.The Nostalgia Merchant is your source for rare, hard to find, out of print, Classic TV shows and Movies on DVD |
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The Beulah Show
Beulah is the maid of Harry and Alice Henderson and she is constantly getting into trouble when she attemps to solve household problems for the Hendersons and their son Donnie. She is assisted in her efforts by boyfriend/handyman Bill Jackson and Oriole, the next door neighbors’ maid. Originally starring Ethel Waters, then Hattie McDaniels, who died after starring in only six episodes, then Louise Beavers and Amanda Randolph. This is a real treasure. Enjoy it.
1950 • BW • 30 Minutes Per Episode • 5 Episodes - Episode Titles: "Second Wedding," "Bill, The Baby Sitter," "The Waltz," "The Eel."
$8.95
The Big Story
Based on real life stories, The Big Story featured murder and other violent crime cases from the point of view of a newspaper reporter. A unique and exciting format, The Big Story dramatized a different news reporter and their heroic deed. 8 episodes in a 3 DVD Set.
Starring: Burgess Meredith
PLUS 3 Episodes of Big Town starring Steve Martin.
1957 - BW - 30 minutes per episode - For episode titles CLICK HERE.
$17.95
The Bing Crosby Show
The first show on this disc is a pilot show from 1954 with guest stars Jack Benny and Sherre North. In the other three episoeds, Bing Crosby plays Bing Collins, a former crooner who gave up show-biz stardom for the easy-going life as a professor at a community college. Professor Collins's wife Janice dislikes the dull existence of a campus wife, and she wants Bing to go back into show-biz. The Collinses have two daughters: the older is a typical TV teenager, whilst the younger daughter is a genius. In every episode, somebody would have some sort of problem which only wise old Bing could sort out. After putting everything to rights, Bing would warble a tune.
1950 • BW • 30 Minutes Per Episode • 4 Episodes - Episode Titles: "Pilot Show" (1954), "One For The Birds," "Genius At Work," "Exactly Like Who?"
$8.95
BLONDIE TV Collection
The Blondie TV Collection. Starring Arthur Lake and Pamela Britton, this rare TV show was on the air for only one season. There were a total of 25 original episodes and we’ve managed to put together 20 of these delightful shows for you. Other collections claim to have 36 episodes, but 11 of these are reruns and there were 5 shows we were unable to salvage from the original assets. Included in this collection is the original Blondie movie that started it all. Click Here for a list of episodes in this collection.
$28.95
Buffalo Bill, Jr. Collection
Buffalo Bill, Jr., his feisty kid sister, Calamity, and their adoptive father, Judge "Fair 'N' Square" Wiley, bring justice to the town of Wileyville, Texas in the late 1880s. "Buffalo Bill, Jr." ran on NBC TV from 1955-56, loosely mixing historical characters with rip-roaring western exploits. Star Dick Jones did his own spectacular stunts, from good old-fashioned fist fights to trick riding, usually on the first take, lending an air of authenticity to this action western flick!
1955 • BW • 30 Minutes per episode - 16 Episodes - CLICK HERE for a complete list of episodes.
$17.95
The thrilling adventures of engineer Casey Jones as he rides the rails of the Midwest and Central. Alan Hale, Jr. starred as the engineer of the steam-engined powered "Cannonball Express." Lots of train action scenes in these wonderful rare episodes. Excellent Quality
1958 • BW • 30 minutes per episode • 4 Episodes - Episode Titles: "Night Mail" Pilot Episode, "Star Witness," "Dangerous Hours," "Lethal Journey."
$10.95
Casey Jones Vol. 2
The thrilling adventures of engineer Casey Jones as he rides the rails of the Midwest and Central. Alan Hale, Jr. starred as the engineer of the steam-engined powered "Cannonball Express." Lots of train action scenes in these wonderful rare episodes. Excellent Quality
1958 • BW • 30 minutes per episode • 3 Episodes - Episode Titles: "President's Special," "Mrs. Casey Jones," "The Dutch Clock."
$10.95
Casey Jones Vol. 3
The thrilling adventures of engineer Casey Jones as he rides the rails of the Midwest and Central. Alan Hal, Jr. starred as the engineer of the steam-engined powered "Cannonball Express." Lots of train action scenes in these wonderful rare episodes. Excellent Quality
1958 • BW • 30 minutes per episode • 3 Episodes - Episode Titles: "Way Station," "A Badge for Casey," "The Marauders."
$10.95
City Detective
City Detective was a half-hour syndicated crime drama starring Rod Cameron as 43-year-old Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police lieutenant.
1953 • BW • 30 minutes per episode • 11 Episodes - For episode titles CLICK HERE.
$17.95
Cops and Detectives Collection
The greatest collection of classic cop and detective shows ever produced. Many of these shows are extremely rare. For example Manhunt and Margin of Fear. The collection also includes several pilot shows that never made it to television. You get eight disc with 4 shows per disc. That's an incredible 32 shows in this collection. For a complete list of titles Click Here.
$49.95
New bride Vicki and her insurance salesman husband Gus involve their friends and neighbors in a varielty of comic episodes. Very delightful television and what make them a joy to watch is the the shows feature the 1957 Plymoutn
1957• BW • 30 Minutes Per Episode - 20 Episodes: CLICK HERE for episode titles.
$28.95
December Bride Collection
Charming and wise Lily Ruskin lives with her daughter and son-in- law who, along with her close friend Hilda Crocker, are always trying to find suitable older marriageable companionship for her. Running comedy bits included neighbor Potter's complaints about his (heard but unseen) wife Gladys. This long-running half-hour CBS sitcom debuted on 4 October 1954 and was last broadcast on 20 April 61. Mostly remembered today for featuring neighbor Harry Morgan as Pete Porter, who complained constantly about his unseen wife, Gladys. They'd eventually get their own show as a spin-off in the fall of 1960.
24 Episodes on Six Disc - Click HERE for episode titles.
$36.95
Dobie Gillis Collection
The life and loves of young dreamer Dobie Gillis as he progresses from high school to college with a short military stint thrown in. Dobie is the great thinker with continual thoughts about his future, mostly with girls and his endless romantic troubles with the beautiful Thalia... beautiful, but greedy who constantly tries to improve Dobie and find him that job that will make "oodles and oodles of money." His good buddy Maynard is always by his side.
Starring: Dwayne Hickman, Bob Denver
A collection of 36 Episodes on 9 DVDs. Click HERE for more information and episode titles.
$59.95
Very rare TV Shows. Duffy's Tavern ran for years on radio. Ed Gardner tried to take it to television, but it didn't succeed. It only lasted one season. Also show in syndication.
Starring: Ed Gardner, Pattie Chapman, Alan Reed.
1954 • BW • 30 Minutes Per Episode - 4 Episodes: "The Singing Contest," "Archie Gets Engaged," "Archie The Politician," "Archie Sells The Tavern."
$8.95
VERY RARE CLASSIC TV - A widowed mother works to support herself and her twin daughters. Very rare TV shows. The show co-stars Frances Bavier, who would later become Aunt Bee on the Andy Griffith Show, and Willard Waterman who played the Great Gildersleeve on radio and television.
Starring: Eve Arden, Allyn Joslyn, Frances Bavier, Gail Stone, Karen Green, Willard Waterman
1957 • BW • Television Series • 30 Minutes per episode - 4 Episodes: "Cover Girl," "Liza's Nightmare," "White Elephant," "It Gives Me Great Pleasure."
$8.95
The Falcon
Hardboiled investigator Michael Waring mixed danger, romance and comedy in the Falcon detective adventures. Michael Arlen created the character in a 1940 story, which became an RKO film and, subsequently, a movie and short-lived television series. Talk about rare, we think these two television episodes of The Falcon are all that exist anywhere.
1956• BW • 30 minutes each episode - 8 Episodes: "Out of Evil," "Decision in Red," "Rocky's Asylum," "The Big Heist," "Backlash," "Kiss Me Not," "A Drug on the Market," The Wheel of Fortune."
$16.95
Flash Gordon
Based on Alex Raymond's Legendary Sci-fi comic strip hero, these rare television shows present the journeys of space hero Flash Gordon.
1954 • BW • 30 minutes each episode - 5 Episodes: "Deadline at Noon," "Planet of Death," "The Brain Machine," "The Forbidden Experiment," "The Race Against Time."
$8.95
TV version of the 1935-57 radio show debuted on NBC on September 15, 1959 and was cancelled on January 19, 1960. The Fibber McGee and Molly TV series never caught on, probably because it didn't have Jim Jordan and Marian Jordan, the original stars of the classic 1935-1959 radio show. People remembered the Jordans too well and could not accept other actors in the roles of Fibber and Molly. Starring: Bob Sweeney, Cathy Lewis, Barbara Beaird, Roy Norris Elisabeth Fraser, Harold Peary.
1959 • BW • 30 Minutes
Per Episode - 5 Episodes:"The Trailer," (Pilot Show) "Good
Neighbors," "The Courtship," "The Big Dance," and "The
Shooting Gallery."
Fibber McGee and Molly Radio Shows
$8.95
