers and soft-hearted gangsters comes to life around her. It's a heartstring-tugger of an expert kind; Shirley's final line, delivered in an operating room, should have grown men weeping on their knees.

Henry Hathaway's Now and Forever casts Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard as world-traveling con artists, suddenly forced to grow up when Coop decides to take charge of his daughter. The lure of diamonds and the easy life is never far away, but rely on Shirley to keep her Daddy on his toes. The dimpled Ms. Temple plays a distinctly supporting role in this one, and her singing and dancing is limited compared to the vehicles she would command within the year. Cooper is all charm, although Lombard is stuck in something of a nag role. Still, a solid enough studio picture of the era, and a logical launching pad for the greatest child star in film history. --Robert Horton

Blazing Across the Pecos

FORGOTTEN NOIR: Vol 7: David Harding, Counterspy; Danger Zone; The Big Chase

DAVID HARDING COUNTERSPY: Based on the popular 1942-1957 network radio series created by Phillips H. Lord. Howard St. John is the Washington DC-based David Harding head of a covert counter-espionage organization charged with preventing top-secret scientific information from reaching the hands of America's enemies around the world and trying to convince a hell-raising radio correspondent to join the fight.DANGER ZONE: When you deal with dames you are in the Danger Zone as the character of crime detector Dennis O'Brien (Hugh Beaumont) learns in his inaugural mystery-drama. The private eye first cracks a case involving smuggling ring then tackles an assignment that involves blackmail murder and film noir's top bad guy Tom Neal. THE BIG CHASE: As his expectant wife (Adele Jergens) enters the hospital in anticipation of the blessed event cop Glenn Langan is off to the races trailing payroll robbers (including Jim Davis and Lon Chaney Jr.) on a mad chase that goes from cars to rowboat to motorboat to helicopter. The chase sequence captured in all its bullet-to-bullet glory comprises a third of the movie. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: MYSTERY/SUSPENSE/FILM NOIR UPC: 089859058721 Manufacturer No: KPF-587

Dog Eat Dog!

Jayne Mansfield stars in this thrill-a-minute tale of murder, lust and deceit. A band of thieves makes off with $1 million to a not-so-deserted Mediterranean island. But, are trailed there another cast of cash-hungry characters have their own plan. When the loot disappears and the bodies begin to fall, it's every man or woman for themselves in Dog Eat Dog.

Kansas Pacific

John Nelson, a military officer, is charged with the task of halting sabotage of the Kansas Pacific Railroad at the hands of Southern allies as it is extended west in the pre-dawning of the Civil Warjust after the South had seceded from the union.

The Gene Autry Show - Double Switch

Episodes: "The Double Switch" - Gene sets a cunning trap for a thieving rancher who tries to stage a phony holdup with money earmarked for fixing up country roads. Song: "When the Bloom is on the Sage." "The Star Toter" - When the town sheriff is killed by a bank robber, Gene takes over totin' the star and must bring the bandit to justice while convincing the thief's young son to forsake his father's ways and live on the straight and narrow. Song: "Back in the Saddle Again." "The Posse" - When the town bank is robbed, the trail leads to "Whopper" Daro, a reformed bandit and famous liar. Gene and Pat try to clear Whopper of the crime and track the real bandits while helping Whopper save face with his visiting daughter by pretending that he is the owner of Gene's ranch. Song: "Pretty Mary." "Blackwater Valley Feud" - A land war heats up when a rancher is found murdered. Gene must clear the name of the framed rancher and bring the real killer to justice. Song: "That's My Home."

The Gene Autry Show - Gold Dust Charlie

Saddle up, ride along and sing along with America's favorite cowboy into the golden age of television, where a white hat meant hero and a guitar was just as handy as a pearl-handled six-gun. Every week from 1950 to 1955, Gene Autry, the original singing cowboy and star of the rodeo ring, records, radio and the big screen, rounded up a whole herd of thrill-packed adventures and wagonloads of laughter right in America's living room. So, load up your cap gun, grab hold of the reins and get ready to ride off into a black and white sunset on the dusty trail to action and excitement. Episodes: "Gold Dust Charlie" - When Gold Dust Charlie turns up dead, Gene must outwit the claimjumpin' murderer and bring him to justice. Song: "Cowboy Blues." "Head for Texas" - Gene teams up with a down-on-his-luck jockey to stop a band of cattle rustlers who use a clever trick to steal livestock from a lovely lady ranch owner. Song: "Sing Me a Song of the Saddle." "The Doodle Bug" - Gene investigates a series of stagecoach holdups and discovers a gang of thieves and a pretty school marm in distress. Song: "Ridin' Down the Canyon." "The Silver Arrow" - When a witness to murder is found dead, pierced with a silver arrow, Gene and Pat Buttram help the accused man who has been framed. Together they flush out the real killer as he tries to steal the deed to a gold mine. Song: "Can't Shake the Sands of Texas from My Shoes."

Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific (1953)

Set prior to the start of the Civil War but after the South has seceded from the United States, Kansas Pacific centers on the efforts to build a railroad across Kansas toward the West Coast. Southern sympathizers attempt to sabotage the railroad construction efforts so Army Captain John Nelson (Sterling Hayden) is brought in to keep the project going. Captain Nelson must not only contend with the efforts of the saboteurs but also try to romance the railroad foreman's daughter, Barbara Bruce (Eve Miller). This film also features Clayton Moore, best known for his portrayal in films and on television of The Lone Ranger.