Saturday 3 November 2007

Dragnet: Hit and Run

First Five Minutes of the classic TV series. An old woman is hit by a truck. Jack Webb and Ben Alexander as Friday and Smith investigate. Download the complete episode at orbitmedia.eu

Monday 24 September 2007

Tunnel of Fear

First Five Minutes of Four Star Playhouse Teleplay featuring David Niven. Full Screen, Full Length version available for download at http://www.orbitmedia.eu

Monday 3 September 2007

Serie Noire 29: Little Romeo

A case of foreign intrigue as we find Christopher Storm, our hotel owner chasing Little Romeo, a post war dope dealer through the dives and clubs of Vienna, part of the evocative series Foreign Intrigue. --Sent via http://heyspread.com : Upload videos to multiple sites quickly

Sunday 3 June 2007

Charlie Chan at the Opera

This film is considered the best of the Charlie Chan Warner Oland series. Boris Karloff (The Mummy) stars as the menacing Gravelle who has recently escaped from The Rockland State Sanatorium and is acting the part of mephisto in the Opera 'Carnival' he is suspected of killing his wife and her lover, as usual Chan is brought in and has to work with the police and his Number One son (Keye Luke) to solve the case but is Gravelle really the killer or is there something far more sinister going on...

Monday 28 May 2007

First Five Minutes: CHarlie Chan in London

Charlie Chan's character was created by Ohio born Earl Derr Biggers, Warner Oland played the part with aplomb, in this adventure Charlie Chan of the Honolulu police force, crack detective and worldwide celebrity finds himself in England and accepts a case where he has to find a murderer in 65 hours to save an innocent man from the gallows, the action takes place in a wealthy country home where there is more that one dead body, the obligatory assault on Chan himself, misleading clues,and the ever present reminder that time is passing keeps the action flowing, a sound supporting cast including Ray Milland who plays fiance to the sister of the wrongfully imprisoned man make this film a must for those who enjoy a good who-done-it murder mystery. As Chan would say "if you want bird to sing, do not put him in cage". Download the full screen full length movie from http://www.orbitmedia.eu now

Sunday 20 May 2007

First Five Minutes: The Ghost Breakers

First Five minutes of The Ghost Breakers. Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard) inherits her family's ancestral home, located on a small island off Cuba and despite warnings and death threats she decides to take possession of the reputedly haunted castle. Mary is joined by radio broadcaster Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope) who, believing he has killed a mob gunman flees New York with his butler Alex. Once on the island the threesome enter the eerie castle and after viewing the ghost of one of Mary's ancestors and fighting off a menacing zombie the find the key to the castle's treasure but are interrupted by an all-too-human foe. Classic Hope/Goddard comedy and a sequel to the much praised Cat and The Canary. Full Length, Full Screen size version available for download from http://www.orbitmedia.eu

Sunday 13 May 2007

First Five Minutes: Charlie Chaplin Burlesque on Carmen

A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.

Monday 7 May 2007

First Five Minutes: The Cat and the Canary

Hope has one great line after another in this old dark house mystery-comedy. A group of relations are gatherd to hear a will and must stay overnight in the house to see if the inheritor remains sane. The house is set in the swamplands of Louisiana and we are treated to secret panels, an occasional murder, hooded culprits and a great mystery.

Tuesday 1 May 2007

First Five Minutes:On Our Merry Way

James Stewart and Henry Fonda are at the peak of their form as a pair of impovrished swing band musicians who attempt to change their luck by rigging a talent contest. Dorothy Lamour costars as an aspiring actress who dons a Polynesian sarong in a hilarious spoof of exotic Hollywood musicals, Fred MacMurray and William Demerest are travelling con men who fall into the snare of a moniacal ten year old named "sniffles" Dugan. All these comical adventures are woven together by an aspiring reporter (Burgess Meredith) who struggles to write a human interest piece to satisfy the professional ambitions of his young bride (Paulette Goddard).

Sunday 22 April 2007

Laurel and Hardy: Flying Deuces

First Five Minutes of Flying Deuces. Ollie's broken heart land the duo in the Foreign Legion They escape a firing squad and a plane crash before Hardy's reincarnation as a horse. Download the full screen full length version at http://www.orbitmedia.eu

Monday 16 April 2007

Martin and Lewis: At War with the Army

Martin & Lewis's first film together and the one that sealed their success. Hilarious classic comedy.

Sunday 1 April 2007

Laurel and Hardy Laughing 20s

First Five Minutes of Laughing 20s Documentary on Laurel and Hardy by Robert Youngson showing many of their classic shorts. The full screen, full length version is available for download now from http://www.orbitmedia.eu

Sunday 25 March 2007

Little Rascals: Hearts and Thumps

1937 Our Gang/Little Rascals short. The gang promises to keep away from girls on St. Valentine's Day, but Alfalfa can't resist Darla. Download other shorts from http://www.orbitmedia.eu

Sunday 11 March 2007

Burns and Allen Show

First Five Minutes of The classic episode The Wedding with George Burns and Gracie Allen. Download this and other classic TV and Film titles at orbitmedia.eu

Sunday 25 February 2007

Perils of Laurel and Hardy

First five minutes of this feature length documentary includes rare footage of Snub Polard, Charlie Chase and Jean Harlow and of course Stan and Ollie at their best, charting their rise to comic genius.

Sunday 18 February 2007

Three Stooges Extravaganza 2

Vol 2 of our Stooges Extravaganza offers further exploits from the colourful collection of short comic skits and madcap adventures from Uncle Mousie Gurner's colour scrapbook of Stooges memories. Also includes the classic B&W shorts Disorder in The Court (1936) and Brideless Groom (1947).

Saturday 10 February 2007

Three Stooges Extravaganza 1

Five Minutes of Vol 1 of Orbit Media's Stooges Extravaganza offers a colourful collection of short comic skits and madcap adventures from Uncle Mousie Gurner's colour scrapbook of Stooges memories. Also includes the classic B&W short Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947).

Sunday 21 January 2007

Abbot and Costello Live

Rare and exciting appearances of the Abbot and Costello before live television audiences from 1951 to 1954. Abbot and Costello appear with The Invisible Man, Frankenstein and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. See the best ever performance of the duo's classic 'Who's on First' sketch in the full version as well many other classics such as 'A call for Help', 'Double Date' and 'Dining Out'.

Monday 15 January 2007

Road to Bali

First Five Minutes of Road to Bali starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour from Orbitmedia.eu

Road to Bali is the sixth "Road" picture featuring the immortal screen combo of Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and Bing Crosby and the only one in the series made in Technicolor. Hope and Crosby play music hall artists in Australia. After the usual series of hilarious mishaps they find themselves on the run and end up in Port Darwin where they are hired as deep-sea divers searching for treasure. Here they meet the lovely Princess McTavish (Lamour). Hope has an encounter with a sea monster but manages to secure the treasure and all three escape to Bali.


Saturday 6 January 2007

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

The first five minutes of Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon starring Basil Rathbone. A classic movie title from Orbit Media available for download from http://www.orbitmedia.eu