Sale! One Million B.C.
Boy meets girl – prehistoric style, in this classic of man’s battle to survive against the terrors of the prehistoric world.
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One Million B.C. is an American historical epic fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. Boy meets girl – prehistoric style, in this classic of man’s battle to survive against the terrors of the prehistoric world. Big-chested Victor Mature stars as protagonist Tumak, a young caveman who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak’s love interest and Lon Chaney Jr. as Tumak’s stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe. Dinosaurs, savage nature, and a gigantic erupting volcano are part of the camp adventure classic.
1940 | 80 min | B&W | Optional English Subtitles: SDH | 1.37:1 | Mono PCM | All Region | NR
Special Features:
• Commentary track by Film Expert, Toby Roan
• Photo Gallery
Review:
“…a masterpiece of imaginative fiction… You are almost certain to like something about ‘One Million B.C.’ ” – B.R. Crisler, The New York Times
Nominated for 2 Oscars! Best Special Effects – Roy Seawright (photographic) & Elmer Raguse (sound)
and Original Music Score – Werner R. Heymann
Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Lon Chaney Jr., Conrad Nagel, John Hubbard, Nigel De Brulier, Mamo Clark, Inez Palange, Jacqueline Dalya, Mary Gale Fisher, Norman Budd, Harry Wilson
Directed byHal Roach and Hal Roach Jr.
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The Mysterious Airman (KPF Restoration)
$19.99An action-packed 1928 Silent 10 Chapter Serial with musical score by Andrew Earle Simpson.
Remastered in Hi-Definition from the only surviving 35mm tinted print
An inventor adds new innovations to an air company’s planes, prompting the owners of a rival company to set out to steal them. The stakes are sky-high as an airman and an aviatrix find themselves in constant peril, both on earth and above the clouds. Written by famed mystery novelist Arthur B. Reeve.
“Superior to the usual run of serials…full of thrills…” – Schenectady (NY) Gazette
“The Mysterious Airman” is “the thriller of his career” — Watertown [NY] Daily Times
SPECIAL FEATURES: Full-length commentary track by noted film historian and author, Richard M Roberts; Short Subject: “Flying Cadets” (1928); New York Censor Board File; Original Lobby Cards and Posters
1929 | 200 min.|Tinted|1.33:1|Not Rated
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World War II Double Feature
$14.99JUNGLE PATROL: Machine-gun action and suspense are the backdrop of a love story in this tense tale of eight young USAF flyers stationed in World War II New Guinea. Their orders: to intercept Japanese bombers headed for Australian objectives. Their record: An amazing 100 percent. But with a heavy formation of Jap bombers now en route and our boys hopelessly outnumbered, it looks as though their unnatural luck is about to run out. 1948 | 71 min | B&W | 1.33:1 | NR
THE SILENT RAIDERS: Their assignment amounted to “kill or be killed”: During World War II, just prior to D-Day, a seven-man unit arrives on the French coast with orders to help wipe out a German communications center three miles inland. There’s suspense in the Steel Helmet tradition as the men attempt to hold the captured building against the enemy and their snipers. Produced for only $27,000. Music by Elmer Bernstein. 1954 |65 min | B&W | 1.33:1 | NR
Plus Feature Length Combat Film Compilation:
COMBAT BULLETIN: Combat Bulletin is a newsreel series produced by the Army Pictorial Service during WWII. The public wasn’t allowed to view these combat films covering all fronts of the war. This compilation is the result of culling through many hours of film in order to select the very best footage from the original series. 89min | B&W | 1.33:1 | NR
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Surrender, Hell!
$12.99The true-life WWII drama of Lt. Blackburn (Keith Andes) who avoided capture by the Japanese in the Philippines by venturing far into the unforgiving jungle, battling disease, starvation and hostile fire at every turn. He finally amassed a platoon of natives (including headhunters) to his cause, and led successful attacks on the enemy. 1959|85 min*|B&W|1.85:1/widescreen|NR
SPECIAL FEATURES: Original Theatrical Trailer, Bonus Features: John Ford’s This Is Korea! (1951), John Huston’s The Battle of San Pietro (1945), The Stilwell Road (1945) narrated by Ronald Reagan
*Plus Special Features
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Fabulous Journey to the Center of the Earth
$12.99Also known as: Journey To The Center Of The Earth and Where Time Began
Hamburg: Professor Lidenbrock buys a manuscript from a strange old man, which describes a wonderful journey to the center of the earth. He shows it to his niece Glauben and her fiancé, Axel, and the three of them decide to start the voyage at once. In Iceland, Professor Fredrikson, and a guide, Hans, join the expedition. They soon find the entry of the earth’s center into an inactive volcano. But following an underground storm and earthquake, they fall in a deep crevice. While exploring their new surroundings, they meet a mysterious character who offers them help. In his company they discover wonderful things such as an underground sea, a forest of gigantic mushrooms, giant sea serpents, dinosaurs and a King Kong-type gorilla… They come upon a beautiful underground city, but their new guide then reveals his real motives and tries to kill them all in an explosion. An earthquake then starts, propelling the adventurers to the surface through a volcano… will they make their way back to Hamburg? Filmed in Spain. 1975|90 min|Color|NR
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