INSIDI: • The Blackhawk Catalog's Best Sellers - page 1 . .• The Thin Man Series, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, all six wonderful films on page 24. • Two action-packed pages of movie serials, starting on page 18. • And much more! CATCH CARY GRANT AT HIS BEST IN THESE SPECIAL OFFERS!

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From the moment that Mae West told him to "come up 'n' see me sometime" (circa 1933), Cary Grant seemed destined Operation Petticoat for Holl ywood stardom. Still, it wasn't until the late 1930's, My Favorite Wife when he signed with RKO and Columbia, that Grant revealed The Philadelphia Story the flair for screw-ball comedy and sophisticated romance that would later make him a screen immortal. VRP21 Separately $59.85 Special Price $39.95 Always the essence of suave sophistication, Cary Grant's image became so overwhelming that even famed movie Cary Grant Special Collector's Package #2: director Alfred Hitchcock was forced to compromise the movie SUSPICION (1941), (found on page seven). The original story line called for Cary Grant's character to be exposed as the murderer at the end of the film. Studio executives objected and Hitchcock was forced to change the film to exonerate Grant. The Blackhawk Catalog is proud to present most of Cary Grant's best films. On this page, you will find three sets of CARY GRANT SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S PACKAGES. Each package contains three great reasons to start a collec­ tion of Cary Grant films. From OPERATION PETTICOAT (Package 1) , to the Hitchcock classic TO CATCH A THIEF (Package 2), The Blackhawk Catalog's selections nm the gamut from comedy to suspense. Even the immortal PHILADELPHIA STORY(Package U, with]immy Stewart Once Upon A Honeymoon and Ka tharine Hepburn is available. Father Goose Each CARY GRANT SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S PACKAGE is a tremendous value. For a limited time, you will be able to To Catch A Thief purchase these packages of three tapes for less than $14.00 VRP22 Separately $59.85 Special Price $39.95 per cassette. Purchased separately, your expense would be nearly $60.00! Cary Grant Special Collector's Package #3: SPECIAL EDITOR'S NOTE: For more of Cary Grant's /;,nest films, turn to pages 6 and 7 in this edition of The Blackhawk Catalog!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Best Sellers...... 1 Wes terns ...... 14 The Thin Man...... 24 Landmarks...... 2 Sci-Fiction/Horror ...... 15 Theatre of War ...... 25 Laurel & Hardy...... 5 Matinee Heroes ...... 17 Leading Men ...... 26 Cary Grant...... 6 Movie Serials ...... 18 Marylin Monroe...... 27 Humphrey Bogart ...... 8 Classic Comedies...... 20 Musicals ...... 28 Drama...... 8 Lil' Rascals ...... 22 Fred Astaire ...... 29 James Bond ...... 10 Leading Ladies ...... 23 Golden Age of Comedy . . 32 John Wayne ...... 12 T A N M E N T Platoon (1986) DIRECTOR: Oliver Stone PRODUCER: Arnold Kopelson SCREEN­ WRITER: Oliver Stone CINEMATOGRAPHER: Robert Richardson CAST: Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn Oliver Stone's intense, ground-level view of the Vietnam War snared PLATOON Best Director and Best Picture honors in 1986. While the film undoubtedly deserved it, the praise must have come as something of an irony to Stone. The Oscar-winning scribe spent roughly 10 years getting PLATOON to the screen - eventually doing so on a decidedly modest budget in the volatile Philippines. Even so, PLATOON remains a film of immense power. Though not for the faint-of-heart, it isn't unnecessarily grisly either. The message. however, is loud-and-clear. Stone, himself a veteran of Vietnam, clearly blames America's inevitable withdrawal from Saigon on the fatal divi­ sions among the rank-and-file - along with an official unwillingness to go all the way. That theory's validity aside, PLATOON succeeds in moving us uncon­ ditionally - due mostly to t he care Stone takes in portraying his sim­ ple, but vivid, ensemble cast. The centerpiece, of course, is young Charlie Sheen - who not onlv creates his own well-defined character, but benefits also from ghostly echoes set in motion by father Martin's earlier tour de force in APOCALYPSE NOW. Like APOCALYPSE, PLATOON is packed with unforgettable scenes. Chief among these is the wanton destruction of a Vietnamese hamlet and Willem Dafoe's christ-like stand against Tom Berenger's vile betrayal in the contest for Charlie's cinematic soul. Its home video distribution stalled by months of fierce litigation, The Blackhawk Catalog is proud to have finally secured PLATOON for its customers. R-rated, Color, 115 minutes. VHS Only THO0040 $99.95

,.~f 1,·, •*'. ':'(~ ltc ~ ~ *ii Beverly Hills Cop I & II Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) PRODUCER: Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer CAST! Eddie Murphy, DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg PRODUCER: Frank Marshall SCREEN­ Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox WRITER: Lawrence Kasdan CINEMATOGRAPHER: Douglas With combined theatrical ~osses well over S200 million, the two Slocombe CAST: Harrison Ford, Karen ·Allen, Ronald Lacey, Paul BEVERLY HILLS COP movies have firmly established comedian Ed­ Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliot die Murphy among Hollywood's elite attractions. As streetwise cop Axel Steven Spielberg and George Lucas joined forces in 1981 and reinvented Foley (Murphy), has invaded Beverly Hills twice - each time to avenge t he Saturday afternoon cliffhanger. Naturally, the two did so on a scale attacks made on good friends. In COP I, the catalytic ~ictim is a belov­ unimaginable when such action-packed fare was a national staple. The ed ex-con; in COP II, it's straight-shirted Ronny Cox (the B.H. police result is RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. Harrison Ford is the wry captain Murphy won-over in the first COP outing.) adventurer whose cinematic nom de guerre has become synonymous with Naturally, sinister villains abound. In COP II, it's shapely Brigitte modern movie excitement. In this, his first and best adventure, Ford's Nielsen. This, along with Murphy's barbed wit, makes for guaranteed Indiana Jones must acquire the Ark of the Covenant (cont aining what's fireworks, great action and irreverent comedy. Slickly executed, each COP left of the Ten Commandments) before the Nazis beat him to it. film combines the best of Murphy's instincts as an action star, cross­ What follows, of course, is the most breathtakingly hair-raising stunts bred with the star's cutting-edge comedy. and chases ever filmed. From sweaty South America to arid Egypt, In­ The result is a wildly successful hybrid that pulses t o the heady sound diana Jones dodges spears and bullets, swords and snakes in an obsessive, of pop music's biggest names. It's a genre that has been copiously non-stop race to outsmart the vile forces allied against him. Aiding In­ imitated, but never as successfully as producers Simpson and dy is estranged girlfriend Karen Allen, basso side-kick John Rhys-Davies Bruckheimer serve it up here. and a truck1oad of perseverance. BEVERLY HILLS COP (1984) - R-rated, color, 105 minutes. Nominated for six Oscars (including Best Picture and Best Director}, VPA1134 S19.95 RAIDERS is turbo-charged fun that non-apologetically delivers death­ BEVERLY HILLS COP II (1987) - R-rated, color, 102 minutes. defying feats and breakneck thrills with no purpose in mind other to enter­ VPA1860 S89.95 tain and amaze. It's the kind of rare movie experience for which repeat viewings yield unexpected and wonderful revelations regarding the in­ genuity and flare of the filmmakers. R-rated, color, 115 minutes. VPA1376 S19.95 Credit Card Sales Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

2 'tj'DlJI I I I I I I I I I I I IJi,NDMIAKS I I I I I I I I I I I I I tJDDt~JDLJDDDDD I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 /1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I N E N T E R T A N M E N Bonnie Scotland (1935) Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Daphne Pollard, William Janney . J une Lange, directed by James Horne Stan and Ollie are at it again with this send up of the 1935 Gary Cooper film Lives of a Bengal Lancer. For many years, this classic was thought to b~ lost forever. The negative has recently been recovered and this long sought-after class'c is now available on video. The hilarious clean-up detail scene provides one of the greatest comedy sequences ever. The slapstick comedic genius of Stanley Laurel and Oliver Hardy deserves its piace with the greats of classic cinema. Jn this adventure, Stan and Oliver venture off to Scotland to collect on an inheritance. but somehow end up in a Scot tish military regiment stationed in lnc..i a. Based on the story ·'Kilts,'' this film has been out of the public's 1each for years. Now, The Blackhawk Catalog is proud to be able to offer it to you. We believe this film deserves a place in any video library. VMG300857 _ ___ S24.95

The Little Colonel (1935) 1 DIRECTOR: David Butler PRODUCER: B.G. De Sylva SCREEN­ WRITER: William Conselman CINEMATOGRAPHER: Arthur Miller CAST: Shirley Temple, Lionel Barrymore, Evelyn Venable. John Lodge, Bill Robinson, Hattie McDaniel, Sidney Blackmer Top Hat (1935) Easily the best of Shirley Temple's Fox films. THE LITTLE COL­ DIRECTOR: Mark Sandrich PRODUCER: Pandro S. Berman CTNE1WA­ ONEL features the child star's most memorable duet with Bill "Bojan­ TOGRA PHER: David Abel & Vernon Walker SCREENWRITER: gles" Robinson. This, plus Temple's endearing rapport opposite can­ Dwight Taylor & Allan Scott MUSIC: Irving Berlin CHOREOGRAPHY: tankerous Lionel Barrymore, makes for an unforgettably affecting Hermes Pan CAST: Fred Astaire. Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Hor­ performance. ton, E•ic Blore, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes The story, of course, is set in the Reconstructionist South (circa 1870). Easily the best of the marvelous Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musicals, Ex-Confederate Barrymore has disinherited daughter Evelyn Venable for TOP HAT has all the earmarks of great '30s cinema. The music and lyrics marrying a Yankee. As Barrymore's grandchild, Temple takes it upon are by Irving Berlin. the choreography by Hermes Pan and the dancing, herself to end t his family feud. Naturally, our heroine does so with of cow-se, is by the master himself. Astaire is magical as an American miraculous aplomb and good humor. But, like Barrymore, curly-headed hoofer in London - tapping his way into Ginger Roger's reluctant heart. Temple is not averse to baring her fangs when necessary. She also plays Of course, when a hilariously frustrating case of mistaken identity Cupid to a cinematic sister. threatens to block the course of true love, an ever-optimistic Astaire must Director David Butler (formerly a silent screen actor) juggles comedy, danc-~ to a different tune in order to clear his name of phantom charges. drama and music seamlessly herein. Also note Hattie McDaniel as the His efforts very nearly landed TOP HAT Best Picture honors in 1935. scene-stealing maid. She would later earn an Oscar for a similar role in Astute supporting players round out the action - along with hit t unes GONE WITH THE WIND. like "Cheek to Cheek" and " Isn't It A Lovely Day?" B& W. 100 Minutes. As much a ioy for fans of Temple as for the uninitiated, THE LIT­ TLE COLONEL is a fitting testimony to the child star's awesome talent Editors .Vote: For more we-tapping entertainment from Fred Astaire. turn LO page 29! and national popularity during the 1930s. B&W, 80 minutes. VHS Only VPY5245 S19.95 VNO8035 $19.95 Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

3 Frankenstein, The Restored Version (1931) DIRECTOR: James Whales PRODUCER: Carl Laemmle Jr. MAKE-UP: Jack Pierce CAST: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, Edward Van Sloan, John Boles, Marilyn Harris, Dwight Frye For the first time in fifty years, this classic adaptation of Mary Shelly's; novel can be seen Victory at Sea Vol. I Chap. 1-4 the way director J runes Whales originally intend­ Victory at Sea (1952) VBA7659 $24.95 ed it. Universal Pictures has restored previous Vols. 1-6 Victory at Sea Vol II Chap. 5-8 excised footage to create the definitive VBA7660 $24.95 FRANKENSTEIN movie. Most notably, this DIREC'fOR: M. Clay Adams PRODUCER: Victory at Sea Vol. III Chap. 9-12 updated version includes a recent unearthed sec­ Henry Salomon WRITER: Henry Salomon, Richard Hanser MUSIC BY: Richard Rodgers VBA7661 $24.95 tion detailing the exact circumstances involving Victory at Sea Vol. IV Chap. 13-16 Boris Karloff's fatal encounter with the little girl NARRATOR: Leonard Graves This Emmy award-winning documentary VBA7662 $24.95 by the lake. Victory at Sea Vol. V Chap. 17-21 This key addition sheds an entirely new light series comprehensively chronicles the history of VBA7663 $24.95 on things - as it portrays Frankenstein's mon­ Allied naval exploits during World War II. Much Victory at Sea Vol. VI Chap. 22-24 ster in the tragically sympathetic vein Whales of the live-action footage was shot br Allied and Axis cameramen during the heat o combat. It VBA7664 $24.95 undoubtedly envisioned for the creature all All Six Volumes along. was subsequently sealed in governmental film VBAl $149.70 Intriguingly enough, this aforementioned foot­ vaults until director M. Clay Adams saw fit to age was thought to be too strong for audiences assemble the wealth of material into a lucid six­ in 1931 - what with Karloff watching helplessly volume series that the New York Times hailed as the little girl he tried to set afloat drowns ac­ " a television classic." cidentally before his very eyes. Leonard Graves narrates, with original music Now, this cornerstone scene is finally available by SOUTll PACIFIC composer Richard to modern audiences on home video - along with Rodgers. This, coupled with the awesome natural five other restored cuts. One of these includes panoramas of a world at war, combines to make a controversial line of dialogue uttered by Colin VICTORY AT SEA the most sweeping docu­ Clive at the height of the creation scene (during mentary of ~ts kind. From Pearl Harbor and Mid­ which the mad doctor akins himself to Godj. way to Iwo Jima and beyond, VICTORY AT Other restored cuts involve an early melee be­ SEA will take you places you've only imagined tween Karloff and his keepers, plus a brief shot - putting them in a contemporary context that of Edward Van Sloan injecting the monster with renders complex issues blissfully palpable. a hypodermic needle. Another added scene shows Available as a six-volume set, each tape con­ the hunchbacked Dwight Frye tormenting tains as many as five episodes. Volumes may be Karloff with a torch. purchased separately also. All in all, this newly-added footage re-estab­ lishes FRANKENSTEIN as one of Hollywood's greatest cinema gothics. B&W, 72 minutes. VMC55004 539.95 Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

4 Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy Comedy Swiss Miss (1938) Classics Vol. I - IX Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Walter Woolf King, The collection is fi nally complete! With the Della Lind, Eric Blore Stan and Ollie are mousetrap salesmen who recent release of the long lost volumes 4 and visit Switzerland and become involved with an 7, you can now collect all nine editions of this egotistical songwriter and his wife. 72 min. D& W conpendium of Laurel and Hardy classics. VN04004 Reg. n4-:95 Sale P rice $19.95 Volume I - The Music Box, The Live Ghost, County Hospital and Twice Two. 93 min. B& W The Flying Deuces (1H39) VNO4301 $19.95 Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker Reginald Gardner Volume 2- Blotto, Brats, Towed in A Hole and Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy join the Foreign PARDON US Hog Wild. 90 min. B&W Legion to help Ollie forget his troubled roman­ VNO4302 $19.95 tic past. Their attempts at adjusting to Legion Life provide many laugh-filled situatiom. 65 min. Pardon Us (1931) Volume 3- Oliver the 8th, Their First Mistake, B&W Slan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Marlowe, Busy Bodies and Dirty Work. 90 min. B&W VRP1349 Reg. $-19:% Sale Price $17.95 Wildred Lucas VNO4303 $19.95 Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are sent to Way Out West (1937) prison for selling home-brewed beer. They en­ Volume 4- Another Fine Mess. Laughing Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynne, counter all the usual prison sterotypical Gravy, Come Clean and Any Old Port. 90 min. James Finlayson, Rosina Lawrence characters and _p lay off them to delightful com­ B&W The boys travel westward to deliver a mine edy effect. Durmg an escape, they put on black VNO4 304 519.95 deed to the daughter of a recently departed faces and pick cotton along with blacks and Ollie friend. A crooked saloonkeeper tries to swindle sings " Lazy Moon." 55 min. B&W Volume 5- Be Big, Night Owls, The Perfect them. 65 min. B& W V NO4007 Reg. s-24:%- Sale Price $19.95 Day and Helpmates. 89 min. B& W VNO4003 Reg. ~ Sale Price Sl 9.95 VNO4305 $19.95 Now you can buy this B&W classic in full. Sons of the Desert (1933) color. Colorized by Hal Roach Studios. VHS Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Volume 6- The Fixer Uppers, Our Wife, Them Only Charley Chase Thar Hills, and Tit for Tat. 90 min. B&W HHR9603 Reg. ~ Sale Price S19.95 Sons of the Desert, Stan and Ollie's misadven­ VNO4 306 $19.95 tures stem from t heir half-baked scheme to at­ tend a Chicago convention without their wives' Volume 7- Below Zero, Thicker Than Water, permission. An elaborate ruse is constructed, Midnight Patrol, Me and My Pal. 80 min. B&W which centers around a fictitious trip to Hawaii. VNO4307 $19.95 Critics uniformly count Sons of the Desert among Stan and Ollie's slickest comedies. Filmed Volume 8-Men O'War, Scram. Laurel and in 1933, t his production is one of many made Hardy Murder Case and One Good Turn. 90 under the tutelage of long-time Laurel & Hardy min. B&W producer, Hal Roach. 69 min. B& W VN04308 $19.95 VN04001 S19.95 Volume 9- Beau Hunks, Chickens Come Our Relations (1936) Horne, Going Bye Bye, Berth Marks. 108 min. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, B&W directed by Harry Lachman VNO4309 519.95 This polished, fast-paced Laurel and Hardy classic has our hapless heroes entangled Complete Laurel and Hardy Comedy Classics in a hilarious series of mistaken Vols. I · IX identities when they meet up VNOXl Reg. SH-9-:% Sale P rice $159.95 with their long-lost twin brothers! 94 min. B& W Block-Heads VNO4002 Reg. 8-2+.% (1938) Sale Price $19.95 Twenty years after World War I. Stan is still The Bohemian guarding a trench because Girl (1936) nobody told him to stop. Stan Laurel, Oliver Ollie takes him home to Hardy , Mae Busch meet the wife with disas The last of Laurel and trous consequences. Hardy's comic operettas "Old-fashioned slap­ fi nds them as guardians of stick and hoke." a young orphan, whom no - Variety. onerealizes is actually a kid­ VNO4009 S19.95 napped princess. 74 min. B&W Comedy VNO4008 Reg. ~ Sale P rice $19.95

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5 THE FILMS OF CARY GRANT

Every Girl Should Sylvia Scarlett Once Upon A In Name Only Be Married (1948) (1935) Honeymoon (1942) (1939) Cary Grant, Franchot Tone, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Diana Lynn, Besty Drake, Alan Brian Aherne, Edmund Gwenn, Walter Slezak, Albert Dekker, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn, Mowberry, directed by directed by George Cukor directed by Leo McCarey Peggy Ann Garner, directed by Don Hartman Intrigue. Deception. Romance. An American reporter, Pat John Cromwell Hilarity fills the screen when Sylvia Scarlett lias it all. Sylvia (Grant) predicts Hitler's move­ Maida Walker (Francis) Cary Grant, Betsy Drake and Scarlett (Hepburn) helps her ments by trailing Baron Von desperately clings to her loveless Franchot Tone figure out who father (Gwenn) escape criminal Luber, a Nazi Gestapo agent marriage to Alec (Grant), in spite loves whom and why! Madison punishment by fleeing the coun­ (Slezak) throughout Europe. The of his love for another woman, Brown (Grant) is a handsome, try. To avoid suspicion, she baron's innocent wife, Katie Julie Eden (Lombard). If Maida eligible doctor who innocently disguises herself as a boy by cut· (Rogers), formerly a Brooklyn grants Alec a divorce, he'll be free goes shopping one day. A sales­ ting her hair and taking on a burlesque queen, has married the to marry Julie, but that would clerk Anabel Adams (Drake), boy's appearance. After their German in spite of repeated ro­ mean giving up the Walker thinks that he's perfect marriage escape, they hook up with a fellow mantic overtures by Pat. On family fortune. Her sinister material and aggressively pur­ con-artist, Jimmy Monkley Katie's hone7moon, Pat con­ schemes to foil divorce attempts sues him. The problem? Dr. (Grant), and together become vinces her o the devastating are ruthless, greedy and painful Brown has no intention of tying partners in crime. When she falls plots against world freedom con· to Alec and Julie. In Name Only the knot! To confuse the situa­ m love with a touring actor, ducted by her husband and the explores human emotions in both. tion, Anabel is being romantical­ Michael Fane (Aheme), the fact Nazis, and together, they plot to tender and strained relationships. ly pursued by her millionaire boss that she looks like a boy creates outwit the Germans. Once, Upon You'll love this beautifully acted, (Tone). Every Girl Should Be complications. In Sylvia Scarlett, A Honeymoon was nominated for sensitive portrayal of jealousy, Married is a fun-filled romance director Cukor and star Hepburn an Academy Award for Best passion and rage. 94 mm. B&W that will warm the heart. 84 min. bring a fresh approach to film­ Sound Recording. 116 min. B&W VRP7274 $19.95 B&W making - establishing this VRP7480 $19.95 VRP7190 S19.95 wonderful tale of intlrigue and romance. 94 min. B&W VRP7800 Sl9.95 Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

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The Philadelphia That Touch of My Favorite Wife Story (1940) Mink (1962) (1940) Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Cary Grant, Doris Day Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Irene Dunne, Cary Grant James Stewart, Ruth Hussey, In New York City. a young Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, Kick Arden remarries Bianca Roland Young, naive girl finds herself involved Gene Evans, Arthur O'Connell after declaring his wife Ellen (who directed by George Cukor with a business tycoon. On a trip Determined to get his sub back has been missing for several A strong-willed Philadelphia to Bermuda, both parties get an in action, a commander bypasses years) dead. Ellen suddenly girl finds the plans for her second education as they play their game regulations and uses "enterpris­ shows up at the honeymoon, and marriage going awry when her of "cat and mouse.·· 99 min. Col­ ing" methods to procure supplies. sparks begin to fly. Nick is first husband turns up. Based on or. Romance 120 min. Color jealous of the man who was on the play by Philip Barry. Acnd· VRP4115 Reg. ~ VRP3082 Reg. ~ the island with Ellen. Ellen is try· emy Awards '40: Best Actor Sale Price $19.95 Sale Price Sl9.95 ing to convince Nick that the man (Stewart); Best Screenplay is older than he really is, and (Donald Ogden Stewart). 112 min. The Bachelor and Bianca is trying to figure out B&W. VHS Only Penny Serenade what's going on. VMG500059 Reg. ~ the Bobby Soxer VRP7428 Reg. &l-9-:% Sale Price S24.95 (1941) (1947) Sale Price $17.95 The Bishop's Wife Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Cary Grant. Myrna Loy, North By Edgar Buchanan Shirley Temple (1948) Cary Grant and Irene Dunne Dick. a practical artist, lectures are one of the most fondly Northwest (1959) Cary Grant, Loretta Young, to an art class at a high school Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, David Niven, Monty Wooley, remembered comedy teams in when Susan (a teenager) falls in film. This 1941 film is a radical James Mason, Martin Landau, Elsa Lanchester love with him. Susan crashes directed by Alfred Hitchcock directed by Henry Koster change of pace. about a couple's Dick's apartment and is dis­ attempt to have children. Grant Considered by many to be David Niven is an ambitious covered t here with him. Dick is Alfred Hitchcock's most enter­ bishop who has temporarily lost and Dunne are excellent in this guilty enough to get 20 years, but drama far removed from their taining thrillers, North by North· sight of the more spiritual aspects the judge arranges for Dick to go west will leave you breathless. of his job. Cary Grant is the standard comic fare. 125 min. unprosecut.?d on the promise that B&W Cary Grant, the victim in a case debonair angel sent to help Niven he will pretend to be Susan's boy­ of mistaken identity, is forced to find his way again. 108 min. VRP3173 Reg. s+9c% friend until she recovers from her Sole Price $17.95 race around the country in a bid B&W. VHS Only infatuatior.. to clear his name. l 36 min. Color VBA3030 Reg. $39:-% VRP7043 $19.95 VHS Only Sole Price $19.95 VMG600104 $19.95 She Done Him The Grass Is Wrong (1933) Cary Grant, Mae West, Greener (1961) Owen Moore, Noah Beery Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, That platinum bomb-shell, Mae Jean Simmons, Robert Mitchum West, shines as a tough-as-nails An American millionaire in­ barroom matron with a heart of vades part of an impoverished gold. That is, when she isn't dally­ Earl's mansion and falls in love ing with Grant, ex-lovers, ex-cons with t he lady of the house. The and ex-patriates... or belting out Earl is willing to go to any tunes like "Frankie And lengths to keep his wife, even a Johnny". 65 min. B&W duel with pistols. 105 min. color VMC80597 S29.95 V RPl 586 Reg. 6£4,95 Topper (1937) Sole Price $19.95 Cary Grant, Roland You11g, Indiscreet (1958) Father Goose Suspicion (1941) Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Cary Grant, lngrid Bergman, Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel directed by Norman Z. McLeod Phyllis Calvert, (1964) Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Bruce, Leo G. Carroll. Based on the Thorne Smith directed by Stanley Donen directed by Alfred Hitchcock novel, this is the story of Marion An American diplomat in Lon­ Trevor Howard During World War II, a plane· l s he or isn't he planning to and George Kirby who, after a car don falls in love with an actress murder his wife? Hitchcock keeps accident, do not wish Lo be dead but protects himself by saying he spotter Hationed on a remote Pacific i~le finds himself stuck you guessing until the last and become ghosts instead. They is married. Taken from the Nor· minute! Grant excels as a charm­ get involved in many ghostly man Krasna play "Kind Sir''. with a group of French refugee schoolgirls and their teacher. 116 ing villain who arouses the suspi­ escapades. 97 min. (Look for a remake of this film cions of wife Fontaine, in her VNO4005 $19.95 starring Robert Wagner to be min. Color VRPl 28fi Reg. $29:-95 Oscar-winning role. 99 min. B&W Now you can buy this B&W released by Republic Pictures.) VNO8030 S19.95 classic in full- color. Colorized by 100 min. Color Sale Price $19.95 Hal Roach Studios. VRP1967 Reg. 5-39:-95 HHR9608 Reg. ~ Sole Price S19.95 Sale Price S19.95 Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

7 Featured Artist: Humphrey Bogart

Casablanca (1943) Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Ingrid Bergman A wonderful classic about a night club owner in war-torn Casablanca. Painful memories are stirred as an old flame suddenly shows up. Does she leave with him, or help her husband lead the under_ground? Bogie holds all the answers. It won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Director (Michael Curtiz). A movie \r~: b1:ry again and again, Sam. 102 min. B&W. VTW4514 Reg. $'r9:-95 Sale Price 529.95 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt Bruce Bennett, directed by John Huston Greed and suspicion surround three pros· pectors in their search for gold. Academy Awards '48: Best Supporting Actor (Huston); Best Director (Hustonl; Best Screenplay TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (Huston) 126 min. B&W. VHS Only To Have and Have Not VKV4639 Reg. &59:-95 Sale Price $29.95 Key Largo (1948) KEY LARGO (1945) Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Midnight (1934) Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael, Lionel Barrymore Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Fox Delores Moran, Sheldon Leonard, This movie will stun you with its subtle ten­ Dan Seymour, directed by Howard Hawks The jury foreman in a murder trial tips the sion and ma~icent acting. Gangsters hold a scales in favour of guilty, but is haunted when A Martinique charter boat operator gets mixed war vet and fus friends hostage while they hide up with a foxy lady and French resistance his own daughter kills her lover. out in their hotel. Through a tropical storm and "It's pretty stong stuff and will hold audiences fighters during World War II. William Faulkner mounting odds, Bogie prevails. Directed by John adapted the Ernest Hemingway story. 100 min. once they're in." - Variety Huston. 101 min. VHS Only 80 min. B&W. VHS Only B&W. VHS Only VTW4594 Reg. ~ Sale Price S29.95 VMG600747 Reg.~ Sale Price 524.95 30-0815 Reg. ~ Sale Price 519.95

The Great McGinty (1940) That Cold Day in the Park Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus (1969) This irresistible tale of political corruption not only won the 1940 Oscar for Best Screenplay but Sandy Dennis, Michael Burns marked the directorial debut of its scenarist, A middle aged spinster silently seduces a Preston Sturges. And what a debut! Filled with twenty year old boy as an expression of freedom typical Sturges' flourishes, the no-kickbacks· and fantasy. She uses seduction, a prostitute, barred fable of grafting politicians stars Donlevy and wild passion to secure their dream-like rela­ as a down-and-out bartender in South America tionship forever. 91 min. Color who tells the story of his rise to political power VRP4102 Reg.~ Sale Price $19.95 as the two-fisted crony of part leader Akim Tamiroff, the kind of guy who could give Boss Force of Evil (1949) Tweed bribe-taking lessons. When Donlevy, now John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, the major and a shoe-in (courtesy of Tamiroff's Beatrice Pearson, Marie Windsor, directed by machine) for governor finally sees the light, the Abraham Polonsky cynical Sturges manages a minor Tinsel Town An involved, atmospheric melodrama about a miracle by remaining true to his story and his racketeer's lawyer who finds that his boss has characters. After all, how could you not like a killed his brother. Moodily and brilliantly NINOTCHKA picture that explains politics this way: "You got photographed in the streets of New York City. to pay somebody to protect you from human "It credits an audience with intelligence in its greed." ~2 min. B&W VHS Only ears as well as its eyes."- Dilys Powell Ninotchka (1939) VMC80595 $29.95 VRP1362 Reg. &89:%- Sale Price $19.95 Greta Garbo, Melyyn Douglas, Sig Rumann Slexandr Granch, Felix Bressart, Ina Claire and Morning Glory (1933) Bela Lugosi, directed by Ernest Lubitsch Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Nominated for Four Academy Awards, Adolph Menjou NINOTCHKA is the story of a Paris playboy Hepburn is stage stuck and determined to con­ who falls for a communist emissary sent to sell quer Broadway when she brashly enters a ma­ some crown jewels. jor producer's office and is thrown out. Menjou "High caliber entertainment for adult au­ and Fairbanks, think she is striking and get her diences, and a top attraction for the key de­ a job as the star's understudy. Openin~ night luxers. " - Variety the star makes unbelievable demands, 1S fired "The Lubitsch style ... has disappeared. In­ and with minutes to go Kate gets the go-ahead stead we have a hard, brightly lit, cynical and becomes an overnight sensation. Hepburn comedy with the wisecrack completely in con­ won the Oscar for best actress. 75 min. B&W. trol." -John Baxter, 1968. VHS Only VHS Only VMG400115 $24.95 VRP7423 Reg. &a+-9& Sale Price $19.95 Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

8 Drama

Citizen Kane (1941) Lost Horizon (1937) Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloan, Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Thomas Mitchell, John Howard, Margo, George Colouris, Dorothy Comingore, Edward Everett Horton, H.B. Warner Ruth Chatterton, directed by Orson Welles Sam Jaffe Citizen Kane - consistently named the great­ To escape an uprising, an ill-assorted group of est American movie of all time by critics and au­ passengers board a plane and flee from China. diences alike. They are transported away from the everyday Citizen Kane represents a consummate pin­ world, wilh its conflicts and fears into the nacle in American movie-making. It is, arguably, wonderful land of Shangri-La, hidden away in the the most important film to have in any collec­ vastness of Tibel. A dream-like film which will tion. Not simply for its significance in terms of keep you enthralled to the very end. 132 min. cutting-edge cinema, but for its power as quality B& W. VHS Only entertainment as well. As for Welles' moral, it VCO60763 $29.95 is as bittingly truthful today as when first de­ duced in 1941: What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, but loses his soul? 119 min. B&W VNO8002 Sl 9.95

WUTHERING HEIGHTS GRAND HOTEL Grand Hotel (1932) ~~!~3[};?r~!!~§~!iatt9J~t. John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Wallac~ Beery, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone Leo G. Carroll, directed by William Wyler Indeed. with a cast that reads like a Who's Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, this adap­ Who of Hollywood myth, it's easy to see how tation of Emily Bronte's classic piece of Vic­ Grand Hotel nabbed Best Picture honors in 1932 torian literature is a classic tale of romance. The with its soap-operish study of a day-in-the-life story revolves around a hypnotic relationship of a post Berlin hostelry. The ensemble of stars between a young, middle-class Yorkshi.re girl here, with sensual Garbo at the forefront, set (Merle Oberon) and the gypsy boy (Lawrence Goulding's/roduction vibrating in a way that Olivier) who works in her father's stable. transcende social lines to create a popular A classic Hollywood tale, and a perfect addi­ blockbuster - as foreceful in its impact today tion to your Olivier collection! as ever. 115 min. B&W. VHS Only Vl3A3079 Reg. $£4:95 Sale Price Sl9.95 CITIZEN KANE VMG400564 $24.95

Fr~ncis Ford Coppola's Finest The Godfather (1972) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Talia Shire, Diane Keaton, directed by Francis Ford Coppola Based on the novel by Mario Puzo, this is the epic portrayal of the Corleone family 's rise to the top of the criminal world. Academy Awards '72: Best Picture; Best Actor (Brando); Best Screen­ play (Puzo and Coppola). l 71 min. Color VPA8049 Reg. 859-,% Sale Price S29.95 The Complete Godfather Epic 1902-1959 (1981) Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Diane Keaton, Robert DeNiro, John Cazale, l,ee Strasberg, Talia Shire, directed by Francis Ford Coppola The complete Godfather saga. Francis Ford Coppola's epic work concerning the lives of a New York crime family. Both original "Godfather" films have been reedited into a chronological framework of the Corleone family history. with much previously discarded footage restored. Special 3 cassette set. 450 min. Color VPA8480 $179.95 Credit Card Sales Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

9 James Bond: 007

On Her Majest~' s Secret Service (1969) George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas James Bond is up to his old tricks-globe­ hopping, death cheating and womanizing. In­ credible action sequences make this, the sixth 007 film, a thrilling addition to the Bond legend. 140 min. Rated PG. VHS Only VTW4604 Reg.~ Sale Price $19.95 The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) Roger Moore, Christopher Lee, Maud Adams, Britt Ekland, Herve Villechaize 007 is smashing in his ninth sophisticated, action-packed, amorous adventure. The villain is as villainous as ever, the girls are as lovely as ever, the humor is as tongue-in-cheek as ever. 125 min. Rated PG. VHS Only THE SPY WHO LOVED ME VTW4606 Reg.~ Sale Price S19.95 Dr. No (1962) The Spy Who Loved Me Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, (1977) Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, Bernard Lee, Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel Lois Maxwell Super suspense and spectacular action, as 007 This is the first, the one that launched the battles incredibly villainous foes, in a magnifi­ movie legend of James Bond. In it, he finds cent effort to save the world and make out with himself in the clutches of the diabolical Dr. No, beautiful women. 125 min. Rated PG. VHS Only a madman seeking to control the world, or VTW4638 Reg. S%:-98 Sale Price $19.95 destroy it. 111 min. Rated PG. VHS Only VTW4525 Reg. $'r9:98 Sale Price $19.95 Octopussy (1983) Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan Thunderball (1965) The 13th James Bond epic has 007 in India Live and Let Die (1973) Sean Connery, Adolfo Celi, Claudine Auger searching for an international gem smuggling Roger Moore, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Th fourth installment in Ian Fleming's James ring which is responsible for the death of agent Yaphet Kotto, Geoffrey Holder Bond series finds Bond on a mission to thwart 009. 130 min. Stereo. Rated PG. VHS Only This, the eighth 007 adventure, finds our hero, SPECTRE, which has threatened to blow up VTW4715 Reg. 5%:-98 Sale Price $19.95 Bond, on a mission to save the world from the Miami by atomic bomb if 100 million pounds of worst villain yet, who, with the aid of voodoo and sterling ransom is not paid. Academy Award '65: A View to a Kill (1985) hard drugs, is turning people into zombies. 121 Special Visual Effects. 125 min. Color. VHS Only Roger Moore, Christopher Walken, min. Rated PG. VHS Only VTW4611 Reg. &%:98 Sale Price $19.95 Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones VTW4633 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 James Bond's newest mission takes him to the United States, where he must stop the evil Max You Only Live Twice (1967) Zorin from destroying California's Silicon Valley. Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence Duran Duran performs the title song. 131 min. Great 007 action shot on location in Japan. Color. Rated PG. VHS Only Superb special effects and fiendish villains make VTW4730 Reg. &%:98 Sale Price S19.95 this a must for James Bond aficionados. 117 min. Rated PG. VHS Only Moonraker (1979) VTW4526 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Richard Kiel, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clery From Russia with Love J aines Bond is aided by a female CIA agent, assaulted by a giant with jaws of steel and cap· (1963) tured by Amazons when he sets out to protect Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Dabiela Bianchi the human race. 126 min. Color. Rated PG. VHS Lotte Lenya Only A Russian spyJ·oins an international crime VTW 4636 Reg. &%:98 Sale Price S19.95 organization and evelops a plan to kill James Bond and steal a coding machine. The second Never Say Never Again Bond feature. 118 min. Color VHS Only VTW4566 Reg. &%:98 Sale Price $19.95 (1983) Sean Connery, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Goldfinger (1964) Max Von Sydow, Barbara Carrera Sean Connery, Gert Frobe, Honor Blackman James Bond matches wits with a charming but 007 is on the case and as cool and determined sinister tycoon who is holding the world nuclear as ever. This time he has to stop a diabolical hostage as part of a diabolical _plot by SPEC­ smuggler from robbing Fort Knox. 112 min. TRE. 134 min. Color. Rated PG. VHS Only Rated PG. VHS Only VWA11337 Reg. $69-:% Sale Price $19.95 VTW4595 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 For Your Eyes Only (1981) Diamonds Are Forever Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Lynn-Holly Johnson (1971) Another James Bond epic in which 007 is Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Jimmy Dean called upon to keep the Soviets from getting hold Connery is back in this first Bond flick shot of the valuable mstrument aboard a sunken in America, for one of 007's most fantastic British spy ship. 127 min. Color. Rated PG VHS adventures. Based on the novel by Ian Fleming. Only 119 min. Rated PG. VHS Only VTW 4568 Reg. $'r9:98 Sale Price S19.95 VTW4605 Reg. 5'1-9:-98 Sale Price $19.95 Credit Card Sales Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please 10 ~------•a)f i·rEl!ii·ii!M-ii&11

Dial "M" for Murder (1954) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) Ray Milland, John Williams Grace Kelly, James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Ward Bond Robert Cummings, directed by AHred Hitchcock Jimmy Cagney is a tough hoodlum with a passion for crime and a penchant for killing. Forg­ An aging tennis champion tries to arrange the ing his way into the ranks of the mob chieftains, he muscles in on a gang of small-time thieves death of his wife so that he will inherit a fortune, and begins a series of big-time robbE-ries ... until a couple of crooked detectives strong-arm but his complex plan goes wrong. The Hitchcock his henchmen and make off with their cash. But not even the police are safe from Cagney's touch is at work in t his film as the master of ruthless tactics as he takes whatever he wants ... and kills anyone who gets in his way. 102 suspense uses his skills to craft a thoroughly min. B&W entert aining film. VRP2205 $24.95 VWA1 1156 Reg. 569:% Sale Price $24.95 Cloak and Dagger (1946) The Lost Moment (1947) Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer, Robert Alda Robert Cummings, Susan Hayward, Agnes Moorehead "The moment he fell in love was his moment A publisher (Robert Cummings), seeking love of greatest danger!" Gary Gooper stars as a letters writt€n by a long-dead great poet, goes physics professor who joins the secret service to Italy to interview a very old lady and her and is parachuted into Germany to interview a kidnapped scientist. 106 min. B&W niece. The old lady is spooky, the niece neurotic, the film fascinating. Those who know Cummings VRP0694 Reg. $89,-96 Sale Price $19.95 only from his TV series will be pleasantly sur­ prised. 88 min. B&W High School Confidential VRP2448 Reg. sa9:% Sale Price S29.95 (1958) Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, Mamie Van Doren, The Dark Mirror (1946) Jerry Lee Lewis Olivia de Havilland, Lew Ayres, The smart aleck leader of the high school hot Thomas Mitchell, Garry Owen rod set strays into contact with a syndicate. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT A psychologist and a detective must determine while a very glamorous school teacher devoted which twin sister murdered a prominent physi­ t o quelling teen delinquency involves herself, cian. 85 min. B& W with a surprise outcome. 85 min. B& W In The Heat of The Night VRP0888 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 VRP1808 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 (1967) I Ill Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren O.ites Winner of 4 Academy Awards (including Best Ill!\ I~ Picture), this is the compelling story of a redneck - police chief forced to ally with a black cop to llf ~\\Ill. \~II solve a murder case. The barriers of cclor are soon broken. as life and death struggles become the means to true brotherhood. Directed by Nor­ man Jewison, one of the finest and most touching dramas of this era. 109 min. VHS Only VTW4612 Reg. 559:98 Sale Price $19.95 Blowing Wild (1953) Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Anthony Quinn. Ruth Roman, Ward Bond A Mexican oil driller becomes involved with the psychotic wife of an old friend, the triangle ill[ leads to murder and retribution. The result is a pot-boiling star vehicle with adequate melodran1atic interest, full of reminiscences of other movies, with a wicked lady to end them DAllli MIRB~ ~ all. 88 min. B& W VRP0346 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 HIG H ---SCHOOL CO!\FIDENTIAL Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

11 Featured Artist: Wayne in the West

John Wayne Matinee Here's a round-up of some early western classics starring John Wayne. These are "B" movie double features, offered this time for a reduced price. If the double-features listed below interest you, pick up the phone and call The Blackhawk Catalog to place your order. John Wayne Matinee Double Feature Number 1 (111 min.) Frontier Horizon Lawless Nineties VRP7301 Reg.~ Sale Price $19.95 Double Feature Number 2 (112 min.) The Lonely Trail Three Texas Steers VRP7302 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 Double Feature Number 3 (110 min.) Pals of the Saddle The Night Riders VRP7299 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 Double Feature Number 4 (110 min.) Wheel of Fortune (1942) Sante Fe Stampede John Wayne, Frances Dee The New Frontier A shrewd ;young country lawyer is forced to VRP7300 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 expose a girls father as a crooked gambler, vice lord, and shady_politician. 85 min. B&W VRP4501 Reg. SS9:-% Sale Price S19.95 Rooster Cogburn (1975) John Wayne, Katharine Hepbum, True Grit (1969) Richard Jordan, Anthony Zerbe, John McIntire John Wayne was given an Oscar for his per­ A Bible-thumping schoolmarm joins up with formance as the drunken, uncouth, one-eyed U.S. a hard-drinking, hard-fighting marshal in order marshal, Rooster Cogburn, in this extraordinary to capture a gang of incompetent outlaws who Western. Laughter and tears punctuate the wild killed her father. 107 min. Color. Rated PG action as this odd threesome form a reluctant VMC55042 Reg. &a9:% Sale Price S19.95 bond. 128 min. Color. Rated G VPA6833 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95

SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) John Wayne Wayne is an iron-willed Cavalry Captain bat­ tlin~ a Cheyenne uprising. An epic film that won an Academy Award for its breathtaking cinematography. 93 min. Color VNO8026 $19.95 Lady From Louisiana (1941) John Wayne, Ray Middleton Lovers seperate in a heated argument and hatreds rage because he is out to rid New Orleans of lptteries, and her father is a big time gambler. 85 min. B&W ,. . ..I.- VRP2248 Reg. $$-:-95 Sale Price $19.95 ROOSTER COGBURN Credit Card Sales Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please 12 Lady for a Night (1942) The Cowboys (1972) John Wayne, Joan Blondell John Wayne ~lemphis society rebels against the election of When a gold strike drains all the grown men Jenny Blake (Joan Blondell), as Queen of the an­ from the area, Wil Andersen (John Wayne) is nual Carnival Ball. Jack Morgan (John Wayne), forced to hire 11 young boys to help him get his a gambler, has rigged the election. Jenny, 1200 cattle from his Double-O Ranch to the however, realizes that the whole affair is a farce railhead at Belle Fourch, 400 miles away. 128 and this makes her more determined than eve; min. Color to break into Memphis society. 88 min. B&W ·· .. . the best role of his career. Old Dusty Brit­ VRP2233 Reg. ~ Sale Price S19.95 ches can act." Rex Reed. N. Y. Daily News Dark Command (1940) VWA11213 $19.95 John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Roy Rogers Kansas school teacher becomes the famed Big Jake (1971) guerilla, Quantrell, and fights a courageous John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Richard Boone sheriff during Civil War raids in the Kansas ter­ Patrick i,yayne, Christopher Mitchum, ' ritory. 95 min. B&W Bobby Vinton, Bruce Cabot, Glenn Corbett, VRP0881 Reg. s+9:% Sale Price S17.95 John Doucette With its smoking gunfights, stunning backdrops, gritty dialogue and superb perfor­ mances from t he entire cast, BIG JAKE is, from Dakota (1945) start to finish, big western entertainment. 110 John Wayne, Walter Brennan, min. Color. Rated PG. VH S Only Vera Ralston and Hugo H11as VPY71 49 Reg. ~ Sale Price Sl9.95 John Devlin (John Wayne) elopes with the daughter of railroad tycoon Marko Poli (Hugo Haas). Sandy (Vera Ralston), the new Red River (1948) bride, decides that they should settle John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, down in North Dakota ins tead of Cal­ Walter Brennan, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey, ifornia. War then develops between Harry Carey Jr., Joanne Dru, directed by speculators and wheat farmers after Howard Hawks a $20,000.00 theft. 82 min B&W This shoot 'em up adaptation of Mutiny on the VRP0830 Sale Price S19.95 Bounty definitely features Wayne at his best in the role of a tough rancher making a historic cat­ tle drive. The result is a classic cowboy picture. Rio Grande (1950) 133 min. B&W. VHS Only John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, VPY4656 Reg. 55-9:98 Sale Price S19.95 Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., directed by John Ford War of the Wildcats (1943) The final film in John Ford's cavalry trilogy, Rio Grande, John Wayne, Martha Scott. A lbert Dekker teams John Wayne and Maureen Cathy Allen, an attractive and independent O'Hara as an estranged husband schoolteacher, is forced to move to Sapulpa, and wife divided over the fate of Oklahoma. There she meets Jim Gardener a their grown child (well-played by prosperous oil operator, and Dan Somes (Wa~e), young Claude J arman J r.) an at tractive cowboy. Because of their mutual Wayne, understand, is a. cavalry interest in Cathy and in the fate of the crude oil leader with the unenviable task of found on Indian territory, there is a lot of hos­ ordering his own son into battle t ility between the two men that threatens to against fierce Apaches. O'Hara, destroy both of them. 102 min. who hasn't seen Wayne in 16 VRP4447 Reg. $-1-9:% Sale Price Sl7.95 years, tries to intervene on Jar­ man·s behalf. In this way, dir­ Winds of the Wasteland ector Ford creates a two-pron­ ged conflict for The Duke: (1936) One between Wayne and John Wayne, Yakima Canutt the Indians, another be­ As the Pony Express fades into history, John tween Wayne and his y,~fe. ~ lair (Wayne) and his sidekick Smoky (Canutt) Further highlighted by fmd themselves out of a job. T hey purchase a vi brant photography stag~coach route from Cal Drake, only to find and an authentic west­ that 1t connects with a nearly abandoned min­ ern soundtrack, critic ing town. 54 min. B&W Leonard Maltin calls VRP4580 S19.95 Rio Grande ''the most underrated" of Ford's cavalry fihns. Set in the late 1800s, it is also a fascinating study of the cav­ alry's post-Civil War days. Col­ or, B&W 105 min. VRP3457 Reg.~ Sale Price S19.95

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13 The New Lion of Sonora South of St. Louis (1948) Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, Victor Jory, (1970) Douglas Kennedy, Dorothy Malone, Leif Ericksen, Henry Darrow, Alexis Smith, Alan Hale Cameron Mitchell, Gilbert Roland Before the Civil War starts, southern farmers The sudden, peaceful passing of Don Sebas­ are plagued by Union guerrillas. 88 min. Color tian Montoya brings his daughter Victoria, his VRP3835 Reg. $29795 Sale Price $24.95 son Manolito, John Cannon and Buck to the Montoya ranch to attend funeral services and to settle estate matters. A series of unexplained raids on his new-found cattle and property serves to uncover a little-lmown dimension of the deceased. VRP7450 Reg. sa9:98 Sale Price $19.95 Bugles in the Afternoon (1952) Ray Milland, Hugh Marlowe, Helena Carter, ' Forrest Tucker, Barton Madane In t he U.S. army at the time of Custer's last stand, a young officer is victimized by a jealous rival. 85 min. Color VRP0450 Reg. ~ Sale Price $24.95 BULLWHIP Last Command (1955) Sterling Hayden, A~a Maria Albergbetti ~~lla':s~!.~hi!d~~~Lg, James Grfffith, In 1834, Texas struggles under Mexican rule. Peter Adams Jim Bowie, cau~ht up with a beautiful aristocrat A man falsely accused of murder saves himself in political intrigue, will soon join gallant Tex­ from the hangman's noose by agreeing to a ans in a glorious stand for freedom at the Alamo. shotgun wedding. 80 min. Color 110 min. Color SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS VRP0464 Reg. $$:-% Sale Price $19.95 VRP2279 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95

Classics of the Small Screen The Best of Bonanza Vol. 1 The Best of Bonanza Vol. 3 The Best of Bonanza Vol. 4 A Rose for Lotta Hoss and the Leprechauns To Own The World Pilot Episode Trouble starts when Hoss stwnbles across a Telly Savalas guest stars as a multi-millionaire "lepl'echaun" burying a cache of ¥,Old on the who decides that he's going to buy the The first BONANZA episode ever! A sultry Ponderosa. After that, "leprechauns ' invade the Ponderosa even if he has to destroy the Cart­ saloon siren lures Little Joe to Virginia City, ranch and the Cartwrights are led on a merry wrights to get it. When Ben refuses to sell, he where silver tycoons take him hostage. The ran­ chase. An itinerate Irish showman complicates sets out to prove that money has the power to som: The Ponderosa Ranch. things for all concerned. overcome the Cartwrights' objections - and to The Underdo~ The Truckee Strip buy off or frighten all of their friends. The Cartwrights give refuge to Harry Starr, A ~cherning silver baron and his ranch foreman The Boss a half-breed Indian played by CHARLES p_romote a feud between neighbors over "The Tom Slayden squeezes Virginia City mer­ BRONSON, and entrust him with a job to help Truckee Strip." The Bishops and the Cart­ chants by driving off all competition to his restore his self-confidence. Unfortunately, Harry wrights both claim the land is rightfully theirs. freight line, then hiking rates to impossible has sinister plans for his well-meaning hosts. To further complicate matters, Little Joe has levels. When townsmen complain to Ben Cart­ VRP7160 Reg. SS9:-95 Sale Price $19.95 fallen in love with Bishop's daughter. wright, he intervenes, setting off a feud with VRP7162 Reg. 559:% Sale Price $19.95 Slayden. Little Joe and the daughter of the an­ tagonist are drawn into the quarrel. The Best of Bonanza Vol. 2 VRP7163 Reg. $59:-95 Sale Price $19.95 The Dark Gate Adam's best friend and Ride The Wind neighbor, Ross Marquett, has joined an outlaw gang and become a 2!?8)eene, cattle-thieving, cold­ Dan Blocker, blooded killer. Michael Landon The Honor of Cochise The Cartwright family An Apache-slaughter- helps in the struggle to ing Cavalry captain build the Pony Ex­ hopes the Cart­ press. Curtis Wade wrights will pro­ a co-founder of tect him from the mail service, an avenging is faced with con­ Cochise. tinuing losses. VRP7161 97 min. Reg.$39:96 VRP7690 Sale Price 'Reg.$39:98 $19.95 Sale Price $19.95 Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

14 Science Fiction/Horror

) DR. TERROR'S HOUSE OF HORRORS Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Donald Sutherland, Neil McCallum Good anthology horror entertainment about a fortune-teller (Peter Cushing) who has some frightening revelations for his clients. A top· flight example of British genre movie-making. 98 min. Color The Invisible Man (1933) King Kong (1933) VRP1067 Reg. St-9-;% Sale Price 517.95 Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains. Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armsrrong William Harrigan, Dudley Digges This is the original monster movie, and it still Una O'Connor ' holds up today in all its drama, pathos and ex­ Frankenstein, The Restored In The Invisible Man, what you don't see is citement. When the giant ape climbs the Empire Version (1931) /l 1i7' what you get. This remarkable 1933 movie State Building to fight off the biplanes, you'll be pulling for him all the way. 103 mir.. B&W Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, L//f marked the screen debut of Claude Rains as a directed by James Whales scientist who discovers how to make himself in­ VNO8001 S19.95 For the first time in fifty years, this classic visible but can·t reverse the process. Slowly he adaptation of Mary Shell_y"s novel can be seen real!zes with terror that he's become a prisoner t he way its director originally intended it. of his unseen self, an unbearable state that drives ~i!!t 2r!s~~f ~eJ!i~c1) Universal Pictures has restored previously ~m to m~dness and murder. Although he is in· This sequel Lo King Kong has Armstrong and !Vlack searching Skull Island for some long lost edited footage to create a definitive Frankenstein v1s1ble, his clothes are not, so we witness the movie. Most notably, this new version includes ~izarre sight ?f seemingly empty trousers bound· Jewels. Along the way they run into prehistoric creatures, one of which is King Kong's child. a recent unearthed section detailing the exact cir· mg along, his h!)t suspended in space, or a cumstances involving Boris Karloff's fatal en· ~oatmg fork feedmg a space with no face. Rains RKO. 70 min. B&W VNO8028 $19.95 counter with the little girl by the lake (played is unforgettable as he grasps his character, which by Marilyn Harris). 1s more than the local constables can do when Frankenstein is a timeless journey into the they try to catch him. This spectral speclacle, The Wolf Man (1941) realm of Hollywood's great gothic horror films. based on ILG. Wells' famous novel, is a motion I.on Chaney, Jr., Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi A must addition for any video collector·s library. picture classic - gripping and haunting. 1 hr. Lock your doors and windows when Lon 72 min. B&W 11 mm. B&W. VHS/Beta Hi-Fi. Chaney, Jr. turns in a howling performance as VMC55004 $39.95 VMC80398 $29.95 the cursed Larry Talbot, who must wander the countryside in search of maidens when "the autumn moon is bright.· 70 min. B&W Star Trek IV: VMC80031 $29.95 The Voyage Home (1986) WiJiiam Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Invasion of the Body DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols Snatchers (1956) It's the 23rd century, and a mysterious alien Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, power is threatening Earth by evaporating the Carolyn Jones, King Donovan, directed by oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In their Don Siegel frantic attempt to save mankind, Kirk and his The classic about the invasion of Southern crew must time-travel back to 1986 San Fran· California by seeds of giant plant pods which ex­ cisco where they discover a world of punk, ude blank human forms that drain t he emotional pizza and exact-change busses that are as alien life of people and threaten to destroy the world. as anything they've ever encountered in the far 80 min. B&W reaches of the galaxy. 119 min. Color VRP2018 Reg. SM:% Sale Price $19.95 VPl\1797 S29.95

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Jeremiah Johnson (1972) Robert Redford, Win Geer, directed by Sydney Pollack Robert Redford plays Jeremiah Johnson, a simple man who has no taste for the cities. He grows from a "greenhorn" into an experienced hunter who has quickened his senses with time spent in the mountains. Jeremiah Johnson gives a sense of humanness to a genre that had, up un­ til its release, spent most of its history rework· ing the same myths. Jeremiah Johnson is a new, exciting myth and a slice of life to boot! 108 min. Color VWA11061 Reg. $39-:91, Sale Price S24.95 Pursued (1947) Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, i' JudJth Anderson, Dean Jagger, Alan Hale, ~ HBI;ry Carey Jr. A reven~seeking cowboy accidentally causes a tragedy m his adopted family. 101 min. B&W VRP3326 Reg. $$:% Sale Price $19.95 The Plainsman (1937) Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison High Noon (1952) Cecil B. DeMille's epic wild, wild Western stars Cooper as Wild Bill Hickok. Arthur as Calamity Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Lloyd Bridges, Jane and Ellison as Buffalo Bill. There's just Katy Jurado, Otto Kruger enough Indian fights, gun duels, stampedes and Cooler won an Oscar for his portrayal of a romantic action - even for a DeMille classic. 113 sherif who must choose between love for a min. B&W woman and duty to an ungrateful town. Directed VMC80548 $29.95 by Fred Zinneman. 85 min. B&W VRP1800 Reg.~ Sale Price $19.95

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Western Roundup Dakota Incident (1956) Dale Robertson, Linda Darnell, Ward Bond Only The Valiant (1951) A handsome bank robber and a dance hall girl Gregory Peck, Barbara Payton share a desperate stagecoach ride through Tough disciplinarian Captain Richard Lance Cheyenne land. When a wheel breaks, the (Peck) sends Lt. Hollyway, his rival for the at­ passengers are threatened with a hostile Indian tention of Cathy Eversham, on a dangerous mis­ attack. 88 min. Color. VHS/Beta sion to fight the Apaches. When Hollyway is VRP0831 Reg. $39:-95- Sale Price $19.95 killed, Cathy and Lance's men blame him for the death. Later, under threat of an Apache attack, The Narrow Trail (1917) Lance volunteers himself on a suicide guerilla William S. Hart, Sylvia Bremer, Milton Ross, mission into hostile territory. 105 min. B&W Robert Kortman and Fritz VRP3062 Reg. ~ Sale Price $24.95 Fans who remember Bill Hart regard this film as the synthesis of all his previous work. If one Silverado (1985) Hart film can be said to be representative of the Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, silent screen's greatest westerner, this is it. Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Linda Hunt, (With a Blackhawk Orchestral score.) 56 min. John Cleese, Jeff Goldblum, Rosanna B&W. VHS only. Arquette, directed by Lawrence Kasdan VBH9509 Reg. ~ Sale Price $15.95 This affectionate pastiche of western cliches has everything a viewer could ask for except In­ dians. The plot finds four virtuous cowboys ris­ ing up agamst a crooked lawman in a blaze of six-guns. Recorded in HiFi Stereo 132 min. Col­ or. Rated PG-13. VHS Only SHANE VCO60567 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 Johnny Guitar (1954) Shane (1953) Joan Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Ward Bond, Ben Cooper, Sterling Hayden Brandon de Wilde, Jack Palance, directed by Ernest Borgnine, John Carradine George Stevens Crawford plays a tough saloon keeper in the A retired gunfighter, now drifter, comes to the old West. Wealthy and powerful, she meets her assistance of a homestead family terrorized by match in righteous hellion McCambridge. Off­ a hired gunman. A classic of the Western film beat Western is a classic. Directed by Nicholas genre. Academy Awards '53: Best Cinema­ Ray, llO min. tography, Color. 117 min. Color THE NARROW TRAIL VRP2126 Reg. 639:% Sale Price $19.95 VPA6522 $19.95 Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please 16 Information Please:

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South of the Border (1939) ~ Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Pat Buttram, Gene Autry Matinee Lupita Tovar, Mary Lee Gene and Frog are sent to help investigate a Double Feature No. 1 threat to the Latin American country of "Paler· Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Smiley Burnette mo". Arriving, he and his trusty troubadours Blue Canadian Rockies (1952) agree to help a prosperous Mexican put down the Mysterious killings occur on a dude ranch rebellion. 70 min. B&W. VHS Only. and wildlife preserve and Gene hunts down VBH9670 Reg. S£-9:% Sale Price $19.95 the murderers. 58 min. B& W Last of the Pony Riders (1953) The Big Sombrero (1949) Gene uncovers a crooked mail scheme dur· Gene Autry, Elena Verdugo, Pat Buttram, ing the Pony Express' final days. 59 min. Stephen Dunne, George Lewis, directed by B&W Frank McDonald VRP7224 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 An impoverished Gene Autry comes to the aid -=.- .-lit of Elena Verdugo and saves her from land Down Mexico Way (1941) Gene Autry Matinee swindlers, as well as a money-grubbing fiance in Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, P.1t Buttram, Double Feature No. 2 this south-of-the-border tale. Filmed in Cinecolor Fay McKenzie, Duncan Renaldo, Champion Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Smiley Burnette with a largely Mexican cast, this is more of a Gene and Frog take off for Mex.ico trailing two musical than a horse opera. This was Autry's se­ Melody Trail (1935) swindlers who, posing as motion picture pro· A broke rodeo star takes a ranch job where cond color film and the only Autry in color on ducers, have sold fake stock in a rrovie and then video tape. rustlers have hit, and rescues a kidnapped left Sage City with the people's hard earned baby. 60 min. B&W VRP7068 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 money. Arriving there, Gene mnets and con· Winning of the West 0953) Riclin' On A Rainbow (1941) vinces lovely Maria Elena Alvardo, who thinks A territorial ranger and a crusading news· Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee, she is about to "star" in a film by these same paper publisher discover that outlaws are us· bad men, that they are a fraud and he needs her ing " Indian raids" as a cover-up. 57 min. Pat Buttram help to bring them to justice. Songs incl. "Down Matt E vans, employed as a performer on a B&W Mexico Way", "South of the Border", "Beer VRP7225 Reg.~ Sale Price S19.95 showboat is persuaded to join in a bank robbery, Barrel Polka" and more. 78 min B&W. VHS believing that with his ill-gotten money he may buy a new start for his young daughter and only Gene Autry Matinee VBII9208 Reg ~ Sale Price $19.95 himself. Gene Autry and Frog Millhouse come aboard the boat to keep an eye on the girl, hop· Double Feature No. 3 ing she'll lead them to the money, which Gene Saginaw Trail (1953) Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Smiley Burnette persuaded his rancher-friends to put in the bank Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Pat Buttram. Prairie Moon (1938) JUSt prior to the robbery. 79 min. B&W Connie Marshall, Champion and Litlle Champ A dead gangster's kids learn a lesson when VRP7695 Sl9.95 The year is 1827 in Michigan's Saginaw Valley Gene takes them along on a cattle rustler where Gene, a captain in Hamilton's Rangers roundup. 58 min. B&W Melody Ranch (1940) and his assistant Smiley have been sent to in· On Top of Old Smokey (1953) vestigate murders of settlers. J ulPs Brissac has Gene assists a young woman when her 25tt Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, built a wilderness fur empire and does not like toll road charge enrages local townspeople. George "Gabby" Hayes, Ann Miller, Champion settlers, so his henchman, disguised as an Indian 59 min. B&W Studio executives and the creative forces at leads renegade Delawares against the en· VRP7226 Reg. $89-:95 Sale Price $19.95 Republic Studios in 1940, decided to team Gene croaching setUers. Smiley, posing as a trapper Autry with Jimmy Durante. Venerable heavy gets a job in Brissac's trading pos t to 'get the Barton MacLane provides the menace as a local goods' on this wiley Frenchman. 56 min. B&W. gangster intent on running honorary sheriff Gene Autry out of town. 80 min. B&W. VHS VHS only Reg ~ Sak Price S19.95 Only. VBH9614 VBH9468 Reg. 529;98 Sale Price $19.95 Susanna Pass (1949) Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Trigger Roy searches for two escaped convicts, one in cahoots with a newspaper owner scheming after an oil-rich lake. 67 min. Color. VRP4040 Reg. 5*:% Sale Price $19.95 Bells of Coronado (1950) Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady, Grant Withers Grant Withers heads an evil gang of foreign agents out to smuggle uranium to unfriendly powers. Roy Rogers plays a modern-day heroic msurance agent. This story is full of fast riding and action that carries it safely through any critical assaults. Color adds a Jot to these later Rogers films. 67 min. Color VRP0250 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 Twilight in the Sierras (1950) Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Estelita Rodriguez Roy Rogers and his sweetheart, Dale Evans, are weighed down by Estelita Rodriguez and moronic comedy relief Pat Brady in this story about state parole officer, Roy and his two-fisted battles with a group of counterfeiters. 67 min. Color VRP4331 Reg.~ Sale Price $19.95 Credit Card Sales Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please 17 Movie Serials

Adventures of Captain Manhunt in the African Marvel (1941) Jungle (1943) Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan, Jr., Louis Currie Rod Cameron, Lionel Royce, Duncan Renaldo, Captain Marvel, the "World's Mightiest Mor­ Joan Marsh tal," combats The Scorpion, a gold-hungry, hood­ The super action-packed quest of a U.S. Secret ed villain. The classic cliffhanger which in­ Service agent for a sacred Arab religious artifact, fluenced generations of filmmakers. Spectacular which the Nazis covet to turn Arab hordes flying sequences and special effects by the against the allies. 15 episodes. B&W Lydeckers and Sharpe. 12 episodes. B&W VRP5033 Reg. $5M6 Sale Price S39.95 VRP5001 Reg. 659:% Sale Price $29.95 Nyoka and the Tigermen Mysterious Dr. Satan (1942) (1940) Kay Aldridge, Claywn Moore, Tristram Coffin Edward Gianelli, Robert Wilcox, Ella Neal Action lady Nyoka, on an African expedition Just re-released by Republic Pictures! to locate the fabled "Lost Tablets of Hip· When negotiations broke down between Na­ pocrates, '' undergoes relentless peril as nefarious tional Periodical Publication and Republic KING OF THE ROCKETMEN Arab rule~ Vultura and her band of cutthroats Pictures regarding a serial based on Na­ compete for possession of the golden artifacts. tional' s popular Superman character, 15 episodes. B& W Republic's scripters salvaged portions of the King of the Rocketmen VRP5037 Reg. S69:% Sale Price $39.95 existing script and combined it with new (1949) material for Mysterious Doctor Satan, one of Tristram Coffin, Mae Clarke their finest chapterplays. Replacing the The evil Dr. Vulcan, who provides classified mighty "Man of Steel" was "The Cop· defense secrets to foreign governments, is op­ per head," a hooded crimefighter out to posed to Rocketman, who fights to eliminate es­ thwart the evil designs of criminal master­ pionage and save the world. 12 episodes. B&W mind, Doctor Satan, who plans to enslave the VRP7322 Reg. &59,% Sale Price S29.95 world with an army of remote-controlled robots. 15 Episodes, B&W Daredevils of the Red VRP2835 Reg. $W,% Sale Price $29.95 Circle (1939) Charles Quigley, Herman Brix, David Sharpe, Carol Landis Three circus stuntmen track down a ruthless madman known as 39-0-1 3, who has imprisoned a multimillionaire and assumed his identity to accomplish his deeds of destruction. One of the finest, with a thrilling flood scene for openers. 12 episodes. B&W VRP5009 Reg. $59:-9& Sale Price $39.95

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The Fighting Devildogs (1939) Lee Powell, Herman Brix, Eleanor Stewart Just re-released by Republic Pictures! The Lightning, a hooded criminal, attempts to sub· jugate the world with terrifying new weapons of destruction, an artificial thunderbolt and an enormous flying wing. Only two U.S. Marines, survivors of a devasting attack by the Lightning, can save the world from this hooded menace! Ample use was also made of the spectacular miniature footage of the flying wing, seen earlier in the 1937 serial, Dick Tracy. 12 Episiodes, B&W VRP1303 Reg. ~ Sale Price S29.95

Radar Men from the Moon Charles Quigley, Linda Stirling, Clayton Moore, I. Stanford Jolley Just re-released by Republic Picture,;! A diabolical criminal mastermind, The Crimson Ghost. (1952) attempts to secure a ter:-ifying weapo1 of destruction, the atomic-powered Cyclotrode. Secret· George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, ly one of four prominent scientists, the hooded maniac is pursued by noted criminologist, Dun· Clayton Moore can Richards (Quigley), and his attraccive assistant, Diana Farnsworth (Stirling). 12 Episodes, Commando Cody, "Sky Marshal of the Uni­ B&W verse," makes his first chapterplay appearance VRP0775 Reg. $W:-% Sale Price S29.95 as he and his rocketmen repel an attempted in· vasion of Earth by a dying lunar civilization. More superb Lydecker special effects. 12 epi· sodes. B&W The Purple Monster Stiikes Zombies of the VRP5043 Reg. $-59;% Sale Price $39.95 (1945) Stratosphere (1952) Dennis Moore, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft Leonard Nimoy, Judd Holdren, Aline Towne Spy Smasher (1942) 15 chapters. A murderous purple monster has 15 chapters. Rounding out Republic's trium· Kane Richmond landed on the Earth and is preparing an inva· virate of "Rocketman" serials was this saga of An exhilarating roller coaster ride of nonstop sion by the Martian army. To thwart his the fearless space explorer, who battles Martian action and adventure await as Spy Smasher discovery, he counters all attempts with eerie invaders planning to detonate a massive nuclear fights to prevent his Nazi nemesis, the Mask, weapons - an electro-annihilator, a distance device in order that their dying planet will in· from sabotaging America's WWII efforts. 12 eliminator, poison electro-darts, traps and explo­ herit Earth's orbit. Leonard Nimoy, later to gain episodes. B& W sions. 286 min. B& W considerable fame as "Mr. Spock" on television's VRP7750 Reg. ~ Sale Price S39.95 VRP5042 Reg. $59:-9-5 Sale Price $39.95 Star Trek, was cast as "Narab," one of the in­ vading aliens. 260 min. B& W VRP5052 Reg. ~ Sale Price S29.95 . ---1··~. ,· - '"1 .,-

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The Balloonatic (1923)/ Love Happy (1950) The Marx Brothers, Vera-Ellen, One Week (1920) Ilona Massey, Marion Hutton, Buster Keaton Raymond Burr, Marilyn Monroe The Balloonatic represents K~ton's closest A group of impoverished actors accidentally apdroiich to a sofo comtdy. 28 min. ().fgan score itwossession of valuable diamonds. 85 min. by'john Muri. B&W Ohe Week co-stars Sybil Seely. Buster and VRP2467 Reg. &2-+:-96 Sale Price $19.95 Sybil are just married, and Uncle's present is a new home. But there is one littlp hitch - the Hit The Ice (1943) newlyweds have to assemble it themselves! 20 Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Ginny Simms ;_.j_ min. O~an score by Gaylord Cjter. B&W Abbott and Costello get mixed up with gangsters, gun molls and gumshoes in one of ~~905l Reg. ~ Sale 1»nce their funniest, zaniest comedies. 89 min. B& W -t -~- ~ VMC80406 $39.95 The General (1927) Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Charles Smith, Frank Barnes, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frank Hagney and Joe Keaton Buster Keaton wrote and directed most of his films himself, and his best was The General. Keaton created this great comedy out of an authentic episode of American history. (Silentl. 50 min. Abridgement. VHS only. B&W 18-0894 Reg. $29:-95 Sale Price $19.95 Three Stooges Comedy Classics Moe, Larry, Shemp, Curly, Ted Healy Charlie Chaplin The Early Years, Collector's Set The Three Stooges have been entertaining aud­ iences with their unique brand of lunacy for Now, for a limited time, The Blackhawk Catalog gives you all four editions generations. This video collection contains five of The Early Years at one special price. Here is your chance to see the King of their most outrageous shorts. Moe, Larry, Shemp and Curly are featured. of Comedy at his best. HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE, DISORDER VRPXl Reg. ~ Sale Price $69.95 IN THE COURT, MALICE IN THE PALACE, BRIDELESS GROOM, SING A SONG OF SIX Charlie Chaplin - Charlie Chaplin - PANTS. 79 min. B& W The Early Years, The Early Years, VRP7835 Reg. $1-9,%- Sale Price $17.95 Volume I Volume III Hips, Hips, Hooray (1934) Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wheeler and Woolsey, Ruth Etting, The Immigrant (19171 Eric Campbell Thelma Todd, Dorothy Lee Charlie drops anchor! He befriends a girl The Cure (1917) Dorothy owns the Maiden America Beauty aboard a ship heading for America, then becomes A sobering experience for Charlie! As an oft­ Products, Inc. company in competition with infatuated. inebriated sophisticate, he goes to the "si;>rings" Lady Irene. One of the salesgirls, Thelma has not The Count (19161 for a cure. Only his trunk of liquor finds its way been selling her quota. The boys are selling Count on Charlie! When he catches his boss there. flavored lipsticks, BW'1lum & Bailey style. Soon impersonating a count, the results are fast The Floorwalker (1916) Thelma mixes with the boys to help sell her action. Charlie is floored! He becomes involved with beauty products and the mayhem has begun. Easy Street (1917) a store detective on the escalator in a series of Thelma convinces Dorothy to try a merger Charlie becomes top banana! A down and out wacky Keystone-like escapades. with the boys and really go all out to build the Charlie is rescued at a neighborhood mission, The Vagabond (1916) business. Even though the boys have led the only to return later as the patrolman who Travels with Charlie! As a wandering violinist, girls to believe that they are "big-shots," they shrewdly masters the street. Charlie rescues a young girl who has been kid­ aren't. 62 min. B&W napped by gypsies. 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The Silent Era

Siegfried (1924) Wings (1927) Paul Richter, Margareta Schoen Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, In 1922 the German Studios, Ufa, decided to Richard Arlen fil m this ipgantic two-part version of the The dramat ic story of two men who go to war Nibelungemed, the German epic that had been and the girl they leave behind. Fantastic aerial written at the close of the twelfth century. Organ battle sequences. This is the first film to win an score performed by Gaylord Carter. 100 min. Academy Award for best picture. Cameo ap· B&W. VHS format only. pearance by Gary Cooper. 139 min. Stereo. VHS VBH9694 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 only VPA2851 Reg. &t9:-% Sale Price S19.95 Kriemhilde' s Revenge Tempest (1927) (1924) John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Paul Richter, Margareta Schoen Louis Wolheim, George Fawcett, directed by KRIEMHIWE'S REVENGE is the second Sam Taylor and concluding part of Fritz Lang's gigantic ver· John Barrymore plays Markov. a peasant sion of the Nibelun~enlied. Kriemhilde quickly THE BLACKSMIT H soldier, who becomes an officer in the Imperial realized that if justice is to be had, it must be Russian Guard. He loved Princess Tamara (Cam­ realized through her own powers. Organ score The Blacksmith/Cops (1922) illa Horn}, who scorns him for his common performed by Gaylord Carter. 95 min. B&W. The Blacksmith (l922) origins and has him stripped of rank and thrown VHS format only. Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox into prison. When revolution comes. Markov, VBH9432 Reg. $29:% Sale Price $19.95 Busier Keaton's superb comic talent comes now an important Red official, is able to save alive again in this burlesque based on the time· Tamara from execution. He kills his Bolshevik Orphans of the Storm (1921) honored l?oem "The Village Blacksmith". Of leader. and together, as husband and wife, they Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish course, its a loose base and doesn't work out make their escape to new lands. The story tells of two orphans who become quite as Longfellow wrote it, but with Buster at One of the best of John Barrymore's "Great separated by the turbulent events that preceded the lead what can you expect? Lovers" films and his next-to-the-last silent, the French Revolution. After living through Cops (1922) Tempesl was designed by the great William some terrifying adventures. one orphan is re­ Buster Keaton, VirfPnia Fox Cameron Menzies and photographed by Charles leased from the Bastille and seeks to find her Buster's girl won t marry hin until he's suc­ Rosher, and is the most handsome of all Barry­ sister in the chaos that is the new Paris. VHS cessful - a dandy motivation for his new more's photoplays. In addition to Taylor, Frank only business enterprise. But, unwittingly, he tangles Lloyd, Lewis Milestone and Slav Tourjansky Blackhawk's special abridged version: with the police when the junk wagon he is driv­ worked on t he direction; the original screenplay 34-0647 Reg.~ Sale Price S19.95 ing becomes the target of a bombing. It results (much-modified in its adaption by Ince stalwart Feature length version: in one of t he grandest chase scenes ever filmed, C. Gardner Sullivan) was by Erich von Stroheirn. 34-0820 Reg. S44.-% Sale Price S29.95 with hilarious mishaps. VHS only VHS only 18-0613 Reg. ~ Sale Price $19.95 30-0596 Reg. $29:% Sale Price S19.95 Credit Card Sales Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (2 13) 888-2229 No collect calls, please 21 The Little Rascals The Little Rascals Vol. 1 Boxing Gloves (1929) Joe and Chubby (under the management of Harry and Farina) take their heated rivalry over flirty Jean Darling into the boxing ring. It's a hybrid silent and early talkie; some scenes were shot silent. The Kid from Borneo (1933) Spanky's ne'er-do-well uncle, who has evi­ dently seen King Kong, comes to the Rascal's hometown to show a wild man from Borneo. The kids mistake the attraction for the impresario. Roamin' Holiday (1936) Spanky and Alfalfa decide that babysitting isn't fitting work. With Buckwheat, Porky, and their dog, Pete, they pack their knapsacks and ANNIVERSARY TROUBLE leave home. 50 min. B&W THREE SMART BOYS VRP7347 $19.95 The Best of the The Little Rascals Little Rascals on Parade Six crazy episodes collected here to make you Giggles abound in these 6 famous Rascal riots. roar with laughter. The Gang's all here in DOGS FREE EATS, ARBOR DAY, MALE AND IS DOGS, ANNIVERSARY TROUBLE, FEMALE, HOOK AND LADDER, THE THREE MEN IN A TUB, HE LPING GRA:'.'TD­ LUCKY CORNER and FEED 'EM AND MA, LITTLE PAPA and BEAR FACTS. 101 WEEP. 92 min. B&W min. B&W VRP7344 Reg. SM;% Sale Price S19.95 VRP7054 Reg. $89:-95 Sale Price S19.95 The Little Rascals The Little Rascals Blackhawk Collection Two Reelers Hal Roach's mischief-makers delight audiences Note: All titles available in VHS only! of all ages with their ability to tum the most nor­ BOOK V: mal situations into near disast.er-tirne aft.er time Readin' and Writin' (1932) after time. These six "Rascals" volumes are the Sprucin' Up (1935) original theatrical versions, in brilliantly clear Reunion in Rhythm (1937) black and white. VHS only You'll see why THE LITTLE RASCALS is VBH9443 Reg. $£9:-98 Sale Price S17.95 the most popular film series ever when you let BOOK X: this special ~ang into your heart. The First Seven Years (1930) The First Seven Years (1930) Order all six volumes TODAY! Available in Bored of Education (1936) This comJdy explores the age old situation of VHS format only. Rushin' Ballet (1937) two boys, Jackie and Speck, seeking the affec­ VHS only tion of one girl, Marr Ann. 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Double Indemnity (1944) The Maverick Queen (1955) Fred MacMurray, Barbara Slanwyck, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Scott Brady, Edward G. Robinson 1'r1ary Alurphy. Wallace Ford, directed by Joseph When an insurance man with commission on Kane his mind meets a suburban blond with murder Sparks erupt when a Pinkerton detective in her heart, it's lust at first sight. Darbara Stan­ works undercover at a Wyoming gambling hotel wyck and Fred MacMurrav conspire to t·ick her that is a hangout for an outlaw gang. Barbara husband into signing a policy that pays double Stanwyck is cast aptly as the beauty who owns for accidental death- then push him frorr a train the hotel and is caught between her jealous lover without leaving tracks. It·s a perfect crir0.e until and her love for t he lawman. their claim goes to Edward G. Robinson. an in­ VR1'2690 Reg.~ Sale Price S19.95 surance investigator who puts a premium on not bei ng swindled. Double Jndem11ity is a movie so Gilda (1946) malicious, so satisying. that it has become one Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford. George Macready of Hollywood's all-time besl suspense thrillers. A South American gambling casino owner 1 hr. 47 min. B& W. VIIS IliFi hires a young American as his trusted aide. VMC80174 $29.95 unaware of his wife's love for the man. Hayworth sings "Put the Blame on '.Vie." 110 min. B&W. VIIS Only Stage Door (1937) VCO194 Reg. 659:95 Sale Price S29.95 Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers. Lucille Ball, Eve Arden. Andrea Leeds, directed by Gregory La Cava Salome (1953) Based on Edna Ferber's play set in a th~atrical Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, boarding house, this movie follows the arrbitions Charles Laughton, Dame Judith Anderson, and escapades of young, aspiring actresses. Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Basil Sydney "One of the flashiest, most entcrtainirg com­ Beautifu l Princess Salome is sent to live with edies of the 30's, even with its tremolos and has her stepfather King Herod tCharles Laughton), touches of heartbreak." - Pauline Kae l. and has a traitorous love affair with Claudius One Touch of Venus (1948) 92 min. B&W (Stewart Granger), a disciple of John the Bap­ VRP7714 Reg. &l-9:95 Snlc Price $17.95 tist. When the King proclaims that John be Ava Gardner, Robert Walker, Eve Arden, beheaded, Salome performs an erotic "Dance of Dick Haymes, Olga San Juan, Tom Conway A lice Adams (1935) the Seven Veils'· to save John"s life. 103 min. A young man impulsively kisses a marble Color. VHS Only statue of the goddess Venus, which comes to life. Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray VCO862 $29.95 Based on the Broadway musical. with songs by In a small mid-western town, in the heat of Kurl Weill and Ogden Nash, including "'Speak summer, a would-be socialite. Alice, falls in love The Devil and Miss Jones Low ... 82 min. B&\Iv' with a man from an upper level of society. In this V RP3060 Reg. 659:95 Sulc Price Sl 9.95 melodrama, she tries to make a few party invita­ (1941) tions inlo a place in the dcbutante circle. With Heidi (1937) fanLasies and daydreams, Alice tries to make her Jean Arthur. Charles Coburn, unhappy family into a happy one. The moment Robert Cummings, William Demarest. Shirley Temple. Jean Hersholt, of truth comes when Alit:e must face life as it directed by Sam Wood Marcia Mae Jones, Mary Nash, really is and not as she wished it would be. Combining the best of the 30's and 40's com· direcled by Allan Dwan edies, this entertaining film sees a millionaire Shirley Temple's last commercial blockbuster, Honesty proves to be the best policy. \J9 min. masquerade as a clerk in his own department Heidi is one of her best films. Jean Hersholt also B&W store to investigate worker complaints. Charles VRP7008 Reg. &l-9:95 Sale Price SI 7.95 infuses his stock performance with a knowing Coburn nnd writer Normnn Krasna were both wink. which makes his big scenes all the nominated for Academy Awards for their ef· stronger. Lush production values and a satisfy­ for ts. 90 min. B&W ing conclusion make Heidi a pleasant viewing ex­ VRP1015 Reg.~ Sale Price $19.95 perience. 88 min. B&W. VIIS only VPY1066 S19.95

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Flying Leathernecks (1951) The Fighting Seabees (1944) John Wayne, Robert Ryan John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, Major Dan Kirby (John Wayne·, head of a William Frawley, Leonid Kinskey, J. J. Kerrigan Marine fighter squadron in the South Pacific is Wedge (Wayne) tries to get his civilian con· disliked by his men and his executive officer. struction workers armed during World War II Kirby is a strict disciplinarian and the men feel when some of his men are killed during a he is too hard on them. But the men learn that Japanese attack. Wedge's gang, fully prepared in the crucible of war. discipline is what stands and armed, are sent to a Pacific island to con­ between death and a chance to survive. The struct an airfield and oil depot. During an attack, World War TI battle for Guadalcanal becomes Wedge leads his men into the interior to clean the setting of the final leadership tug-of-war be· out the snipers. The Fighting Seabees is a tween fighter squadron leaders Wayne and dramatic, action filled feature. 100 min. B& W Ryan. 102 min. Color VRP1307 Reg. 529;-% Sale Price S19.95 VNO8004 $19.95

THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald More than an anti-war film, The Bridge on the River Kwai is an epic achievement which crossbreeds numerous elements slickly executed. The end result is a work of great ironic power. Indeed, when James Donald surveys the after· math of Kwai's awesome finale, grimly mutter· ing "madness, madness," one is instantly reminded of Marlon Brando·s last words in Apocalypse Now. Because, in the end, it is action, not speeches, that drives the message home in The Bridge on the River Kwai. That we are both enlightened and entertained herein only serves to sweeten the deal. 161 min. Color. VHS Only VCO10110 S29.95 Sands of I wo Jima (1949) This was John Wayne's first Oscar-nominated performance (and his last until True Grit). It is the Duke at his most macho, bullet-biting best-as a Marine sergeant molding raw recruits into fighting men during World War Tl in the Pacific. This was the "Platoon" of that period in that t he SA DS OF IWO JIMA was one of the first realistic depictions of the ferocity of bat· Back to Bataan (1945) tie during WWII. Actual combat footage from John Wayne, Anthony Quinn. Beulah Bondi, Richard Loo, Philip Ahn, Paul Fix the Pacific was weaved into the film. Colonel Joseph Madden (Wayne) and his outfit organize an underground resistance movement The scene showing the famous raising of the consisting of American soldiers, loyal Filipino troops, fugitive citizens, and a pretty American flag on Mt. Suribachi not only used the actual schoolteacher (Bondi). flag from that historic moment, but also three Madden pulls off several daring skirmishes, including a raid on the infamous March of Death. of the surviving Marines who raised the flag. He's aided in his efforts by Captain Andres Bonifacio (Quinn) of the Philippine Scouts. With For Wayne fans, this film is the best way to the help of a secret agent, they hold down the fort, harassing the Japanese occupation forces remember one of the most revered actor-heros until General ~lacArthur's triumphant, return! An excellent war story, Back to Bataan was of our time. 109 min. B&W Wayne's last wartime flick. 95 min. B&W VRP3556 Reg. 5-24-:% Sale Price S19.95 VRP7041 Reg.~ Sale Price $17.95 Also available for the first time the Colorized version of Sands of Jwo Jima. Now enjoy this Flat Top (1952) exciting saga, digitally enhanced through a state­ of-the·art colorizin~ process that preserves the Sterling Hayden, Richard Carlson quality of the origmal film. For a limited time A pilot, frustrated at being confined to the air· craft carrier by his tough Air Commander, strug· only at our special price. gles to be allowed to fly again. The tension ex· VRP3552 Reg. ~ Sale Price $44.95 plodes during an all-out enemy air strike. 85 min. Color Apocalypse Now (1979) VRP1136 Reg. 6&9:-% Sale Price S19.95 Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Fredric Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Dennis Hopper, directed by Francis Ford Coppola Flying Tigers (1942) Coppola's epic set during the Vietnam War. John Wayne, Paul Kelly, John Carroll, concerning one officer's trip t hrough the jungle Anna Lee to locate and eliminate a megalomaniac officer A squadron leader and his pal are both vying whose methods have become "unsound." for the affections of a pretty nurse while fighting Academy A wards '79: Best Cinematography; the Japanese during World War II. 101 min. Best Sound. 139 min. Color B&W VPA2306 Reg.~ Sale Price S29.95 VRP1345 Reg.~ Sale Price $19.95 FLAT TOP Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (2 13) 888-2229 N o collect calls, please 25 Leading Men To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) Gregory Peck, Brock Peters, Phillip Afford, Mary Badham, John Megna To Kill a Mockingbird is a leisurely paced, flavorful filming of Harper Lee's best-selling novel. Gregory Peck earned an Oscar as a small town southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape. Mary Badham, Philip Alford, and John Megna are superb as Peck's children and a visiting friend who are trying to under­ stand life in a small town. Academy Awards '62: Best Actor (Peck). 129 min. B&W TYCOON VMC550~2 Reg. &&9,95 Sale Price $24.95 The Fountainhead (1949) Tycoon (1947) Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, John Wayne, Laraine Day, Sir Cedric Hardwicke Raymond Massey, directed by King Vidor Before launching John Ford's memorable An idealistic architect clashes with big busi­ cavalry trilogy with Fort Apache, John Wayne ness over his designs for a housing project. made a novel cinematic departure by portraying Adapted from Ayn Rand's novel. a determined railroad builder in Richard "If you like deep thinking, hidden meanings ... Wallace's Tycoon. Industrialist Cedric Hard­ then this is somethin~ for which you have been wicke challenges the Duke to excavate an im­ waiting a long time.' possible tunnel through the Andes - even as he Giant (1956) - Screenland Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor.James Dean tries to disrupt Wayne's romance with daughter 113 min. B&W. VHS only A Texas cattleman (Hudson), his society­ Lorraine Day. Well-acted and backed by the con­ VKV 4537 Reg. $69:-98 Sale Price $29.95 guilded wife (Taylor) and a ranch-hand-turned­ siderable resources of RKO, Tycoon is an epic tycoon (Dean in his final role} love, swagger, con­ narrative springing from a monumental task. A Streetcar Named Desire nive and clash in this monumental movie from 120 min. Edna Ferber's epic best-seller about Lone Star VRP7877 Reg. &¼-9,96 Sale Price $17.95 (1951) State ranchers vs. oilmen that won director Marlon Brando, Vivian Leigh, Kim Hunter, Georg_e Stevens his second Academy Award. 201 Rebel Without a Cause Karl Malden, directed by Elia Kazan min. Reprocessed for HiFi Stereo. (1955) Brando blazed to stage and screen stardom in VWA11414 Reg.~ Sale Price $29.95 Tennessee Williams' electrifying Pulitzer Prize James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, winner depicting the sexually-cnarged duel of Jim Backus, directed by Nicholas Ray wits between a fragile Southern belle and her The Red Pony (1949) James Dean's most remembered screen ap­ brutish brother-in-law. Leigh and supporting ac­ Robert Mitchum, Myrna Loy, Peter Miles, pearance, as a troubled teenager trying to find tors Hunter and Malden won three of the film's Louis Calhern, Margaret Hamilton, himself as his family settles in a new town. 105 Beau Bridges, directed by Louis Milestone min. Color four Academy Awards. 122 min. HiFi Mono VWA34019 Reg. $5-9:-95 Sale Price S29.95 A young boy loses faith in his father when his VW AlOll Reg. &39-:fIB Sale Price $24.95 pet pony dies. Based on a story by John Stein­ beck, with musical score by Aaron Copland. 86 min. Color VRP3406 $19.95 On The Waterfront (1954) Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson "I coulda been somebody. I coulda been a con­ tender." With these simple complaints, Brando mumbles his way to cinema immortality in this unforgettable epic about union corruption and mob exploitation of workers. A study in human dignity in the face of overwhelming odds, the film featuring a Leonard Bernstein score, won eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Ac­ tor, Best Supporting Actress (Saint), Best Direc­ tor (Elia Kazan) and Best Original Screenplay (Budd Schulberg). 108 min. B&W. VHS Only VCO10458 Reg. $59:% Sale Price S29.95 The Misfits (1961) Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach Marilyn Monroe's last movie - as well as Clark Gable's - this is a John Huston adapta­ tion of the Arthur Miller drama about a troubled divorcee and her cowboy friends and beaux. 124 min. VHS only Champion (1949) VTW4584 S19.95 Kirk Douglas, Arthur Kennedy, Marilyn Maxwell, Ruth Roman . . This boxing drama made a star of Kirk Douglas. He plays a young man from an unpovenshed OUR GUARANTEE background who punches his way to the top, losing his soul in the bargain. Producer Stanley Kramer manages to t~e the low _budget and make it work. in his favor, pr<>!1ucing a r~alistic If not completely satisfied with any item, portrait of inner-city life. A superior forerunner to such fifties boxing exposes as Reqwem for return it and we will allow credit for the full a Heavyweight and The Harder They Fall. 99 min. B&W purchase price, replace it, or make a refund. VRP0617 Reg. ~ Sale Price $24.95

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26 Featured Artist: Marilyn Monroe I ··-l,J The Seven Year Itch (1955) Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell Marilyn is the definitive dumb blonde in this hilarious Billy Wilder comedy about a married man who gets into trouble fantasizing about a woman who moves into his apartment building while his wife is away on vacation. ln: ludes the famous skirt scene. 105 min. VHS Only VTW1043 Reg.~ Sale Price S19.95

..... GENTLEMENT PREFER BLONDES Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Howard Hawks directs Marilyn and J ane Russell in this very entertaining musical com­ edy about a couple of American show girls seek­ ing fame and fortune in Paris. Includes the number " Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend." 91 min. VIIS Only VTW1019 Reg. &59:98 Sale Price S19.95 How to Marry a lVIillionaire LOVE HAPPY Let's Make Love (1960) (1953) George Cukor directed this witty comedy Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable join Marilyn about Yves Montand as a millionaire out to as women conniving to land wealthy husbands Love Happy (1950) squelch a show that makes sport of him - until in Manhattan. Together, the three prove that t he The Marx Brothers, Marilyn Mon."oe he meets cast member Monroe. If you can't beat road to the altar can be paved with laughs. 95 A group of impoverished actors accidentally t hem, join them, he decides, so he hires Milton min. VHS Only gain possession of valuable diamo,ds. 85 min. Berle. Gene Kelly and Bing Crosby to teach him VTW 1023 Reg. 5-5-9-:98 Sale Price $19.95 B&W the performing arts. 118 min. VHS Only VRP2467 Reg. ~ Sale Price S19.95 Some Like It Hot (1959) VTW1141 $19.95 Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon. Niagara (1952) George Raft, Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien Marilyn exhibits an unexpectedly This may well be the most hilarious movie of dark side of the beautiful, seem­ its generation. Curtis and Lemmon disguise ingly naive blonde in this suspen­ themselves as girls to escape from gangsters and seful thriller as she plots to kill join up with Monroe's band. Now, how do they newlywea husband, Joseph tell her they love her? Hysterical Billy Wilder Cotton, while honeymooning direction. B&W. 120 min. VHS Only at Niagara Falls. 89 min. VTW4577 Reg. ~ Sale Price S19.95 VHS Only Bus Stop (1956) VTW5138 $19.95 Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Hope Lange The first movie to win Marilyn critical ac­ River of No colades as well as laughs, this screen adaptation Return (1954) of the William Inge drama is the story of a one­ sided romance between a cowboy and a small­ Marilyn, a saloon singer in town singer. Includes the number "That Old the days of the '4 9ers, falJ s Black Magic." 96 min. VHS Only into Robert Mitchum ·s cap­ VTW1031 Reg. 5-5-9-:98 Sale Price $19.95 able arms after ha\'ing been cruelly abandoned by Rory Cal­ houn. 91 min. VHS Only VTW5139 $19.95 Monkey Business (1952) Cary Grant is a researcher who discovers a compound that restores youth. Ginger Rogers co-stars as Grant's wife. Marilyn Monroe stai1ds out as a secretary whose charms more t han make up for a lack of typing skills. 81 min. VHS Only VTW5140 $19.95

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27 Musicals

LA TRAVIATA La Traviata (1982) Placido Domingo, one of today's finest opera stars, Teresa Stratas and Cornell MacNeil star in this 19th century romantic tragedy. VMC80048 S29.95 Carmen (1984) Julia Migenes-Johnson, Placido Domingo, Faith Esham, directed by Francesco Rosi This is the Bizet opera about a gypsy tobacco worker who has torrid affairs with a lieutenant and a toreador. Available in VHS Dolby HiFi Stereo with English subtitles. 151 min. Color. J azzball (1958) Black and Tan/ Opera. Rated PG. VHS Only Featuring the legends of jazz VCO60487 Reg. ~ Sale Price $29.95 Dozens of legendary jazz greats are featured St. Louis Blues (1930) in this special program of rare screen perfor· Duke Ellinf{ton, Bessie Smith mances. In~luded are Duke Ellington, Artie Duke Ellin¥ton's first screen appearance was Going My Way (1944) Shaw, Louis Armstrong, Red Nichols, Cab this extraordinary and deeply moving film pro­ Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald Calloway, Gene Krupa, Pegg)' Lee, Buddy Rich duced in ihe second year of sound by Dudley In Goin~ My Way, Bing is an unconventional and many more! 60 min. B&W Murphy. 20 min. B&W singing priest attempting to save a poor parish VRP2106 Reg.~ Sale Price $19.95 Bessie Smith sings the blues, set in a smoke­ presided over by gruff, but lovable, Fitzgerald. filled speakeasy of the late Twenties. Her only Winner of seven Academy Awards, including film. 16 min. B&W. VHS only Best Picture, the heartwarmin~ tale introduced VBH9096 Reg. $½9:-9& Sale Price S17.95 the title tune "Going My Way ', as well as the standards "Too-re-Loo-re-Loo-ra" and "Swing­ ing on a Star." Singin' In The Rain (1952) VMC55038 S19.95 An exhilarating and sprightly comedy, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, is a gentle parody of If You Knew Susie (1948) Hollywood's frantic transition to the "talkies" Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis, Allyn Joslyn, during the late twenties. With stars Kelly, Deb­ Charles Dingle bie Re.)'llolds and Donald O'Connor at their live­ Eddie and Joan are two retired vaudeville ac· liest. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN has "just about tors living in a New England town. They are not everything you could ask of a musical" (Satur· accepted socially; that is, until a letter from day Review). It remains one of the finest and George Washingt?n establishes them as descen­ most beloved musicals ever to come out of dents of a colorual patriot. 90 min. B& W. VHS Hollywood. 1 hr. 43 min. Color. VHS only Only VMG600185 S29.95 88-0737 Reg. &a+.% Sale Price $24.95 THE FRENCH LINE Young at Heart (1954) The French Line (1952) Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Gig Young, Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland Ethel Barrymore, Dorothy Malone, The French Line is a musical about a girl who's Robert Keith, Elizabeth Fraser, Alan Hale Sr. too rich. It seems that all the men are after her Fanny Hurst's lighthearted tale of a cynical money, so she decides to go on a voyage to sort hard-luck musician who finds happiness when he falls for a small-town girl. A remake of the 1938 things out. On t he liner, there he is! No matter "Four Daughters." Songs include the title tune, how his bank account is. Ah, but he has spies out because he is a very rich Parisian traveling " You, My Love" and "Just One of Those incognito and is wary of fortune hunters. 102 Things." 1 ~ 7 min. Color min. VHS Only VRP4706 Reg. sa9:% Sale Price $19.95 88-0749 Reg. $3S:% Sale Price $29.95 IF YOU KNEW SUSIE Credit Card Sales Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please 28 Featured Artist: Fred Astaire

The Gay Divorcee (1934) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everell Horton, Alice Brady, Erik Rhodes, Betty Grable Fred pursues Ginger to an English seaside resort. where she mistakes him for her hired cor­ respondent. Songs include "Night and Day," '·Don't Let It Bother You" and "Needle in a Haystack." Academy Awards '34: Best Song (The Continental; Con Conrad and Herb Magid­ son). 107 min. B&W VNO8015 Reg. St9:% Sale Price S17.95 Flying Down To Rio (1933) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers First Astaire-Rogers musical, featurin~ Vin­ cent Youmans· score, including "The Canoca." 89 min. B&W VNO8003 Reg. SW:-% Sole Price Sl7.95

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Swing Time (1936) Follow The Fleet (1936) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Fred is a fleet-footed gambler whose luck sud­ Harriet llilliard, Betty Grable denly changes when Ginger waltzes into his life! A see-worthy delight! Sailors Astaire and Includes the Oscar-winning tune, "The Way You Scott romance dance hall hostesses Rogers and Look Tonight"! 105 min. B&W Hilliard while swinging to such great Irving VNO8031 Sl 9.95 Berlin songs as "Let's Face the Music and Dance·· and "Let Yourself Go." 110 Min. B&W Shall We Dance (1937) VNO8013 Sl9.95 Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eric Blore, Top Hat (1935) Edward Everett Horlon, Ann Shoemaker. directed by Mark Sandrich Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everell Posing as man and wife to bring their dance Horton, Eric Blore, Helen Broderick. team success, Fred and Ginger do wonderful directed by Mark Sandrich thin&s to a top-notch Gershwin score including TOP HAT is the most delightful and endur­ " Lets Call Lhe Whole Thing Off' and Oscar­ ing of the Astaire and Rogers m1,;sicals of the nominated "They Can't Take That Away From 1930's. This movie has an a~eeable wisp of a Me." 116 min. B&W plot and amusing comedy dialogue. VRP7730 $19.95 VNO8035 S19.95 The Story Of Vernon & Irene Castle (1939) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. Walter Brennan, Lew Fields Fred and Ginger are in top form as the legen­ dary husband-and-wife danoe team who rocketed Lo fame in the years just before World War I! The last of their series of RKO classics. 93 min. B&W VNO8029 $19.95 Carefree (1938) Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Madcap Ginger seeks help from psychiatrist Fred in this dazzling screwball comedy. Includ­ ed are such outstanding Irving Berlin numbers as the Oscar-nominated "Change Partners." 83 SHALL WE DANCE min. B&W VNO8022 Sl 9.95

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Beau Geste (1939) Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston This is the kind of sweeping action tale they just don't make anymore and that's no jest. Director William Wellman's spectacular version of the adventure classic stars Cooper, Milland and Preston as the most famous brothers ever to join the Foreign Legion. Unlike most Legionaires, Cooper and siblings join to be forgotten rather than forget when each "con· fesses" to stealing a rare gem owned by Susan Hayward's noble guardian, Lady Brandon. Once in the legion, the brothers three might have wish­ ed they let the Lady take the rap as they must constantly battle rampaging nations and the meanest, nastiest sergeant in the whole Sahara, Brian Donlevy, to stay alive long enough to clear the family name. Overflowing with such classic ~ character actors as J. Carrol Nalsh, Albert Dek­ SILVER STREAK CYRANO DE BERGERAC ker and Broderick Crawford, Beau Geste represents everything that is noble and good Silver Streak (1934) about man and Hollywood's golden age. 114 min. B&W Sally Blane, Charles Starrett Cyrano De Bergerac (1950) VMC80547 $29.95 Adventure abounds in this action packed, ex· Jose Ferrer citing film. '.An enterprising young train designer Jose Ferrer in this Stanley Kramer production creates a super fast diesel train. The son of a rival about a romantic soldier who is too shy to tell The Thief of Bagdad (1924) train builder develops paralysis while working his beautiful cousin that he is in love with her Douglas Fairbanks, Julianne Johnson, on the Boulder Dam project. His only hope of and must convey it through his best friend. Sojin and Snitz Edwards survival is to live in an iron lung. The super train Gloriously romantic and action filled. Academy In THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, Douglas Fair­ races the lung to the dam sight. With many close Award Winner-Best Actor. 112 min. B&W banks departed from the swashbuckler roles that calls, a murder attempt. a run away engine, an VRP0822 S19.95 he had portrayed in THE MARK OF ZORRO, open bridge span, a cowardly back-up engineer THE THREE MUSKETEERS, and ROBIN and a frightened crew, the train arrives in time. HOOD to play that of a pure scamp, a purse 72 min. B&W. VHS only snatcher and a pickpocket. Organ score per­ VBH9654 Reg.~ Sale Price $17.95 formed by Gaylord Carter. 143 min. B&W. VHS only Lost Patrol (1934) 53-2171 Reg. $49.98 Sale Price S29.95 Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald J?enny, J. M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan, The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Alan Hale The Thief of Bagdad is the story of a native When the leader of the patrol is killed, the boy (Sabu) who, with the aid of a genie, helps a Sergeant (McLaglen), takes command of the deposed king outsmart an evil magician. Along eleven ragged survivors. This is Karloff in one the way, Sabu runs into strange characters and of his best roles as the religious fanatic who exciting adventures that can only be found in the quotes the Bible like a prophet of destruction, streets of Bagdad. The Thief of Bagdad won his eyes afire. Reginald Denny aptly plays the Academy A wards for the remarkable examples perfect British gentleman and J.M. Kerrigan an of trick photography (magic carpets, a flying angry pessimist. McLaglen sees his men perish horse and a murderous dancing doll) and best one by one and perseveres by keeping his head sound effects. 106 min. and folliwing his military training. VBA3108 Reg. $49.95 Sale Price S19.95 VRP7340 Reg. &a+.-95 Sale Price $19.95

The Four Feathers (1939) John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, directed by Zoltan Korda A "stay-at-home" receives four white feathers as a symbol of cowardice during the Sudan Cam­ paign of the 1890's. But he goes undercover, becomes a hero and rescues his best friend. A triumph of early technicolor, this film's battle scenes keep popping up in "B" movies all over. 99 min. Color " It cannot fail to be one of the best films of the year . . . " - Graham Greene. Gunga Din (1939) VBA3091 Reg. 5139.95 Sale Price S19.95 Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Joan Fontaine Director Geor~e Stevens's elaboration of Rudyard Kipling s poem is still one of the most OUR GUARANTEE endearing and entertaining adventure films ever made. Magnificently staged and vividly shot bat­ If not completely satisfied with any item, tle scenes between the British Lancers and the return it and we will allow credit for the full Indian Thugs add color to an already strong purchase price, replace it, or make a refund. story line and top-notch cast. Gunga Din has seen at least three remakes but none has surpass­ ed this classic. 117 min. B&W THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924) VNO8016 $19.95 Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

30 Drama

East of Eden (1954) James Dean, Julie Harris, Richard Davalos, Raymond Massey, Jo Van Fleet, directed by Elia Kazan John Steinbeck's sprawling novel provides the basis for this World War I era retelling of the Biblical tale of Cain and Abel. James Dean's first starring role. 105 min. Color. VHS only VWA1005 Reg. ~ Sale Price S24.95 Camille (1936) Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore Henry Daniell, Elizabeth Allan, Lenore Ulric directed by George Cukor ' A dying courtesan falls for an innocent young man who loves her. and dies in his arms. This old warhorse is an unsuitable vehicle for Garbo but magically she carries it off, and the produc­ BODY AND SOUL tion is elegant and pleasing. 108 min. B&W. VHS only VMG472 $24.95 Body and Soul (1947) THE COURT MARTIAL OF BI LLY John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks. . .,,,.;,-.,,._,.~ :- .... MITCHELL Anne Revere, William Conrad, Canada Lee, directed by Robert Rossen ·-- .. •-•: • ~ r,:: A young boxer fights his way unscropulously The Court Martial of Billy to the top. 104 min. B&W Mitchell (1955) VRP0354 Reg. s-a9:-95- Sale Price $19.95 Gary Cooper, Rod Steiger. Ralph Bellamy, Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Montgomery, Fred Clark, Darren McGavin, James Daly The Quiet Man (1952) In the early twenties. an American general of John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, the Army Air Service is court-martialled for ac· Barry Fitzgerald, Victor McLaglen, Ward Bond, cusing the war department of criminal negli­ Mildred Natwick, directed by John Ford gence. 100 min. Color An archetypal John Ford comedy, an lrish VRP0770 $24.95 village version of "Taming of the Shrew,'" the FROM HERE TO ETER.'1ITY tamer being an ex-boxer retired to the land of his fathers, and in need of a wife. Academy From Here to Ete1rnity Marjorie Morningstar A wards '52: Best Director (Ford); Best Color (1958) Cinematography (Winton Hoch, Archie Stout). (1953) Burl Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood, Gene Kelly, Claire Trevor, 129 min. Color. Everett Sloane, Ed Wynn, Martin Milner, VRP3363 Reg. $;t9:-% Sale Price S19.95 Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatia, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine Carolyn Jones, George Tobias, Jesse White, Academy Award winning film which is con· Marlin Balsam. directed by Irving Rapper sidered a milestone in motion picture history. Set A Jewish girl from New York has great ambi· in Pearl I !arbor in the monthE prior to and tions for herself but ends up as a suburban culminating with the sneak attack. it is the com· housewife in this film treasure from the late 50's, pelling study of Lhe professional -;oldier and the Based on t he novel by Herman Wouk, Marjorie system under which he lived. Six Lop stars in one Morningstar also features the Academy Award­ of the most unforgettable pictures of all t ime. nominated song "A Very Precious Love." The outdoor sequences were fil 11ed on actual On a trivia note, Marjorie Morningstar also location in Hawaii. Winner of eight Academy marked the first time ever in which a perfume Awards. VHS Only received a credit at the end of the film. J 23 min. VCO60762 $29.95 Color VRP2682 $24.95 The Bells of St. ]Mary's (1945) Bing Crosby, Jngrid Bergman, Ruth Donnelly, Henry Travers, directed by Leo McCarey The story cenLers on Bing Crosby's arrival at a run-down Catholic school run by Ingrid Bergman. Therein, Bergman and Crosby engage in a friendly rivalry centered around saving Bergman's school via the solicited gift of a new The Best Years of Our building. There is a warm ambiance that spills over into every facet of the production. Lives (1946) Crosby, Bergman and Director Leo McCarey Myrna Loy, Frederic March, Dana Andrews. each received critical acclaim for their work in Teresa Wright, Hoagy Carmichael, this holiday favorite. Academy Awards '45: Best Harold Russell Sound. NY Film Critics Award '45: Best Female Moving and relevant story of three returning Performance /Bergman). 126 min. B& W World War II Vets-the readjustments, the frus­ VRP0252 Reg. $£-4:% Sale Price S19.95 trations. the joys. \\'inner of seven Academy Aw_ards, this is an ~rr:ierican classic directed by :--Jow you can buy t his B&W cifil.sic in full-color. national treasure William Wyler. 172 min. B&W VRP0254 Reg. S2-4-:95 Sale Price $19.95 VBA3031 Reg.~ Sale Price $19.95 MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR Credit Card Sales - Call Toll Free 1-800-826-2295 Customer Service (213) 888-2229 No collect calls, please

31 Comedy: The Golden Years

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT It Happened One Night Sorrowful Jones (1949) It's in the Bag (1945) (1934) Bob Hope, Lucille Ball Fred Allen, Jack Benny, William Bendix Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Roscoe Karns, Bob Hope and Lucille Ball star in this winning Binnie Barnes, Robert Benchley, directed Walter Connolly, directed by Frank Capra comedy based on the charming Damon Runyon by Richard Wallace A runaway heiress falls in love with a tale about a penn[·pinching Broadway book­ A shiftless flea circus owner sells chairs he has newspaperman on a cross country bus trip. maker (Hope) who 'inherits" a five-year-old girl inherited, not knowing that a fortune is hidden Academy Awards '34: Best Picture; Best Actor when her father puts the moppet llJ> as collateral in one of them. 87 min. B&W (Gable); Best Actress (Colbert); Best Director for a bet and never comes back. Easing Hope's VRP2070 Reg. $-l--9-:-96 Sale Price $17.95 (Capra) 105 min. B&W. VHS Only entry into reluctant fatherhood is old flame Lucy. VCO60382 Reg. $59:% Sale Price $19.95 a nightclub singer who just happens to be the personal property of gangster Bruce Cabot. The Senator Was Good Sam (1948) who'll do anything to make sure his horse wins Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan a big race. A rare showcase for Hope's con· Indiscreet (1947) William Powell, Ella Raines Despite the efforts of his exasperated wife, an siderable dramatic talents, Sorrowful Jones is a over-generous husband does good deeds until he pack-leading thoroughbred from beginning to A senat<:Jr, seeking the Presidential nomina­ tion, tow:slthe country making ridiculous and has given away the family fortune. B&W. 120 end. 88 min. B&W. min. VMC80598 $29.95 contradictory campaign promises. 81 min. B&W VRP3624 I $19.95 VRP1578 Reg. $2-4-:% Sale Price Sl9.95 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948) William Powell, Ann Blythe A middJe-aged husband hooks a beautiful mer· maid while fishing in the Caribbean and with time, falls pi Jove with her. 89 min. B&W VRP2820 Reg. $39-,% Sale Price $19.95 Donovan's Reef (1963) John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Dorothy Lamour Two ex-Navy buddies are enjoying life on a South Pacific island, where they spend most of their time in the local saloon until the arrival of a straight-treed Boston woman in search of her father. 109 min. Color. Romance. VPA6220 Reg. &4-9,% Sale Price Sl9.95 SORROWFUL JONES

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