Leo G. Carroll
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The life of celebrated American writer Harry Street flashes back before his eyes as he lies dying from a wound suffered at the foot of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro. As he is tended to by his traveling companion, Helen, he recalls many things: his first wife and Paris literary inspiration, Cynthia Green; his second wife, Countess Liz; and his formative years with Uncle Bill. Ernest Hemingway's classic tale was listed as one of the top ten films of...
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Two high living young people (Marion and George) are killed by an avalanche while skiing. Their house is purchased by a conservative, non-assertive middle-aged man (Topper) and his forceful wife. The young couple returns to their home to live as ghosts and only the man of the house can see and talk with them, causing misunderstandings and comedic situations.
In "The proposal," Marion realizes she and George are technically no longer married forcing...
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On a skiing vacation in Europe, Gerge and Marion Kerby were tapped in an avalanche along with their would-be rescuer, a St. Bernard named Neil. All three died, only to return to the United States to haunt their former home, now occupied by a grumpy and uptight banker named Cosmo Topper. Only Topper could hear and see the friendly ghosts who would try to help him loosen up and enjoy life, but more often all they did was complicate it!
In "Second Honeymoon,"...
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Harry Street, a frustrated author/big game hunter lies dying in the shadow of Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro, reliving his life, adventures, ambitions, frustrations ... and many loves. Wounded both in his leg and in his spirit, Street lapses in and out of consciousness while memories of his love life pass before his eyes: from the spoiled countess who sought to possess him to the one who loved but left him, taking his spark of life with her long before...
12) Spellbound
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Dr. Constance Peterson is a dedicated psychiatrist who puts all her passion into her work--until she falls in love with Dr. Edwardes. Unfortunately, it soon becomes clear that Edwardes is an impostor--an amnesiac--who may or may not be a cold-blooded murderer. Pursued by the police, Constance must decide whether to turn in her mysterious lover...or risk her life by trying to unlock the dark secrets in his mind.
13) Tarantula!
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When biochemist Leo Carroll decides to feed the world by using a special growth formula on plants and animals, he instead creates a spider of mammoth proportions with an appetite to match. Escaping from the laboratory and feeding off cattle and humans, this towering animal has the people of Desert Rock, Arizona, running for their lives. Can this horrible creature be stopped or will the world succumb to this oversized arachnid?
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Tarantula: an experiment to create a growth formula that could end starvation. Mole people: three scientists stumble upon a tyrannical tribe of albinos who have enslaved a mutant race of mole people. Incredible shrinking man: an ordinary business man is exposed to a radioactive mist and finds his size diminishing. Monolith Monsters: a geologist and a scientist must find a way to stop the effects of killer-outer space rocks that turn people into stone....
16) Topper
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When the ghosts of George and Marion Kirby return to their home after dying in a skiing accident, they discover the house is now occupied by uptight banker Cosmo Topper and his wife. Visible only to Cosmo, the Kirbys cause cause unending trouble in their attempts to teach him to enjoy life.
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Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In volume 1
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The 60's gave us "in crowds," "be-ins" and "love-in," and starting in 1968, the happening place for free-form comedy was Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, broadcast from beautiful downtown Burbank. Straight man Dan Rowan and wisecracking co-host Dick Martin led a gaggle of goofballs through a rapid-fire assault of one-liners, skits, bits and non sequiturs that left viewers in hysterics and disbelief. Anything and anyone in the public eye was a target....
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This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England, Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Ever the victor on the battlefield, Devereux returns to London after defeating Spanish forces at Cadiz. Middle-aged Elizabeth, so attracted to the younger Devereux but fearful of his influence and popularity, sends him on a new mission: a doomed campaign to Ireland. When he and his troops return in...
20) So evil my love
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An innocent woman falls under a villain's spell, a captivating thriller of obsession and deceit. English widow Olivia Harwood meets Mark Bellis, a charming but dangerous criminal, and lets him board in her home. Olivia soon descends into a life of crime.