CLIMAX! Rare TV Shows

New Release: Climax! Rare Classic TV Shows from the early 1950s. Climax! an hour-long anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan. Most of the episodes were performed and broadcast live. This collection includes six of the rare TV classics, complete with original commercials for Chrysler. Episodes include: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, starring Mickey Rooney; Public Pigeon No. 1, starring Red Skelton; The Volcano Seat, starring Michael Rennie and three more full-length, hour long shows. 6 DVD Set from Nostalgia Merchant.

CBS Mystery Theater - Volume 2 - Radio Classics

CBS Mystery Theater - Vol. 2 - Radio Classics: In 1974 long-time radio producer Himan Brown convinced CBS to let him produce a new anthology of Radio Dramas, CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Riding on the wave of nostalgia fever of the 1970s, CBS Mystery Theater attracted a large audience of younger listeners as well as older fans of old time radio.
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Hosted by E.G. Marshall - E.G. Marshall, well respected figure of the stage and screen hosted CBS Mystery Theater. Yes, we know you can download hundreds of these shows on line. However, many of these versions are poor quality MP3 format. Our collection is high fidelity, digitally remastered and restored from original source material. (LP Records)

CBS Mystery Theater - Vol. 1 - Radio Classics

CBS Mystery Theater - Vol. 1 - Radio Classics:  TAGLINE: "The Fear You Can Hear."

E.G. Marshall, well respected figure of the stage and screen hosted CBS Mystery Theater. Yes, we know you can download hundreds of these shows on line. However, many of these versions are poor quality MP3 format. Our collection is high fidelity, digitally remastered and restored from original source material.

Hosted by: E. G. Marshall - 8 full-length shows with original commercials, Fulton Lewis, III newscast and much more. These hour-long shows are a "capsule of time," with commercials for Kellogg's the national sponsor, commercials for local sponsors, newscast and promotional announcements.
The CBS Radio Mystery Theater was an ambitious effort to revive interest in American radio drama. Every night from 1974 to 1982, host E. G. Marshal and produced by Himan Brown, CBS Mystery Theater ushered listeners through a creaking door -- similar to the one Brown used on Inner Sanctum decades earlier -- for an hour of “the fear you can hear.” For a complete list of titles CLICK HERE.

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - Vol. 4 - Radio Classics

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - Vol. 4 - Old Time Radio Classics

Raymond Chandler’s most famous “tough guy” creation steps out of the pulp novels of the 1950’s and into radio. By 1949 the show was pulling the biggest audience on American radio, with a rating of 10.3 million listeners. In 1950, Radio and Television Life Magazine named Gerald Mohr as the Best Male Actor on radio.

Starring: Gerald Mohr
1950 - 16 Episodes on 8 CD. For titles CLICK HERE.

The Adventures of Phililp Marlowe - Vol. 3 - Old Time Radio

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - Vol. 3 - Old Time Radio:

TAGLINE: “Get this and get it straight! Crime is a sucker’s road and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison or the grave. There’s no other way, but they never learn.”

Gerald Mohr was perfect as the tough PI working in and around LA and Hollywood for $50.00 a day. He worked alone but would let listeners tag along with him on all his cases. 

Starring: Gerald Mohr
1949 - 1950 - 16 Episodes on 8 CD. For titles CLICK HERE.

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - Vol 2 - Radio Classics

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - Volume 2 - Old Time Radio Classics: Raymond Chandler’s most famous “tough guy” creation steps out of the pulp novels of the 1950’s and into radio. By 1949 the show was pulling the biggest audience on American radio, with a rating of 10.3 million listeners. In 1950, Radio and Television Life Magazine named Gerald Mohr as the Best Male Actor on radio.

Starring: Gerald Mohr
1949 - 16 Episodes on 8 CD. For titles CLICK HERE.

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - Vol. 1 - Old Time Radio

The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - Volume One - Old Time Radio Classics: The Adventures of Philip Marlowe came to Radio in the Summer of 1947 as a Pepsodent Program replacement for their wildly popular show starring Bob Hope and his ensemble. But this version last only 13 episodes. It took another year to bring Philip Marlowe to the air on a regular basis. Superb voice talent Gerald Mohr was tapped for Philip Marlowe airing on CBS. Mohr was a natural to reinvigorate the Philip Marlowe character. A master of dialects and one of Radio's most versatile leads, Gerald Mohr forged yet another new take on the hard-boiled PI. Volume One includes 16 full-length episodes on 8 CDs. Check it out along with 3 other volumes available from Nostalgia Merchant.

The Shadow Serial - 15 Chapters

New Release: The Shadow - 15 Chapter Serial - (1940) The Shadow, his chilling, sinister laugh strikes fear in the hearts of criminals. Victory Jory stars as The Shadow, legendary crime-fighting supersleuth of radio fame. This action adventure was originally shown in movie theathers in 1940, one chapter at a time, in weekly installments. The Shadow crashed onto the big screen with breathtaking, suspense and adventure. The Black Tiger is spreading terror from his underground lair. Railroads, airplanes, and factories are being wrecked and demolished as he plans to plunge the city into darkness and acquire supreme financial power. Will The Shadow be able to stop him?  Starring: Victory Jory, Veda Ann Borg. 2 - DVD Set. Available from Nostalgia Merchant.

The Masked Marvel - Serial

New Release: The Masked Marvel - 12 Chapter Serial - (1943) Warren Hamilton and Martin Crane, chief executives of the World-Wide Insurance Company, enlist the aid of the Masked Marvel to find Mura Sakima, a former Japanese envoy, whom they suspect of being responsible for extensive sabotage of war industries. But Crane is secretly in league with Sakima, and they arrange for Hamilton's murder. The murdered man's daughter, Alice, joins the Masked Marvel and his three aides in a campaign to expose and apprehend Sakima. The suspense builds and the audience doesn't know who the Masked Marvel is until the last chapter. Lots of slam-bang, over the cliff action in this rare classic movie serial. Please note: there are lots of low resolution copies of this serial available on the internet. This transfer is from the original film. Available from Nostalgia Merchant.

The Mysterious Mr. M - Serial

New Serial Release: The Mysterious Mr. M - An evil scientist known as "Mr. M." uses a drug he has developed called "hypnotreme" to help steal submarine equipment. Federal agent Grant Farrell is dispatched to find the mysterious villain and stop his nefarious plans.

Starring: Richard Martin, Pamela Blake, Dennis Moore, Denny Morton

13 Chapters on 2 DVDs

Available from Nostalgia Merchant

Classic TV Soaps

Soap operas have been a staple of daytime television in the United States since the early 1950s. This collection will bring back lots of memories. Most of these episodes include the original network commercials. The soap opera Guiding Light started as a radio drama in January 1937 and subsequently transferred to television in June 1952. Guiding Light has been heard or seen nearly every weekday since it started, making it the longest story ever told. Many actors got their start on televison in the soap operas. Don Knotts starred in his first television role on Search For Tomorrow in the early 1950s. In the early days, soap operas were broadcast live from the studio, mostly from New York.This collection includes 27 episodes. Available from Nostalgia Merchant.

Hollywood Palace - Classic TV Show

Hollywood Palace - Classic TV Shows

The Hollywood Palace: A number of popular music performers got their start on the show. For example, The Rolling Stones made their first US television appearance June 6, 1964, and The Jackson 5 made their first national television appearance on the October 14, 1969 episode. The folk-rock group We Five performed their hit "You Were on My Mind" within a few weeks of its release in 1965.The show was televised in black and white until the fall of 1965, when color telecast were begun. You will now find 3 volumes of Hollywood Palace on the Nostalgia Merchant website.

Mexican Spitfire Movie Collection

Mexican Spitfire Collection - Classic Movies - Romance, Comedy, shenanigans galore!

Beautiful and vivacious Lupe Velez plays irrepressible Carmelita, a scatterbrain whose attempts to add spice to her life and luster to her marriage always result in farcical shenanigans galore. Leon Errol co-stars in the dual roles of Uncle Matt and the absentminded Lord Epping. And when these two comedy pros cut loose in this 4-Disc, 8-Movie Collection, you’ll be fired up with laughter. Available from Nostalgia Merchant.

Starring: Lupe Velez
Complete 8-Movie Collection

The Lucille Ball Comedy Collection

Lucille Ball Collection

Lucille Ball Collection - Classic Movies - Volume One
This collection includes the following full-length titles:
Go Chase Yourself: (1939 After bank robbers use her husband's camper, Carol Meeley (Ball) sets out to prove her hubby is far to

o dumb to commit a crime. BW - 70 Min.
Next Time I Marry: (1938) In order to claim her inheritance, heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming (Ball) must marry a "plain American Joe." So she does what any self-respecting debutante would do - she hires a husband. BW - 72 Min.
Look Who's Laughing: (1941) Even though it's in the Lucille Ball Collection, the film acutally stars Marion and Jim Jordan as Fibber McGee and Molly along with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Lucille Ball was practically unknown at this time. BW - 79 Min.

Starring: Lucille Ball
3-Movie Collection
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The Falcon Mystery Movie Collection

The Falcon Myster Movie Collection

The Falcon Movie Collection Volume One - This is the collection you have been waiting for. Glitz and glamour, lovely ladies, mystery and suspense!

Miscreants beware! The Falcon is on the hunt! Suave, sophisticated, hard-boiled and high-min

ded, amateur sleuths Gay and Tom Lawrence AKA The Falcon were a perfect fit for the acerbic styling of siblings George Sanders and Tom Conway. Follow the saga from the start with this 3-disc, 7 film collection.

Starring: George Sanders, Tom Conway
7-Movie Collection
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Highway Patrol Season One

Highway Patrol Season 1

New Release: Highway Patrol - Season 1 - FINALLY! Nostalgia Merchant has been granted permission to released Season One of the Highway Patrol on DVD. This collection includes all 39 episodes of Season One on 10 DVDs digitally remasterd and restored. Unlike bootleg copies of the show, you get the original opening sequence of a car quickly arriving at a highway patrol roadblock, and narrator Art Gilmore's preview of each program. Also, Crawford returns at the end of the show to give sage advice. Best of all you can now purchase Highway Patrol from your most trusted internet store.. Nostalgia Merchant

Shower of Stars - Classic TV shows - Collection

 

Shower of Stars Classic TV Shows

FLASH! New Release from Nostalgia Merchant. Extremely rare variety television programs from the 1950s. "Shower of Stars" was a mixture of musical comedy revues with an occasional dramatic play. It aired on an irregular basis during its run (1954-1958), and was designed to contrast with the heavy dramatic content of the program with which it shared its time slot, Climax! Hosted by William Lundigan, famous entertainers and screen stars appeared regularly on the program. Originally broadcast live, in color, these black and white versions are all that survived on film. This collection includes eight full-length shows with the original network commercials. http://www.nostalgiamerchant.biz/Shower_of_Stars/Shower_of_Stars.htm

TV Variety Shows - Volume 1

FLASH! New Release from Nostalgia Merchant. Here is our first release from the newly acquired films from the old Hollywood's Attic. There will be many more to come.. Stay Tuned!
TV Variety Shows - Vol 1: Extremely rare variety television programs from the 1950s and early 1960s. Only a few of these shows survived on film. There is a lot of great entertainment in these shows. Great stars, many of them just getting their start in show business, show up in short skits or cameo appearances. Sid Caesar pioneered the television variety show format with Your Show of Shows (1950–54). This collection includes 6 One Hours shows and 2 half-hour shows all with original network commercials. This is a 6 DVD set. Add it to your collection today. Visit our web site for more information. http://www.nostalgiamerchant.biz/Variety_Shows/Variety_Shows_Vol1.htm

The Gallant Men

The Gallant MenNew Release - The Gallant Men: A platoon of soldiers’ struggles to liberate Italy during World War 2, as related by the war correspondent accompanying them. With Robert McQueeney and William Reynolds. The picture quality on the Gallant Men is excellent. If you have those time-sped Goodlife broadcasts, throw them away! Starring: William Reynolds, Robert McQueeney, 26 Full-Length - uncut episodes - Six DVD Set. http://www.nostalgiamerchant.biz/Gallant_Men/Gallant_Men.htm