Crime of Passion 1957  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey, Royal Dano, Robert Quarry, Stuart Whitman, Geraldine Wall, Malcolm Atterbury, Robert Griffin, Dennis Cross, Jay Adler
L.A. police detective Lt. Bill Doyle (Sterling Hayden) and San Francisco columnist Kathy (Barbara Stanwyck) meet, fall in love, and marry. Now, Kathy quits her job and moves to Los Angeles to be a homemaker. She develops a fixation on Bill's career and will stop at nothing to assure his professional success. When problems develop with Bill's boss Inspector Pope (Raymond Burr), Kathy gets a gun and kills Pope. Will Bill be the one who puts the clues together and solves the murder?
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A Kiss Before Dying 1956  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward, Mary Astor, George Macready, Robert Quarry, Howard Petrie, Bill Walker, Molly McCart, Marlene Felton, Robert Ivers
Bud Corliss (Robert Wagner) is a college student who needs money and finds added stress when his girlfriend from a wealthy family, Dorothy (Joanne Woodward), tells him that she is pregnant. Bud's solution: kill Dorothy and make it look like a suicide. He accomplishes the murder and then meets Dorothy's sister Ellen (Virginia Leith) who is suspicious of her sister's death but doesn't know about her relationship with Bud. Ellen and Bud begin a romantic relationship, but when Ellen investigates circumstances behind Dorothy's death, Bud zeroes in on Ellen as his next victim. This film was remade in 1991.
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Paris Holiday 1958  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg, Martha Hyer, Preston Sturges, Andre Morell, Maurice Teynac, Alan Gifford, Yves Brainville, Jean Murat, Irene Tunc, Marcel Peres, Hans Verner, Paul Violette, Roger Treville
Robert Hunter (Bob Hope) travels by luxury liner to France with Fernnydel (Fernandel) hoping to purchase the script for a new French play. What he doesn't know is that the script contains details about a counterfeiting ring. A member of the ring, Zara (Anita Ekberg), is aboard the ship and mistakenly believes that Robert has the script. Diplomat Ann McCall (Martha Hyer) is also on board and strikes up a friendship with Fernydel. When the counterfeiters close in, Ann arranges for Robert to be sent to an insane asylum to provide safety from them, and, later, Fernydel works to have him released. Funny chases take place–including the one when Robert is rescued from the asylum by a helicopter–in this combination of a French and American comedy.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 10 (Episodes 19&20) 1967 TV, 101 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Joseph Pevney, Gerd Oswald
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Christian Patrick, Robert Brown, Richard Derr, Carole Shelyne
This DVD offers two more episodes from the original Star Trek series. "Arena" (aired 1/19/1967, stardate 3045.6)–Alien creatures have destroyed an Enterprise base, and are now after the Enterprise, until both ships are captured by a superhuman race. The two captains must fight it out to see which ship is to be released. "The Alternative Factor" (aired 3/30/1967, stardate 3087.6)–On a barren planet, Kirk and his crew find a man, Lazarus, who is pursuing an enemy who has destroyed his people. But, Lazarus turns out to be two people, only one of which can appear at a time. The "bad" Lazarus must be dealt with or extremely bad things will happen.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 6 (Episodes 12&13) 1966 TV, 120 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Vincent McEveety, Gerd Oswald
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Grace Lee Whitney, Nichelle Nichols, Kim Darby, Michael J. Pollard, Karl Black, Marc Adams, Arnold Moss
Two episodes of the original Star Trek series are presented in this DVD offering. Trailers from these episodes are also included. "Miri" (aired 10/27/1966, stardate 2713.5)–Children are the only ones left on a planet visited by the Enterprise. The plague that killed all the adults now infests the crewmembers. "The Conscience of the King" (aired 12/8/1966, stardate 2817.6)–Kirk investigates an actor, who may be the person responsible for a massacre on the planet Tarsus IV. Is he jeopardizing the Enterprise in his quest?
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| 1. Bunny O'Hare (1971)
2. Crime of Passion (1957)
3. A Kiss Before Dying (1956)
4. Paris Holiday (1958)
5. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 10 (Episodes 19&20) (1967)
6. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 6 (Episodes 12&13) (1966)
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