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Little Joe (Michael Landon) grows closer to Tirza (Susan Harrison), who risks her life to purge her demons. Part 2 of 2.

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(Note: like with some other public-domain series, the familiar theme to Bonanza is not in the public-domain and is therefore replaced with other music in the source material. Here’s the theme you’re missing.)

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Melissa Gilbert talks about Michael Landon
Susan Harrison @ IMDB
Darva Conger After Reality TV @ People Magazine

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Little Joe (Michael Landon) comes across a young gypsy woman who thinks she’s a witch – and so does the family who has cast her out. First aired 1960. Part 1 of 2.

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(Note: like with some other public-domain series, the familiar theme to Bonanza is not in the public-domain and is therefore replaced with other music in the source material. Here’s the theme you’re missing.)

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Series Info from IMDB
Michael Landon @ Wikipedia
Obituary @ People Magazine

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When Adam’s life hangs in the balance, Ben (Lorne Greene) must fight his guilt to plan another course of action. Part 2 of 2.

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Lorne Greene @ Museum of Broadcast Communications
Lorne Greene @ Wikipedia
Lorne Greene on CBC’s 50th Anniversary
Lorne Greene in Battlestar Galactica

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In an episode from the long-running western tv series, patriarch Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his sons (Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon) stand their ground against a sheepherder out to take their land. First aired 1960.

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(Note: like with some other public-domain series, the familiar theme to Bonanza is not in the public-domain and is therefore replaced with other music in the source material. Here’s the theme you’re missing.)

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Series Info from IMDB
Bonanza Wiki
“17 Facts You Might Not Know About Bonanza”

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Christie (Teresa Graves) navigates secrets and lies to get closer to the truth of Helena’s baby and the ledger – but Cortino’s thugs are getting closer to her.

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Script of Reservoir Dogs @ dailyscript.com (NSFW)
Teresa Graves @ Cinema Du Meep
Beyonce as Foxxy Cleopatra @ YouTube

(Correction: There were four guys in the Christie Love scene in Reservoir Dogs, not three.)

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A police detective (Teresa Graves) uses her smarts and fight skills to put pressure on the girlfriend of a drug kingpin to reveal information. 1974. Part 1 of 2.

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Christie Love and Olivia Pope in The New Yorker
“Blaxploitation: A Sketch” @ Bright Lights Film Journal

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As the ship sinks, the crew remembers the beginning of one life and the end of others. Part 3 of 3.

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Bernard Miles @ Wikipedia
Bernard Miles’ monologue “Over the Gate” @ YouTube
MFTB04 – The Smallest Show on Earth, part 1 (correction: it was our third movie)
Leslie Howard @ Wikipedia

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As the survivors keep hanging on, Shorty (John Mills) remembers meeting his beloved and a savage battle that brought shame to one young sailor (Richard Attenborough). Part 2 of 3.

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David Lean Directs Noël Coward @ Turner Classic Movies
Richard Attenborough Biography
Richard Attenborough update and career review @ Daily Mail

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During World War II, a British battleship is attacked by German dive bombers, leading to the captain (Noël Coward, who wrote the film) and crew to think of their families and lives with the ship. 1942. Part 1 of 3.

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NoelCoward.com
Noël Coward @ Wikipedia

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Renfrew must choose between his feelings for Kay and his duty apprehending her father. Or must he? Part 2 of 2.

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James Newill @ B-Westerns.com

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The overachieving singing Mountie (James Newill) is more than happy to escort a pretty woman further into the Canadian wilderness to find her father. But while danger awaits them at their destination, a partner of the father is intent they don’t even get that far. 1938. Part 1 of 2.

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Review @ Unseen Films
Laurie York Erskine @ Wikipedia
Solebury School

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Doug (Peter Graves) is able to remember the aliens’ devious plans and might have found a way to stop them. But will anyone believe and help him? Part 2 of 2.

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Mission: Impossible TV series @ Wikipedia
A clip from Airplane! @ YouTube
Peter Graves retrospective video played at his 2010 memorial @ YouTube

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A nuclear scientist (Peter Graves) goes missing in a deadly plane crash, then turns up healthy except for a foggy memory and a mysterious scar on his chest. What happened to him? 1954. Part 1 of 2.

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“The Unknown Wilder” @ Kid In the Front Row
Peter Graves @ IMDB

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Virginia and a clever cry for help lead Renfrew to the counterfeiters – and a showdown with an unexpected enemy. Part 2 of 2.

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Renfrew feature @ Voyages Extraordinaires
Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood @ Wikipedia
Dave O’Brien @ IMDB
Trailer for Reefer Madness