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SPOTLIGHT Pay TV Feature Presentation into with a PG rated notice and a channel ID tag. SPOTLIGHT was a short-lived U.S. Pay TV cable channel which operated from May 1981 until February 1984. It couldn't survive once it's competitors (HBO & Showtime) started acquiring exclusive film licensing contracts. But Spotlight was a neat little underdog channel, which we got free from our cable system because the old turn dial cable boxes let us pick it up on the channel between the first and last #'s on the turn dial converter box, which was supposed to be dead space. Eventually, our cable company (Storer Cable - one of the four main investors in the struggling pay channel) began realizing this glitch and in Fall of 1982 they began requesting that customers bring in their converter boxes to their office and exchange for a brand new new digital one. Of course, the cable company wasn't admitting to the real reason, and just said that it was so that they could offer more channels in the future and there were hints of things to come, like pay per view (which our town didn't even get until the early 90s). The old converter boxes were cool because they would allow you to pick up some of the random satellite feeds to channels that weren't offered by our Cable co, like another pay channel called HTN (Home Theater Network - infamous for not showing anything above a PG rating), and sometimes the HBO West coast Satellite feed would be broadcast in the AM hours. So, I had begged my parents to hold off until the cable office's deadline date because I knew what they were really doing, and we were going to lose Spotlight and the other little surprises. These notices regarding the swap were posted on the bulletin board channel, and there was one announcement later on that was like a threat to customers, saying that time was running out, and if customers didn't turn your box in by such and such date, they would start going around to knock on doors, cutting service, etc. Hmmm.. it sort of reminds me of the tactics that they used with the vaccines ("Our patience is running out"). Ha Ha. The other big change and reason that they wanted people to upgrade was because you could watch the pay TV channels that you didn't subscribe to with scrambled video, but full audio. The new digital converters corrected all of this and would switch to a snowy signal a second or two after switching to the channel. However, I remember my friends and I still had a way around that; you could just keep hitting the converter box's recall button and it would keep switching to the channel. Yeah, it was sad, tedious and desperate, but hey, that's what kids did back in those days with limited options. Note: I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

My family got cable television back towards the end of October 1981, so this material aired about two weeks later. I recall fond memories of life back then, with friends in the neighborhood coming over after school and on the weekends, and family life around the house while promos like this were on in the background as white noise. This was also back during a time when everything centered around fanfare and presentation, and where all television was by appointment only. Unlike today, cable television only had about 35-50 channels. So, most of them would put more effort into grabbing your attention to get you to watch, because it was a big deal when the movies came to pay television (HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, The Movie Channel, HTN and Spotlight), and the only way for most people to see movies back then (if you didn't have cable) was to either go to the movie theater or drive in or see it edited on network tv (ABC, NBC or CBS). Back then, there were no neighborhood video stores, since that phenomenon was just on the horizon a year or two later, and there was no pay per view or HBO or Showtime multi-channel offerings. So, these pay-tv promos were exciting to me as a kid, because it was a gateway or bridge to a whole new world of movies. I just consumed them like a sponge. Unfortunately, these days are long gone, and these channels are now all owned by 3 - 5 soulless corporations. There's little to no fanfare now in the way of promotion or presentation, it's just "here's your movie", and they crank them out like an assembly line, or present them in some way so that you can't really enjoy the experience the same way you could back then. I remember when Showtime used to show their logo several times during whatever movie they were playing (for anti-piracy reasons, I'm sure), but it drove me crazy. Now it's the norm on every channel, and we have to be reminded what we're watching it on what's coming on next. These channels are all just hollow shell of their former selves now. I consider 1981-'85 to be the golden era for pay TV. For example, I believe that this was greatest logo for "The Movie Channel", compared to the ones that were used later on, such as tmc logo, which in my opinion, gutted the whole spirit of the channel entirely throughout the 90's. Now all we have are the memories of simpler time. Note: I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This is a promo for the Richard Pryor Festival that aired throughout June 1983 on the SPOTLIGHT Pay TV Service. Note: I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

Bowery at Midnight is a 1942 American thriller directed by Wallace Fox and starring Bela Lugosi, John Archer and Wanda McKay. Lugosi plays a psychology professor by day who, secretly and under an assumed name, runs a Bowery soup kitchen by night called the Bowery Friendly Mission. Lugosi's character uses his soup kitchen as a means to recruit members of a criminal gang, of which he is also secretly the head. Throughout the film, one of Lugosi's henchmen, a doctor who seems to be an alcoholic drug addict, alludes to having plans for the corpses of henchmen Lugosi has had killed. Then, at the end of the film, these corpses are revealed to have been restored to life by the doctor. Lugosi's character meets his demise when the doctor leads the unwitting Lugosi into a basement room where the reanimated corpses attack him. Towards the end of the film, the male lead, played by John Archer, appears to be killed and mysteriously reanimated, in which state his girlfriend sees him. Then, in the film's final scene, he appears restored to his former health, and not like a zombie at all, and is about to (or already has) marry his girlfriend. Cast: * Bela Lugosi as Professor Brenner, also known as Karl Wagner * John Archer as Richard Dennison * Wanda McKay as Judy Malvern * Tom Neal as Frankie Mills * Vince Barnett as Charley * Anna Hope as Mrs. Brenner * John Berkes as Fingers Dolan * J. Farrell MacDonald as Capt. Mitchell * Dave O'Brien as Peter Crawford * Lucille Vance as Mrs. Malvern * Lew Kelly as Doc Brooks * Wheeler Oakman as Stratton * Ray Miller as Big Man * Bernard Gorcey as the used clothing shop proprietor The film opened on October 1, 1942, and was released by Monogram Pictures. It was later re-released by Astor Pictures in 1949. Fun Facts [From Wikipedia]: * In one scene, with two policemen talking outside a cinema, a movie poster outside the cinema entrance behind them advertises Bela Lugosi in The Corpse Vanishes, another Lugosi horror film also released in 1942. * The very first broadcast of Late Night with David Letterman ended with Steve Fessler, a young comedian and performance artist from Brooklyn, reciting from memory all the dialogue from Bowery at Midnight onstage over the show's closing credits. This film has fallen into the public domain and is being presented in a remastered and restored version for entertainment and historical purposes. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

Bill Harris was a regular face on Showtime, his top ten lists, gossip, interview and run down segments were featured throughout the 80's and 90's in between scheduled programming on the pay tv network. This particular segment was shown on Showtime in early July 1982. Bill gave us the 2nd annual Top 10 Movie List. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This is promo spot was shown on Showtime Pay TV in late June and early July 1982 to promote the network's programming highlights for the month of July. I also included the coming up next bumper at the beginning of the video because it followed the all too familiar satellite dial tone sound that was common on cable stations back in the 80's. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This 30 second TV spot was shown on Showtime Pay TV in August 1981 to promote the 1980 Horror box office hit "Friday the 13th" Starring Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby, Laurie Bartram, Mark Nelson, Jeannine Taylor, Robbi Morgan and Kevin Bacon and was directed by Sean S. Cunningham. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This 60 second promo spot was shown on Showtime Pay TV in late August and early September 1982 to promote the network's programming highlights for the month of September. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This now classic 30 second intro was shown on Showtime Pay TV at the start of their "After Hours" programming features. It was used in the early 80's until the network updated it in 1984 or '85. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This was a featurette which aired in December of 1987 in between programing on HBO. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This is a 30 second promo spot for the 1991 movie Kickboxer 2: The Road Back starring Sasha Mitchell, Peter Boyle and John Diehl which aired on HBO back in May of 1992. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This is a rare HBO Out of Hollywood featurette highlighting Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1987 dystopian action box office hit 'The Running Man". This featurette aired on HBO in December of 1987 in between programming. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This 30 second TV spot was shown on Showtime Pay TV in 1984 promoting their (then) exclusive of the 1983 box office smash "Flashdance". I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This 60 second TV spot was shown on Showtime Pay TV in 1987 promoting their (then) exclusive of the 1986 box office smash "Pretty in Pink" Starring Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, James Spader, Annie Potts, Alexa Kenin and Harry Dean Stanton. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This 30 second TV spot was shown on Showtime Pay TV in 1984 promoting Martha Coolidge's 1983 cult-classic "Valley Girl" Starring Nicholas cage, Deborah Foreman, E.G. Daily, Michael Bowen, Frederick Forrest, Collen Camp, Cameron Dye and Lee Purcell. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This 30 second TV spot was shown on Showtime Pay TV in 1984 promoting the 1983 comedy "Losin' it" Starring Tom Cruise, Jackie Earle Harley, John Stockwell and Shelly Long and was directed by Curtis Hanson. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

This 60 second TV spot was shown on Showtime Pay TV in 1987 promoting the 1986 Ron Howard's comedy hit "Gung Ho" Starring Michael Keaton. I do not own this video. I am posting it for entertainment, nostalgic and historical purposes only. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

Borderline is an American crime film noir directed by William A. Seiter and starring Fred MacMurray and Claire Trevor. It was filmed from late May to early July 1949 at Republic Studios and released by Universal International on March 1, 1950. Two undercover agents infiltrate a drug-smuggling ring in Mexico, but neither is aware of the other's identity. This film has fallen into the public domain and is being presented for entertainment and historical purposes. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

Nightmare Castle (Italian: Amanti d’Oltretomba) (1965) A woman and her lover are tortured and killed by her sadistic husband. The pair return from the grave to seek vengeance. Italian horror film directed by Mario Caiano. Cast: * Barbara Steele – Muriel * Paul Muller – Stephen Arrowsmith * Helga Liné – Solange * Marino Masé – Dr. Derek Joyce * Rik Battaglia * Giuseppe Addobbati Mario Caiano shot the film in Rome and declared it his tribute to the Gothic genre and to actress Barbara Steele. Among reviews of the film, critics and historians note Steele's dual performance. Nightmare Castle was released in Italy on 16 July 1965 where it was distributed by Emmeci. The film was released by Allied Artists Pictures in the United States on 5 July 1966, shortly before the studio's initial demise. This film has fallen into the public domain, and it presented here in it's full uncut version for entertainment and historical purposes. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

CATHY'S CURSE (1977) Rated R A young girl is possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt, who died in a car accident. Soon members of her family begin to mysteriously die off. Cast: * Alan Scarfe as George Gimble * Beverly Murray as Vivian Gimble * Randi Allen as Cathy Gimble * Dorothy Davis as Mary * Mary Morter as Medium * Roy Witham as Paul * Bryce Allen as Amie de Cathy * Sonny Forbes as Inspector O'Reilly * Renée Girard as Mademoiselle Burton * Linda Koot as Laura * Peter MacNeill as Christopher Gimble * Lisa Nickelt as Amie de Cathy * Hubert Noël as The Doctor Directed by Eddy Matalon Cathy's Curse premiered in Montreal on July 29, 1977. It was later given regional releases in Canada, opening in Vancouver, British Columbia on November 11, 1977, and opened in Ottawa, Ontario the following week, November 18, 1977. 21st Century Film Corporation acquired and distributed the film in the United States in 1980. Between Canada and the U.S., the film grossed a total of $1,261,228 before going on to home video where it was a mainstay in many U.S. video store horror section throughout the 80's via Continental Video. Though the film was critically panned upon initial release, with many deriding it as being overly derivative of other films of the period including The Exorcist and Carrie, it has since become a cult classic, some calling the film "so bad it's good". The film was also released in Canada under the alternate title "Cauchemares" Cathy's Curse fell into the public domain and is presented here in it's extended version for entertainment and historical purposes. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) A disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben does his best to control the situation, but when the reanimated bodies surround the house, the other survivors begin to panic. As any semblance of order within the group begins to dissipate, the zombies start to find ways inside - and one by one, the living humans become the prey of the deceased ones. Directed, photographed, and edited by George A. Romero, written by Romero and John Russo, produced by Russell Streiner and Karl HArdman. Cast: * Duane Jones as Ben * Judith O'Dea as Barbra * Karl Hardman as Harry Cooper * Marilyn Eastman as Helen Cooper * Kyra Schon as Karen Cooper * Keith Wayne as Tom * Judith Ridley as Judy * Bill Hinzman as the first ghoul * George Kosana as Sheriff McClelland * Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille as himself Night of the Living Dead premiered in Pittsburgh on October 1, 1968. It grossed $12 million domestically in the U.S. and $18 million internationally, earning more than 250 times its budget and making it one of the most profitable film productions ever made at that time. The film's explicit violence and gore were considered groundbreaking, leading to five official sequels: Dawn of the Dead (1978), Day of the Dead (1985), Land of the Dead (2005), Diary of the Dead (2007) and Survival of the Dead (2010), as well as three remakes. Romero's debut set the template for countless zombie films and TV series that we've enjoyed in the decades since it's original release. Night of the Living Dead was awarded two distinguished honors decades after its debut. The Library of Congress added the film to the National Film Registry in 1999 with other films deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". In 2001, the film was ranked No. 93 by the American Film Institute on their AFI's 100 Years 100 Thrills list. In the United States, Night of the Living Dead immediately fell into the public domain because the original distributor failed to replace the copyright notice when changing the film's name. Image Ten displayed a notice on the title frames of the film beneath the original title, "Night of the Flesh Eaters", but the Walter Reade Organization removed it when changing the title to "Night of the Living Dead". George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead is presented here in it's original full version for entertainment and historical purposes. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

THE GHOUL (1933) is a British horror film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Boris Karloff. The cast also features Harold Huth, Dorothy Hyson, Ernest Thesiger, Cedric Hardwicke, and Ralph Richardson in his first credited film role. Professor Henry Morlant, a great Egyptologist, thinks that the ancient jewel which he calls the "Eternal Light" will give him powers of rejuvenation if it is offered up to the ancient Egyptian god Anubis. But when Morlant dies, his servant Laing steals the jewel. While a gaggle of interlopers, including a disreputable solicitor and a fake parson, descend on the Professor's manor to investigate or steal the jewel for themselves, Morlant returns from the dead ("when the full moon strikes the door of my tomb", he predicted before dying) to kill everyone who has betrayed him. Cast: * Boris Karloff as Professor Henry Morlant, renowned Egyptologist * Cedric Hardwicke as Mr. Broughton, the Professor's solicitor * Ernest Thesiger as Laing, the Professor's clubfooted servant * Dorothy Hyson as Miss Betty Harlon, the Professor's niece and one of his two heirs * Anthony Bushell as Ralph Morlant, the Professor's nephew and one of his two heirs * Kathleen Harrison as Miss Kaney, Miss Betty Harlon's flatmate. * Harold Huth as Sheikh Aga Ben Dragore, who sold the jewel to the Professor * D. A. Clarke-Smith as Mahmoud * Ralph Richardson as Nigel Hartley, false parson * Jack Raine as Davis, Mr. Broughton's chauffeur (uncredited) * George Relph as Doctor (uncredited) The Ghoul opened in the U.S. on November 25, 1933 by the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. This film has fallen into the public domain. It is presented here in it's full-length version for entertainment and historical purposes. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold, unfeeling waitress who might ultimately destroy them both. Of Human Bondage is a 1934 drama directed by John Cromwell and regarded by critics as the film that made Bette Davis a star. Cast: * Leslie Howard as Philip Carey * Bette Davis as Mildred Rogers * Frances Dee as Sally Athelny * Kay Johnson as Norah * Reginald Denny as Harry Griffiths * Alan Hale as Emil Miller * Reginald Sheffield as Cyril Dunsford * Reginald Owen as Thorpe Athelny * Tempe Pigott as Agnes Hollet, Philip's landlady * Desmond Roberts as Dr. Jacobs The film was released in the U.S. on June 28, 1934 by RKO Radio Pictures. In 1962, Of Human Bondage fell into the public domain in the United States because the because the claimants did not renew it's copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.. It is being here presented for entertainment and historical purposes. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is : $JAReagan69

CHARADE (1963) After Regina Lampert (Audrey Hepburn) falls for the dashing Peter Joshua (Cary Grant) on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex (James Coburn), Scobie (George Kennedy) and Gideon (Ned Glass), who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name? Cast: Cary Grant as Brian Cruikshank (alias Peter Joshua, Alexander Dyle and Adam Canfield) Audrey Hepburn as Regina "Reggie" Lampert Walter Matthau as Carson Dyle (alias Hamilton Bartholomew) James Coburn as Tex Panthollow George Kennedy as Herman Scobie Dominique Minot as Sylvie Gaudel Ned Glass as Leopold W. Gideon Jacques Marin as Inspector Edouard Grandpierre Paul Bonifas as Mr. Felix, the stamp dealer Thomas Chelimsky as Jean-Louis Gaudel Produced and directed by Stanley Donen Charade had it's initial debut in the U.S. on September 24, 1963, from Universal Pictures with a nationwide release in December. Because Universal and the filmmakers failed to properly display the copyright notice in the film as prescribed by the U.S. patent office (failed to use the "©" symbol before the date) before it's public release, it immediately entered into the public domain in the United States. However, while the film itself is in the public domain, the original music remains under copyright "if" it's outside of the context of the film. Charade is being presented here for entertainment and historical purposes. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69

HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) Starring Cary Grant, Rosilind Russell and featuring Ralph Bellamy & Gene Lockhart. This screwball comedy film was directed by Howard Hawks. It was released in the U.S. by Columbia Pictures on January 18, 1940. The film centers on a newspaper editor named Walter Burns who is about to lose his ace reporter and ex-wife, Hildy Johnson, newly engaged to another man. Burns suggests they cover one more story together, getting themselves entangled in the case of murderer Earl Williams as Burns desperately tries to win back his wife. Cast: * Cary Grant as Walter Burns * Rosalind Russell as Hildy Johnson * Ralph Bellamy as Bruce Baldwin * Gene Lockhart as Sheriff Hartwell * Porter Hall as Murphy * Ernest Truex as Bensinger * Cliff Edwards as Endicott * Clarence Kolb as the Mayor * Roscoe Karns as McCue * Frank Jenks as Wilson * Regis Toomey as Sanders * Abner Biberman as Louie * Frank Orth as Duffy * John Qualen as Earl Williams * Helen Mack as Mollie Malloy * Alma Kruger as Mrs. Baldwin * Billy Gilbert as Joe Pettibone * Pat West as Warden Cooley * Edwin Maxwell as Dr. Eggelhoffer * Marion Martin as Evangeline (uncredited) The screenplay was adapted from the 1928 play The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. This was the second time the play had been adapted for the screen, the first occasion being the 1931 film which kept the original title The Front Page. The 1988 film "Switching Channels" was loosely based on His Girl Friday, with Burt Reynolds in the Walter Burns role, Kathleen Turner in the Hildy Johnson role, and Christopher Reeve in the role of Bruce. His Girl Friday is in the public domain because the copyright was not renewed; the play it was based on remained under copyright for several decades until it expired in 2024, fully releasing the film from remaining copyright. This film is being presented for entertainment and historical purposes. -------------------------------------------- Hi everyone, if you enjoy my channel & the videos that I upload, please consider making a small donation so that I can devote more time to find, edit and upload quality content to make this channel grow and keep you entertained and informed. Thank you, I really appreciate it! My PayPal: paypal.me/JReagan My Cashapp $cashtag is: $JAReagan69