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- Gunman Bob McAdams arrives in Sunrise, turns in his gun and promises to avoid trouble. He even chooses not to fight a gambler who cheats him. But when robbers shoot his good friend, he straps on his gun again and takes off in pursuit.
- To quote a Marine D.I. in San Diego or John Wayne in several movies, "Listen up, we ain't going to plow this ground twice." In 1947, Hal Roach made a film called "Curley", which was an expanded version of 1930's "Our Gang" short "Teacher's Pet", with Frances Rafferty and Larry Olsen taking the roles played by June Marlowe and Jackie Cooper in the original short. Hal Roach also made a film called "The Fabulous Joe", basically about a drunk, a talking dog, gangsters and Marie Wilson running around in her skivvies. The two films, intended as bottom-half of a double feature, were released about two weeks apart, with "Curley" going out first. "The Fabulous Joe" came about two weeks later. At the same time, the two films were stitched together and offered, with the combined running time of 112 minutes, to exhibitors who didn't play double features. The film listed on this page, "Hal Roach's Comedy Carnival", is the result. "Curley" was an attempt by Hal Roach, who no longer owned the rights to "Our Gang" (aka "The Little Rascals") to create a version of "Our Gang" with a new set of kids, which would be known as "Curley and His Gang", and would be feature-length films in Cinecolor. "Curley" was the first one in the series and was followed in 1948 by "Who Killed "Doc" Robbin" with the same kids from "Curley" playing the same roles. Later, "Curley" and "Who Killed 'Doc' Robbin" were packaged together as "The Adventures of Curley and His Gang" for theatres and later sold to televising, and there are sources who keep adding the adult cast from the "Doc Robbin" film (Don Castle, Virginia Grey, Claire DuBrey, Paul Hurst and others)incorrectly to the cast of "Curley." The fun part of "Hal Roach's Comedy Carnival" is that it is comprised of two films that are about as opposite of each other as films can be. "The Fabulous Joe" is a screwball comedy filled with double entendre dialogue and scenes and as "Adult" as a film of the 40's could be and still get PCA approval. "Curley", as mentioned, is "Our Gang" updated and in color.
- From as far back as the black plague all the way to the latest Ebola scare we are always a step behind when it comes to our battle against pandemics. The common though of "it needs to break out before we come up with our defense" is being debated. Why not preventive? This documentary delves into the dark scenarios in which not only biological threats but also technological ones like computer viruses could spell the end of humanity as we know it.
- Reformed gunman Bob McAdams (Dennis Moore) rides into the hometown of his girlfriend, Milly Carter (Louise Stanley) and hangs up his gunbelt at her request. But later, when the Wells Fargo stagecoach is held up and a good friend of his is killed, he straps on his holster and starts on the trail of the robbers.
- A "Columbia Tour" entry that tours Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay covering the highlights of the Exposition; the display of plants and flowers at the Tower of the Sun; the Court of the Moon, the Evening Star, Phoenix and Pacifica statutes; and other exhibits at the foreign pavilions such as the Arch of Triumph, the Siesta Pools and the Federal Group.
- This documentary reveals the untold human stories of the silenced visionaries of our recent times. Tesla, Diesel, Meyer, Mallove, and Pantone all had one thing in common. They believed in a better future. A world where technology could end our dependence on non-renewable resources that are destroying our planet. Power takes us into this still ongoing struggle between the visionaries and the status quo, the greater good or the bigger profit. Real persons who fought for what they believed in and were discredited, ridiculed, sabotaged, robbed or even worse....