DVDs
As with our music, which tends toward jazz, blues, folk, and classical, our dvds are eclectic. We like to sell dvds that have some book or play basis, although some loyalties are basic: really well-done anime, Angelina Jolie since she was awarded her Academy Award for work here in the Valley (Girl, Interrupted), and simply flat-out essentials according to our lights.
Hopalong Cassidy: The Complete Television Series
Hopalong Cassidy: The Complete Television Series
William Boyd's Hopalong Cassidy - a do-gooder cowboy, with a characteristic tall black hat - bears the distinction of being one of the only western heroes of his ilk to make smooth segue from silent films to talkies to television, and he was also one of the first actors to take advantage of his character's popularity with a huge merchandising push. The TV episodes - which ran from 1949 through 1951 on NBC - essentially followed the same formula as the big screen pictures, and also featured Cassidy's horse, Topper, and his sidekick, Red Connors (Edgar Buchanan). This box set contains all 52 copyrighted episodes of the original Hopalongtelevision series.