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Shirley Temple Gift Set (Heidi, Curly Top, Baby Take a Bow)
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Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film, Complete Set 1-13
:Description:The award-winning team of David Gill and Kenneth Brownlow present a definitive and unparalleled look at the history of silent film in America: 'Hollywood,' narrated by James Mason. This 13-part series celebrates the birth of an industry, the town and people who made it all happen. People who, in a few short years, produced an enourmous range of spectacular, inventive and exciting films. From the arrival of the filmmaking pioneers early at the dawn of a new century, through the outbreak of the first World ...
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The Honeymooners Classic 39 Collection
: :Get the bag. As The Honeymooners continues to get bumped from late-night TV schedules across the nation--by laughably unfunny shows such as Friends and Murphy Brown no less--legions of Honeymoonies will need to get their fix in other ways. This set--the Honeymoonie's Holy Grail--contains all 39 episodes from the legendary 1955-1956 season. There's no commentary from some 'expert' who compares Ralph to gods from Greek mythology or memories from some assistant producer--it's just the meat, and that's enough to make any fan salivate. This was ...
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Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection II (Don't Bother to Knock / Let's Make Love / Monkey Business / Niagara / River of No Return)
:Description:Contains: *Don't Bother to Knock *Let's Make it Legal *Monkey Business *Niagra *River of No Return :Some essential examples of the Marilyn Monroe mystique make up this second collection of titles from MM's years at Twentieth Century Fox. After sparkling in small roles, she burst upon the public consciousness in 1952, thanks to five films and a certain nude calendar. Two of the 1952 pictures, showing very different sides of the new actress, are included here. One is Monkey Business, Howard Hawks's raucous comedy about ...
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The Avengers '65: Set 1
:Description:Volume 1: The Town of No Return/ The Gravediggers Volume 2: The Cybernauts/ Death at Bargain Prices Volume 3: Castle De’ath/ The Master Minds :A toast to A&E Home Video for releasing this three-volume boxed set of vintage episodes from the fourth season of The Avengers. The Avengers debuted in Great Britain in 1961 (predating the James Bond films), but it was not until the late 1960s that it found a welcome home in the United States. Unlike other baby-boomer-era series, The Avengers was not ...
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Marilyn Monroe - The Diamond Collection (Bus Stop / How to Marry a Millionaire / There's No Business Like Show Business / Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / The Seven Year Itch / The Final Days)
:Description:Contains: *Seven Year Itch *Gentlemen Prefer Blondes *How to Marry a Millionaire *There's No Business Like Show Business *Bus Stop *Marilyn Monroe: Final Days :The Diamond Collection consists of five Marilyn Monroe films plus the documentary The Final Days. Bus Stop (1956) stars Monroe as a singer who finds herself trapped at a bus stop in the middle of nowhere during a blizzard. How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) was built around a trio of female stars, Monroe, Lauren Bacall, and Betty Grable, who play ...
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Monty Python's Flying Circus, Set 1, Eps. 1-6
:Description:Very possibly the most tragic waste of Oxbridge educations ever broadcast. The programme that made all of America sit up and say: 'what?' That put Spam back in the national pantry, launched crossdressing as a national craze, and made Rene Descartes a household name. That dramatically streamlined the high-school geek identification process. Now it’s back in its original order--the first six episodes of the premiere season--as if that had any empirical value whatsoever. Set contains episodes 1-6 of season one: 1) Wither Canada 2) Sex ...
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The Carson Collection - His Favorite Moments from The Tonight Show (1962-1992)
:Description:On his final Tonight Show telecast, Johnny Carson summed up the feelings of a nation of late night viewers. Host of the most highly-acclaimed late night show in television history, for seven presidential administrations, Johnny's monologue was a nightly barometer of the times. While his wide range of characters, comic impersonations and merry band of Tonight Show regulars became fixtures of pop culture, his guest list was a virtual Who's Who of show business legends, sports heroes, authors, heads of state, amazing animals and average ...
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The Burns and Allen Show - Collection
: essential video:For a generation too young to know that George Burns had a career long before Oh, God!, this Burns and Allen collection will be a wonderful discovery. This boxed set contains six episodes of the show that ran from 1950 to 1958, featuring George Burns as the straight man (believe it or not) and his scatterbrained (to put it nicely) wife, whose constant flubs and misunderstandings create laugh-out-loud scenarios. You would think her shtick would get old, but the more episodes you watch, ...
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The Samurai Trilogy
:Description:Capturing the samurai warrior spirit in all its glory, Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy is a monumental epic relating the exploits of Musashi Miyamoto, the most famous of all Japanese swordsmen. Similar to American Westerns in story and structure, the Samurai Trilogy has been critically acclaimed for its exciting action/battle sequences and stunning color photography. :Toshirô Mifune is confidence supreme and humility incarnate as the mature samurai master Musashi Miyamoto in the final film of Inagaki's sprawling trilogy. Now a legendary swordsman whose latest quest is to ...
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