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- Hubert T. Wilkins is a timid, underpaid bookkeeper who, after long years of timidity, gets the courage from his sweetheart, Emily Converse, to ask his boss, gruff-and-mean Mr. Bates, for a $10 dollar raise. And gets fired. He and Emily want to get married, but not before Hubert has more money coming in. He invests his savings in a land deal but finds that the property he bought is a swamp. But calamity turns to joy when when valuable mineral properties are found there, and he becomes rich enough to buy a controlling interest in his former employer's company. But, instead of firing Bates, he rewards him with an executive position, and he and Emily depart on a honeymoon.
- Hired as guards to protect an antique shop, Joe and Jim run into a gorilla who has been trained by a gang of thieves to rob the store.
- Heckle and Jeckle of the Northwest Unmounted Police pursue the dreaded outlaw, Powerful Pierre.
- Edgar Kennedy is over-joyed when told he has won a $5,000 prize in a "How To Be Happy Though Married" contest. A reporter interviews Edgar and his wife Vivien who tell him about their engagement and elopement. Then Viviens father tells them that according to a law he has found in a law-book, they aren't legally married. After a series of misadventures, they learn that the law is a new one and that the Kennedy marriage is legal.
- Fleur and Michael race to diagnose a patient who keeps arresting. However it becomes evident at the end of the day the surgeons are competing more than professionally. A soldier helps cool the strained relationship between Adrienne and Serena.
- The World is falling apart. Kite continues his desperate attempt to recover Orca from a coma. But is he too late? Will an alliance with his former rival be enough to stop the powerful force that is behind The World? And what of his friends. Has Mia gone insane? What is wrong with Blackrose? All questions will be answered in time, but time is not on his side...
- A scantily-clad blonde is chased through woodland by a masked psychopath in a deadly game of a cat and mouse, a familiar scene to anyone who has ever seen a slasher movie. Just as he has her cornered, a SWAT team appears from nowhere and the blonde reveals herself as a highly trained "final girl". As the psychopath is apprehended, a presenter appears and explains to the viewers at home, the professional service provided by 0800-FINALGIRL.
- It is the year 2000 and the World Global Union is in charge, although other countries are allowed to elect their own government leaders, as long as they support the Union. When Austria's newly-elected president, makes his inauguration speech, he declares Austrian independence and issues an edict ending Austria's financial support for the Global Union. The Global Union President arrives in a flying-saucer with her retinue of world-soldiers, equipped with death-ray guns, to put an end to the rebellion. The president and the country are put on trial. The Austrian president recounts the country's' long battle for peace, and shows how Austria stopped the invasion of the Turks, and gave the world the operetta and the waltz. He organizes a mass parade with flora floats and a brass band playing the Austrian Freedom Song in order to appeal to the court's impartiality. A 1943 document signed by Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin and assuring Austria of independence is presented.
- A documentary showing the constructive approach taken by the Lou Costello, Jr. Youth Foundation in Los Angeles toward prevention of juvenile delinquency. William Bendix, as a neighborhood policeman, visits the Foundation and discovers the juveniles who used to give him trouble now engaged in sports and activities, furnished them gratis, under self-supervision. Abbott and Costello furnish a couple of bits to liven it up some.
- Adam Papagan shares his 100th Episode Party. This week, we catch up with some of our favorite past guests. Featuring Karen Centerfold, Roger Steffans, Sasha Murmers, The Burrito Lady, Jason Van Glass, Kenny Lion, Eddie Whitehead Jr., Scott Schultz, Alexis Gross, John Miner, Dustin Hadlock, Sam Shiflett, Sean Lim, Dirk Beecham, Kazu Nagahama, Roger Carnow, and many more.
- 13 is a paranormal thriller based on the events that took place back in 1991. Jack and 2 friends set out to try and capture the paranormal events that took place in his home shortly after his 13th Birthday. What they witnessed and recorded was truly terrifying and is known as one of the most authentic paranormal evidence ever caught on camera, today known as the Barmby Place Ghost. These events continued until 1997, when the activity suddenly stopped - Until now...22 years later after the events Jack now has a family of his own and his son Harry has just turned 13 years old and it looks like the family curse continues.
- While attending a school for diplomats' daughters, the teen-aged daughter of the American ambassador uses her access to various embassies to engage in espionage.
- Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom two lead soldiers were stolen. Drummond learns that the two soldiers were part of a set of thirteen which formed the key to a hidden vault of treasure. Following some clever sleuthing and set-up on Drummond's part, the guilty man is trapped in the vault,which is hidden behind the fireplace.
- An aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.
- Insurance investigator Trevor pretends to be a thief to enter a gang of jewel thieves.
- In post-WW2 Florida, a former Navy diver is hired by Greek-American sponge divers who are at the mercy of a crooked sponge-exchange owner.
- Craig Kennedy, famed criminologist, starts on a mission in a sinister setting of a storm-swept mountain hideaway to save an heir from impending matrimony, but runs head-on into a far more serious situation. Two anti-social nephews of the estate caretaker waste no time in trying to add Kennedy, Evening Star reporter Walt Jameson and Police Inspector J. J. Burke to their list of victims.
- This March-of-Time entry presents a kaleidoscopic analysis of the hardships facing the Filipino people at the end of World War II. In contrast to the scenes of war's devastation are flashbacks reviewing the culture, heritage and prosperity formerly enjoyed by the Islands. It also includes newsreel shots of General Douglas MacArthur and the then-Major Dwight D. Eisenhower at work in the Phillipines in pre-war days. Current segments include sequences of revived activity, the difficulties brought on by economic instability, and President Osmena's efforts in the United States on behalf of the Phillipines people.
- The first U.S. spaceship to Venus crash-lands off the coast of Sicily on its return trip. A dangerous, lizard-like creature comes with it and quickly grows gigantic.
- Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.
- Players from all over the world travel to Portland, Oregon to compete in the 10th annual Classic Tetris World Championship. A postman from Oklahoma, a programmer from Japan, and a physicist from Iceland are among the top competitors in the ultimate block-stacking competition. Competitors have mastered the original version of Tetris programmed in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The players are given the same piece sequences, and the higher score wins. Playing at top speeds, one misplaced piece can end a player's entire tournament.
- A filmmaker is informed that his mother has died and decides to document the trip with his partner while driving 215 miles to Boston from NYC.
- Two friends are searching for their long lost companion. They revisit their college days and recall the memories of their friend who inspired them to think differently, even as the rest of the world called them "idiots".
- A wealthy woman is taken in by three slum kids when she falls out of her carriage and hurts herself when her horse spooks.
- A housewife begins to suspect her husband's fidelity when she encounters a frightening clue in a crossword puzzle...
- "3rd of July" tells the story of two young Iraq war veterans, as they struggle to readjust to their lives in New York. Carter Ballard and Ted Shaw, men from different upbringings, different worlds within the same city, cross paths at the Veterans' Administration as they sort through disputes over their medical benefits. From there, we follow both men through strained interactions with family and friends who don't understand how war has changed them.
- A compilation-film (with a linking titles-narrative of time and place and event) of all the M-G-M newsreel footage ever shot on Charles Lindbergh from the first days in which he became a prominent airman on the American scene, including his take-off on his historic flight to his landing and reception in Paris back to his New York City parade, and additional material as he flew across the United States to be further honored.
- A cowhand and his sidekick come to the Texas border country looking for the man who had lured the cowhand's sister in bondage in Mexico. But the man doesn't want to be found and has hired some gunmen to see that he isn't.
- A man, alone and traumatised, must contend with the ghosts of his past, isolation and an unknown force.
- During the 1950s, a man's car trip from L.A. to Texas turns into a Cold-War espionage drama after his car breaks down and he accepts a lift from a stranger.
- To get his girl back, that has fallen for a biker, a worker and one of his friends enter a six day race.
- Astrobiologist, Dr. Sarah Blake, is a bit of a loner, traveling in a research spaceship to search for signs of life on a distant planet, when the ship is struck by an undetected asteroid shower. Dr. Blake soon finds herself the only survivor on board a destroyed spaceship, with help at least 6 months away. As Dr. Blake waits out the clock for her rescue in the dark, she begins to hear strange noises on board. Is there something with her, or is it all in her head?
- In an exclusive Swiss school for young girls, Christa Storm discovers that she is expecting a baby. She keeps the secret from everyone except her lover, young medical student David Perrin. Having been in the private school most of her life, she can't confide in her father, whom she hardly knows. David wishes to marry her, but he can't afford to and he can't get his father's approval.
- A young man hiding from the law takes refuge in a summer camp for blind children.
- This week, heroes reminisce on the good ol days, and talk about weird old cartoons from a bygone era, the 80's, where big hair and nose candy made every decision. With hosts Kevin Collar and Will McBride, joined this week by Aaron Alessandrini. Producer Adam....did the bare minimum for credit.
- I talk with former child actor Henry Laster, whom you may have seen on the Nickelodeon show Salute Your Shorts. While he only did voices for one particular animated project, we focus on the "Golden Era" of Nickelodeon and the shows and experiences Henry had while part of the "Nickelodeon Family", including the origin of the "Nickelodeon Splat", the consistency of Nickelodeon Slime vs today's slime, our favorite childhood cartoons on Nickelodeon, and much more fun shenanigans.
- Uncle Frank Kelly calls on Harry Crown to help him in a gang war. The war becomes personal when Harry's new girlfriend is kidnapped by Uncle Frank's enemy, Big Eddie.
- Count Sandor Vajk casts off a former lover, Olga Komarowska, who dies. Joe Selfridge, a magician, sets out to avenge the dead girl. He employs hypnotism, illusions and Vera, the sister of the dead girl, in an effort to punish Vajk, and gain retribution for the death of Olka. But, Vajk and Maria fall in love.
- Famed Major League baseball pitcher Waite Hoyt, playing for the New York Yankees in 1930, in addition to being a mortician in the off-season, was also a singer of note, appearing often on New York radio and in this Vitaphone short. He teams with songwriter J. Fred Coots, and an uncredited boop-a-doop singer in this nine-minute Vitaphone short.
- After a disturbing encounter with an intruder peeping over his backyard fence, a man finds himself plunged into a nightmarish ordeal that challenges his perception of reality. ABWOA explores the gripping analogy of evil's insidious progression from the mental to the physical realm. Through the eyes of our protagonist, Matthew, the narrative unfolds in a haunting dance of day and night, symbolizing the battle between human vulnerability and the lurking presence of malevolence. Inspired by a personal experience that sent shivers down my spine one ordinary night, this film transcends a moment of fear into a profound exploration of the human psyche. Matthew's journey from fear to fascination with the ominous figure outside his home mirrors our deepest anxieties about the unknown, making the film not just a tale of horror but a reflection on the essence of fear itself.
- A Beautiful Day (for the Lord's Work) is a religio-horror film that centers on three 'travelers' who emerge from the wilderness to bring judgment to an idyllic Oklahoma community. The nightmarish mood shifts from old to new, from ancient evil to current fear.
- Some unknown parents leave a baby on Andy's doorstep and this gets him in several kinds of trouble with the police. But, before it is over, Andy is cleared, when the mother is found, and the police are trying to convince him he needs to adopt a second foundling.
- During World War II, a young boy and girl, living with their respective families in an apartment house that had restrictions against pets, adopt a lost dog and hide it in a vacant apartment, which may have been the only vacant apartment in the United States at the time this movie was being filmed. A burglar breaks in and the apartment is damaged when the dog and crook have a tussle. This blows the dog's cover, but the kids enlist him in the K-9 Corps, and the dog distinguishes himself in the WWII Italian campaign.
- Ray Whitley and his western band are about to leave California, but land a job working on a ranch and playing their music on a radio station.
- In this Cinemascope Terrytoon, Beefy the Bull retires from the bullfighting ring after successfully defending his championship. His son, Beefy Junior, vows that he too will become a great champion like his father, but his Mama insists on him taking music lessons instead.
- The story is about a bank president who has been stealing from the bank. One night, as he is working on the books to cover his crimes,a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ensues it is revealed the visitor is an escaped convict that was a formed employee of the bank who was railroaded to prison to cover the crooked banker's crime. As with other entries in this series,there is a shadow projected every so often with a voice forecasting what is to come.
- In this NBC Christmas Special from 1984, Mr. T plays a street Santa Claus who meets a young boy, played by Emmanuel Lewis of TV's Webster, who doesn't share the spirit of Christmas. Mr. T sets out to change Billy's mind, taking him around the city to FAO Schwartz, where he gets a magic lesson from David Copperfield, and then to Radio City Music Hall, where he listens to Christmas songs sung by Maureen McGovern, imagines himself as one of the toy soldiers in the Rockettes' Christmas Show, meets Willie Tyler and his dummy Lester, and finally is moved to realize the true meaning of Christmas, before being reunited with his parents.
- Edgar lost his job at the bank three months ago, but hasn't told his wife, and they have been living off their savings, while Edgar pretends to go to work everyday. He answers a want-ad for a job selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door. He makes no sales, especially after he fills an apartment hallway with trash to demonstrate his cleaner and then finds there is no electricity to run the machine. He comes to a house where a bridal shower is being held, with his wife in attendance, and she thinks Edgar has brought the cleaner as gift for her friend. Edgar has to take the last of their money out of the bank to pay for the demo model he had. The bank manager shows up at Edgar's house to offer him his bank job back, but Edgar's wife won't let him go back, as she has found the prefect job for Edgar... selling vacuum cleaners.
- Stuttering Roscoe Ates, billed as Rosco Ates, is about to jump off the roof of a tall building because he lost $100 of his wife's money in the stock market, when is is stopped by a gangster's moll. She hires him to pretend to be a gigolo courting her in order to make her boyfriend jealous.
- Two mysterious seamen come from Alan Rogers' past to blackmail him as he seeks to locate his missing daughters. Ellery Queen is called in by Stewart Cole, Rogers' secretary. Queen goes to the estate and finds one daughter already there and the second one expected. When she arrives, it is Ellery's secretary Nikki Porter posing as the daughter as Ellery had her intercept the real heiress after learning of a plot to swindle Rogers. The blackmailing seamen are killed at a waterfront café after getting the blackmail money, Rogers is suspected and Inspector Queen arrives to arrest him, but he is also found dead.