Learn more about CCRLS
Reading recommendations from Novelist
Cover image for Prime time TV from the early days. One step beyond
Format:
Video disc
Title:
Prime time TV from the early days. One step beyond
Other title(s):
One step beyond
ISBN:
9780971526969
Publication Information:
Encinitas, Calif. : Nostalgia Ventures, ©2003.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Six episodes of the program originally broadcast on television from 1959-1961.
Contents:
Disc 1. The riddle -- The lovers -- Anniversary of a murder -- Disc 2. Goodbye Grandpa -- The sorcerer -- The dark room.
Summary:
A collection of 6 episodes of the 1950's television program that explored true cases of the strange and supernatural. "The riddle (1959) An American couple aboard a train in India encounter a local villager. Suddenly the husband becomes obsessed with him, chasing him off the train and through the streets in a strange little town. The lovers (1960) Otto, a retired postman in Vienna, writes love letters to a waitress, Elsa, but her Aunt and Uncle are skeptical of the relationship due to the difference in ages. Anniversary of a murder (1960) Time is about to stop for Herry Sims as he penetrates the psychic barrier. Jerry cheated on his wife, but hadn't seen his lover for a year to the day. The voice of doom is heard only by the guilty. Goodbye Grandpa (1960) A dirt-poor family living by an abandoned railroad spur puts up with Granpa's stories of past railroad days, when he claims to have been an engineer on the Silver Streak. Don't miss a moment of it, the ending will give you the chills. The sorcerer (1961) An officer in the German Army in 1915 is responsible for stringing telephone wires and must get local farmers permission. The dark room (1959) A female photographer rents a house in France for a photo shoot and becomes afflicted with terrible headaches while in the home. A mysterious model shows up and attempts to murder her."--Container
Added Corporate Author:
Holds: