The Doomsday Machine 1972  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Drama
aka: Escape from Planet Earth
Director: Harry Hope, Lee Sholem
Cast: Grant Williams, Henry Wilcoxon, Ruta Lee, Mala Powers, Bobby Van, Denny Miller, Casey Kasem, Mike Farrell, James Craig, Essie Lin Chia, Lori Scott, Raymond Mayo, Ted Markland
The crew of a U.S. spaceship headed for Venus watches as Earth is destroyed by a doomsday machine developed by the Chinese. The rest of the film is devoted to squabbles and debates between crew members as to whether or not to start the human race again. This low budget film uses much stock footage.
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki 1955  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson, Byron Palmer, Loring Smith, Lowell Gilmore, Mabel Albertson, Esther Dale, Ida Moore, Fay Roope
Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) come to Hawaii to help out with problems at the family's pineapple cannery. Once there, Pa makes matters even worse in this offbeat comedy. Kilbride's last film as "Pa."
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The Redhead from Wyoming 1953  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Alex Nicol, William Bishop, Robert Strauss, Alexander Scourby, Jeanne Cooper, Jack Kelly, Gregg Palmer, Dennis Weaver, Stacy Harris, Edmund Cobb, Claudette Thornton
Local gambler Jim (William Bishop) is also a cattle rustler who goads the ranchers and settlers into starting a range war. Dance hall queen Kate (Maureen O'Hara), who works for Jim, decides it's time to bring him to justice, especially since she has fallen for mild-mannered sheriff Stan (Alex Nicol). But that may not be easy.
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Tarzan and the Slave Girl 1950 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Tarzan and the Jungle Queen
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Robert Alda, Denise Darcel, Hurd Hatfield, Arthur Shields, Anthony Caruso, Robert Warwick, Paul E. Burns, Mary Ellen Kay
Tarzan (Lex Barker) searches for a tribe of iron worshippers who are holding a group of native women–and Jane–captive.
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Tarzan's Magic Fountain 1949  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Lex Barker, Evelyn Ankers, Brenda Joyce, Albert Dekker, Charles Drake, Alan Napier, Henry Kulky, Henry Brandon, Ted Hecht, Elmo Lincoln
This is Lex Barker's first portrayal of Tarzan. The plot involves a hidden valley of youth where people do not age–until they leave. Watch for the original Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln) in a bit part.
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| 1. The Doomsday Machine (1972)
aka: Escape from Planet Earth
2. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
3. The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
4. Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
aka: Tarzan and the Jungle Queen
5. Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
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