"The 20th Century-Fox Hour"

Original Air Date: 12 December 1956

Based on the novel by Hans Ruesch "The Racers". And the film of the same name, film footage is taken from the film version to the episodic version. TV Adaptation of the 1955 film "The Racers" which starred Kirk Douglas, Cesar Romero, Gilbert Roland and Lee. J. Cobb.

Network show sponsored by General Electric with all commercials

General Electric Steam and Dry Irons, 2 irons in one, General Electric Refrigerators

G. E. Automatic Blankets, G. E. Automatic Skillets

Print is in excellent shape, has a little wear at the beginning, missing the opening titles, but the show is other wise complete with all commercials and end credits to Fox logo at the end. runs 57 min. Check out the screen shots taken directly from the print  $95

BRIDE & GROOM CBS Network Print is a campy show where everyday John and Jane Does from all over America were legally hitched on TV. Bride & Groom originally ran on CBS between 1951 and 1953 in 15-minute increments between soaps weekday mornings. The show moved briefly to NBC in 1954 for one more season, and into that network's rerun lineup occasionally

in fits and spurts until 1958, when it was banished forever from the dial. Originally Bride & Groom was  a radio show that'd been on the air  as far back as 1946

PATRICE MUNSEL SHOW-  ABC Network Print  4/25/1958

Metropolitan Opera singer demonstrates her versaltility as a singer in  this live variety show, by singing show tunes and popular songs with guest stars Georges Guetary, & Nancy Walker, The Charles Sanford Orchestra with sponsors the 1958 Buick & Frigidare, v.g. to exc. shape, 30 min.   $65

DATE WITH THE ANGELS- ABC Network Print, 

Mother By Proxy, 1957,starring Betty White, Bill Williams, complete with all commercials, sponsored by the Plymouth Dealers Of America., exc. print  $70

The Train 1958 ,starring Betty White, Bill Williams, complete with all commercials, sponsored by the Plymouth Dealers Of America., exc. print  $70

OUR MAN HIGGINS- 1963 ABC Network Print stars Stanley Holloway.  episode  title 'Half A Higgins', Situation comedy starring the veteran British music-hall comic who achieved fame in America in My Fair Lady, Higgin's a gentlemen butler from Scotland who found himself sent to America to serve a suburban couple. They had inherited him as part of an ancestral bequest.  sponsored by the 1963 Pontiac cars, AND Pall Mall Cigarettes, has all the  commercials,  print is in excellent shape, & uncut.  $65

ED SULLIVAN SHOW

CBS NETWORK, SEPT. 24 1957, The First half (30 minutes) of the 1 hour CBS Network  Ed Sullivan Show Guests included in the first half hour:  Johnny Ray, singing Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, The Happy Jesters, Musical comedy group, George Burns & Gracie Allen, George Sanders, Singing Around The World In Eighty Days, Ida Lupino and Howard Duff,  singing a novelty number with Ed Sullivan and  Actor, John Forsythe  CBS network print includes sponsor Mercury 1957 cars, check out the screen shots from the print, excellent Kinoscope- $75

 began as a monthly series of live hour-long dramatic plays on CBS on October 17, 1948. It became

a regular series a year later, airing on alternate Friday nights with other dramatic shows. After a

season's absence, Ford Theatre returned to the air on NBC in October 1952, as a filmed series of

half-hour plays. This version of the show remained on NBC for four years and then moved on to

ABC for a final season.With the shift to film, the production moved to Hollywood and teh episodes

 starred motionpicture performers. The scope ranged from light comedy to heavy drama and

consisted of adaptations of plays and novels as well as original stories. Such familiar names as

Charles Coburn, Barry Sullivan, Peter Lawford, Thomas Mitchell, Ann Sheridan, Claudette Colbert

 Ida Lupino, and Teresa Wright starred in these shows.

$50 EACH  ABC Network prints, 30 min.

'Fate Travels East', 3/13/1957,  Linda Darnell, Craig Stevens anthology TV series is a  ABC Network print with Tennessee Ernie Ford promoting Ford Cars, exc. shape

Man Without Fear  3/1/1956, Raymond Burr, Joseph Cotten,  ABC Network print  with all Ford car commercials,

Sometimes It Happens, 11/7/1956, Guy Madison, Diane Foster ABC Network print  with all Ford car commercials,

CBS produced Telephone Time during the 1956-1957 season based

 on true stories collected by host John Nesbitt. Remember John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" series in the theaters? Produced at the Hal Roach

Studios in Culver City,

'Keeley's Wonderful Machine', 9/16/1956 starring Melville Cooper, Barry Kelly, Madge Blake.CBS Network print with all the Bell Telephone commercials,  Hal Roach Production  $50

The Sergeant Boyd Story 12/23/1956 Pat Colby,  Patrick McVey, William Talman CBS Network print with all the Bell Telephone commercials,  Hal Roach Production  $50

SCIO OHIO  12/16/1956; William Pullen,  Ann Spencer,  Earle MacVeigh),  William Talman  CBS Network print with all the Bell Telephone commercials,  Hal Roach Production  $50

Again, The Stars  7/29/1956, Robert Ellenstein, Nestor Paiva   CBS Network print  with all the Bell Telephone commercials,  Hal Roach Production  $50

CURTAIN TIME  'Tornado Of 1953', Hal Roach Jr., Guild Films, starring Gene Lockhart, Barry Atwater, Anthology TV series, True story of the Tornado of Vicksburg and the local Newspaper and  reporters who kept the presses rolling thru the ordeal, commercials,  exc. shape- $35  

AMERICAN SPORTSMAN- ABC Network print,1965, hosted by Kurt Gowdy, from Miami to Scotland to Columbia, sports from around the world,  commercials include Winston Cigarettes, Braniff International Airlines, Prince Albert Tobacco, Camel Cigarettes, 1 hour, b&w    $50

HOW LIFE BEGINS  ABC Network- 3M Special, 1968, narrated by Eddie Albert, with all

the 3M commercials, First 3M Cassette recorder, Xerox machines etc. color is faded, 1 hour- $40

RIVERBOAT aired from September 1959 to January 1961  $40 each

Stars- Darren McGaven, Burt Reynolds

Riverboat was an adventure series set in the 1840's aboard a 100-foot-long-stern-wheeler called the 'Enterprise' that traveled up and down the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers. The riverboat was owned by Captain Grey Holden (played by Darren McGavin) who had won the boat in a poker

game and then determined to make a success of it. Stories revolved around the passengers and personal lives of the crew members. Shows run 1 hour.

Season 1

The Fight Back  Episode 6, 10-18-1959

Guest Stars- John Ireland, Joan O'Brien, Karl Swenson William D. Gordon

Ansel Torgin hires the Enterprise for his daughter's wedding. Captain Grey Holden recognizes the

bridegroom as a drifter he once threw off his riverboat

Escape to Memphis  Episode 7  10-25-1959

Guest Stars- Claude Akins, Philip Reed, Jeanne Crain

Laura Sutton is forced to kill her husband in self defense. Laura's brother-in-law, Jarrett Sutton, 

witnesses the shooting and tries to blackmail her.

Night at Trapper’s Landing-  Episode 9, 11-8-1959

Guest Stars- Ricardo Montalban, Stacy Harris, Judson Pratt, Peter Whitney

French playboy Andre Devereaux has become an American lieutenant. Assigned to lead some troops

into Indian Territory, he finds that the normally peaceful Indians have been provoked to violence

The Boy from Pittsburgh, Episode- 11  11-29-1959

Guest Stars- Mona Freeman , Robert Emhardt, Tom Nolan 

Tommy Jones, a young stowaway, is discovered aboard the Enterprise. Also on board is a pair of

thieves, who plan to blow up the boat to collect insurance on some diamonds they are shipping to 

St. Louis.

Jessie Quinn, Episode 12, 12-6-1959

Guest Stars-  Mercedes McCambridge, Richard Gardner, Clu Gulager, Kevin Hagen 

Lt. Perry Quinn, an officer in Sam Houston's Texas Army, hires the Enterprise to deliver a cargo of lead 

down river. Captain Grey Holden is warned that Santa Ana's agents may try to sabotage the shipment.

Face of Courage, Episode 15, 12-27-1959

Guest Stars- Doug Mc Clure, Paul Birch, Tom Drake, Joanna Moore, Tracey Roberts

The Enterprise steams upriver with a cargo of arms and recruits for the Fort Union outpost. At Akins 

Landing, Grey Holden is told by Homer Atkins that the Sioux have been watching the boat and are

planning an uprising.

The Landlubbers, Episode-17,  1-10- 1960

Guest Stars- Richard Devon, Arthur Batanides, Kay E. Kuter, Gloria Talbott 

The Enterprise, tied up overnight, is boarded and highjacked by a vicious crew, who kill the three 

men left to guard the boat. Captain Grey Holden and Ben Fraser return to the scene in time to see

their craft heading down the river. They set out overland to head her off.

The Blow-up, Episode-18- 1-18- 1960

Guest Stars- Rush Williams, Mary Adams, Roberto Contreras, John Daheim,  Whitney Blake 

Captain Grey Holden and his crew get into a street brawl over Martha Crane and land in jail. Martha 

agrees to bail them out on the condition that Grey will transport a supply of gunpowder up river to 

her father.

Forgotten Island, Episode-19  1-24-1960

Guest Stars- Bruce Gordon, Miguel Ángel Landa, Patricia Michon, Patrick Westwood 

While the Enterprise makes a stop for wood, a group of Cajuns board the vessel and hijack a

part of the cargo. Two people are shot during the incident.

Treasure of Hawk Hill, Episode 22, 2-8-1960

Guest Stars-  Richard Hale (II), Stephen Wootton, Virginia Christine, Kent Taylor

Bank robbers have a falling-out over some hidden loot. One of the men manages to give a 

map of the hiding place to his son, before he is killed. The boy heads up river on a raft to deliver 

it to his uncle.

Hang the Men High  Episode 37  3-21-1960

Guest Stars- Walter Sande,  Dallas Mitchell,  Karen Steele, Ray Hamilton, Stephen McNally

A young passenger on the Enterprise has been accused of murder by his dying father. An aroused 

posse set out to drag him off the Enterprise and serve up their own brand of justice

The Wide Country Western television series which aired new episodes on NBC from September 20, 1962, to April 25, 1963. It starred 34-year-old Earl Holliman and 26-year-old Andrew Prine as brothers, Mitch and Andy Guthrie, respectively, who are traveling rodeo competitors. In the recurring story line, older, wiser brother Mitch, a champion bronco rider, discourages Andy from following in Mitch's footsteps.  All shows are 1 hour  $35 each

A politically corrupt town has charged a policeman with using excessive force and Mitch is the only witness for his defense.

LASH OF THE WEST- Hole In The Wall Gang, Lash La Rue, Al "Fuzzy" St. John,

Cowboy star Lash La Rue, as a modern-day rancher, told stories of the old west and of his grandfather

Marshal Las La Rue in this series, 1952, 15 min.-  $25

Markham  Academy Award winning actor Ray Milland played private detective Roy Markham

 in this 30-minute detective series. Markham worked out of his posh New York City apartment. Markham was also an attorney, but he preferred to work as a detective. Markham's cases took him all over the world. Ray Milland was a great pro from Hollywood's golden age and his performance was sophisticated  Prints are in excellent, shape, complete with all beginning and end titles  $30 each

The Seamark   Season: 1  Episode: 6,  First Aired: 6/6/1959

Vendetta in Venice  Season: 1, Episode: 9,  Aired: 6/27/1959

Grave and Present Danger  Season: 1  Episode: 19, First Aired: 9/19/1959

Mutation   Season: 1  Episode: 23, First Aired: 10/17/1959

Image of Love Season: 1  Episode: 37, First Aired: 3/3/1959

COMBAT 1963, NO TIME FOR PITY  was TV's longest running WWII drama, honoring the frontline U.S. infantryman. On ABC from 1962 through 1967, Combat! starred Vic Morrow as Sergeant Saunders and Rick Jason as Lieutenant Hanley.  Director-Bernard McEveety(Denise Alexander, Gunnar Hellstrom, Michael Davis, Paul Busch,...) Hanley & men must take town where Germans hold children hostage, exc. print complete with all opening & closing titles b&w-  $75

COURT-MARTIAL At the center of this World War 2 drama were the officer-

lawyer of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Office, headquartered in England, who investigated and prosecuted crimes committed during wartime, The series was filmed in England, starring Peter Graves & Bradford Dillman, all prints are in excellent shape,  1 hour   $40 each             

2- 'Where There Was No Echo' guest star Cameron Mitchell    

DAYS OF OUR LIVES- Late 1960's, Macdonald Carey,  an American soap opera, which has

aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network , and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world. countries around the world, exc. b&w print- $30     

PERRY MASON  'The Case Of The Nervous Accomplice' 
 3rd Episode, Originally shown 10/05/57, Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper,  Guests: Maggie Hayes; Greta Thyssen; William Roerick; Robert Cornthwaite; Richard Hale; James Gavin; Jean Howell; Claudia Bryar; Morris Ankrum; Tyler McVey; Robert Bice; Norman Leavitt; George Eldredge; Gail Bonney; Sam Flint; Jack Harris. Plot: A fight for supposedly oil-rich land designated for a housing development ends in murder. print is in v.g. to exc. shape- $75                

ALFRED HITCHCOCK SHOW  1 hour,  v.g. print has a scratch that comes and goes- $40

FEDERAL MEN  Action dramas based on actual cases from the files of the U.S. Treasury Dept.

 Starring Walter Greaza as the Chief, 30 min., $25 each     

CAPTAIN DAVID GRIEF Inspired by Jack London's stories about an intrepid mariner traversing the South Seas, the  adventure followed the exploits of the titular sailor and his native

(a.k.a The Young and the Bold) was a 60 minutes ABC drama which featured Joseph Howe (Jason Evers), a young college English professor, who finds out he has a lot to learn from his older colleague Dean Fred Baker (Henry Jones) The setting was a mythical college, Channing University.

#12- The Last Testament Of Buddy Crown',  Henry Jones, Jason Evers,   

Guest stars, Russ Tamblyn,  Mariette Hartley,  David Wayne,1 hour, exc. shape-  $25

#24- A BANG & A WHIMPER Henry Jones, Jason Evers, 

Guest star Robert Stephens, 1 hour, exc. shape $25

HAWAII 5-0 PREVIEW REEL  A  30 minute reel of next week previews shown at the

 end of each episode of Hawaii 5-0, narrated by Jack Lord  Has such great guest stars as Simon Oakland, Kevin McCarthy, Sal Mineo, Harold Stone, Gavin McCloud, Ricardo Montalban, Tommy Sands, Johnny Crawford, James Shigeta, Yaffa Kotto, Brenda Scott, Ed Flanders, Foley Granger, Janet Nolan

 and more

Color rate from nice to pinkish, print is in very good to excellent shape  $25

SID CAESAR SHOW EXCERPTS the following are complete segments

from the 1950’s,  TV classic featuring Sid Caesar & Carl Reiner,  all b&w Kinoscopes.

1-  A MIDNIGHT SNACK 1956, Caesar’s Hour, Sid, Carl & Nannette Fabray, 18 min. $35

2- A DRUNK THERE WAS 1956, A hilarious take off on silent movie dramas with the

Caesar gang,  20 min.- $35

3-  UNIVERSAL MOTORS FIASCO 1956, Caesar’s Hour, Sid & Carl, 8 min. $20

BEVERLY HILLBILLIES- "Jed Incorporated", The Clampetts set up shop running their

tax write-off corporation.  B&W v.g. to exc. shape  $35

The Sick Boy and the Sitter  Pilot Episode Oct. 3 1961, Alan Brady is throwing a party at his penthouse for a few of the network executives and he wants the writing staff to attend. Unfortunately for Rob though Laura thinks Richie is on the verge of being sick and wants to stay home. exc. shape- $45

WHO OWES WHO WHAT? Episode 15, Rob's forgotten loan turns into a forgotten

debt, and a television script.

BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE $2.500 Ep. 110, Rob receives a ransom demand 

of $2500 for his lost television script. 
THE VIGILANTE RIPPED MY SPORTS COAT Ep. 99  Rob's friendship

with Jerry is almost destroyed in a  row over a neighbor's crabgrass lawn. 

YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES Rob is cast opposite a gorgeous Italian actress

in a  low-budget film and turns out to be the screen's worst  lover. very good shape some light wear  $25

PARADISE ISLAND 1956, Danny O’Neill, Anne Sterling, Evert Hoagland  & his orchestra,

 15 min. musical show, b&w- $25

CLASSIC COMMERCIAL REELS   contains 10 classic 1970-80’s color commercials, colors range from very good to pink, commercials are in excellent shape.  $30   

                            COMMERCIAL   REEL  A   $30

1. Pepsi   

2. R.C. Cola                        

3. Alka Seltzer

4. Clarol

5. Swift Franks

6. Dr. Pepper

7. Minute Maid

8. Nationwide

9. Country Time Lemonade

10. Danny Kaye Commercial    

               Commercial Reel B    $30

            1- TV Guide Scales  Commercial 

            2-  Uni-Royal Tires

            3-  Burger King

            4-  American Optometric

            5-  Bell Telephone (IB Technicolor)

            6-  Cracker Jack Peanut Butter, animated

            7-  Lakeside

            8-  PEUGEOT 505S CARS

            9-  Swift Franks

          10-  TV Guide Election Issue- Nov 1 1980

       TV DOCUMENTARIES & NEWS

The noted news commentator Lowell Thomas looks back over the years and

 brings back memories of the many great events which have happened. The vast

 Fox News and Fox Movietone news film libraries were used to give you a living picture of much of the 19th century. A valuable series of films for education and recreation.

A look at the great events of 1951, National and international with the Movietone camera's Lowell,

print runs 30 minutes, excellent shape- $55

LOWELL THOMAS REMEMBERS 1961, MOVIETONE NEWS                     .

 A look at the great events of 1961, All the great events of 1961 Including The First film of man

 in space, Early space travel, Some great Kennedy Speeches, beginning problems with Cuba, Nixon,

Berlin Wall and much more narrated and Hosted by Lowell Thomas    30 min., exc. shape, Blackhawk print-  $35

THE RUBLE WAR- THE CRISIS AND BEYOND- CBS News, 12/07 1958

Howard K. Smith, a look at the political  and finial clout of Russia, and the middle East and the effect

on the U.S.A. 1 hour  $50

LET'S TAKE A TRIP,  CBS, 1957,  Host Sonny Fox with kids Joan & Jimmy, A trip

to the U.S. Militery Academy, West Point,, 60 miles up the Hudson river,  30 MINUTES, Children's TV show, b&w Kinoscope is in excellent shape- $40

IL MONDO  the beautiful buildings & the people of this fairy tale country, Crown Int.

Television, 30 min., v.g. to exc. shape-  $50

THE 1966 NATIONAL DRIVERS TEST CBS, Walter Cronkite, Mike 

Wallace, Driving circa 1966, crashes, cars, How to drive right, great for any car buff,  50 minutes, excellent shape, b&w- Winner of the GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARD, 1965  $45

SPECIAL OF THE WEEK 1961. ABC, The Little Giants, The story of 

14 boys who start a little league baseball team in Montary Mexico that conquered America, filmed in Mexico & Texas, 50 minutes- $30

SPECIAL OF THE WEEK 1961, ABC, BARNES HOSPITAL,50 minutes- $30

CRUSADE IN EUROPE 1949, 20th Century Fox, March Of Time One of the 

first major documentary series produced especially for TV by the March Of Time unit, and was

based on General Dwight Eisenhower's best selling book  of the same name. Great World War 2 footage, 20 minutes   $30 each

YEARS  Learning Corperation  Of America,  20 minutes, 1969, a look at 

Harry Truman, in interviews and  great archival footage-    $30 each

SELLING OF THE PENTAGON 1965, CBS Reports, a look at the inner workings of the Pentagon, exc. shape, 1 hour- $75

F.D.R. ABC TV series, 'Failure Of American Neutrality', narrated by Arthur Kennedy & Charleton Heston, exc. shape- $40

THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY, James Thurber's The Greatest Man In The World,

Host Henry Fonda, stars Brad Davis, Carol Kane, Howard De Silva, John McMartin, color is so-so,

 print is exc.- 30 min.-  $20

ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE  ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE  1955, 'Oxford Student',

 a look at Oxford University in England, Sterling Television, 20 min., exc. shape- $25

ETERNAL LIGHT, THE LEGACY OF ANNE FRANK NBC, nice color, 

30 minutes, a look at the life of Anne Frank thru interviews & archival footage- $25

VENDETTA FOR THE SAINT This is a great addition to the famous tv series "The Saint" starring Roger Moore. The film was first shown in UK as two episodes of the series, in January 1969; in US it was shown as one tv movie, also in 1969 and later it hit theatres almost in whole Europe.Roger Moore is at his swashbuckling best, bringing both fire and humor to his performance. In books, The Saint was a much more ruthless character than on TV, but in this particular tale Roger Moore comes close to capturing that original spirit, playing Simon Templar with a hard edge, and wielding a shotgun at close range with deadly results.

Print is in excellent shape, complete with all opening & closing titles,  color ranges from so-so to

 pinkish, runs  95 minutes  $75

ROMANCE WITH A DOUBLE BASS  1974, a 40-minute short subject, designed for British television. John Cleese, still in his Monty Python period, plays a double-bass player who woos a lovely princess (Connie Booth). Both Cleese and his beloved are left to wander the countryside naked when a thief steals their clothes. with amusing cameos from such master performers as Graham Crowden and Freddie Jones. color is so-so to pinkish, v.g. to exc. shape- $50

HORIZON  1969  A look at the The Crab Nebula,  the most famous and conspicuous known supernova remnant, an cloud of gas created in the explosionof a star as supernova. The supernova

was noted on July 4, 1054 A.D. by Chinese astronomers, and was about four times brighter than

Venus, or about mag -6. According to the records, it was visible in daylight for 23 days, and 653 days

 to the naked eye in the night sky. It was probably also recorded by Anasazi Indian artists (in present-day Arizona and New Mexico), as findings in Navaho Canyon and White Mesa (both AZ) as well as

in the Chaco Canyon National Park (NM) indicate; there's a review of the research on the Chaco

Canyon Anazasi art on line.   1 Hour, BBC,  color is okay, print is excellent $50

GUTTENBERG, TOWN OF SWEDEN  BBC Television, 1964, A low at old & new Guthenberg,  good Fuji color, exc. shape, 35 min.- $35