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Three major cinematic works based on the plays of Nobel Prize-winning writer Eugene O'Neill: 'Anna Christie' (1923), 'The Emperor Jones' (1933) and 'The Hairy Ape' (1944).

Three major cinematic works based on the plays of Nobel Prize-winning writer Eugene O'Neill: 'Anna Christie' (1923), 'The Emperor Jones' (1933) and 'The Hairy Ape' (1944).

From his position of wealth and power, Bradley Craven and his outlaw gang rule the territory with a bloody hand, while ranchers struggle to carve out a living along the Cherokee Trail. Hoping that a...

From his position of wealth and power, Bradley Craven and his outlaw gang rule the territory with a bloody hand, while ranchers struggle to carve out a living along the Cherokee Trail. Hoping that a vote for statehood can end the reign of terror, the ranchers flock to the polls, but the results are deadly. More determined than ever, they enlist the help of the Texas Rangers, who cannot pursue Craven as long as he remains outside of their jurisdiction. In an attempt to lure Craven across the...

12 episodes on 3 DVDs from the classic crime series 'Racket Squad' starring Reed Hadley.

12 episodes on 3 DVDs from the classic crime series 'Racket Squad' starring Reed Hadley.

A Texas Cowboy (1929, B&W, Silent): Dick Carlysle returns to his home in the Lone Star state after a long absence and finds his mother married to aptly named Brute Kettle, who's determined to get...

A Texas Cowboy (1929, B&W, Silent): Dick Carlysle returns to his home in the Lone Star state after a long absence and finds his mother married to aptly named Brute Kettle, who's determined to get ownership of the Carlysle ranch by fair means or foul. Enlisting the aid of a crooked lawyer who also happens to be a renowned forger, Brute prepares a document indicating that Dick has renounced his financial interest in the Bar 20. This clears the way for Kettle to take possession of the spread as...

In four exciting action-packed adventures, Buffalo Bill, Jr., his feisty kid sister, Calamity, and their adoptive jack-of-all-trades father, Judge "Fair 'N' Square" Wiley, bring justice to the town...

In four exciting action-packed adventures, Buffalo Bill, Jr., his feisty kid sister, Calamity, and their adoptive jack-of-all-trades father, Judge "Fair 'N' Square" Wiley, bring justice to the town of Wileyville, Texas in the late 1880s. Produced by Louis Gray and Gene Autry's Flying A Productions, "Buffalo Bill, Jr." ran on NBC TV from 1955-56, loosely mixing historical characters with rip-roaring western exploits. Star Dick Jones did his own spectacular stunts, from good old-fashioned fist...

Pretty teenager Corliss Archer (Ann Baker), her lovable but clumsy boyfriend, Dexter Franklin (Bobby Ellis), and her unwitting parents, Harry and Janet Archer (John Eldredge and Mary Brian) get into...

Pretty teenager Corliss Archer (Ann Baker), her lovable but clumsy boyfriend, Dexter Franklin (Bobby Ellis), and her unwitting parents, Harry and Janet Archer (John Eldredge and Mary Brian) get into one hysterical situation after another in four hilarious episodes of the popular TV comedy series. "Meet Corliss Archer" was inspired by the 1949 British film, A Kiss for Corliss (aka Almost A Bride), with the teenaged Shirley Temple playing the lead.The Personality Test: Corliss breaks up with...

Pretty Mamie and her brother Buddy are beaten and abused daily by their heartless father, shopkeeper Ben Goltz. A ray of hope shines into their bleak lives when Dr. John Harvey's Medicine Show rolls...

Pretty Mamie and her brother Buddy are beaten and abused daily by their heartless father, shopkeeper Ben Goltz. A ray of hope shines into their bleak lives when Dr. John Harvey's Medicine Show rolls into town promising "the greatest aggregation of merry-making mirth provokers" ever. Mamie steals away to the show at night and quickly succumbs to the smooth-talking charms of Dr. Harvey. When Papa Goltz learns of Mamie's transgression, he beats the poor girl and arranges her immediate marriage to...

A 2-DVD set containing eight suspense-packed police stories.

A 2-DVD set containing eight suspense-packed police stories.

Take a nostalgic trip back to television's Golden Age with one of the all-time classic game shows. Host John Daly is joined by his witty (and occasionally stumped) panelists, including journalist...

Take a nostalgic trip back to television's Golden Age with one of the all-time classic game shows. Host John Daly is joined by his witty (and occasionally stumped) panelists, including journalist Dorothy Kilgallen, actress Arlene Francis, editor Bennett Cerf, urbane funnyman Steve Allen (who coined the phrase "Is it bigger than a breadbox?"), and comedian Fred Allen. You'll be in stitches as these pros try to guess the occupations of the eccentric guests - and attempt to identify famous...

Bela Lugosi stars as a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"-like professor in Bowery At Midnight. By day, Professor Brenner (Lugosi) is a distinguished psychology professor at a New York university....

Bela Lugosi stars as a "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"-like professor in Bowery At Midnight. By day, Professor Brenner (Lugosi) is a distinguished psychology professor at a New York university. Unbeknownst to his students, by night he also heads up a mysterious "charitable" mission down in the Bowery. But this mission is actually a front for his sinister and deadly criminal enterprises. The basement where he disposes of his victims contains a lovely little cemetery neatly laid out with graves. Below...

Flirtatious socialite Sheila is stood up at the altar by her playboy fiance Eric. Angered and eager to save face, she presses her solicitor Henry into wedlock. Initially resistant to the idea, Henry...

Flirtatious socialite Sheila is stood up at the altar by her playboy fiance Eric. Angered and eager to save face, she presses her solicitor Henry into wedlock. Initially resistant to the idea, Henry agrees in the hopes that she will learn to love him. Still yearning for cad Eric and intolerant of her new husband's queer ways, Sheila callously uses Henry as fodder for jealousy. Sylvia's wicked plan to renew Eric's attention succeeds and Eric crashes the honeymoon of the unhappy couple....

A second chance for first love...Pepper has always loved Sarah, the most popular girl in town who dated star athletes as well as Pepper's older brother, Rich. After taking a trip around the world,...

A second chance for first love...Pepper has always loved Sarah, the most popular girl in town who dated star athletes as well as Pepper's older brother, Rich. After taking a trip around the world, Sarah has "found herself" and returns home a different girl - no longer the town sweetheart... but a punk instead. Her new status allows Pepper to finally get close to her and make her see him not as someone's kid brother, but as a young man who is in love with her. It almost works, until Pepper's...

12 episodes on 3-DVDs from the classic "Lock-Up" television series.

12 episodes on 3-DVDs from the classic "Lock-Up" television series.

In four exciting episodes of the classic TV detective series, husband and wife Jerry and Pamela North (Richard Denning and Barbara Britton) get into dangerous situations, help solve crimes and,...

In four exciting episodes of the classic TV detective series, husband and wife Jerry and Pamela North (Richard Denning and Barbara Britton) get into dangerous situations, help solve crimes and, through it all, demonstrate the sophisticated wit and casual humor that made the show so popular.Episode 1: A professional stool pigeon tips off Jerry that someone has paid a lot of money to murder a prominent attorney (who happens to be a close friend of the Norths) just days before his big society...

A walk through the woods turns into a night of terror when Mary is grabbed by a pair of powerful hairy claws. A monstrous man-beast tears at her throat in a bloodbath of screaming terror! The...

A walk through the woods turns into a night of terror when Mary is grabbed by a pair of powerful hairy claws. A monstrous man-beast tears at her throat in a bloodbath of screaming terror! The discovery of her mutilated body sends shock waves through the nearby girl's reformatory. Recently joining the staff of the school is Julian Olcott, a professor with a medical background and a questionable past. There are many other suspicious characters to be found, including Mr. Swift, who runs the...

Beautiful singer Elanda Lee lands a high-profile contract to star in a popular New York radio show. Hoping to jump-start her sagging opera career, she ignores advice from co-star Swanee Collier to...

Beautiful singer Elanda Lee lands a high-profile contract to star in a popular New York radio show. Hoping to jump-start her sagging opera career, she ignores advice from co-star Swanee Collier to update her sound by singing pop tunes. Although the show's wealthy sponsor is smitten with Elanda, mostly due to her red-haired beauty, the ratings hit rock bottom, and he fires her. Devastated, Elanda packs her bags to leave the Big Apple, not realizing that Swanee is scouring the city, searching...

Five classic examples of the adventurous film genre featuring sword-fighting heroes of the past performing acts of derring-do.

Five classic examples of the adventurous film genre featuring sword-fighting heroes of the past performing acts of derring-do.

Unsuspecting wealthy customers have their pockets picked and their throats slit in Sweeney Todd's barber chair. His accomplice, Mrs. Lovatt, grinds the victims into the meat pies she sells in her...

Unsuspecting wealthy customers have their pockets picked and their throats slit in Sweeney Todd's barber chair. His accomplice, Mrs. Lovatt, grinds the victims into the meat pies she sells in her pastry shop. Meanwhile, the mad barber has a romantic eye on a beautiful daughter of a business partner whom he is threatening to ruin financially. She, however, is in love with a handsome seaman who has embarked on a trip to earn the money he will need to wed her. When he returns as a wealthy man to...

In post-World War I Vienna, the economic depression hits retired civil servant Rumfort and his young daughter Greta particularly hard. Rather than see Greta begging on the street, Rumfort trades in...

In post-World War I Vienna, the economic depression hits retired civil servant Rumfort and his young daughter Greta particularly hard. Rather than see Greta begging on the street, Rumfort trades in his pension for supposedly valuable shares in a coal mine. When the shares are revealed to be worthless, the Rumforts are left poorer than before. To support her father, Greta is forced to become a cabaret dancer at Madame Gill's, a haven for debauchery and hedonism. When she discovers what her new...

Crooked cattle baron Al Burton bribes an unethical doctor to place a quarantine on "Pop" Mason's cattle. Unable to sell his stock, he will be forced to default on a debt he owes Burton, which will...

Crooked cattle baron Al Burton bribes an unethical doctor to place a quarantine on "Pop" Mason's cattle. Unable to sell his stock, he will be forced to default on a debt he owes Burton, which will allow him to seize Mason's land, as he has done to other unfortunate settlers. To seal the deal, Burton has his men kill "Pop" and leave fake evidence of a suicide. Ace Cooper is an old pal who suspects foul play. Disguised as a foppish dude, he helps Mason's beautiful daughter, Betty, in her efforts...

NAKED MASSACRE (1976): A solitary American soldier stops in Belfast on his way home from Vietnam. Already traumatized by the horrors of war, he is driven to madness by the IRA bombings shaking the...

NAKED MASSACRE (1976): A solitary American soldier stops in Belfast on his way home from Vietnam. Already traumatized by the horrors of war, he is driven to madness by the IRA bombings shaking the city. With no money to complete his journey, he becomes fixated on eight young nurses living together in a boarding house. His mind snapping, the soldier invades the girls' home, subjecting them to a horrific night of rape, terror, and murder...Loosely based on the real-life Richard Speck murders,...

American frontiersmen propelled to legend as the "best peacekeepers in the West," The Range Busters galloped onto the screen in 24 action-packed westerns produced from 1940 to 1943. A spin-off of...

American frontiersmen propelled to legend as the "best peacekeepers in the West," The Range Busters galloped onto the screen in 24 action-packed westerns produced from 1940 to 1943. A spin-off of The Three Mesquiteers western series (1936-1939), also starring Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune, The Range Busters played on the popularity of the B-Western genre. Third actor John King's baritone is heard during every movie, and ace stuntman David Sharpe replaced Corrigan in a few films, including Trail...

Agonizing torture at the hands of the secret police threatens any citizen who resists in a Hungary subjugated by the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin. Cardinal Josef Mindszenty (Charles Bickford),...

Agonizing torture at the hands of the secret police threatens any citizen who resists in a Hungary subjugated by the ruthless dictator Joseph Stalin. Cardinal Josef Mindszenty (Charles Bickford), taking a courageous open stand against the Communists, is labeled a traitor by the brutal regime bent on crushing all opposition. Intrigued by whispers of what may be going on inside the Soviet-occupied nation, American foreign correspondent Tom Kelly shows up in Budapest to investigate.Shortly after...

Trouble comes in all shapes and sizes in this hilarious situation comedy series starring Stu and June Erwin! The real-life husband and wife team had been acting together for years when they began...

Trouble comes in all shapes and sizes in this hilarious situation comedy series starring Stu and June Erwin! The real-life husband and wife team had been acting together for years when they began this series in 1950. Stu plays Principal Erwin of Hamilton High School and does his best to raise daughters Joyce (Ann Todd) and Jackie (Sheila James). Along with handyman Willie (Willie Best), the Erwins discover that it's the little things in life that go from bad to worse.This collection of early...