Gone Are the Days 1963  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Purlie Victorious
The Man from C.O.T.T.O.N.
Director: Nicholas Webster
Cast: Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Sorrell Booke, Godfrey Cambridge, Hilda Haynes, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, Charles Welch, Ralph Roberts
A self-ordained minister, the Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson (Ossie Davis), returns home to rural Georgia with his wife, Lutiebelle (Ruby Dee). The Reverend wants to purchase an old barn and turn it into a church. With help from the liberal son, Charlie (Alan Alda), of the racially intolerant plantation owner, Ol'Cap' Stonewall Jackson Cotchipee (Sorrell Booke), the barn is purchased and turned into a church. This film captures the theme of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
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 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians 1964  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Family / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Director: Nicholas Webster
Cast: John Call, Leonard Hicks, Vincent Beck, Bill McCutcheon, Victor Stiles, Donna Conforti, Chris Month, Pia Zadora, Leila Martin, Charles Renn, James Cahill, Ned Wertimer, Ivor Bodin, Doris Rich, Carl Don
Martians–in need of a Santa Claus of their own–head to Earth to kidnap ours. The deed is done, and they head back with Santa Claus (John Call) and Earth children Billy and Betty (Victor Stiles and Donna Conforti). Can Santa save the Martians from themselves? Boy, those Martians are really bright green!
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| 1. Gone Are the Days (1963)
aka: Purlie Victorious
aka: The Man from C.O.T.T.O.N.
2. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
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