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Daredevil pilot Smilin' Jack Martin stumbles onto a legend that could turn the tide of World War II to the allies' favor. Rumors of a hidden mountain path connecting China and India pit Jack against the ruthless Fraulein Von Teufel in a race to discover the passage. This trail would provide a safe trade route for the tormented Chinese, but the fierce mountain tribe that defends it are not willing to give up their secret so easily. Sworn to defeat Smilin' Jack, the bloodthirsty Fraulein...

Directed by the distinctive, unwavering hand of Jack Webb and with Webb in the leading role of Detective Joe Friday, the "Dragnet" television series of the 1950s became the first highly successful TV cop show. Famous for its tense, staccato pacing, the monotone of its onscreen dialogue and its punchy musical theme, the show became a national obsession and a frequent subject of parody and humor on radio and television.Episode 1 - The Big Girls: A woman described as attractive, shapely and...

Down on their luck, a Vaudeville family moves into a dreary ground floor apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives up in the rafters. On Christmas eve, Mama Amendola (Queenie Smith) prays for a miracle. With help from clever Rupert, she gets one - crisp new greenbacks rain down from the heavens, changing the Amendola's lives forever.Complications arise when Papa Amendola (Jimmy Durante) starts a wild spending spree with his new-found riches. Rumors also fly about daughter Rosalinda (Terry...

Mister Lobo celebrates 20 years of hosting his show Cinema Insomnia. In the tradition of those classic horror shows like Chiller Theatre and Creature Features, host Lobo appears in brief vignettes between segments of the "late late night movie." Various and sundry wacky characters have appeared over the show's two-decade run -- including houseplant sidekick Miss Mittens. Cinema Insomnia has been seen on hundreds of local television and cable channels, and Lobo continues to be a regular guest...

Joshua Kennedy takes us back to an age of sheriffs and outlaws...heroes and villains...and murderous flying dinosaurs!The time: 1864. The place: The Wild West. Prim school teacher Rebecca Crawford must take matters into her own hands when her husband is snatched by a beastly pterodactyl. Enlisting the help of gunslinger Bunny Parker and local bordello keeper Debbie Dukes, the trio embark on a thrilling, non-stop adventure through the barren deserts of the uncharted West!Three years in the...

1939's Animated Children's Classic! Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels comes to remarkable life in this classic animated feature. Shipwrecked by a storm at sea, Lemuel Gulliver washes up on the shores of Lilliput, where the citizens are no taller than his thumb. When he's discovered asleep on the beach by the town crier, Gabby, scores of the Lilliputians flock to the the beach to tie up and secure the sleeping "giant." In the fantastic adventures that follow, Gulliver finds himself...

Directed by the distinctive, unwavering hand of Jack Webb and with Webb in the leading role of Detective Joe Friday, the "Dragnet" television series of the 1950's became the first highly successful TV cop show. Famous for its tense, staccato pacing, the monotone of its onscreen dialogue and the punchy musical theme, the show became a national obsession and a frequent subject of parody and humor on radio and television.The Big .22 Rifle: It's three days before Christmas, and two young boys are...

Get ready for a wild ride of a movie experience that's as exciting and action-packed as an Evel Knievel stunt. George Hamilton stars as the motorcycle daredevil whose name has become synonymous with excitement. No stunt was too impossible for Evel Knievel to attempt - the more outrageous and death-defying the better. This thrill-a-minute movie recreates some of Knievel's most famous stunts and shows the physical and personal price he paid for his incredible success.

Possibly the most distinctive police drama in television history, "Dragnet" brought the exhaustive legwork that goes into solving a crime directly to the small screen. Drawing on actual cases from the Los Angeles Police Department, "Dragnet" set the tone for the countless television police dramas that followed it. Though it focused on the seemingly mundane process of evidence gathering and suspect interrogation, the show never lost the dramatic tension necessary to keep the viewer enthralled....

Since becoming a vaudeville team in 1922, George Burns and Gracie Allen have made audiences laugh in movies, radio and television. The real-life married couple established their personalities in radio with "The Burns and Allen Show" and brought their comedy to television in 1950. For nine years on CBS, every show opened with Burns, puffing his trademark cigar, regaling the audience with stories of their vaudeville days... and the latest antics of his beloved wife, Gracie. Often entangled with...

Daisy Derkins is an attractive college student who just needs to make a few extra bucks. What could be easier than a one-night dog sitting gig? But what Daisy doesn't know is that the dog's owner is an evil wizard, his house is haunted, and his dog is Cerberus, the 3-headed hound of Hell! News of an escaped serial killer has Daisy on edge, plus some creep she went on one blind date with won't stop harassing her, so she calls some friends over for company. They break out the Ouija board, and...

After watching D. W. Griffith's epic in 1915, President Woodrow Wilson declared, "It is like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so terribly true." Meanwhile, the NAACP organized protests with regard to its portrayal of African-Americans. Today, this milestone of early cinema retains the power to move us emotionally, intellectually and politically.Griffith has been called the "Father of Film." A failed actor and playwright, Griffith came to the Edison Studios...