Classic Adventurers - 26 TV Episodes
by Sam Newfield
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Actor: Buddy Ebsen, DeForest Kelley, Jon Hall, Keith Larsen, Lee Van CleefDirector: Sam Newfield
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Color, Full Screen, Mono, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 448 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: St Clair Vision
Movie Reviews of Classic Adventurers - 26 TV Episodes
Movie Review: Family-geared 50's TV shows
Summary: 4 Stars
ST. CLAIR DVD multi-packs are reasonably priced, and offer fine quality video/audio transfers of unrestored public domain material. Discs are single-side recorded, plastic storage cases fairly sturdy, liner notes appear on box's back cover.
CLASSIC ADVENTURERS consists of 26 TV show episodes from the 1950s.
CONTENTS:
THE ADVENTURES OF LANCELOT was produced in Britain for export to America. Despite Oxford research, actual 14th Century settings were used as backdrop, even though Sir Lancelot du Lac lived 800 years earlier. Sets from THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD were reused here. Scriptwriters included McCarthy blacklisted American expatriates.
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD, the aforementioned British show, was geared to children. It was broadcast Mondays at 7:30 pm, on the CBS network for four seasons. Robin of Locksley and his Merry Men are charged by King Richard with protecting England while HRM is off fighting the Crusades.
NORTHWEST PASSAGE was a mythical sealane allowing boats to cross North America east to west. This program chronicles the search for this Arctic passage in the 1750s. Complicating matters was a little skirmish now known as the French and Indian War. Twenty-six episodes of this program aired Sunday nights on NBC from 9/14/58 to 3/13/59.
RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE was a syndicated half-hour series that ran from October 1952 to New Year's Day of 1954. The show chronicled the adventures of Dr. Tom Reynolds, a research scientist and physician known by the natives as "Ramar" (translation: white medicine man). Episodes were overseen by veteran director Sam Newfield.
CLASSIC TV COMEDY is another St Clair box set. This one has 25 vintage shows from Milton Berle, Burns & Allen, Red Skelton and the Beverly Hillbillies.
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The following program list includes episode numbers, titles, original airdates and guest stars.
DISC ONE--
THE ADVENTURES OF LANCELOT
(William Russell: Sir Lancelot, Jane Hylton: Queen Guinevere, Cyril Smith: Merlin)
(#_2) Ferocious Fathers (9/22/56) - Bruce Seton/Ballard Berkely/Norah Gorsen
(#_1) The Knight With the Red Plume (9/15/56) - Bruce Seton/Brian Worth
(#23) The Lady Lilith (3/2/57) - Shirley Cooklin/Richard Leech
(#17) The Lesser Breed (1/19/57) - Ann Stephens/Gerald Heinz/Wilfrid Brambell
(#28) The Mortaise Fair (4/6/57) - William Franklyn/Richard Hearne/Martin Benson
(#30) The Prince of Limerick (series finale) (4/20/57) - Jerome Willis/Lynne Furlong
(#16) The Ruby of Radnor (1/12/57) - Colin Tapley/Eric Corrie
(#12) Theft of Excalibur (12/1/56) - Alfie Bass/David Brough
(#25) The Ugly Duckling (3/16/57) - CarolMarsh/Ian Whittaker/Jeanette Hutchinson
(#18) Witches Brew' (1/26/57) - Leonard Sachs/Maxine Audley/Richard Hearne
BONUS: Legend of Lancelot
DISC TWO--
THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD
(John Arnett: Robin, Ian Hunter: Sir Richard, Alexander Gauge: Friar Tuck)
(#1) The Coming of Robin Hood (S.1, 9/26/55) - Susan Richards/Norman Macowan
(#2) The Moneylender (S.1, 10/3/55) - Bruce Seton/Leo McKern/Kenneth Edwards
(#3) Dead or Alive (S.1, 10/10/55) - John Rutland/Agnes Bernelle
(#4) Friar Tuck (S.1, 10/17/55) - Willoughby Gray/Leslie Phillips/Faith Bailey
(#5) Maid Marian (S.1, 10/24/55) - Marie Burke/Shaun Noble/Dave Edwards
(#6) A Guest For the Gallows (S.1, 10/31/55) - Denis Shaw/Robert Desmond/Jan Miller
BONUS: "Family Radio Theater": An Adventure With Robin Hood
DISC THREE--
RAMAR OF THE JUNGLE
(Jon Hall: Dr. Tom "Ramar" Reynolds, Ray Montgomery: Prof. Howard Ogden)
(#35) Dark Venture (S.2, 12/12/53) - Veronica Pataky/Carleton Young/Enmmett Smith
(#15) Curse of the Devil Doll (S.1, 7/25/53) - Archie Savage/Chick Chandler
(#33) Idol Voodoo (S.2, 11/28/53) - Paul Thompson/Felix Nelson/Tom Dillon
(#17) Lady of the Leopards (S.1, 8/8/53) - Suzanne Dalbert/Jay Brooks/Norman duPont
(#23) Savage Challenge (S.1, 9/19/53) - Juanita Moore/Rex Ingram/James Edwards
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
(Keith Larsen: Maj. Robert Rogers, Buddy Ebsen: Sgt. Hunk Marriner, Don Burnette: Ens. Langdon Towne)
(#19) Death Rides the Wind (1/23/59) - DeForest Kelley/Yvette Vickers/Murvyn Vye
(#17) The Secret of the Cliff (1/9/59) - Taina Elg/Maurice Marsac/Albert Carrier
(#20) The Fourth Brother (1/30/59) - Lee Van Cleef/Gene Nelson/Grant Withers
(#_4) Surprise Attack (10/5/58) - Madge Meridith/Larry Chance/Lisa Gaye
(#14) Vengeance Trail (12/21/58) - Paul Fix/Rod Dana/Joseph Vitale
BONUS: Classic Adventure Poster Gallery