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Jimmy Owen

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16 posts
posted on 11/7/2005 4:20:00 PM
At K-Mart today there was a display of holiday themed DVDs from Westlake Entertainment at $1.99. There are a number of '50s anthology shows among the selections. One stated it was from "Lux Video Theater." There was also the "Hour of Stars" version of "Miracle on 34th Street" with MacDonald Carey. There was another with Charles Boyer, which I'm guessing might have been from "Four Star Playhouse." I didn't purchase any today, but I may in the near future. Drawknife worker chlorite gearbox grossly interject whimbrel dup osmium systremma vacuometcr cystostomy.
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Bobh

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replied on 11/8/2005 6:44:00 AM
These sound interesting, Jimmy; I'll have to remember to take a look on my next visit to K-Mart. I may even wait until after the holidays to see if they are on clearance, if there are multiple copies of these titles. The tough-to-find Cascadia Entertainment label also released episodes from some of the 1950s dramatic annthology series. Spinning Dic Entertainment is one of the very few sellers of Cascadia's DVDs that I've been able to find. They're not that great a value, however, as you usually get just two half-hour episodes on each disc. The packaging makes it look like you're getting two "B" movies.
Bobh

senior member

151 posts
replied on 11/14/2005 1:39:00 PM
Red Skelton Christmas DVD at Wal-Mart

From the Timeless Media Group comes a compilation of several shows and skits from "The Red Skelton Show." This is actually a licensed release from the estate of Red Skelton, but I've seen several of the shows on previous public domain labels so this release looks to be a hybrid . . . a mix of some licensed and some public domain material. The good news is that it is priced at $5.50 (it's in the infamous "dump bin") and even includes a Thanksgiving themed show, plus Red's famous "pledge of Allegiance."

Timeless Media Group is a small independent label based in Oregon that offers a mixture of both public domain and licensed material. See:

http://www.timelessvideo.com
Jimmy Owen

junior member

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replied on 11/21/2005 7:03:00 PM
I did pick up one of the Westlake Ent. DVD's at K-Mart today. This consisted of an adaptaton of "A Christmas Carol" narrated by Vincent Price and another show that was from the late '50's "Telephone Time" anthology called "A Picture of the Magi." This had the original "Telephone Time" opening and closing, so I was pleased.
Bobh

senior member

151 posts
replied on 12/1/2005 11:41:00 AM
Alpha Video has several DVDs with Christmas themed episodes from various shows of the Fifties and early Sixties, but a recent addition caught my eye. It's episodes of four adventure shows inluding Annie Oakley, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Adventures of Long John Silver, and a real rarity, The Scarlet Pimpernel. To the best of my knowledge, this is the first time that an episode of The Scarlet Pimpernel is appearing on a commercially available DVD. Here's the link:

http://oldies.com/product-view/4898D.html

Interesting to note that the shows represent a mini "United Nations" in terms of the country of origin . . . Annie Oakley (USA), Robin Hood and the Scarlet Pimpernel (England), Long John Silver (Australia). The Long John Silver story is interesting in that it was Australia's first television production but could not be seen in that country at the time of its original production because there was not yet a television system in the country. It was made for export to the US and UK.
Labyrinth

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replied on 12/9/2005 9:02:00 PM
I just ordered a three-DVD set put out by St. Clair. One DVD has cartoons which I'm sure you can find on many other DVDs. Another disc has TV shows on it, including some Ozzie and Harriet episodes and Beverly Hillbillies and other stuff including an episode of the Liberace show. The third disc has movies, again which can be found elsewhere such as Scrooge, Miracle on 34th Street, a Christmas Without Snow, and one other that I forget now. This set would be good if you just want something that contains a decent-sized chunk of the Christmas material floating around in the public domain, even though it might not offer up anything rare or unusual. Oh, a couple more notes on the cartoon DVD. If I'm not mistaken, you do get a copy of "Santa and the Three Bears" although I'm told some companies offer a complete copy and others just the animated bits. You also get apparently the only Rankin- Bass production I've seen in the PD, which is Jack Frost.
Bobh

senior member

151 posts
replied on 12/12/2005 6:58:00 AM
The St. Clair Entertainment set sounds pretty good, though from your description it sounds like just about all of it has been previously released. There seemed to be a huge amount of public domain Christmas material released in 2004, but I haven't seen much in the way of "new" material this year, just rehashes and repackagings of material that's been seen before. I like the St. Clair concept, however, which gives you a little bit of everything and, if I didn't have much of this material already, I'd probably get it. I've been impressed with St. Clair's 3-disc offerings so far; I've picked up Western TV and Police TV collections, both of which contain some common and some rare material, and one of their horror movie collections. I've been able to find these sets pretty easily at Suncoast Video for $7.99 each. St. Clair is definitely a company to keep an eye on for some interesting PD material.
Bobh

senior member

151 posts
replied on 12/19/2005 7:29:00 AM
TV's Lost Christmas Shows

Diamond Entertainment checks in with two 2-DVD sets of various Christmas shows from the 1950s and 1960s. These compilations are almost identical to the TV Christmas shows that Alpha Video has released. There are a few differences here and there but, for the most part, these offerings are very similar. Here is a listing of the contents, courtesy of Amazon Canada:

Disc #1 -- TV's Lost Christmas Shows Collection, Vol. 1
The Beverly Hillbillies
Home for Christmas
Christmas at the Clampetts
Love That Bob
The Miracle on 34th Street (TV Special)
Date With the Angels
Disc #2 -- TV's Lost Christmas Shows Collection, Vol. 1
Ozzie and Harriet
Busy Christmas
Late Christmas Gift
Christmas Tree Lot
Meet Corliss Archer
Sherlock Holmes
Annie Oakley
Disc #1 -- TV's Lost Christmas Shows Collection, Vol. 2
The Jack Benny Program
Christmas Shopping
New Year's Eve
Adventures of Robin Hood
The Christmas Goose
Star Performance
The Answer
The Gift
Racket Squad
Christmas Caper
Disc #2 -- TV's Lost Christmas Shows Collection, Vol. 2
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Christmas Show December 1951
Liberace
Christmas Show
Easter Show
Dragnet
Big Little Jesus
Big .22 Rifle For Christmas
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