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Fox Western Classics (Rawhide / The Gunfighter / Garden of Evil)

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Total reviews: 26 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

A trio of terrific westerns 5 out of 5 stars.
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Nowadays, the Western is almost a dead genre, a far cry from the days in which it dominated the movies. Of course, even in its heyday, it had various stages. Earlier Westerns tended to focus on adventure, with cowboys and Indians and bank robbers. Around the 1950s, a new subgenre began to appear, the so-called Adult Western. These Westerns tended to focus more on character and less on action. The Fox Western Classics features three such movies.

The Gunfighter is considered to be one of the first Adult Westerns, with Gregory Peck has the title character. He is a man considered the best gunfighter of his era, a title that he is forced to defend. He takes refuge in the town of Cayenne, where an old friend is marshal and his estranged wife is living under another name with their son. Even here, however, danger lurk.

Rawhide is perhaps the least "adult" of the three movies. Tyrone Power is working at an isolated stagecoach station and is taken hostage by a band of robbers planning on robbing an incoming, gold-laden stage. Complicating matters is Susan Hayward and her infant niece who are trapped at the station also. Hugh Marlowe leads the band of robbers, but it's Jack Elam who provides the real danger.

Hayward and Marlowe are also in Garden of Evil, also directed by Rawhide director Henry Hathaway. This is the epic of the three, with Gary Cooper and Richard Widmark leading the cast and a young Rita Moreno in one of her first (brief) roles. It is shot in Cinescope and scored by the great Bernard Hermann. Cooper and Widmark are a couple passengers on a California-bound steamer that is stranded in Mexico with engine problems. Stuck in port for weeks, they let themselves be hired by Hayward, who needs them to rescue her husband (Marlowe) who's stuck in a mine. Getting there is an arduous enough trip, but getting back may be more perilous, with Apaches dogging their every move.

In quality terms, these are all four-to-five star movies, and there are enough extras - including commentaries and featurettes - to make this a top notch set. If you enjoy Westerns, this is a trio of near classics that is worth viewing.

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Disc 1: Garden of Evil (1954) Feature Film Disc 2: The Gunfighter (1951) Feature Film Disc 3: Rawhide (1951) Feature Film

Christy - The Complete Series

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Total reviews: 84 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Great Series!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Great series for the family to watch!!! I watched them when i was a kid...but they are always fun to watch...

Extraordinary 5 out of 5 stars.
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The pilot and first half of this series is exceptional. It captures that magic of the book way beyond my expectations. My husband even liked it. The second half of the season took on a life of it's own and they must have been running out of material as the episodes became obviously preachy with good messages about racism, logging and other weighty issues. They are good messages but a little too obvious and less magical. Still, it's a fine series and I would recommend it to anyone who is tired of sex, violence and crudeness dominating the TV air ways.

Editorial Review:

Based on the bestseller by Catherine Marshall "Christy" tells the story of an idealistic nineteen year old who leaves the comforts of her city home to teach school in the impoverished Appalachian community of Cutter Gap Tennessee in 1912. Strength determination and faith guide young Christy Huddleston through unforeseen difficulties help her to gain understanding of the proud mountain people and win her mentorship friendship and the love of two men.System Requirements:Run Time: 907 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 024543424376 Manufacturer No: 2242437

Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman - The Movies (The Movie aka Revelations / The Heart Within)

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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"…this rollicking Western is fun for everyone." -TV Guide After six acclaimed seasons, DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN delighted fans by revisiting Colorado Springs and its beloved characters with two feature-length television movies. DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN: THE MOVIE finds Dr. Mike, Sully, and a posse of townsfolk traveling down to Mexico to rescue a kidnapped Katie. In DR. QUINN: THE HEART WITHIN, Mike and Sully travel to Boston to celebrate Colleen's graduation from Harvard Medical School--only to find Dr. Mike's mother terminally ill and Sully targeted for assassination by a corrupt government official. A pioneering television Western, DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN brought a fresh approach to America's westward expansion with a combination of historical authenticity and modern sensibilities. Now, travel back to the 19th century American frontier with more tales of courage, conviction, and romance DVD Features: Trivia Quiz; Production Stills Photo Gallery; Cast Biographies; Interactive Menus; Scene Selection

Best of Bonanza (34 episodes)

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Total reviews: 23 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

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The Cartwright's thousand-square-mile Ponderosa Ranch is located near Virginia City, Nevada, site of the Comstock Silver Lode, during and after the Civil War. Each of the sons was born to a different wife of Ben's; with none of the mothers still alive. Join Ben (Lorne Greene), Adam (Pernell Roberts), Hoss (Dan Blocker) and Little Joe (Michael Landon) as they rewrite the book on the western genre. These were the days where family values and the fight for justice were backed up by six-guns that always had right on their side. Included in this set are three bonus episodes of the classic TV western Wagon Train.

Disc 1

Gunmen, The

Fear Merchants, The

Spanish Grant, The

Blood on the Land

Desert Justice

Stranger, The

Escape to Ponderosa

Avenger, The

Disc 2

San Francisco Holiday

Bitter Water

Feet of Clay

Dark Star

Death at Dawn

Showdown

Mission, The

Badge Without Honor

Mill, The

Disc 3

Hopefuls, The

Denver McKee

Day of Reckoning

Abduction, The

Breed of Violence

Last Viking, The

Trail Gang, The

Savage, The

Disc 4

Last Trophy, The

Silent Thunder

Ape, The

Blood Line, The

Courtship, The

Spitfire, The

Alias Bill Hawks (Wagon Train)

Dr. Denker Story, The (Wagon Train)

Malachi Hobart Story, The (Wagon Train)

Rawhide - Season Three, Vol. 2

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Best season 5 out of 5 stars.
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Thanks to Paramount for releasing another season -- and this is arguably the best. Season 3 contains "Incident of the Fish out of Water" "Incident on the Road Back" and "Incident of the New Start" which all lend more humanity and backstory to the characters. This season also contains "Incident of the Boomerang" one of the best in all 8 seasons. Enjoy!

Head 'em up, move 'em out! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I'm anxiously awaiting the release of this latest volume of one of the best shows ever made! Major thanks to Paramount for continuing to release episodes that haven't seen the light of day in many, many years.

Where is Wish ! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I can hardly wait to get the next release of my favorite TV program "Rawhide".All to this point have been of great quality and sound and I expect this one will be the same.Sit back and watch some episodes from years gone by. Did I say episodes, sorry I meant incidents.

Editorial Review:

Rawhide is the tale of tail boss Gil Favor (Eric Fleming) and rugged cowhand Rowdy Yates (Clint Eastwood) driving cattle across the old west while meeting up with adventure and drama along the way.

Here Come the Brides - The Complete First Season

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Absolutely adored this show! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I purchased this for my husband last year after he mentioned he used to watch it when he was young. I think I watched the whole series before he got the chance. I absolutely loved the story line and the characters. Too bad television has had to change so much.

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Robert Brown, pop music superstar Bobby Sherman and David Soul (TV's Starsky and Hutch) star in the classic television series HERE COME THE BRIDES, a delightful comedy that combines romance and adventure in the rugged landscape of the mid-nineteenth century Pacific Northwest.

The Bolt brothers own a mountain and logging camp in Seattle, and as the area's only employer, the brothers borrow money and head east to bring back a shipload of lovely ladies to boost morale. But if any of the women leave Seattle within a year, the Bolts lose their mountain to the man that lent them the money.

Also starring legendary actress Joan Blondell (Grease, The Public Enemy), the complete first season of HERE COME THE BRIDES is presented for the first time ever - and is only available - on DVD.

Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman - The Complete Season One

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Total reviews: 46 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

I wish T.V. was still like this 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is an excellent T.V. series. In a time were T.V. is all about sex and violence, I find I have to go back a few years and revisit shows like Dr. Quinn that were safe, and yes, always had a happy ending. I recommend this to any family or any person, like me, who can't find a t.v. show with a decent story-line to get into.

Editorial Review:

From the moment that Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn (Jane Seymour) first stepped from the stagecoach into the mud of Colorado Springs, TV audiences had a new destination on Saturday nights. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman won popular and critical acclaim--including five Emmy® awards--with its tales of courage, conviction and romance on the American frontier. When the show was cancelled after six seasons, it sparked one of the largest viewer protests in TV history.

This comprehensive collector's set gathers all 17 episodes from the groundbreaking first season--plus a host of exclusive extras--on 5 DVDs. Old fans will delight in revisiting favorite moments, like Dr. Mike's first kiss from Sully (Joe Lando) and General Custer's visit to town, while newcomers will be captivated by the gripping, family-friendly stories and painstaking authenticity. Return to Colorado Springs for the unforgettable first season of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, available for the first time on DVD!

Rawhide - The Complete First Season

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Total reviews: 49 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

great fun watching this series 5 out of 5 stars.
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We have really enjoyed watching this series and plan to buy the other seasons as well.

"Rawhide ... Complete First Season ... Paramount Pictures (2006)" 5 out of 5 stars.
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CBS Television and Paramount Pictures presents "RAWHIDE: THE FIRST SEASON" (9 January 1959 - 25 September 1959) (1180 mins/In Glorious Black & White) (digitally remastered in Dolby) -- Rawhide was a television western series that aired on the U.S. network CBS from 1959 to 1966. The show starred Eric Fleming and launched the career of Clint Eastwood --- The series ran for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 episodes, all filmed and broadcast in black and white --- It was produced and sometimes directed by Charles Marquis Warren who also produced early episodes of Gunsmoke --- Warren based Rawhide on the movie Cattle Empire that he directed in 1958 and for which Endre Bohem was a screenwriter and Paul Brinegar, Steve Raines and Rocky Shahan were actors; all also worked in Rawhide --- Its premiere episode reached the top 20 in the Nielsen Ratings. It rose steadily in popularity until, towards the end of the series run, it was one of America's top ten shows --- Rawhide was the fourth longest-running American TV western, beaten only by nine years of The Virginian and Wagon Train, fourteen years of Bonanza, and twenty years of Gunsmoke.

The episode would be introduced, usually by some words from Gil Favor but sometimes by others --- The typical Rawhide story involved drovers, portrayed by Eric Fleming (Trail Boss Gil Favor) and Clint Eastwood (ramrod Rowdy Yates), coming upon people on the trail and getting drawn into solving whatever problem they presented or were confronting --- Some of the stories were obviously easier in production terms but the peak form of the show was convincing and naturalistic, and sometimes brutal. Its situations could range from parched plains to anthrax, ghostly riders to wolves, cattle raiding, bandits, murderers, and so forth --- A problem on such drives was the constant need for water, and the scout spent much of his time looking for it, sometimes finding water holes, even rivers had dried up - In some ways it was similar to the TV series Wagon Train that debuted in 1957.

Of all the western characters on TV, these were the only real cowboys, because they drove cows. There were also sheep boys who drove sheep, pig boys who looked after pigs, etc. The name cowboys became a generic name in western films and TV series --- The theme song's lyrics were written by Ned Washington in 1958. It was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin and sung by pop singer Frankie Laine. The theme song became very popular --- It was covered several times and parts of the song also appear in more recent movies like The Blues Brothers and Shrek.-- (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

List of Season, Episode, Title and Original Air Date:

Season 1, Episode 1: Incident of the Tumbleweed (guest stars Terry Moore & Tom Conway) Original Air Date--9 January 1959

Season 1, Episode 2: Incident at Alabaster Plain (guest stars Martin Balsam & Troy Donahue) Original Air Date--16 January 1959

Season 1, Episode 3: Incident with an Executioner (guest stars James Drury) Original Air Date--23 January 1959

Season 1, Episode 4: Incident of the Widowed Dove (guest stars Sally Forrest & Jay C. Flippen) Original Air Date--30 January 1959

Season 1, Episode 5: Incident on the Edge of Madness (guest stars Lon Chaney Jr. & Marie Windsor) Original Air Date--6 February 1959

Season 1, Episode 6: Incident of the Power and the Plow (guest stars Brian Donlevy) Original Air Date--13 February 1959

Season 1, Episode 7: Incident at Barker Springs (guest stars June Lockhart & DeForest Kelley) Original Air Date--20 February 1959

Season 1, Episode 8: Incident West of Lano (guest stars Martha Hyer)
Original Air Date--27 February 1959

Season 1, Episode 9: Incident of the Town in Terror (guest stars Margaret O'Brien) Original Air Date--6 March 1959

Season 1, Episode 10: Incident of the Golden Calf (guest stars Macdonald Carey) Original Air Date--13 March 1959

Season 1, Episode 11: Incident of the Coyote Weed
Original Air Date--20 March 1959

Season 1, Episode 12: Incident of the Chubasco (guest stars George Brent, John Ericson & Noah Beery Jr) Original Air Date--3 April 1959

Season 1, Episode 13: Incident of the Curious Street (guest stars Mercedes McCambridge) Original Air Date--10 April 1959

Season 1, Episode 14: Incident of the Dog Days (guest stars R.G. Armstrong) Original Air Date--17 April 1959

Season 1, Episode 15: Incident of the Calico Gun (guest stars Jack Lord)
Original Air Date--24 April 1959

Season 1, Episode 16: Incident of the Misplaced Indians (guest stars Kim Hunter & Lyle Talbot) Original Air Date--1 May 1959

Season 1, Episode 17: Incident of Fear in the Streets (guest stars Gary Merrill & Bob Steele) Original Air Date--8 May 1959

Season 1, Episode 18: Incident Below the Brazos (guest stars Leslie Nielsen & Martin Landau) Original Air Date--15 May 1959

Season 1, Episode 19: Incident of the Dry Drive (guest stars Victor Jory)
Original Air Date--22 May 1959

Season 1, Episode 20: Incident of the Judas Trap (guest stars Nina Foch, Gerald Mohr & Phyllis Coates) Original Air Date--5 June 1959

Season 1, Episode 21: Incident in No Man's Land (guest stars Brian Keith, Reed Hadley & Mary Beth Hughes) Original Air Date--12 June 1959

Season 1, Episode 22: Incident of a Burst of Evil (guest stars Elisha Cook Jr, Linda Cristal & H.M. Wynant) Original Air Date--26 June 1959

Season 2, Episode 2: Incident of the Roman Candles (guest stars Beverly Garland & Will Wright) Original Air Date--25 September 1959

BIOS:
1. Eric Fleming (aka: Edward Heddy)
Date of Birth:: 4 July 1925 - Santa Paula, California
Date of Death: 28 September 1966 - Tingo Maria area, Peru (drowned)

2. Clint Eastwood
Date of Birth: 31 May 1930 - San Francisco, California
Date of Death: Still Living

Great job by Paramount Pictures and their staff for releasing this long awaited edition with collectible Seasons with unforgettable episodes --- looking forward to more of the same from the rousing CBS Television vintage era --- order your copy now from Amazon their Western Classics -- all my heroes have been cowboys!

Total Time: 1180 mins on DVD ~ Paramount Pictures ~ (07/25/2006)

Editorial Review:

The tale of Gil Favor, the trail boss, as he drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.