New DVD out today: "Suspense: The Lost Episodes" is an anthology series from the early 1950's that starred some legendary stars, including horror maestro Boris Karloff, Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, Rod Steiger, Anne Bancroft, Jack Lemmon, John Forsythe, Hume Cronyn, Peter Lorre, Leslie Nielsen, Eva Gabor, Lloyd Bridges, Jack Palance, Jack Klugman, George Reeves, Lee Marvin, Eva Marie Saint, Jackie Cooper, Stella Adler, Joan Blondell, Cloris Leachman, Brian Keith and many others.
What's so unique about this new set is that it is probably one of Newman's first television appearances (depending on which one he stars in) and that it is a little publicized role (this is the first time I've seen the name of this anthology series in all my research).
Chris Kaltenbach of the Baltimore Sun says: "Some 90 episodes of the series, unseen by the public since their original broadcast, turned up in kinescopes recently, and this collection presents 30 of them, complete with vintage commercials. Though marred by dime-store sets (mostly made of cardboard, they tend to move in ways they shouldn't) and the occasional actor who doesn't realize the camera's on him, this collection is an invaluable relic from television's earliest days, when almost everything about the medium was new and untried."
Fear not dear readers, I'm off to Netflix to figure out which ep belongs to Newman so you don't have to!
Episodes include:
Disc #1: A Night at the Inn (1949), Dead Ernest (1949), Help Wanted (1949), The Comic Strip Murder (1949), Dr. Violet (1949), The Murderer (1949), Black Passage (1949) and The Man in the House (1949).
Disc #2: The Suicide Club (1950), The Parcel (1950), My Old Man’s Badge (1950), Photo Finish (1950), Edge of Panic (1950), The Brush-Off (1950), Dead Fall (1951) and Double Entry (1951).
Disc #3: On a Country Road (1951), Summer Storm (1952), Wisteria Cottage (1951), The Black Panther (1952), Alibi Me (1952), The Debt (1952), The Crooked Frame (1952) and Remember Me? (1952).
Disc #4: Woman in Love (1952), The Invisible Killer (1952), Vacancy for Death (1953), The Kiss-Off (1953), Kiss Me Again Stranger (1953) and The Duel (1953).
What's so unique about this new set is that it is probably one of Newman's first television appearances (depending on which one he stars in) and that it is a little publicized role (this is the first time I've seen the name of this anthology series in all my research).
Chris Kaltenbach of the Baltimore Sun says: "Some 90 episodes of the series, unseen by the public since their original broadcast, turned up in kinescopes recently, and this collection presents 30 of them, complete with vintage commercials. Though marred by dime-store sets (mostly made of cardboard, they tend to move in ways they shouldn't) and the occasional actor who doesn't realize the camera's on him, this collection is an invaluable relic from television's earliest days, when almost everything about the medium was new and untried."
Fear not dear readers, I'm off to Netflix to figure out which ep belongs to Newman so you don't have to!
Episodes include:
Disc #1: A Night at the Inn (1949), Dead Ernest (1949), Help Wanted (1949), The Comic Strip Murder (1949), Dr. Violet (1949), The Murderer (1949), Black Passage (1949) and The Man in the House (1949).
Disc #2: The Suicide Club (1950), The Parcel (1950), My Old Man’s Badge (1950), Photo Finish (1950), Edge of Panic (1950), The Brush-Off (1950), Dead Fall (1951) and Double Entry (1951).
Disc #3: On a Country Road (1951), Summer Storm (1952), Wisteria Cottage (1951), The Black Panther (1952), Alibi Me (1952), The Debt (1952), The Crooked Frame (1952) and Remember Me? (1952).
Disc #4: Woman in Love (1952), The Invisible Killer (1952), Vacancy for Death (1953), The Kiss-Off (1953), Kiss Me Again Stranger (1953) and The Duel (1953).
2007-07-24 19:42:58 GMT
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