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Hal Erickson
Guest
By the end of 1957, Screen Gems had four packages of Columbia feature films on the TV-syndication market.
I've already listed the 104 titles in "Hollywood Movie Parade" and the 39 in "Hollywood Premiere Parade" in earlier posts,
and have also discussed the "Hollywood Mystery Parade" and "Shock Theater."
Another early package, proudly advertised as the least expensive and most accessible to smaller markets, was Screen Gems' 52-title HOLLYWOOD VALUE PARADE. This one was made available around the same time as "Premiere Parade", so many stations picked up both in order to have a 91-film manifest. Other stations purchased ALL the available Screen Gems packages, as well as the 22-title "Hygo" package (consisting largely of scattered Columbia, Universal and British titles) which SG had absorbed, resulting in a manifest of 272 pre-1948 films--not quite as many as the massive 700-plus RKO/C&C and MGM packages, but still not bad.
I'm still trying to figure out the 112 titles (combining Columbia, Universal and 8 filmed PLAYHOUSE 90 dramas) which would comprised SG's "Triple Crown" package of 1958. I've tracked down many of the films, but it's confusing when a local station would combined Triple Crown with the two other post-1958 TV packages marketed by SG during this period.
Here's the "Value Package", consisting of a few "A"s but mostly made up of "B"s from the Columbia Vaults, first made available in April of 1957:
A MAN’S WORLD
ADVENTURE IN SAHARA
ALIBI FOR MURDER
BABIES FOR SALE
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN
BLONDE FROM BROOKLYN
BLONDE FROM SINGAPORE
CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA
CARNIVAL (1935)
CONVICTED WOMAN
CRIME OF HELEN STANLEY
DEVIL IS DRIVING (1937)
DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND
GAY SENORITA
HER FIRST BEAU
IT’S GREAT TO BE YOUNG
JUNIOR ARMY
JUVENILE COURT
KLONDIKE KATE
KONGA THE WILD STALLION
MILLIE’S DAUGHTER
MINE WITH THE IRON DOOR
MY SON IS GUILTY
NIGHT EDITOR
NORTH OF SHANGHAI
OUTSIDE THE 3-MILE LIMIT
PARTY WIRE
PERSONALITY KID
POWER OF THE PRESS
PRIDE OF THE MARINES (1936)
PRISON SHIP
RICHEST MAN IN TOWN
ROARING TIMBER
SCANDAL SHEET (1939)
SERGEANT MIKE
SHAKEDOWN (1936)
SHE COULDN’T TAKE IT
SHE’S A SOLDIER TOO
SHOPWORN
STAND BY ALL NETWORKS
SUBMARINE RAIDER
TEN CENTS A DANCE (1945)
TOO TOUGH TO KILL
TWO-MAN SUBMARINE
UNWELCOME STRANGER
UNWRITTEN CODE
WHEN G MEN STEP IN
WHO KILLED GAIL PRESTON?
WHOM THE GODS DESTROY
WOMEN OF GLAMOUR
YOU MAY BE NEXT
I've already listed the 104 titles in "Hollywood Movie Parade" and the 39 in "Hollywood Premiere Parade" in earlier posts,
and have also discussed the "Hollywood Mystery Parade" and "Shock Theater."
Another early package, proudly advertised as the least expensive and most accessible to smaller markets, was Screen Gems' 52-title HOLLYWOOD VALUE PARADE. This one was made available around the same time as "Premiere Parade", so many stations picked up both in order to have a 91-film manifest. Other stations purchased ALL the available Screen Gems packages, as well as the 22-title "Hygo" package (consisting largely of scattered Columbia, Universal and British titles) which SG had absorbed, resulting in a manifest of 272 pre-1948 films--not quite as many as the massive 700-plus RKO/C&C and MGM packages, but still not bad.
I'm still trying to figure out the 112 titles (combining Columbia, Universal and 8 filmed PLAYHOUSE 90 dramas) which would comprised SG's "Triple Crown" package of 1958. I've tracked down many of the films, but it's confusing when a local station would combined Triple Crown with the two other post-1958 TV packages marketed by SG during this period.
Here's the "Value Package", consisting of a few "A"s but mostly made up of "B"s from the Columbia Vaults, first made available in April of 1957:
A MAN’S WORLD
ADVENTURE IN SAHARA
ALIBI FOR MURDER
BABIES FOR SALE
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN
BLONDE FROM BROOKLYN
BLONDE FROM SINGAPORE
CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA
CARNIVAL (1935)
CONVICTED WOMAN
CRIME OF HELEN STANLEY
DEVIL IS DRIVING (1937)
DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND
GAY SENORITA
HER FIRST BEAU
IT’S GREAT TO BE YOUNG
JUNIOR ARMY
JUVENILE COURT
KLONDIKE KATE
KONGA THE WILD STALLION
MILLIE’S DAUGHTER
MINE WITH THE IRON DOOR
MY SON IS GUILTY
NIGHT EDITOR
NORTH OF SHANGHAI
OUTSIDE THE 3-MILE LIMIT
PARTY WIRE
PERSONALITY KID
POWER OF THE PRESS
PRIDE OF THE MARINES (1936)
PRISON SHIP
RICHEST MAN IN TOWN
ROARING TIMBER
SCANDAL SHEET (1939)
SERGEANT MIKE
SHAKEDOWN (1936)
SHE COULDN’T TAKE IT
SHE’S A SOLDIER TOO
SHOPWORN
STAND BY ALL NETWORKS
SUBMARINE RAIDER
TEN CENTS A DANCE (1945)
TOO TOUGH TO KILL
TWO-MAN SUBMARINE
UNWELCOME STRANGER
UNWRITTEN CODE
WHEN G MEN STEP IN
WHO KILLED GAIL PRESTON?
WHOM THE GODS DESTROY
WOMEN OF GLAMOUR
YOU MAY BE NEXT