Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes 1989  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes-Part 4
Amityville: The Evil Escapes
Director: Sandor Stern
Cast: Patty Duke, Jane Wyatt, Fredric Lehne, Norman Lloyd, Brandy Gold, Zoe Trilling, Aron Eisenberg, Lou Hancock, Robert Alan Browne, Gloria Cromwell
Yes, the Evil did escape, and, after 300 years, Long Island is demon-free. Unfortunately, Evil ended up in a California mansion where it tries to possess a girl. Will it succeed?
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Boomerang! 1947  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy, Sam Levene, Ed Begley, Taylor Holmes, Robert Keith, Karl Malden, Cara Williams, Philip Coolidge, William Challee, Bert Freed, Lucia Backus Seger, George Petrie
When a New England priest is murdered, John Waldron (Arthur Kennedy) is arrested. He is beaten into confessing that he is the killer and then tried for the crime. Based on the true story of a 1924 murder case that is still unsolved, the film follows State's Attorney Henry Harvey (Dana Andrews) as he works to sort out the facts.
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Buckskin Frontier 1943  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander
Cast: Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Lee J. Cobb, Victor Jory, Lola Lane, Max Baer, George Reeves, Joe Sawyer
As the Western frontier undergoes settlement in the 19th century, the railroad presents problems as well as benefits along the line, and the owner (Lee J. Cobb) of a freight wagon business is particularly affected.
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Gentleman's Agreement 1947 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield, Celeste Holm, Anne Revere, June Havoc, Albert Dekker, Jane Wyatt, Dean Stockwell, Sam Jaffe, Nicholas Joy, Harold Vermilyea
Journalist Phil Green (Gregory Peck) pretends to be Jewish for an article he is writing; in the process he encounters anti-Semitism. This experiment affects his family when his son Tommy (Dean Stockwell) suffers prejudice at school as a direct result of his father's article. The film won the Best Picture Academy Award, Elia Kazan won for Best Director, and Celeste Holm carried away an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Nominations went to Peck, McGuire, and Revere.
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 Great Expectations 1934 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Walker
Cast: Henry Hull, Phillips Holmes, Jane Wyatt, Florence Reed, Alan Hale, Rafaela Ottiano, Jackie Searl, Walter Brennan, Francis L. Sullivan, Harry Cording, George Barraud, Douglas Wood, Forrester Harvey, George P. Breakston, Eily Malyon
This is an early film of Charles Dickens' classic that follows the life of orphan Pip (George P. Breakston as young Pip and Phillips Holmes as older Pip) who is the foster child of blacksmith Joe Gargery (Alan Hale) and his not-so-nice wife, Mrs. Joe (Rafaela Ottiano) who befriends and comes to the aid of escaped convict Magwitch (Henry Hull). Pip falls in love with his childhood friend Estrella (Jane Wyatt) who is being raised by the bitter Mrs. Havisham (Florence Reed) to have higher expectations for her life than those of Pip. Later, Pip gains wealth through the help of a mysterious benefactor who, it turns out, is Magwitch repaying Pip for his friendship, and, by story's end, Pip is doing well in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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House by the River 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman, Dorothy Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Jody Gilbert, Sarah Padden, Peter Brocco, Howland Chamberlain, Margaret Seddon, Kathleen Freeman, Will Wright
After Stephen (Louis Hayward) accidentally murders a maid, his brother, John (Lee Bowman), helps him hide the body. But, when police find the body, John, not Stephen, becomes the prime suspect.
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The Kansan 1943  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Richard Dix, Jane Wyatt, Albert Dekker, Eugene Pallette, Victor Jory, Robert Armstrong, Beryl Wallace, Clem Bevans, Hobart Cavanaugh, Francis McDonald, Willie Best, Douglas Fowley
John Bonniwell (Richard Dix) is appointed marshal by the town's banker, Steve Barat (Albert Dekker), after John foils a robbery by the James gang. But Steve has his sights on controlling the town and sees John as an aide in his quest. Meanwhile, John vies with Steve's brother, Jeff (Victor Jory), for Eleanor's (Jane Wyatt) affection.
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Katherine 1975 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeremy Kagan
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Art Carney, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Jane Wyatt, Joe De Santis, Hector Elias, Jenny Sullivan, Rene Enriquez, Mary Murphy, Jorge Cervera Jr., Barbara Harris
Katherine Alman (Sissy Spacek) rebels against injustices of the American way in the 1960s and early 1970s and opts to change things through political terrorism.
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 Lost Horizon 1937  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Mystery
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, Sam Jaffe, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Margo, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, George Chan, David Torrence, Carl Stockdale, Hugh Buckler, Wyrley Birch, Darby Clark
British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) and his brother George (John Howard) help British citizens–Henry Bernard (Thomas Mitchell), Gloria (Isabel Jewell), and "Lovey" Lovett (Edward Everett Horton)–evacuate from China during a revolution. Their plane crashes in Tibet, and a rescue team, led by Chang (H.B. Warner), leads them to Shangri-La where they discover a tranquility that they have never before experienced. This wonderful city is ruled by an aging 200 year-old High Lama (Sam Jaffe) who is impressed with Robert and wants him to succeed him after his death. Now, Robert is torn between leaving for England or remaining in Shangri-La with his new-found love Sondra (Jane Wyatt). A winner of two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Film Editing), it also received five nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Warner).
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The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Lisa Howard, Harlan Warde, Tito Vuolo, Charles Arnt, Marjorie Bennett, Alan Wells, Mimi Aguglia, Morgan Farley, Bud Wolfe, Howard Negley, William Gould
San Francisco Police Lieutenant Ed Cullen (Lee J. Cobb) is having an affair with married socialite Lois Frazer (Jane Wyatt) who is divorcing her husband Howard (Harlan Warde). When Lois shoots and kills Howard, Ed comes to her aid and helps her get rid of the body. They deposit the body at the airport, but Ed's brother Andy (John Dall), who just happens to be a homicide detective, discovers the cover-up. Ed and Lois flee to the abandoned Fort Point at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. The police track them down and arrest them. Ed's trial begins, and he faces the fact that Lois has captivated her lawyer, and Ed is now out of her life.
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My Blue Heaven 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne, Jane Wyatt, Mitzi Gaynor, Una Merkel, Louise Beavers, Minerva Urecal, Larry Keating, Mae Marsh
Radio stars (Betty Grable and Dan Dailey) try to adopt a child, and they get one–but not in the straightforward manner. The problems that follow are entertaining with music the center of attraction.
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The Navy Comes Through 1942 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Jackie Cooper, Carl Esmond, Max Baer, Desi Arnaz, Ray Collins, Frank Jenks, Frank Fenton, Joey Ray, Marten Lamont
Filmed shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and using newsreel film footage, this World War II story involves the heroics of the crew of an old freighter that blows up U-Boats and shoots down Nazi bombers. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects.
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No Minor Vices 1948 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Dana Andrews, Lilli Palmer, Louis Jourdan, Jane Wyatt, Norman Lloyd, Roy Roberts, Ann Doran, Beau Bridges, Bernard Gorcey
Perry (Dana Andrews) and his wife, Aril (Lilli Palmer), enjoy a blissful marriage–until a Bohemian artist, Octavio Quaglini (Louis Jourdan), enters the picture.
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None But the Lonely Heart 1944 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clifford Odets
Cast: Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, June Duprez, Barry Fitzgerald, Jane Wyatt, Dan Duryea, George Coulouris, Konstantin Shayne, Helen Thimig, Morton Lowry
For this film, Ethel Barrymore won the Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role of the dying mother whose son, Ernie Mott (Cary Grant), strives to help in her hour of need.
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Our Very Own 1950 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Jane Wyatt, Ann Dvorak, Donald Cook, Natalie Wood, Phyllis Kirk, Martin Milner, Gus Schilling
As a young adult Gail discovers that she was adopted and must deal with her feelings toward her birth mother as well as her adoptive parents.
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See How They Run 1964 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: John Forsythe, Senta Berger, Jane Wyatt, Franchot Tone, Leslie Nielsen, Pamela Franklin, George Kennedy, John Van Dreelen, Harlan Warde, Robert Carricart
Based on Michael Blankfort's novel "The Widow Makers," this is the first movie made for TV. The plot involves the journey to America of three orphans who are not aware that their father's murderers are pursuing them.
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986  PG, 119 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Cast: Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett, Jane Wyatt, Catherine Hicks, Brock Peters, Jane Wiedlin, Mark Lenard, Robin Curtis, Robert Ellenstein
Time travel is the theme for this movie where Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) must lead the crew of the Enterprise–Capt. Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Scotty (James Doohan), Sulu (George Takei), Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), and Chekov (Walter Koenig)–back into the 20th century. The reason for their journey to 1986 San Francisco is that humpback whales are now extinct, and they are needed to translate messages from an unidentified probe. If successful, they will transfer a humpback whale to the 23rd century.
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Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 22 (Episodes 43&44) 1967 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ralph Senensky, Joseph Pevney
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Majel Barrett, Mark Lenard, Jane Wyatt, William Smithers
Two episodes of the popular series are presented in this DVD. "Bread and Circuses" (aired 3/15/1968, stardate 4040.7)-After finding the wreckage of a starship near Planet 892-IV, a landing party (Kirk, Spock, and McCoy) is beamed to the planet to investigate. They find a civilization similar to the Roman Empire and are added to the list of people destined to fight in gladiator games! Not liking this sort of game, they must act–NOW! "Journey to Babel" (aired 11/17/1967, stardate 3842.3)-The Enterprise is given the task of transporting ambassadors to Babel for an important conference. All sorts of problems arise, including attack by a mysterious ship, arguments between ambassadors, murder, Kirk getting wounded, and Spock's father (an ambassador) needing a a blood transfusion from his estranged son. It wears one out, doesn't it?
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Task Force 1949 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jane Wyatt, Wayne Morris, Walter Brennan, Julie London, Jack Holt, Bruce Bennett, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely, Richard Rober
This is the story of a retired naval officer Jonathan L. Sullivan's (Gary Cooper) argument for a carrier task force. Although today's Navy depends on carriers, in the 1930s few heeded Sullivan's advice.
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Tom Sawyer 1973 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
aka: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Director: James Neilson
Cast: Josh Albee, Jeff Tyler, Jane Wyatt, Buddy Ebsen, Vic Morrow, John McGiver, Scott Fisher, Sue Petrie, Karen Pearson, Colin Fox
This retelling of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer (Josh Albee) and Huckleberry Finn (Jeff Tyler) adventures includes attendance at their own funerals and witnessing a murder.
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Treasure of Matecumbe 1976 G, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow, Johnny Doran, Billy "Pop" Atmore, Jane Wyatt, Virginia Vincent, Dub Taylor, Dick Van Patten, Robert DoQui, Don Knight, Mills Watson, Valentin de Vargas, George Lindsey
With map in hand, Davie (Johnny Doran) and Thad (Billy Attmore) set out in search of a buried treasure and run into some unsavory characters–Lauriette Paxton (Joan Hackett), Dr. Ewing T. Snodgrass (Peter Ustinov), and Jim (Robert Foxworth)–along the way. Meanwhile, the dastardly Spangler (Vic Morrow) is in hot pursuit. Good Disney fare.
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| 1. Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes (1989)
aka: The Amityville Horror: The Evil Escapes-Part 4
aka: Amityville: The Evil Escapes
2. Boomerang! (1947)
3. Buckskin Frontier (1943)
4. Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
5. Great Expectations (1934)
6. House by the River (1950)
7. The Kansan (1943)
8. Katherine (1975)
9. Lost Horizon (1937)
10. The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
11. My Blue Heaven (1950)
12. The Navy Comes Through (1942)
13. No Minor Vices (1948)
14. None But the Lonely Heart (1944)
15. Our Very Own (1950)
16. See How They Run (1964)
17. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
18. Star Trek Original Series, Vol. 22 (Episodes 43&44) (1967)
19. Task Force (1949)
20. Tom Sawyer (1973)
aka: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
21. Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
22. The Two Little Bears (1961)
23. Weekend for Three (1941)
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