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Golden Age Noir - Seven Stunning Stories from the Top Anthology Series of the 1950's (1953)
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| Starring: | Merle Oberon, Barbara Billingsley, Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Woodward, Dick Powell, Richard Jaeckel, Regis Toomey, Benny Rubin, Walter Matthau, Jayne Meadows, Ida Lupino, George Macready, Lee Marvin, William Schallert, Charles Boyer, Ellen Corby, Jeanette Nolan |
| Director: | Robert Aldrich, Bernard Girard, Robert Florey, Jules Bricken, Robert Mulligan |
| Genre: | Television, Crime, Drama, Anthology |
| Year: | 1953 |
| Studio: | Raunchy Tonk |
| Length: | 175 minutes |
| Released: | June 30, 2009 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:For the first half of the 1950s, televised anthology series were a prime staple of American's viewing habits. Here are seven excellent examples of hand-picked episodes with the accent on suspense, the sordid and the darkly ironic side of the human experience. Many of movieland's most famous stars are presented here at the dawn of their careers. The original series are "Four Star Playhouse", "Suspense", "The Star And The Story", and the completely forgotten "Counterpoint".
EPISODES:
1. SOUND OFF, MY LOVE (Feb. 12th, 1953)
Lovely Merle Oberon is having ear trouble. She relents to trying a new hearing aid, then starts hearing things she's not supposed to, like her closest friends plotting to murder her. Directed by Robert Florey and co-starring Barabra Billingsley and Lawrence Dobkin.
2. DARK STRANGER (June 8th, 1955)
Edmond O'Brien is a successful writer of murder novels. Suddenly the characters he is writing about (Joanne Woodward) and his plotlines start appaering in the real world, and he has to try to stop the carnage he himself has set into motion. The premiere episode of "The Star And The Story."
3. THE SQUEEZE (Oct. 1st, 1953)
Gambling superstar Dick Powell is caught between spoiled rich brats and gangsters. Written by Blake Edwards, directed by Robert Aldrich, and featuring Richard Jackel and Regis Toomey.
4. F.O.B. VIENNA (April 28th, 1953)
Walter Matthau in a show-stopping early performance as a manufacturer in Europe who is being sabotaged by the sneaky, sinister Commies. Also featuring Jayne Meadows, this is an extremely rare kinescope of the original live broadcast on the program "Suspense", and is not included in the recently released double box set of "The Best Of Suspense".
5. HOUSE FOR SALE (Dec. 31st 1953)
Ida Lupino arrives alone to check out a secluded house which is for sale. Unfortunately, a recently escaped homicidal maniac (George MacCready) has also found his way to the house.
6. COUNTERPOINT: WITNESS (May 16th, 1952)
On this truly lost, surprisingly gritty and hardboiled series from the early 50s, Lee Marvin makes his TV debut as non-nonsense Lieutenant Krane (several years ahead of "M Squad"). A small-time hood commits a simple jewel heist, but a clown working at a burlesque joint across the street happens to witness the crime. With his past record, the hood figures he has to rub out the clown and then blow town with his low-rent girlfriend. Marvin is caught in the middle of all this investigating the original crime. A real gem with a fascinating surprise twist at the climax, presented here for the first time anywhere!
7. A Place of His Own (Oct. 8th, 1953)
Brain-damaged war vet Charles Boyer is tricked by his scheming family into confessing to a murder his brother committed.
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