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WE'VE SELECTED THE FINEST IN HOME VIDEO FOR YOU . HUNDREDS OF VIDEOCASSETTES AT $3.50 S P E C I A L DI S CO U IU T P RI CE S ! ® T ff E COLLECTOR'S CHOI .CE! VOLUME 61 No. 3 SPRING 1988 The "First Lady of Films" is featured in this issue of The Blackhawk Catalog. Look on page six for legendary screen performances worth treasuring for years to come! INSIOl: • Special Collectors Packages featuring the films of Cary Grant, John Wayne and Fred Astaire at special prices available only through The Blackhawk Catalog ...jus t turn the page! • Three, newly re-released movie serials: catch Mysterious Dr. Satan, The Crimson Ghost and The Fighting Devil Dogs on pages 30 and 31! • Hard to find Laurel and Hardy and Little Rascals video classics, starting on page 16. • Landmarks In Entertainment, page 2. Wayne In The West COUICIORS PACKAGIS Three of the best Western films ever made, RIO GRANDE, THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN, The Blackhawk Catalog is pleased to offer classic videos and DARK COMMAND (with Roy Rogers). at affordable prices, exclusively for customers of The Blackhawk Catalog. Each Special Collectors Package features VRPJ2 Special Collection Price $39.95 one of the legends of Hollywood. Now, for a limited time, you can purchase a set of three films featuring ]oh'11i Wayne, Cary Grant or Fred Astaire at a tremendous cost savings Cary Grant Special Collectors Set to you! From our archives of classic Western movies, we present the WAYNE IN THE WEST COLLECTION. This trio of John Waynes finest Western films includes the classic cavalry saga, RIO GRANDE. THE CARY GRANT ~ECIAL COLLECTORS SET includes three of Cary Grant's finest films .. .landmarks of Hollywood's golden era including THE PHILADELPHIA STORY with Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart. FRED ASTAIRE'S SPECIAL COLLECTQRS SET consists of three, toe-tapping features: SHALL WE DANCE, TOP HAT and DAMSEL IN DISTRESS. Should each title in these sets be purchased separately, your cost would be $60.00 per set. Through this exclusive off~r from The Blackhawk Catalog, your price drops to under $14.00 per cassette with the purchase of an entire collection. Three classics from Hollywood's golden era, OPERATION PETTICOAT, MY FAVORITE SPECIAL EDITOR'S NOTE: For more of Hollywood's leading men, tum to page 22 in lhis edition of The Blackhawk Catalog, or look for each WIFE, THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (with one of our featured artists: Cary Grant, pages 12 & 13; john Wa.rne, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart). pages 24 & 25; Fred Astaire, page 21. VRP21 Special Collection Price $39.95 We ship all of our cassettes as soon as we receive your order, although some of the cassettes may take up to six Fred Astaire Special Collectors Set weeks for delivery. To assure quality delivery, all orders are sent out UPS ground. (Orders to P.O. boxes are sent via parcel post.) By using these shipping methods, we are able to process your order more effectively than ever before. Our customer service number is there to serve you. Should you have any questions about your order, please call (213) 888-2229. No collect calls, please. To make your cassette ordering easier, The Blackhawk Catalog has a 24-hour answering service to assist you. Use a credit card and give us a call to place an order. Our number is 1-800-826-2295. Three classic Fred Astaire movies, SHALL WE !be Blackhnl< C,t,101 - CopJn1hl c 1983 DANCE, TOP HAT, and DAMSEL IN DISTRESS Blackhawk Films and The Blackhawk Catal()cJ Incorporated aic divrs,ons ot Republ,c Pictu 1es CorPo<at" n (with George Bums and Gracie Allen). VRP30 Special Collection Price $39.95 The Blackhawk Catalog's Home Video Top Tapes S E L L E R S LADY AND THE TRAMP - Disney's animated extravaganza about a pedigree spaniel who angers two Siamese cats enroute to falling in love with the likeable mongrel who champions her cause. VHS Only VWD582 $29.95 BEVERLY HILLS COP II - A:is.el Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back in Beverly Hills, this time goes up against shapely Brigitte Nielsen. VPA1860 $89.95 DIRTY DANCING - Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze find love and self-discovery during the magic summer of 1963. VHS Only VES6013 $89.95 STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME - Captain Kirk and Company go back to the future in order to save the 23rd Century from aliens. (See page 11 for more Science Fiction Classics). VPA1797 $29.95 PLATOON - Oscar-winning Oliver Stone examines Vietnam from the ground-zero perspective of G.I. Charlie Sheen. This awesome military-drama was 1987's Best Pic ture. VHS Only THO0040 $99.95 AN AMERICAN TAIL - Steven Spielberg resurrects the charm and wonder of Disney-style animation in this touc:hing story of an immigrant mouse lost in cat-filled Manhattan. VMC80536 S29.95 BEVERLY HILLS COP- Eddie Murphy invades Beverly Hills as a streetwise cop, Axel Foley, to avenge the death of a good friend. VPA1134 $19.95 HEIDI - America's Sweetheart, Shirley Temple, joins Jean Hersholt in this heart felt story that leaves you with a pleasant feeling. VHS Only VPY1066 $19.95 CROCODILE DUNDEE - Australia's Paul Hogan is the backwoods adventurer who conquers New York City in the b1ggest box-office surprise of the decade. VPA32029 S29.95 THE WIZARD OF OZ - Judy Garland stars in the greatest movie musical of all time. A perennial favorite of both the young, and the young at heart. (For other classic musicals, turn to page 19.) VHS Only VMG600001 529.95 STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK - On this last voyage aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, Captain Kirk breaks all the rules in order to rescue the reborn Spock from a dying planet. VPA1621 $19.95 TOP GUN -Tom Cruise takes to the air as a rogue airman with a chip on his shoulder and a need for speed. VPA1692 $24.95 TABLE OF CONTENTS Landmarks ......................... 2 Comedy's Golden Age .. .. 15 Travel Tips .... ............. ..... 23 Bette Davis ........................ 5 Laurel and Hardy ..... ...... 16 John Wayne ..................... 24 Humphrey Bogart............ 6 The Little Rascals........... 17 Western Roundup ........... 26 James Bond: 007 ........ ....... 6 Leading Ladies ................ 18 Best of the West ............. 27 Drama..................... ............ 7 Musicals ........................... 19 Theater of War ..... ........... 28 Great Books On Tape ....... 8 Marilyr Monroe............... 20 Spring Clearance Sale..... 29 Science Fiction/Horror.... 11 Fred A:itaire .................... 21 Movie Serials ................... 30 The Silent Era ................. 12 Leading Men.................... 22 Cliffhanger Theater......... 30 Cary Grant....................... 12 The Tliin Man.................. 22 Blackhawk's Back Shelf.... 32 Charlie Chaplin ................ 14 Classic Collectables ......... 23 The Wizard of Oz (1939) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke, Charley Grapewin, Clara Blandick Eternally entertaining, critic Leonard Maltin described this MGM classic as being "just as good the fifteenth time as 1t is the first." Never has a truer state· ment been made. Sporting an Oscar-winning score and con sistently stellar performers (several of whom, curiously, were not among the studio's starting line-up), The Wizard Of Oz literal· Lady and the Tramp (1955) ly pulses with Hollywood magic Directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronomi, Willred Jackson - an example of the MGM mus music by Oliver Wallace ' icals at their grandest. This is one ?f Disney's great. animated_ classics - an extravaganza of It is widely known, of course, color and music featurmg a pedigree sparuel who angers two Siamese cats that Shirley Temple (as Dorothy) enroute to romance with the likable mongrel who champions her cause. and W.C. Fields (as t he Wizard) Released in 1955, Tramp was the first animated feature from Disney were first slated to headline Oz. to make use of Cinemascope. The film is also noteworthy for its refresh Now, in retrospect, such casting seems incomprehensible. ingly realistic subject matter. Indeed, prior to 1955, films coming out lndeed, as we quickly approach the 50th anniversary of Oz's premier, of the Disney Studio had focused almost exclusively on fantastical locales one can't help but be struck by the film's artful simplicity and unaffected - -~ it Dumbo ·s _circu~ or Pe~r Pan ·'s London. Tramp, on the other hand, ~holesomeness. Rarely has a single movie produced so many memorable utilizes an American city for its backdrop. This makes the film far more Imes and hummable tunes. Certainly, songwriters E.Y. Harbur~ and informal and familiar. Its success helped set the stylistic tone for many Harold Arlen deserve a lot of the credit. Responsible for songs like ' Over future productions. The Rainbow" and "If I Only Had A Brain," the .pairing made truly Like many of Disney's great animated films, Tramp appears in theaters beautiful music under Victor Fleming's solid direct10n. Hence, to own very rarely. It is, however, a home video hit of immense magnitude. Now, Oz is to possess one of t he truly monumental musicals of all time. 102 Blackhawk customers can own this cartoon classic at unprecendented min. B&W and Color. VHS Only savings. 76 min. Color. VHS Only VMG600001 Reg. 55-9:% Sale Price S29.95 VWD582 S29.95 Laurel and Hardy Comedy Classics Collection - Volumes 1-9 ~ith_the recent _discovery of missing volumes four and seven, the complete Laurel and Hardy Comedy Colle t10n !S now available to Blackhawk customers at a special discount price. Included are many of the pair's earliest talkv shorts ("Men O'War," "Berth Marks"), along with various productions catching Stan and Ollie on the brink of feature stardom ("Tit For Tat," "Thicker Than Water'').