
Larry D. Mann
1922 - 2014Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Larry Roemer
Burl Ives, Billie Mae Richards
Sam the snowman tells us the story of a young red-nosed reindeer who, after being ousted from the reindeer games because of his glowing nose, teams up with Hermey, an elf who wants to be a dentist, and Yukon Cornelius, the prospector. They run into the Abominable Snowman and find a whole island of misfit toys. Rudoph vows to see if he can get Santa to help the toys, and he goes back to the North Pole on Christmas Eve. But Santa's sleigh is fogged in. But when Santa looks over Rudolph, he gets a very bright idea...
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
In the Heat of the Night
Norman Jewison
Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
In the Heat of the Night
Blue Racer Blues
Arthur Davis
Larry D. Mann, Tom Holland
Japanese Beetle helps the lonely Blue Racer make friends with humans. Beetle tries everything from making him a pet who can sing and do tricks, disguising him as a dog, and joining a hippie parade. However, all plans fail.
Blue Racer Blues
The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane
Vic Atkinson
Kreskin, Pat Buttram
Sleepy Hollow, a town plagued by the Headless Horseman, hires the most educated person they can find to fight him - Ichabod Crane. He, talking horse and dog, and Rip van Winkle go on the quest. But the Horseman has a secret.
The New Misadventures of Ichabod Crane
Spencer's Mountain
Delmer Daves
Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara
Clay Spencer is a hard-working man who loves his wife and large family. He is respected by his neighbors and always ready to give them a helping hand. Although not a churchgoer, he even helps a newly arrived local minister regain his flock after he and Clay get into a bit of trouble. If he has one dream in life it's to build his wife Olivia a beautiful house on a piece of land he inherited on Spender's mountain. When his eldest son, Clayboy, graduates at the top of his high school class and has the opportunity to go to college, Clay has only one option left to him.
Spencer's Mountain
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Norman Jewison
Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
William Wyler
Lee J. Cobb, Anthony Zerbe
Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand against racism, he is greeted with a hostile bunch of Southern bigots and other various stereotypes.
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
There Was a Crooked Man...
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda
Arizona Territorial Prison inmate Paris Pitman, Jr. is a schemer, a charmer, and quite popular among his fellow convicts — especially with $500,000 in stolen loot hidden away and a plan to escape and recover it. New warden Woodward Lopeman has other ideas about Pitman. Each man will have the tables turned on him.
There Was a Crooked Man...
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
Ted Post
Helen Hayes, Vince Edwards
Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the "girl" attracts a psychopath.
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate