Thomas Film Classics

In this final installment is a big line up of stars including George Kennedy,Richard Egan, Robert Vaughn, Harry Morgan, Phyllis Diller, Louis Gosset Jr., Andy Griffith  and Cliff (Charlie Weaver) Arquette in a variety of TV pilots.

Two full length CRIME CLUB movie pilots starring Robert Lansing & Lloyd Bridges, a movie pilot with Robert Wagner plus Groucho Marx, Soupy Sales, Betty Hutton, Richard Egan, Woody Allen and even a comedy starring Anthony(Psycho) Perkins. Great fun

These gems star some big Hollywood names like Sharon Stone, James Coburn, Eva Gabor, Soupy Sales, Walter Matthau, Chuck Connors,Robert Culp,Edward G. Robinson, Sally Field, Chester Morris, Joe E Brown, Joan Davis and Leslie Neilson.  

Stars like Brian Keith, Jack Albertson, Mike Connors, Eddie Albert, Craig Stevens, Martin Milner,  Alan Hale, Tom Sellek, Robert Urich, Jock Mahoney and even “Wild” Bill Elliott in TV pilots that were never sold to the TV networks.

John Sigvard "Ole" Olsen and Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson were zany American comedians of vaudeville, radio, the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television. Their shows were noted for their crazy blackout gags.

Three of early televisions great comics in 6 early shows from 1949 and 1950 taken from old kinescopes.  Included is a rare look at Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz on the ED WYNN SHOW over a year before they starred in I LOVE LUCY.

In 1993 the popular American news magazine of the air celebrated 25 years of broadcasting with clips featuring remarkable news makers, celebrities and unusual stories of the past.  A great look at one of the Greatest TV shows of all time.

A documentary focusing on sixty years of romance on the silver screen covering the 1920s to the 1970s. Love and romance as seen through the movie camera from Dietrich and Bogart to Redford and Taylor.

On March 26, 1978 a Hollywood gathering paid honor to the man most responsible for the rise of television in the early days - Milton Berle.  And join Ricardo Montalban as he searches to find TV CELEBRITIES WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

On February 5, 1981 three of his dearest friends - George Burns, Bob Hope and Johnny Carson came to salute the late Jack Benny in an affectionate look at the past with memories of those great moments.

A great double set of Carol Burnett specials includes an ALL STAR PARTY from 1980 as freinds gathered to celebrate here years in show busienss.  Then it is a 2 hour 1993 reunion show...the last appearance of the entire gang. 

This was the first television special broadcast on all four major networks (CBS, NBC, ABC and Dumont), this rare event collected most of the original cast members to perform live. All that remains is this rare kinescope. 

In 1957 Hitchcock becamse involved with another television series, entitled Suspicion, as an executive producer.  The stories were meant to fascinate, mystify and confound the audience, and generally dealt with people's fears and suspicions. 

This rare features two rare looks at the 40th President of the United States as he is honored by some of the greatest names in entertainment during his years in the White House. From Sinatra to Heston it is a gala celebration. 

This double feature honors two of the great ladies of the silver screen - Ingrid Bergman & Elizabeth Taylor.  Join them along with a galaxy of Hollywood greats - Jimmy Steward, Frank Sinatra, Cary Grant and more.

Amos 'n' Andy is a situation comedy set ithat was very popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s on both radio and television.  Here is a great set of that classic series.  

Rod Taylor & Dennis Cole star in an adventure series from 1971 as troubleshooters in the period before America entered World War I. Set in 1914, the stories center around the heroes' use of a 1914 Stutz Bearcat automobile.

Alexander Blacke is a retired magician who comes out of retirement, at the behest of his con-man/gambler father, Leonard, to perform on stage and solve mysterie

From the producers of McHALES NAVY comes this fund comedy series about a group of U.S. Navy Waves assigned to a South Pacific Island during WW2 but who would be much happier if they could transfer stateside.  Great quality.

From the stage play and later movie that starred Marilyn Monroe this was a weekly drama series about traverlers passing through the bus station in a small diner.  Mystery, adventure, drama and suspense with a weekly lineup of Hollywood guest stars.

A celebration of 50 years of broadcasting ran over 9 hours and over 7 nights with an all star cast headed by Mary Tyler Moore & Walter Conkrite.  A long thought lost broadcast featuring over 115 CBS stars & hundreds of highlite clips.

An unusual police proceduarl that combines action with musical theatre.   Move over GLEE - 19 earlier this series, created by HILL STREET BLUES creator Steven Bochco, provided plenty of action but with a twist - lots of music too.

The series was a spin-off of a two-hour Police Story movie.  The series centered around the cases of Dan Shay, a policeman in his late 20s working as part of an LAPD undecover team headed by Sgt. Walt Abrams.

teenager Luke Rutherford is the last descendant of the vampire hunter Van Helsing line. Luke is charged with the role of smiting the gathering dark forces of the world whilst trying to live an ordinary life of exams and parties.

From 1956 to 1989 THE AMERICAN BANDSTAND was televisions most famous music shows. Hosted by Dick Clark the shows featured some of the greatest names in music history. Here are two full length specials celebrating the 40th and 50th anniversary.

On February 4, 1977 Dick Clark celebrated the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest dance shows in television history featuring some of the stars of the music world who produced the songs and music of that 25 year period.

This special two hour program celebrated the 50th anniversary of the show that taught America to dance. It was highlighted by a spectacular performance by Michael Jackson along with a host of other musical greats,

From Hula Hoops to Camelot……the 50‘s and 60‘s were the Good Ol‘ Days.  Join Frankie and Annette as they are joined by some of the names that became legends in music, comedy, sports and TV sitcoms. 

Join two very funny men in two hour long TV comedy specials from the 1980's.  First Dom is joined by Orsen Wells, Bo Derek and Ricardo Montaban for fun and laughs...then it is Joe Piscopo's turn to entertain with Eddie Murphy.

Join two very funny men in two hour long TV comedy specials from the 1980's.  First Dom is joined by Orsen Wells, Bo Derek and Ricardo Montaban for fun and laughs...then it is Joe Piscopo's turn to entertain with Eddie Murphy.

Doug is joined by Gene Kelly, Glen Campbell, Sandy Duncan and Bill Cosby in these two original live braodcasts from the 70's.  See Henning perform illusions originated by the great Harry Houdini on this beautiful quality set.

 Doug Henning, with his refreshingly modern approach to the art of illusion, permanently changed the face of magic and reintroduced an entire generation of audiences to grand illusion as a theatrical art.

From the creators of GILLIGAN'S ISLAND comes this zany American Western/comedy starring Bob Denver about a group of passengers septerated from their wagon train who become lost in the old west headed by wagonmaster Forest Tucker. 

A rare treat...first it is laughs galore from 1958 as Ed Sullivan celebrates 10 years on TV with a comic roast by Jack Carter, Walter Conkrite, Phil Silvers and more.  Then join the captain as he celebrtates 25 years with  star studed lineup.

Follow the Sun is somewhat similar in theme and tone to Rod Taylor's Hong Kong and Robert Conrad's Hawaiian Eye.  Follow the Sun also got involved in detective work just like Hawaiian Eye.

William Shatner was dynamite in his first series role as  David Koster, a New York City assistant district attorney. The show had a gritty New York ambience, a realistic tone, terrific New York actors, and good scripts.

Fury chronicled the story of Joey, an orphan boy befriended by Jim Newton (played by Peter Graves) a recently widowed horse rancher, who’s wife and son were killed in an auto accident by a drunk driver. 

The series stars Ben Murphy as secret agent Sam Casey, who was injured in a diving accident which rendered him invisible. The agency, called INTERSECT, found a way to control his invisibility by the use of a wrist watch,

Another big line up of stars including a rare appearance by both Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in two single performances, James Stewart,  Joan Fontaine, Bette Davis, William Bendix, Joseph Cotton, Harpo and Chico Marx and Ronald Reagan

On May 18, 1987 Hollywood celebrated its 100th birthday with a three hour extravaganza featuring 150 Hollywood stars.  This whole thing, 2 and a half hours is absolutely fabulous start to finish.  

A great addition to the library of anyone who is interested in the history of Hollywood and the great directors and stars who are a part of the era known as THE GOLDEN DAYS OF HOLLYWOOD narrated by Joseph Cotten .

Unusual and very rare home movies of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars.  The first show is hosted by Bill Cosby and the second stars Tim Conway and both featuring Ken Murray who, since 1927 was famous for movies of the stars. 

A two-hour presentation taped at Carnegie Hall on May 11, 1988, featuring celebrities from all forms of American entertainment in a tribute to America's legendary songwriter, Irving Berlin, in honor of his one-hundredth birthday. 

Meet the Bickersons....one of radio's classic programs came to TV in the late 40's and with it came THE BICKERSONS (Francis Langford and later Virginia Grey & Lew Parker) the show that inspired Jackie Gleason's THE HONEYMOONERS. 

This is the second in our series of TV variety show specials that featured Jack Benny as a special guest.   In this set we find Jack with Bob Hope, John Wayne, Jimmy Durante and Debbie Reynolds in to full hour shows from the past.

This triple treat brings us two Bob Hope specials from the early 60’s along with a short clip from a Smothers Brothers 1967 show. Other stars inlcude Ethel Merman, Bobby Darin, Bing Crosby, Mickey Rooney and Janet Leigh. 

These two full length hour long shows join Jack Benny with some of the great comics of the 70's - Bob Hope, Danny Thomas, Steve Allen, Red Buttons, Don Rickles, Jack Carter, Bill Dana and many more complete with vintage commercials.

This very rare set features two complete full hour SHOWER OF STARS with guest Van Johnson, Vincent Price, Ed Wynn, Mel Blanc and Tommy Sands.  Taken from rare old 16 MM kinescopes the quality of the set is outstanding.

Here are all 14 hour long TV specials that either featured Jack Benny as the host or as a guest star.  A big line up of great stars like Bob Hope, John Wayne, Jimmy Durante, Sammy Davis Jr, and the cast of THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM.

Here is a very rare look at a youghful Johnny Carson as host of DO YOU TRUST YOUR WIFE....AND the famous episode on TWENTY ONE when Charles VanDoren made his first appearance and MORE.....

Edgar Buchanan and Russell Hayden star as the legendary Kentucky-born Judge Roy Bean, a justice of the peace known as "The law west of the Pecos". Set in southwest Texas, where Bean held court in his combination general store and saloon.

a 30-minute Emmy award winning dramatic television anthology series telecast on NBC from 1953 to 1961 {Sundays, 10-10:30pm) was hosted by Loretta Young, who played the lead in various episodes.  

VERY RARE 4 Live Appearances on 1950 popular game shows which even include the original commercials. Taken from the mid 50's this wonderful rare gem brings you Lucy & Desi in some unusual appearances that are a pure delight.

Originally broadcast January 17, 1982 this special broadcast featured Hollywood celebrities as they assisted magicians in a program of magic and illusion.  Hosted by Orsen Wells this show features top magicians like David Copperfield. 

This classic set of 5 MILTON BERLE SHOWS inlcudes 2 TEXACO STAR THEATRE, 2 KRAFT THEATRE & THE MILTON BERLE SHOW featuring Jack Benny, Red Skelton and Molly Goldberg.  Inlcuded as a bonus is a rare RED SKELTON SHOW.

A half-hour sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine that closely resembles The New Yorker,

NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration is an American television special that aired on NBC on May 12, 1986.  Beautiful DVD complete - uncut - exactaly as originally see complete with vintage commercials and network promos. 

In 1982 a special three hour TV spectacular wsa presented on behalf of the Actor's Fund.  You will actually see closer to 200 stars...from James Cagney to Sammy Davis Jr....from Doug Henning to Tony Bennett - this is a fastastic show.

Nearly 175 show business greats - many who are no longer with us like Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart and Helen Hayes featuring music, songs, dance and comedy. with nearly 175 stars of stage, screen, sports, and fashion. 

The 3 hour TV docudrama based on the Bob Woodward/Carl Bernstein chronicle of President Richard M. Nixon's last months in the White House. Lane Smith stars as the President who, in less than a year, lost everything he worked for in life.

Regular hosts included John Barbour, Sarah Purcell, Byron Allen, Skip StephensoN host the comecdy talk show of late 70's featuring segments about people with unique occupations or hobbies often invited to interact with the live audience.

With the success of TV series like Robin Hood, Sr. Lancelot and other British action heros, the story of Richard the Lion Heart was a natural.  This is a great action series with lots of sword fights taken from original 16 MM prints. 

On January 4, 1980, just 4 days after the beginning of a new decade Dick Clark presented this look back at what many consider the wackiest decades of the century.  A look back at entertainment, politics, news, music, etc.

Typically composed of musical comedy revues with an occasional straight play it run (1954-1958) with stars that include Benny, Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy, Mario Lanza, Red Skelton, Betty Grable, Lawrence Welk and more names from the past.

On February 22, 1959, a multitude of entertainment's biggest stars come together to celebrate the life of the late Manie Sacks, recording executive for Columbia Records, and vice president of both NBC and RCA. 

On October 7, 1957 Standard Oil celebrated their 75th anniversary with a grand 90 minute TV special hosted by Tyrone Power.  This is a rare opportunity to take a look back at an early show highlighting a galaxy of stars.

Tammy is an American sitcom, starring Debbie Watson in the title role.  It is based on the three Tammy movies. Also in the cast are Denver Pyle as Grandpa Tareleton, Frank McGrath as Uncle Lucius and Donald Woods as John Brent. BEAUTFUL QUALITY

Based on the book by Bob Thomas, this made-for-television comedy/drama profiles the careers of the famous comic duo, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello starring Harvey Korman and Buddy Hackett. 

"We'll be back in a few minutes after these important words."  With those words followed some of the greatest classic gems of the 50's, 60's and 70's.  Here are two different full hour TV specials devoted to commercial nostalgia. 

Two great specials on one great DVD.   First up is the CARPENTER'S VERY FIRST TV SPECIAL with guest John Denver & Victor Borge.   Then is it the music of HERB ALBERT & THE TJB with the added comedy of Jim Henson's MUPPETS.

This rare anthology series was a summer replacement in 1959 and features great stars in mystery and adventure inlcuding Cameron Mitchell, Frank Lovejoy, Eddie Albert, Anne Francis, Dan Duryea, Don Taylor and more.

Starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, the series follows Captain Matt Holbrook, a humorless, hard-nosed, police captain, leading his team of three plainclothes detectives, each man hand-picked from different divisions.

This fabulous look back to the 1950's stars Dick Van Dyke, Jackie Gleason, Julie Andrews, Shelly Berman and more.  A nostalgic look back at sports, news and entertainment from a rare broadcast from February 22, 1960,

Based on the popular movie series s, Charles McGraw took over the TV series in the early 50's. We are delighted to now have a total of 28 extremely rare and almost impossible to locate episodes from this classic spy series.

The tragic story of one of TV's favorite funny ladies.   This movie is based on Gilda's best selling book and takes you from her beginnings to becoming a major television star to her fight with ovarian cancer.  

This great 1972 TV broadcast brought togehter many of the living comics of the golden age of radio a living history of those great memories.  Members of the cast of Fred Allen's ALLEN'S ALLEY recreatae one of those shows.

Join Julie and a big line up of guest stars from Robert Goulet & Donald O'Connor to Marie Van Trapp and a salute to Walt Disney in this great one hour variety show from 1972.   It's music and comedy for the whole family.

The TV movie tells the story of the rise and fall of the brother-and-sister pop music duo, The Carpenters. It was directed by Joseph Sargent. Richard Carpenter served as a producer for the film as well as the musical score.

Great family entertainment as Dan Haggerty plays the title character based on the actual trapper James "Grizzly"Adama, a woodsman in frontier times who flees into the mountains after being wrongly accused of murder. Great family fun

Rod Serling, creator of TWILIGHT ZONE, created this wesern series starring Lloyd Bridges as an former Union cavalry office who headed to the American west after the civil war in search of a new life and helping people with their problems along the way.

The Master is a short-lived ninja-themed action-adventure TV series focused on the adventures of John Peter McAllister, an aging ninja master (Lee Van Cleef), and his young pupil, Max Keller (Timothy Van Patten).

The Monroes is a Western television series which ran during the 1966-1967 season the story of five orphans trying to survive as a family on the frontier in the area about what is now Grand Teton National Park near Jackson in northwestern Wyoming

This made for TV movie stars Thomas Ian Griffith as Rock Hudson.  Based on the book by his ex-wife Phyllis Gates and on the court recordds from t;he civil suit by his ormer lover Marc Christian it tells of his struggles and death.

Based on the autobiography of Sonny Bono, this film focuses on the volatile relationship between Sonny (Jay Underwood) and Cher (Renee Faia) during the early 60's to their divorce in the late 70's.

This rare set consists of 18 complete full hour shows, 3 half hour shows and a rare bonus clip from WHAT’S MY LINE. Stars like THE THREE STOOGES, JERRY LEWIS, MILTON BERLE, JOHNNY CARSON, SAMMY DAVIS JR.  and more.

The best way to describe this hilarious series is DUMB AND DUMBER FROM ANOTHER PLANET. Two alien agents, Cadet Flynn and Pseudo-Cadet Niven on an information finding mission to Earth, where they take on human form. 

The Young Lawyers TV show was a 60 minute legal/drama series about a group of law students from a prominent Boston University and their time-honored supervisor who open a law office to help poor people with their legal problems.

Join William Shatner and Carl Reiner in this nostalgic look back at some of the greatest game shows over a 35 year history of television.  Some of the funniest moments as we look at shows that were a daytime television staple.

The series stars Robert Culp as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman, a gunslinger hunting down criminals throughout West Texas and the Old West. He uses his fast gun to apprehend wanted criminals throughout the Lone Star State.

Michael Landon and Bryant Gumbel take a look back at the 1982-83 television season.  This star filled show featured Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, George Burns, Alan King, John Forsyth, Nell Carter, Angela Lansbury, Joan Collins and many more

Accidentally placing her telephone on top of her modem, Sydney finds that she is capable of accessing VR.5: Virtual Sensory Reality, where her subconscious can communicate with other people's subconscious.

This third installment features comedies, westerns, mysteries, dramas and even an interesting docudrama narrated by Edward R. Murrow about one of the most famous radio broadcast in American radio history.

This well preserved excellent quality show not only provides nostalgia from those past TV performances but also looks at the original vintage commercials and network promo from 40 years ago. Some of TV's biggest legends appeared.

A groundbreaking TV series from the 50's about a police woman who becomes an undercover decoy for the police.  It was the first American television series to focus on the work of a female officer.   Inspired by Jack Webb's DRAGNET.

Taylor portrayed Glenn Evans, an American journalist who worked in the exotic Far Eastern city. His search for stories led him into encounters with smugglers, murderers, drug peddlers, and mysterious women who disappear behind beaded curtains.

Based on the popular movie OPERATION PETTICOAT was a 30 minute comedy TV series about a worn out World War II submarine manned by the worst misfits in the Navy under the command of John Astin who is determined to make the ship operational.

Gordon Jones, better known as Mike the cop in the Abbott and Costello TV series and Keye (Charlie Chan number one son) Luke star in this exciting 12 chapter serial based on the popular radio series.

Doctor Peter Brady, a British scientist who, while attempting to achieve invisibility with light refraction, has an accident which turns him permanently invisible. Brady becomes a one man Impossible Missions Force

This is the entire set of every Boston Blackie movie ever made. Chester Morris was perfect in this delightful role as Blackie...slight con artist...slight detective and totally enjoyabable.

It is a shame there were only 9 movies made in the Ellery Queen series but what a great set. Ralph Ballemy played the role in many of these movies but no matter who starred as Queen it was always a pure delight.

First a great radio comedy series it soon became as popular in the movies. Over the 30's and 40's 11 movies were produced. Join the Aldrich family when mother calls "HENRY, HENRY ALDRICH!!!" to which came the reply 'COMING MOTHER".

Here is a combination of the first 5 DVD sets consisiting of 15 classic tales of suspense from the king of the modern thriller.....Edgar Wallace. In England he was once said to be the second biggest seller of books after the Bible. Save $20.00

We believe this to be the biggest and best picture and sound quality set ever offered. In two volumes you will find 87 different shows including appearances on other great shows. Our second set also contains many original commercials.