ANNIE OAKLEY ****************
30 MIN BW 1954-1957 WESTERN 17 EPISODES - Gail Davis, Brad Johnson, Jimmy Hawkins. Annie and her kid brother Tagg live in Arizona with their uncle, the Sheriff. Annie and Tagg take care of most every situation calling for the law as their uncle just never seems to be there when he's needed.
ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATRE ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE -
ARTHUR GODREY ****************
30 MIN BW VARIETY 1 EPISODE - Mel Blanc and Paul Linde.
AWARD THEATRE ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE -
BARBARA STANWYCK SHOW, THE ****************
30 MIN BW WESTERN 1 EPISODE - Guest star Buddy Ebson, commercials by Julia Meade.
BEAT THE CLOCK ****************
30 MIN BW QUIZ SHOW 1 EPISODE - Bud Collier hosts this prime time network game show in which contestants compete with one another to see who can do some silly trick or other the fastest.
BELL TELEPHONE SCIENCE SPECIALS ****************
60 MIN COLOR DOCUMENTARY 4 EPISODES - This series looks at various scientific subjects with a marvellous sophistIcation for its time. Well done and appealing to all ages.
BETTY HUTTON SHOW, THE ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 2 EPISODES -
BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, THE 1962-1964 ****************
Comedy B&W- 55 HALF-HOUR EPISODES - Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan , Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr., Raymond Bailey , Nancy Kulp. Mountain hillbilly Jed Clampett accidentally discovers oil on his property and he and his family are instant millionaires. What do you do when you’ve got millions of dollars? Move to Beverly Hills of course. The clash of cultures was one of TV’s biggest hits for many years.
BIFF BAKER, U.S.A. ****************
30 MIN BW 1952-1953 ADVENTURE 11 EPISODES - Alan Hale, Jr., Randy Stuart. Biff Baker uses an importing business as a cover for his real job, U.S. government agent. Biff and Louise travel world-wide "on business" which brings them in touch with beautiful but dangerous Soviet spys. Louise is a really good sport.
BING CROSBY SHOW ****************
30 MIN BW 1 EPISODE - Bing hosts Jack Benny
BOB HOPE SHOW, THE ****************
60 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE - Marilyn Maxwell, Jimmy Wakely
BONANZA ****************
60 MIN BW WESTERN 1 EPISODE - Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon. Guest star John Larkin
60 MIN COLOR WESTERN 31 HOUR EPISODES 1959- 1962
Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
One of the most popular Westerns of all time on American TV, the story of widower Ben Cartwright, his 3 sons and their 600,000-acre ranch -- the Ponderosa ran on TV for 14 years. It’s not only a western but a good family drama as well with stories that could easily fit into any era. This is really a show for the ages.
BUCCANEERS, THE ****************
30 MIN BW ADVENTURE 2 EPISODES - Robert Shaw and Peter Hammond. Pirates on the high seas.
BUFFALO BILL, JR ****************
30 MIN BW WESTERN 9 EPISODES - Dick Jones, Nancy Gilbert and Harry Cheshire. Produced by Golden West in the early 50s using sets and locations made famous in the Gene Autry films
CAPTAIN DAVID GRIEF ****************
30 MIN BW 1956-1957 ADVENTURE - 18 EPISODES Maxwell Reed, Maureen Hingert. Based on Jack London material. Captain Grief and Anura sail the South Seas finding hungry headhunters, pirates, typhoons and a little adventure.
CAPTAIN GALLANT OF THE FOREIGN LEGION ****************
30 MIN BW 1955-1957 ADVENTURE 9 EPISODES - Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Cullen Crabbe, Al "Fuzzy" Knight, Gilles Queant, Norma Eberhardt. The legendary Buster Crabbe plays a Legionnaire responsible for the son of a slain officer (his real-life son, Cullen). Worth watching to catch Crabbe in action.
CELEBRITY GAME ****************
30 MIN BW QUIZ SHOW 1 EPISODE - Carl Reiner hosts Lee Marvin, Oscar Levant, Louis Nye, Susie Parker, Mickey Rooney, Nanette Fabrey, Sal Mineo, Connie Stevens, Gypsy Rose Lee
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME ****************
30 MIN BW QUIZ SHOW 2 EPISODES - Dennis James with Bromo Seltzer commercials
CHARLIE CHAN, ADVENTURES OF ****************
30 MIN BW MYSTERY 1 EPISODE - J. Carrol Nash and James Hong
CHEVY SHOW, THE ****************
60 MIN BW VARIETY 1 EPISODE - Dinah Shore with Art Carney and Boris Karloff.
CHRISTMAS SHOP, THE ****************
30 MIN COLOR DRAMA - Louis Jordan and Margaret Hamilton star in emotional Christmas story.
CHRISTOPHER PROGRAM, THE ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 3 EPISODES - The Catholic Church produced these half hour dramas with admittedly religious messages but they are very well written and produced.
CISCO KID, THE ****************
30 MIN COLOR 1950-1956 WESTERN 5 EPISODES - Duncan Renaldo, Leo Carillo. Cisco charms the ladies, beats up the bad guys and looks great. Pancho provides comic relief and seldom steals the limelight. Between them they keep the US/Mexican border a safer place.
CODE 3 ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE -
COLGATE COMEDY HOUR, THE ****************
60 MIN BW COMEDY 8 EPISODES - This program ran on NBC Sunday evenings opposite The Ed Sullivan Show at 8 p.m. for many years. Abbott and Costello and other major stars were showcased each episode.
COME TO THE BANK ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Ann Tyrell, Edgar Barrier
COWBOY G-MEN ****************
30 MIN BW & COLOR 1952-1953 WESTERN - 3 EPISODES Russell Hayden, Jackie Coogan. Cowboys and undercover agents? Every young boy's dream!
CRAIG KENNEDY, CRIMINOLOGIST ****************
30 MIN BW CRIME DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Donald Wood
CROSS CURRENT ****************
30 MIN BW MYSTERY 1 EPISODE - Gerald Mohr
CROSSROADS ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 18 EPISODES - Anthology with many name stars
DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT ****************
30 MIN BW 1952 ADVENTURE 5 EPISODES - Brian Donlevy. Yet another American spy stands up to the commie threat to democracy.
DANNY THOMAS: ROAD TO LEBANON ****************
60 MIN BW SPECIAL - Danny Thomas, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Sheldon Leonard, Hugh Downs.
DATE WITH THE ANGELS, A ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 2 EPISODES - Betty White
DATELINE EUROPE ****************
30 MIN BW 1951-1955 ADVENTURE 19 EPISODES - James Daly, Jerome Thor, Synda Scott, Robert Arden, Anne Preville, Gerald Mohr. International intrigue among the underworld characters of various countries and locales.
DECOY ****************
30 MIN BW 1957-1958 DRAMA 7 EPISODES - Beverly Garland, Frank Campanella. Based on cases from the New York City's Policewomen's Bureau.
DENNIS O'KEEFE SHOW, THE ****************
30 MIN BW 1959-1960 COMEDY 13 EPISODES - Dennis O'Keefe, Hope Emerson, Rickey Kelman, Eloise Hardt. A newspaperman who writes a column "All Around Towne" for a Los Angeles newspaper. Handsome widower, cute kid, tough housekeeper.
DICK TRACY ****************
30 MIN BW 1950-1951 ADVENTURE 7 EPISODES - Ralph Byrd, Joe Devlin. The popular comic strip of Chester Gould's detective comes to life.
DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE?****************
30 MIN BW 1956 QUIZ SHOW 2 EPISODES - Edgar Bergen stars with his wooden dummy Charlie McCarthy & others in this witty game show where married couples answered questions for cash.
DR. HUDSON'S SECRET JOURNAL ****************
30 MIN BW 1955-1957 DRAMA 6 EPISODES - John Howard, Cheryl Callaway, Olive Blakeney Based on "Magnificent Obsession", medical show about Dr. Wayne Hudson, his niece and yet another housekeeper, Mrs. Grady.
DRAGNET ****************
30 MIN BW 1951-1959 DRAMA 11 EPISODES - Jack Webb, Ben Alexander. Based on the radio series, Dragnet was unusual in the realm of TV lawmen in that it attempted to show the life of a cop as it is, or at least as it was in the 1950s; long hours, low pay, grueling hard work and alot of frustration. Jack Webb was the show's creator, writer, star and director who devoted his life to the show, much as Joe Friday devoted his life to the Los Angeles Police Department. Simplistic in its message that crime does not pay, the shows are nevertheless entertaining, if only as a cult series.
DUFFY'S TAVERN ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 2 EPISODES -
DUPONT THEATRE ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 31 EPISODES - Dramatic anthology, variety of subjects and actors.
ED WYNN SHOW, THE ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 2 EPISODES - Wynn was one of the early TV stars to come from vaudville. His baggy clothes and silly remarks made him lovable to almost everyone. His shows have some special moments, including Dinah Shore's first TV appearance.
EDSEL SHOW, THE ****************
60 MIN BW MUSICAL 1 EPISODE - Stars Frank Sinatra
ENCHANTED HILL ****************
60 MIN COLOR DOCUMENTARY - Julia Margon was William Randolph Hearst's architect, contractor and interior designer for his castle on the hill at San Simeon. This is a look at the splendor of his European acquisitons, gold plated plumbing and other indulgences.
EUGENE ****************
30 MIN BW 1960 COMEDY 1 EPISODE - Ernie Kovacs performs for a full half hour with a few props and special effects but no dialogue. The man's genius for producing incredible visual art with a paultry budget is well exhibited. Sponsored by Dutch Masters Cigars, of course.
FAMILY PLAYHOUSE ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis
FAMILY THEATRE PRESENTS ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Raymond Burr
FEDERAL MEN ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 16 EPISODES - Walter Greaza. Based on actual cases from various U.S. Government files. Walter Greaza plays The Chief of agencies represented, Customs, Treasury, Internal Revenue, Secret Service, etc.
FLASH GORDON ****************
30 MIN BW 1953 ADVENTURE 2 EPISODES - Steve Holland, Irene Chaplin, Joe Nash. Flash and his crew save Earth from the bad guys of the universe.
FOLLOW THAT MAN ****************
30 MIN BW 1949-1954 MYSTERY 35 EPISODES - Ralph Bellamy. Tough detective, Mike Barnett, was one of the earliest TV private eyes.
FORD STAR JUBILEE ****************
60 MIN BW VARIETY - Judy Garland joins David Wayne for an hour of pure Garland. This may be the only time she sang "Over The Rainbow" on TV.
FOUR STAR PLAYHOUSE ****************
30 MIN BW 1952-1956 DRAMA 75 EPISODES - David Niven, Charles Boyer, Dick Powell, Ida Lupino The "Four Stars" rotated in one of the earliest appearances of major screen stars in television. Niven, Boyer and Powell directed some episodes.
FOX HUNT ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Dennis Morgan
FRANK SINATRA SHOW ****************
60 MIN BW VARIETY 5 EPISODES - One of the legends! Sinatra hosted the Rat Pack and other significant entertainers, and sang to us in his singular way.
FRED ASTAIRE SHOW ****************
60 MIN BW 3 EPISODES - Just Fred dancing with various partners. Who could ask for anything more?
FRONT PAGE DETECTIVE ****************
30 MIN BW MYSTERY 3 EPISODES - Edmund Lowe. New York newspaper columnist has a talent for getting involved in police business, a la Jessica Fletcher
FRONTIER DOCTOR ****************
30 MIN BW 1956-1957 WESTERN 4 EPISODES - Rex Allen. Imagine how busy a turn-of-the-century doctor in Arizona Territory would be. This series covers it all.
GABBY HAYES SHOW ****************
30 MIN BW WESTERN 50 EPISODES - Gabby Hayes hosts each show while he whittles and scratches, entertaining his "buccaroos" with tall tales, then introduces today's story, a typical oater of bad guys and good guys.
GANGBUSTERS ****************
30 MIN BW 1952-1953 MYSTERY 28 EPISODES - Phillips H. Lord and Chester Morris narrate. Gangbusters is based on the well-known network radio show which ran from 1936-1957. (Morris was familiar to listeners as Boston Blackie.) Based on cases from police and FBI files, the series is semi-documentary in style.
GEORGE BURNS & GRACIE ALLEN SHOW ****************
30 MIN BW 1950-1958 COMEDY 9 EPISODES - George Burns, Gracie Allen, Harry Von Zell, Ronnie Burns, Bea Benaderet, Fred Clark, Larry Keating. George and Gracie adapted their vaudeville stage routines to the small screen in a series that was short on plot but long on entertainment. From their home in Beverly Hills they interacted with neighbors and other happenstance passers-by to create as much confusion as can be put into a half hour show.
GEORGE GOBEL SHOW ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE -
GREAT GILDERSLEEVE ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE - Willard Waterman
HARRIGAN AND SON ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE - Pat O'Brien
HAVE CAMERA WILL TRAVEL ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE -
HAWKEYE AND THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS ****************
30 MIN BW 1956-1957 ADVENTURE 8 EPISODES - John Hart, Lon Chaney, Jr. Based on the famous James Fenimore Cooper book. Hawkeye, a white fur trader and scout, and his blood brother Chingachgook work for the U.S. Cavalry battling the Huron Indians during the 1750s.
HEART OF THE CITY ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Mark Stevens
HERE COME'S CALVIN ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE - Jack Carson
HOLLYWOOD OFFBEAT ****************
30 MIN BW MYSTERY 1 EPISODE - Melvin Douglas
HOLLYWOOD PALACE ****************
60 MIN BW VARIETY 2 EPISODES - Bing Crosby hosts an hour of top entertainment from rock and roll to vaudeville.
HUNTER, THE ****************
30 MIN BW ADVENTURE 1 EPISODE - Barry Nelson
I'M THE LAW ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - George Raft
ITS A GREAT LIFE ****************
30 MIN BW 1954-1956 COMEDY 2 EPISODES - Michael O'Shea, William Bishop, James Dunn, Frances Bavier (easily recognized as "Aunt Bea" from The Andy Griffith Show.)
IVANHOE ****************
30 MIN BW ADVENTURE 6 EPISODES - DUBBED IN SPANISH Roger Moore, Bruce Seton, Robert Brown, John Pike. British production of the character created by Sir Walter Scott.
JACK BENNY PROGRAM, THE ****************
30 MIN BW 1950-1965 COMEDY 8 EPISODES - Jack Benny, Don Wilson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Dennis Day. The Jack Benny of radio transferred well onto the small screen. His assortment of odd characters supported the show and Jack with skill. The show holds up amazingly well after 40 years.
JACKSON AND JILL ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 3 EPISODES - Helen Chapman, Todd Karns
JERRY LEWIS SHOW, THE ****************
60 MIN BW VARIETY 1 EPISODE - Jerry Lewis hosts Rowan and Martin, Eydie Gorme
JIM BOWIE, ADVENTURES OF ****************
30 MIN BW 1956-1958 WESTERN 4 EPISODES - Scot Forbes, Peter Hanson. Based on the inventor of the Bowie knife and set in the Louisiana-Texas border region during the 1830s.
JIMMY DURANTE SHOW, THE ****************
30 MIN BW VARIETY 1 EPISODE - 60 MIN BW VARIETY 1 EPISODE -
JOE PALOOKA SHOW ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 2 EPISODES -
JUDGE ROY BEAN ****************
30 MIN BW AND COLOR 1955-1956 WESTERN - 47 EPISODES Edgar Buchanan, Jack Beutel, Jackie Loughery, Russell Hayden. Buchanan is at his conniving best as a judge in the wild West during the late 1800s.
KIT CARSON, ADVENTURES OF ****************
30 MIN BW 1951-1955 WESTERN 52 EPISODES - Bill Williams, Don Diamond. Full of cowboy and Indian fights, gun fights, bar room fights, fights over land, fights over ladies, a true "oater".
LIBERACE ****************
30 MIN BW MUSICAL 1 EPISODE - Liberace was a '50s phenomenon: effeminate mannerisms, outlandish costumes and classical music!!! The public had never seen anything like him before, and they loved him.
LIFE WITH BUSTER KEATON ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 2 EPISODES -
LIFE WITH ELIZABETH ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 3 EPISODES - Betty White. Ms. White's considerable talent for comedy is showcased in this early fifties series of vinettes.
LOCKUP ****************
30 MIN BW 1959-1961 DRAMA 72 EPISODES - MacDonald Carey, John Doucette, Olive Carey. Carey plays an attorney always available to help the less fortunate. Celebrity guest stars appear in many shows.
LONG JOHN SILVER ****************
30 MIN COLOR 1955-1956 ADVENTURE - 10 EPISODES Robert Newton, Kit Taylor, Connie Gilchrist. Newton reprises his movie role as the pirate from Rober Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island". In this series though he is the good guy helping the British fight the Spanish.
LORETTA YOUNG SHOW ****************
30 MIN BW 1962-1963 DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Loretta Young, James Philbrook, Ceila Kay, Beverly Washburn, Dirk and Dack Rambo
LORETTA YOUNG THEATRE ****************
30 MIN BW 1954-1961 DRAMA 6 EPISODES - Anthology series with the elegant Ms. Young hosting and usually starring in a variety of plays.
LOVE THAT BOB ****************
30 MIN BW 1955-1959 COMEDY 25 EPISODES - Bob Cummings, Rosemary DeCamp, Ann B. Davis, Dwayne Hickman. Bob Collins, a single, handsome photographer, lives with his widowed sister and nephew. His plane-jane assistant, Shultzy, is hopelessly in love with Bob who is constantly surrounded by glamourous models. The Bob Collins character is camp by today's standards; actually a classic. The playboy, man-about-town is a character of the '50s. Nancy Kulp appears as Pamela Livingston much the same character as her Jane Hathaway in Beverly Hillbillies.
LUCY SHOW, THE ****************
30 MIN Color & B/W 1962 -29 EPISODES
Lucille Ball, Vivian Vance - Lucille Ball returns as Lucy Carmichael, a recently widowed bank secretary with 2 kids and a best friend . The classic pairing of Lucy and Vivian lives on in this show that came on the heels of Lucy’s divorce from Dezi and the end of the I LOVE LUCY series.
MAN BEHIND THE BADGE ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 2 EPISODES - Charles Bickford
MAN WITH A CAMERA ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Charles Bronson
MAN WITHOUT A GUN ****************
30 MIN BW WESTERN 1 EPISODE - Rex Reason
MASQUERADE PARTY ****************
30 MIN BW QUIZ SHOW 1 EPISODE - Bobby Sherwood, Dagmar, Ogden Nash, Ilka Chase
MATT CLARK, RAILROAD DETECTIVE ****************
30 MIN BW WESTERN 4 EPISODES - Jim Davis, Mary Castle, Kristine Miller. Davis (later to be cast as Jock Ewing in "Dallas") plays the part of a railway detective with a woman partner. How unusual!! They go after bad guys who rob the trains, the likes of Jesse James and Black Bart.
MCCUNE SHOW, THE ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE -
MEDIC ****************
30 MIN BW 1954-1956 DRAMA 8 EPISODES - Richard Boone. Boone's first staring role. Medic draws on actual hospital footage giving the series the aura of a documentary. Doctors are treated as heroes in white and the episodes tend to the serious side. Well written - one of the best medical dramas of its time.
MEET CORLISS ARCHER ****************
30 MIN BW 1954-1955 COMEDY 35 EPISODES - Ann Baker, John Eldridge, Mary Bain, Bobby Ellis Corliss Archer represented American teenagers in the '50s - before sex and drugs and rock'n'roll. Her boyfriend, Dexter, lives next door an together they manage to work their way through the trials and turmoil of puberty in spite of their parents who just don't understand.
MEET MILLIE ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE - Marvin Kaplan, Elaina Verdugo
MERLIN THE MAGICIAN ****************
30 MIN BW MYSTERY 1 EPISODE - Jerome Thor and E. G. Marshall
MICKEY ROONEY SHOW, THE ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE -
MILTON BERLE ****************
60 MIN BW COMEDY 4 EPISODES - Mr. Television hosts a bevy of stars and cuts up alot.
MISSION PLOESTI ****************
30 MIN BW DOCUMENTARY - Walter Cronkite narrates. The planning and implimentation of a year-long campaign to destroy the oil fields, refineries and chemical plants near Bucharest, Romania.
MR AND MRS NORTH ****************
30 MIN BW 1952-1954 MYSTERY 57 EPISODES - Barbara Briton, Richard Denning, Francis DeSales. Based on the radio series, Mr. and Mrs. North are publishers of mystery novels who always seem to find a crime that needs solving a la Nick and Nora Charles of The Thin Man fame.
MR DISTRICT ATTORNEY ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE -
MR PEEPERS ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE - Wally Cox, Tony Randall, Marion Loran
MY FRIEND IRMA ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 2 SHOWS - Marie Wilson. The original dumb blonde role on a TV series.
MY HERO AKA THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW ****************
30 MIN BW 1952-1953 COMEDY 18 EPISODES - Robert Cummings, Julie Bishop, John Litel Cummings' first TV series and one of the earliest filmed sitcoms. Not the flashy playboy of "Love That Bob", Beanblossom is an inept real estate salesman who wouldn't make it without Julie's help.
MYSTERY THEATRE ****************
30 MIN BW MYSTERY 1 EPISODE -
NAME THAT TUNE ****************
30 MIN BW QUIZ SHOW 1950s 1 EPISODE - Contestants compete to see who has the most comprehensive knowledge of popular songs by trying to be the first to identify pieces of music.
NIGHT COURT ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 40 EPISODES - This series purports to be taken from official files. The judge of San Francisco's night court tries hard to keep a straight face and conduct the proceedings with decorum. A public defender stands by to represent the parade of offenders. The penalties are as humorous as the rest of the program: $5 for littering, $25 and a stern warning for refusing to leave the scene of a disturbance.
NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS ****************
60 MIN BW DRAMA - Andy Griffith. Griffith originated the role of Will Stockdale in this live television play which spawned a Broadway play, a feature movie and a TV series. Griffith has had many successes and all his characters are based on loveable Will Stockdale wearing another suit of clothing. Why argue with success?
NORTHWEST PASSAGE ****************
30 MIN COLOR 1958-1959 ADVENTURE - 15 EPISODES Buddy Ebsen, Keith Larsen, Don Burnett Towne. Based on the 1940 film starring Spencer Tracy and the book by Kenneth Roberts. American explorer Robert Rogers and his Rangers search for the fabled waterway across the continent, lend a hand to the settlers, fight off the French and the Indians and generally have an interesting time of it.
OLD MAN IN A HURRY ****************
30 MIN BW DOCUMENTARY - The true-life story of Bion Shively at 68, the oldest man to win the Hambletonion Trotting Classic.
ONE STEP BEYOND ****************
30 MIN BW 1959-1961 DRAMA 38 EPISODES - John Newland as host/narrator. Great entertainment on a cold rainy night. Creepy and suspense-filled stories dealing with ESP, ghosts, and other supernatural fare.
OZZIE AND HARRIET ****************
30 MIN BW 1951-1966 COMEDY 73 EPISODES - Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky Nelson, Don DeFore, Skip Young, June Blair, Kristin Harmon. One of the best remembered series of the 1950s, Ozzie and Harriet provided America with a weekly glance into that ideal life that never existed; the one President Reagan wanted us all to return to. We watched the boys grow up, go to school, get married, and in Ricky's case, become a rock star. Ozzie never worked, Harriet kept an immaculate house ala June Cleaver and no problem was so serious it couldn't be solved within the family.
PASSPORT TO DANGER ****************
30 MIN BW 1954-1956 ADVENTURE 7 EPISODES - Cesar Romero. Romero, as a U.S. government diplomat, experiences foreign intrigue, danger, romance. All the right stuff.
PLAYHOUSE, THE ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE -
PRISON DOCTOR ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Raymond Burr
PRIVATE SECRETARY ****************
30 MIN BW 1953-1957 COMEDY 19 EPISODES - Ann Sothern, Don Porter, Ann Tyrrell, Jesse White, Joan Banks. Peter Sands is head of a talent agency; McNamera his attractive, bright secretary. They make a great team. Screwball complications are easily resolved and the series works forty years later.
PUBLIC DEFENDER ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Reed Hadley
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ****************
20 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - John Howard, Anne Gwynne, Walter Sande. This show was the first filmed series made for television. For reasons unknown, it is only 20 minutes long.
RACKET SQUAD ****************
30 MIN BW 1950-1953 DRAMA 26 EPISODES - Reed Hadley. This is a pioneer in the TV cop show genre which tackled the non-violent criminals; pick-pockets, con men, bait and switch, etc. Even though its set in San Francisco there isn't a single chase scene up and down the hills. The 1950s lingo is wonderful.
RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE ****************
30 MIN BW ADVENTURE 1 EPISODE - Jon Hall, Ray Montgomery
RANGE RIDER ****************
30 MIN BW 1951-1952 WESTERN 10 EPISODES - Jock Mahoney, Dick Jones. We never do find out the Range Rider's name, but just like "The Lone Ranger" he's dedicated to making the West a safer place. The series was filmed on Gene Autry's Flying-A Ranch and Mahoney does his own stunts. Great exterior shots.
RAY ANTHONY SHOW, THE ****************
60 MIN BW VARIETY 2 EPISODES - Handsome big band leader entertains with the big band sound.
ROBIN HOOD, ADVENTURES OF ****************
30 MIN BW 1955-1959 ADVENTURE 44 EPISODES - Richard Greene, Bernadette O'Farrell, Patricia Driscoll Donald Pleasance, Herbert Gregg, Archie Duncan, Rufus Cruikshank, Alexander Gauge, Alan Wheatley. This series turns stealing into a virtue all in the name of helping the poor and downtrodden. Well written and acted.
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS ****************
30 MIN BW 1959-1963 CARTOON 8 EPISODES - Voices of Bill Scott as Bullwinkle J. Moose and Mr. Peabody; June Foray as Rocket J. Squirrel, Natasha Fatale and Nell Fenwick; Paul Frees as Boris Badenov and Inspector Fenwick; Walter Tetley as Sherman; Charles Ruggles as Aesop; Daws Butler as Aesop, Jr.; Hans Conried as Snidley Whiplash; William Conrad narrates. These are the best defined cartoon characters to appear on television. Such names as Kirwood Derby, King Bushwack the 33rd, the precious metal "upsidasium" and the screwiest plots ever written (like the manufacture of counterfeit cereal box tops) will live on in all of our memories of childhood.
ROY ROGERS SHOW, THE ****************
30 MIN BW 1951-1957 WESTERN 27 EPISODES - Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Pat Brady. This is the West, the modern West, with jeeps and other current inventions (well, current for the 1950s). Just who the bad guys are is a bit vague but they abound in Mineral City and near the Double-R-Bar Ranch where Roy and Pat always make the collar with backup from Trigger, Bullet and Dale.
RUGGLES, THE ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 2 EPISODES - Charlie Ruggles, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Margaret Kerry. Ruggles plays himself, a debonair elderly gentlemen with a troublesome family.
SCARLET PIMPERNEL, THE ****************
30 MIN BW ADVENTURE 6 EPISODES - Marius Goring. Based on a character created by Baroness Orczy, Sir Percy Blakely, a British aristocrat, uses various disguises to assist the French underground during the revolution.
SECRET FILE, U.S.A. ****************
30 MIN BW ADVENTURE 6 EPISODES - Robert Alda. Typical series of heavy cold war stuff; double agents, European locations, lots of men in sun glasses standing behind a newspaper.
SERGEANT PRESTON OF THE YUKON ****************
30 MIN BW ADVENTURE 2 EPISODES - Sgt. Preston, in his snappy Mountie uniform, with horse, Rex and dog, King, keep the Canadian Yukon Territory as free of desperados as possible, given the lousey weather.
SHENA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE ****************
30 MIN BW ADVENTURE 2 EPISODES -
SHERLOCK HOLMES ****************
30 MIN BW MYSTERY 4 EPISODES - Ronald Howard, H. Marion Crawford
SID CAESAR AND FRIENDS ****************
60 MIN BW COMEDY - Sid hosts Chita Rivera, Charlton Heston, Barbara Britton, Audrey Meadows.
SIMPLE SIMON ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Hans Christian Anderson tale.
SIR LANCELOT, ADVENTURES OF ****************
30 MIN BW 1956 ADVENTURE 17 EPISODES - William Russell, Jane Hylton, Ronald Leigh-Hurt, Bruce Seaton, Robert Scroggins. The Knights of the Round Table present the 10th Century in all its historical splendor. Produced in England.
SO THIS IS HOLLYWOOD ****************
60 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE - Mitzi Green, Virginia Gibson. Precocious child actress manipulates everyone.
STAR AND STORY ****************
30 MIN BW 1954-1955 DRAMA 16 EPISODES - Each show features a different star, or stars in this dramatic anthology produced by the successful team from Four Star Productions. There are many young actors in the supporting casts who went on to much bigger things.
STEVE DONOVAN ****************
30 MIN BW WESTERN 2 EPISODES - Douglas Kennedy, Eddy Waller. Wyoming in the 1870s is the setting for a typical 50s oater.
STUMP THE STARS ****************
30 MIN BW QUIZ SHOW 1950s 1 EPISODE
T.V. READERS DIGEST ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 2 EPISODES -
TAKE A GOOD LOOK ****************
30 MIN BW QUIZ SHOW 1 EPISODE - Ernie Kovaks hosts the celebrity panel: Hans Konried, Cesar Romero, Edie Adams
TED MACK SHOW, THE ****************
30 MIN BW VARIETY - Mack went to the front lines in Korea to tape the talents of servicemen in the thick of it. With less than ideal shooting conditions the crew managed to capture a show brimming with warmth and some pretty good entertainment.
TELEPHONE TIME ****************
30 MIN BW 1956-1958 DRAMA 28 EPISODES - 1950s anthology written by John Nesbit and other authors.
TERRY AND THE PIRATES ****************
30 MIN BW ADVENTURE 3 EPISODES - John Baer, William Tracey. Pilot Terry Lee and his co-pilot, Chas, hit the international trouble spots.
THIRD MAN, THE ****************
30 MIN BW MYSTERY 2 EPISODES - Michael Rennie, Jonathan Harris. International detective, Harry Lime, travels the world first class and solves mysteries in the glamour capitols of the world. Jonathan Harris was well known for his role as Dr. Smith in "Lost In Space".
THIS IS THE LIFE ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Life in a small American town with faint religious overtones.
THIS IS YOUR LIFE ****************
30 MIN BW 1952-1961 DOCUMENTARY - 8 EPISODES Ralph Edwards. Skeltons come out of closets for celebrities, live and on stage!
THREE STOOGES, THE NEW ****************
120 MIN BW AND COLOR 1965 CARTOON - Based on the antics of the original characters with snippets of actual Three Stooges footage dubbed in. "There's No Mule Like an Old Mule" "How the West Was Once" "Hairbrained Barbers" "Don't Misbehave, Indian Brave" "Furry Fugitive" "Best Test Pilots" "Little Old Bombmaker" "Dentist the Menace" "There Auto Be a Law" "That Old Shell Game" "Thimk or Thwim" "Safari So Good"
THUNDERBIRDS, THE ****************
16 MIN COLOR DOCUMENTARY - A brief look at a U.S. Air Force Thunderbird exhibition.
TOM CORBET, SPACE CADET ****************
15 MIN BW ADVENTURE 4 EPISODES - A very early '50s rendition of what space travel would be like in the year 2350. Remember, sputnik was still a decade away when this was made!!
TOPPER ****************
30 MIN BW 1953-1955 COMEDY 3 EPISODES - Leo G. Carrol, Ann Jeffreys, Robert Sterling, Lee Patrick, Kathleen Freeman. Based on the 1937 movie starring Cary Grant and Constance Bennett, this series tells the story of George and Marion Kerby who were killed in an avalanche, along with Neil, the Saint Bernard attempting to rescue them. All three return to their home now occupied by banker Cosmo Topper and his wife, Henrietta. He is influenced by the fun-loving Kerbys; Henrietta remains a pain in the neck.
TROUBLE WITH FATHER, THE ****************
30 MIN BW 1950-1955 COMEDY 17 EPISODES - Stu Erwin, June Collyer, Sheila James, Ann Todd, Merry Anders, Willie Best, Martin Milner. As usual, dad's the dope and the whole family has to save him from himself in a series of blunders. Its the same at work where he's a high school principal.
TWENTY-ONE ****************
30 MIN QUIZ SHOW 1950s 1 EPISODE - The basis of the film Quiz Show this is the famous episode where Charles Van Doren unseated the reigning champ Herb Stemple who blew the lid off the scandal that the show was giving some contestants the answers.
TWENTY-SIX MEN ****************
30 MIN BW WESTERN 1 EPISODE - Tris Coffin, Kelo Henderson. Law enforcement officers in the Arizona Territory battle the usual assortment of Indians and bad guys.
TWO FOR THE MONEY ****************
30 MIN BW QUIZ SHOW 1 EPISODE - Herb Shriner hosts
U.S. MARSHALL ****************
30 MIN BW POLICE DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Rocky Lane
VEIL, THE ****************
30 MIN BW SCI-FI, MYSTERY, SUPERNATURAL 10 EPISODES
Boris Karloff stars in this ten episode series of ordinary people experiencing bizarre or supernatural phenomenon. The episodes include stories on psychic premonitions, ghosts, reincarnation, and Jack-the-Ripper.
VICTORY AT SEA ****************
30 MIN BW DOCUMENTARY 26 EPISODES - Narrated by Leonare Graves. This series was one of the earliest documentary series made for TV. Film from Allied and Axis sources was used to give an overview of how WWII naval battles really happened.
WATERFRONT, THE ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 1 EPISODE - Preston Foster, John Herrick. Saga of the pilot of a tug boat in San Pedro, California, shot on location which was rare for the mid-fifties.
WAY OF LIFE, THE ****************
30 MIN BW DRAMA 2 EPISODES - Anthology of Americana
WHERE'S RAYMOND? ****************
30 MIN BW COMEDY 1 EPISODE - Ray Bolger
WILLIAM TELL ****************
30 MIN BW ADVENTURE 1 EPISODE - Conrad Phillips. Period drama filmed in the Swiss Alps about the 14th century freedom fighter.
YOU ASKED FOR IT ****************
30 MIN BW 1950-1959 DOCUMENTARY - 27 EPISODES Art Baker hosts. Viewers write into the producers with requests on something they'd like to see and Voila! Campy but a wonderful look at the state of mind in America during the 1950s.
YOU BET YOUR LIFE ****************
30 MIN BW 1950-1961 COMEDY 65 EPISODES - Groucho Marx as host, George Fenneman announcer. While ostensibly a quiz show, "You Bet Your Life" was actually a medium for Groucho Marx to display his razor-like wit. There are contestants and there are even questions for them to answer and money for them to win, but all this is secondary to the legend sitting in front of them, chomping on his signature cigar and ad-libbing one insult after another. Its vintage Groucho!