TARZAN
THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (1967-68) Ron Ely finishes his legendary run as Edgar Rice
Burroughs' immortal creation Tarzan in the show's 26 episode second season. NBC
amped up the wattage with Tarzan, Cheetah, and Jai (Manuel Padilla) coming to
the aid of some very famous faces. First off, Tarzan takes on a tiger in one of
the series most acclaimed episodes guest starring James Whitmore. Then prepare
for an eye-dazzler of star-power including George Kennedy, Helen Hayes and
James MacArthur (playing mother and son!), James Earl Jones, Woody Strode,
Clarence Williams III, Robert Loggia, Geoffrey Holder, Fernando Lamas, and Ted
Cassidy. There's a titanic two-parter, "The Four O'Clock Army," that teams
recurring guests Julie Harris and Maurice Evans in defense of a village under
siege by slavers. Oh, and to seal the deal Ethel Merman drops by the jungleŠ as
do Diana Ross and The Supremes! Newly remastered. SEX
KITTENS GO TO COLLEGE (1960) Robots, chimps and sex kittens join forces with
legendary B-smith Albert Zugsmith (Confessions of an Opium Eater) to create an epic screwball
campus comedy that prefigures both grindhouse flicks and family-friendly
college capers. When Collins College's digital supercomputer, Thinko (played by
real-life Westinghouse robot, Electro), picks Dr. Mathilda West (Mamie van
Doren) to head their science department, nobody expects the polymath savant to
pack more curves than a rack of test-tubes. While the faculty struggles to pick
their slack-jaws off the floor, a crew of gangsters puts the muscle on them,
thanks to Thinko's knack for picking the ponies. Albert Zugsmith's exploitation
classic comes to you in its full, unexpurgated glory, featuring some very blue
electric dreams from Thinko that were not part of the American release. Also
stars Tuesday Weld, Mijanou Bardot (Brigitte's sister) John Carradine, Martin
Milner, Jackie Coogan, Conway Twitty, Woo Woo Grabowski, Abraham Q. Voltaire
(the chimp) and Vampira. Newly remastered and uncut. 16x9 Widescreen. Davis & Fairbanks, Jr. - Together & Separate PARACHUTE
JUMPER (1932) Alfred R. Green (Baby Face) pairs Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Bette
Davis for this high-flyer that mixes romance and rum-running during the lowdown
depths of the Great Depression. Fairbanks and Frank McHugh play ex-Marine
pilots who end up flying shady missions for a smuggler (Leo Carrillo) who may
be slipping something extra in amongst the hooch. LOVE
IS A RACKET (1932) Fast-talking Fedora-man Lee Tracy takes a bite out
of the second banana role (and the amazing Ann Dvorak is third!) in support of
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. in this tale of bullets and Broadway. Fairbanks plays a Great White Way gossip columnist who knows what NOT to
mention if he want to keep his skin. This applies double to the activities of
gangster Ernie Shaw (the always treacherous Lyle Talbot) but what's a guy to do
when his best dame gets caught up kiting checks and Shaw's the gent holding the
marker? William Wellman deftly mixes crime and comedy for this pre-Code charmer
that really sticks. THE
WORKING MAN (1933) Warner Bros.' leading "prestige"
performer, Mr. George Arliss is the topliner for this corporate comedy romance,
re-teams with his co-star from the smash The Man Who Played God, Bette Davis. Arliss plays shoe manufacturing
magnate John Reeves, who long ago lost his love to the arms of his main rival,
Tom Hartland. Encountering the now orphaned Hartland children - and feeling
pushed out at his own company - Reeves goes "undercover" inside the
Hartland's manor and launches an all-out assault against his own company, while
Jenny Hartland (Ms. Davis) defects to Reeves' Shoes and the arms of his nephew.
A farce with heart, Arliss keeps this corker on the sweet and narrow without
descending into treacle. Newly remastered.
NOTE: These DVDs are
Manufactured on Demand (MOD); to order, fans must visit The Warner Archive
Collection (www.WarnerArchive.com or www.wbshop.com)
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