Scott Brady stars as Sam "Shotgun" Slade, a freelance detective roaming the Old West. "Shotgun Slade" was the creation of prolific pulp fiction writer Frank Gruber, who wrote hundreds of stories and scripts with a western theme. At the height of the cowboy genre's popularity on TV, Gruber also created "Tales of Wells Fargo" and "The Texan." Gerald Fried, an eclectic composer who wrote everything from early Kubrick film scores to familiar TV themes, contributes contemporary jazz music for...

A 3-DVD bundle pack containing twelve suspense-filled action tales in the life of sophisticated but tough cowboy detective Shotgun Slade.

After the handgun, it is perhaps the most familiar of all weapons. Large, powerful and able to cover a wide area with a single pull of the trigger, shotguns have an allure?and a danger?all their own.TALES OF THE GUN sets its sights on this ubiquitous firearm, documenting its origins, tracing its development and showcasing extraordinary examples of the gunsmiths? art. The world?s first specialized weapon, it was originally used by the British upper class to shoot birds and small game for sport....

Shots Fired is an action/comedy about two totally opposite detectives, who are forced to become partners and work the biggest case of their careers.

From creators Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood, and executive producer Brian Grazer, and starring Sanaa Lathan, Stephan James, Stephen Moyer, Richard Dreyfuss and Helen Hunt, SHOTS FIRED is a 10-hour event series that takes an explosive look at the criminal justice system via the prism of two racially charged shootings in a small town.

Margaret Wilson is a young woman with a bright future ahead of her. She is about to marry her fiance, Robert Benson, a successful doctor on the verge of a promotion. But unbeknownst to Margaret, she was born in prison to a convicted criminal. A blackmailer learns this information and shares it with one of Robert's colleagues, who threatens to expose Margaret's parentage if the young doctor does not accede his new position. With Robert's career at stake, Margaret is forced to decide if her...

Schoolgirl Josefine learns from an early age to use sex to gain advantages. The school's gym teacher is arrested and accused of indecent behavior but the court dismisses the case when Josefine uses her female charm on the jurors.

Having just signed to First National Pictures, Charlie Chaplin was anxious to turn his satirical eye on World War I. The studio insisted that the conflict was no laughing matter, but Chaplin persisted, finally directing the movie himself (his first time behind the camera). In Shoulder Arms, Charlie is the clumsiest soldier in his company, dubbed "The Awkward Squad". Once in the trenches, Charlie becomes a hero, capturing German soldiers and rescuing a pretty French girl (played by Edna...

At five years old, Todd Payette found his father's body dead from suicide. It sent him on a hard road: violence, drugs, prison. Bodybuilding saved his life. From losing everything to walking across the stage as the Canadian National Heavyweight bodybuilding champion, Todd relives his life to illustrate how he put his Shoulder Down to overcome all obstacles on his Road to Redemption.

At five years old, Todd Payette found his father's body dead from suicide. It sent him on a hard road: violence, drugs, prison. Bodybuilding saved his life. From losing everything to walking across the stage as the Canadian National Heavyweight bodybuilding champion, Todd relives his life to illustrate how he put his Shoulder Down to overcome all obstacles on his Road to Redemption.

Set against the backdrop of the birth of rock 'n' roll, Shout stars John Travolta (Saturday Night Fever) in this coming-of-age musical. Jesse Tucker's (James Walters) rebellious ways eventually land him in the Benedict Home for Boys in a sleepy Texas town in the '50s. But when Jack Cabe (Travolta) breezes in as the new music teacher, he introduces Jesse and the boys to the fresh and dangerous new sounds of rock 'n' roll. Cabe encourages Jesse to redirect his emotions into music, and to trust...

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Liz Garbus explores the current state of free speech in America and gives viewers a fascinating perspective on the First Amendment throughout our history. Through contemporary case studies dealing with the complex issue of limits on free speech at public gatherings, in school, in print and on the Internet, Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech examines the balancing act between protecting both civil liberties and national security in a post- 9/11...

Edna Ferber's classic tale of life and love among a theatrical troupe on a Mississippi riverboat has received many dramatic treatments since its birth over eighty years ago. But none is more satisfying than this 1936 production, widely accepted as the best and most faithful of three screen versions of the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical. A splendid, indeed definitive cast features Irene Dunne as the lovely Magnolia, fated to fall for Allan Jones' dashing riverboat gambler, Gaylord...

Show business can be burlesque or vaudeville, the Ziegfeld Follies or smoky dives where a fella sings for drinks. In Show Business, it's all of 'em! Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Joan Davis and Constance Ford star in a star-crossed story of stardom as small-timers who aim for the big time in their careers and in love. Some make it. Some don't (at least not until just before the final credits). The song list of evergreens includes Dinah, Making Whoopee, Alabamy Bound and as a recurring motif...

"Hollywood is my one big chance, and I'm going to grab it!" struggling Broadway chorine Dixie Dugan tells her skeptical boyfriend after a big-shot Hollywood director discovers her. Well, at least the director claims to be a big shot. So begins Dixie's odyssey into the hustle and heartbreak of Tinseltown. Archetypal flapper Alice White -- likened to a platinum-haired Clara Bow -- returns as Dixie (a role she played two years prior in Show Girl) in a film that both celebrates and skewers...

Photographer Jim Marshall captures the heights of the Rock and Roll music era, from the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, to the civil rights movements and some of the most iconic moments of the 60's.

Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East...

Marion Davies has stars in her eyes in this "delightful look at silent Hollywood" (Time Out Film Guide), directed by King Vidor and costarring William Haines. All Peggy Pepper (Davies) wants in life is to be a great dramatic actress. But when rowdy slapstick comic Billy Boyle (Haines) gives Peggy her big break, she puts her dreams on hold and becomes America's comedy queen. So when prestigious High Arts Studio offers her the chance to play serious roles and Peggy gets an awfully swelled head,...

A young couple and their child end up hostages of a gang of violent kidnappers.

From director Tod Browning comes this delirious tale of jealousy and murder starring John Gilbert, Renee Adoree and Lionel Barrymore. Welcome to the Palace of Illusions, a carnival show whose main attraction is a lurid performance of the Dance of the Seven Veils featuring Salome (Adoree) and Cock Robin (Gilbert), the philandering cad she adores. So when a jealous hoodlum (Barrymore) switches swords in a failed attempt to behead Robin, he hides out in Salome's room while his rival plots in the...

From novel (by Edna Ferber) to Broadway smash (by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) to three film versions (1929, 1936, 1951) to stage revivals. Like Ol' Man River, Show Boat just keeps rollin' along. Produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney, this 1951 version of the saga of riverboat lives and loves has glorious stars (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Marge and Gower Champion) in Technicolor radiance, a made-from-scratch 170-foot paddle wheeler, timeless songs and...

Dean Martin and Rock Hudson star as long-time friends who find themselves on opposite sides of the law in the thrilling, action-packed Western adventure Showdown. Billy Massey (Martin) and Chuck Garvis (Hudson) have been buddies since childhood, but when Chuck got married, Billy took his cue and left the newlyweds on their own. Chuck's star shone bright as he distinguished himself as the town's hard-working, honest sheriff, while Billy drifted into a life of crime. The two friends' paths...

At Leyte Gulf, the fate of the World War II hung in the balance as the two mightiest navies on earth battled tooth and nail for the Philippines. Examine each incredible engagement and see the strategies of the greatest naval battle in history unfold in this riveting account. Stunning footage captures historic encounters like the stirring moment when U.S. battleships raised from the mud of Pearl Harbor met the bristling battleline of the Japanese northern fleet at Suriago Strait. Relive the...

Sheriff Austin Shelby is determined to uncover the dangerous & deadly facts behind the Nellie Harper murder for hire plot. After an attempt on his own life the Sheriff teams up with a mysterious US Marshal who has just arrived in town.