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Once upon a Coffeehouse released as Hootenanny A-Go-Go on DVD is about a wealthy conservative playboy from New York who buys a rundown Miami Coffee seeking the affections of a singer there and trying to fit in with her beatnik friends along with their passion for bongos,tight clothes and of course caffeine.The original intention of the movie was to showcase the uninterrupted mostly folksinging which was probably at it's peak in the early to mid 60's featuring a very young Joan Rivers who was part of the Greenwich Village folksinging comedy trio of Jim,Jake and Joan,this was her first movie appearance which shortly afterward she went solo and of course became very famous.Also there were superb performances by the late Curt Boettcher and the Goldebriars ,The Free Wheelers and Oscar Brand.This movie is a must see with a very 60's nostalgic look.

This is a sexy sensuous cute Western about five women convicts trying to deliver arms to 1840 Mexican Held Texas.Made back in 1970,it's comparable to the other great westerns of that era that's highly commendable and recommended.It's a fun must see movie that's very well worth watching!!!

This is a great nicely done independent film about a man and woman who had a romantic encounter five years in the past and meeting together again with flashbacks of their past romance and then deciding whether to start that romance again.Hopefully someday,it should be released on video like so many other great independent films that never get recognized instead they are bypassed by the high budget Hollywood productions with their extremely overpaid actors/actresses while the others get starvation wages!!

Soupy Sales Rules in a starring role in this great independent film which he has his first dramatic role with a little of his humor mixed in as a retiring salesman struggling to find the meaning of life.Filmed in the Cincinnati area,this is the first time he's appeared in that area since the very early 1950's when he had his own TV Dance Show.Hopefully someday it will be released on vhs/dvd like so many other great independent films should!!

In "The Secret Life of An American Wife".Ann Jackson plays a 34 year old wife whose husband(Patrick O'Neal) is the agent of an arrogant,excentric sex symbol movie star(Walter Matthau).Thinking that she(Ann Jackson has lost her sexual attractiveness to men.She poses as a call girl to the movie star in order to prove to herself that she is still sexual attractive.This is an overlooked Matthau Movie especially with the superb dialogue of Ann Jackson.It's an intelligent witty comedy that's well worth a look!!

This movie starring Alan Alda and Connie Stevens should be on video.It's about 2 divorced guys exchanging ex-wives and the hilarious results afterward.It's a must see and highly reccommended movie if you ever catch it on TV.Hopefully someday it will be released on vhs/dvd.

In this 1941 film,Illona Massey stars as a breathtakingly beautiful musician who has the eye of about every man in the audience including a duo of British and American Agents who knows she's a Nazi Spy as they chase her through the cities of London and New York which makes the movie a must see seductive spy thriller!!

This Great Comedy starring Peter Marshall(Hollywood Squares) and Tommy Noonan trying to compose a winning musical number.This movie also has great singers including Ray Charles,Bobby Vee and Roger Williams give this film superb musical numbers.Unfortunately, never released on dvd/vhs but hopefully it will in the near future otherwise try to catch it when it's on television.

This superb,little known WW2 comedy starring Peter Marshall(Hollywood Squares)as a MasterSargeant and Tommy Noonan as himself who plays a recruit as they both get stranded on a deserted island with a strikingly beautiful model and are comparatively safe until they discover that 2 stranded Japanese soldiers(Also played by Marshall and Noonan)are also on the same island.This fine comedy is unfortunately not on vhs/dvd yet,unless lucky enough to catch it on television.

In this little known 1969 Jerry Lewis Film co-starring Peter Lawford.Jerry Lewis plays a an average normal American Family man from Suburbia who finds out he is dying from his deceptive Doctor friend"Peter Lawford"and goes on a mad worldwide spending spree.This is really good Jerry Lewis film that unfortunately isn't on vhs/dvd!

This 1971 Movie was filmed during the peak of the Vietnam Anti-War movement is practically a one man show starring Martin Sheen as a concientious objector and deserter during the American Civil War in the 1860's and how his survival tactics against in the isolated mountains of West Virginia.There's also great background music and beautiful nature photography along with Martin Sheen's exquisite acting ability considering he's the about the only person in the film with the exception of a few faceless voices,he also expresses himself well concerning the psychological trauma he faces after years of isolation hiding in the mountains.It's an interesting, must see Superb Anti-War film!!

In this superb but little known 1971 film starring Jimmy Stewart,Kurt Russell playing ex-convicts trying to cash a check in a corrupt town that won't let them.Based on the book "Fools Parade" by Davis Grubb whose other book"Night of the Hunter" was also made into a movie 1955-starring Robert Mitchum,Shelley Winters and both movies filmed in West Virginia.Unfortunately like so many other great movies"Fools Parade"has never been released on vhs/dvd in the US which hopefully will change someday.

In this 1956 film starring Bette Davis who is a head librarian in a small narrow minded town and refuses to withdraw a controversial book during the height of the "McCarthy Era" which unfortunately ends in disastrous results.This great film has never been released on VHS/DVD so far, unless you're fortunate to catch it on TV sometime.

In this early 50's film with a star-studded cast that includes Doris Day,Ginger Rogers and Ronald Reagan as a District Attorney trying to bring the KKK to justice was way ahead of it's time especially during the segregated 50's is another great film never released on vhs/dvd unless you're fortunate enough to catch it on TV.This movie is an amazingly,ahead of it's time masterpiece against bigotry and hatred!!

This Hilarious 1966 film starring Soupy Sales and co-starring Tab Hunter has unfortunately never been released on vhs/dvd.Hopefully,someday it will!!Soupy sales plays a Janitor for a nuclear missle site and accidently as a result of an experiment gains anti-gravity powers that permits him to fly and makes him irresistable to women!!Soupy Sales reminds me of another great Comic Genius from West Virginia "Don Knotts".Hopefully someday,"Birds Do it",will be shown on TV and even better vhs/dvd!!