The Little Rascals Collector's Edition III
by Fred C. Newmeyer
from Lions Gate
Episodes Included: Free Wheeling, Mike Fright, Washee Ironee, Fishy Tales, Shiver My Timbers, Divot Diggers, Bored of Education, Choo-Choo!, When the Wind Blows, Framing Youth
My Little Margie - Collection No. 2
by Nate Watt
from Vci Video
Forever-bubbling Gale Storm, with her cute eye-crinkling demeanor, was paired with distinguished looking Charles Farrell in the TV sitcom My Little Margie, which had a four year run beginning in 1952. In this hilarious series, the two played father and daughter, Vern and Margie Albright, who always got into comical predicaments. Hillary Brooke was Vern's love interest on the show. Many of the episodes start with separate monologues of father and daughter pondering over their problems (`Believe me...I've got a problem') and close with framed portraits of each one coming to life with funny little `morals' for the home viewers. The Collection contains 12 complete 30-minute episodes on 2 double-layered DVDs. Episode Titles - Disc #1: Margie & The Shah, Papa & Mambo, The San Francisco Story, Margie's Millionth Number, Corpus Delecti, and Margie Baby-Sits. Disc #2: The Hawaii Story, Vern's Winter Vacation, Miss Whoozis, Star of Khyber, The Unexpected Guest, and Honeyboy Honeywell. Bonus Features: Actor Bios| Episode Selection. Specs: 2-DVD5s; Dolby Digital Mono; 345 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1952; SRP - $19.99.
Dick Tracy - Serial
by Charles F. Haas
from VCI Entertainment
Based on the famous cartoon strip by Chester Gould. This was the initial entry of the Dick Tracy serials from Republic Pictures in 1937. In this super thriller, a clubfooted criminal known only as the Lame One masterminds a war on G-men. One of his villainous plans is to destroy the new Bay Bridge (which looks suspiciously like the Golden Gate) by bombarding it with high-frequency sound waves from his stratospheric aircraft, "The Wing". In the meantime, Dick Tracy's brother is kidnapped and forced to aid the notorious Lame One, who turns out to be...? This serial features fistfights, car chases and aerial stunts as only Republic Pictures could stage them. For lovers of serial thrills and action, DICK TRACY really delivers the goods. Bonus Features: Commentary Track by Max Allan Collins (Writer of the Dick Tracy comic strip for 15 years after Chester Gould's retirement)| Chapter Menu| Photo Gallery| Bios| Bonus: "Dick Tracy in B-Flat" special Armed Forces radio program broadcast in 1945, featuring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and many others. Specs: 1-DVD9 + 1-DVD5; Dolby Digital Mono; 290 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1937; SRP - $19.99.
The Little Rascals - Bear Shooters / Waldo's Last Stand / Dogs of War!
by Fred C. Newmeyer
from Good Times Video
The Little Rascals - Little Papa, Dogs Is Dogs, Sprucin' Up
by Fred C. Newmeyer
from Good Times Video
Created by producer Hal Roach, The Little Rascals (aka Our Gang) starred in more than a hundred shorts from 1922 to 1944 (one of which, Bored of Education, won an OSCARĀ®) and one feature, General Spanky. With the Gang aching to hit the gridiron, team captain Spanky's got to play Little Papa and mind the baby, while Pete is framed by Wheezer's hateful stepbrother, Sherwood, and sent to the pound in Dogs Is Dogs. Sherwood's dog kills a chicken, so he blames Pete, but Wheezer and his sister Dorothy have the last laugh; then Spanky and the Gang try to impress the daughter of Mr. Jones, the new truant officer, by Sprucin' Up. Black & White. 56 Minutes
Fiend of Dope Island/Pagan Island
by Barry Mahon
from Image Entertainment
Fiend of Dope Island (1961, 76 min.) - Former screen Tarzan Bruce Bennett is the Fiend of Dope Island, a sadistic maniac named Charlie Davis who lords over a tiny Caribbean isle with his trusty bullwhip. Not content with smuggling guns and growing marijuana, Charlie also hires sexy dancer Glory La Verne to "entertain him" at his flea-shack of a cantina. Instead, Glory zeroes in on Charlie's main man, Davey, and the two lead a native uprising against Charlie who retaliates by going... well, completely berserk. "Pagan Island" (1960, 58 min.) - Shipwrecked sailor William Stanton finds himself the only man among a tribe of semi-naked man-hating women when he washes up on Pagan Island! Falling in love with Nani Maki, "the bride of the Sea God," he soon discovers that his rival for her affection is...a giant clam.
Hopalong Cassidy - Rustlers' Valley / Texas Trail
by Nate Watt
from Image Entertainment
Rustlers' Valley (61 min.) - One of Hoppy's best friends is the main suspect in a bank robbery and, despite his innocence, is hunted down by a sheriff's posse. Determined to find the true perpetrator of the crime, Hoppy deals with some tough hombres in Rustlers' Valley to clear an innocent man's name and expose the villains. "Texas Trail" (60 min.) - The U.S. Army calls upon Hoppy to collect badly-needed cavalry horses, though a crooked ranch owner and his gang have thwarted previous attempts. In a diabolical set-up, Hoppy is arrested for stealing the rancher's herd, yet manages to devise a plan to stampede the horses onto the Texas Trail and capture the gang!
Hopalong Cassidy - 3 on the Trail / Hopalong Cassidy Returns
by Howard Bretherton
from Image Entertainment
Another great double feature from that hero of the wild, wild west, Bill "Hopalong" Cassidy! In "3 on the Trail" (67 min.), an Englishman named Ridley, now turned rancher, announces that his cattle are disappearing, and Hopalong Cassidy helps him track down the rustlers. The second feature, "Hopalong Cassidy Returns" (74 min.), finds Bill on his way to Mesa Grande, where he is the new Marshal. Along the way he stops a runaway horse and saves a woman's life. Upon arriving in town, he discovers his old friend, the town's newspaper editor, has been brutally murdered by the very same woman Hoppy just saved, a hardnosed businesswoman who runs the town.
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