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After the Apocalypse: Rare Atomic Classics on TCM

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:53:34 GMT

Turner Classic Movies cable network screens rarely seen Atomic Classics FIVE and THE WORLD, THE FLESH, AND THE DEVIL as part of its After The Apocalypse program Friday May 9. Arch Obler's FIVE (1951), the first overtly "atomic" end-of-the world film, is a...

What? No Tea After World War III?!

Tue, 06 May 2008 18:19:21 GMT

Call it the Great Earl Grey Panic of 1954: Recently declassified documents provide evidence that British contingency planners were concerned that tea supplies would be rapidly exhausted in the event of an atomic attack on the United Kingdom. Read the brief news article here. If any of the fine blokes at London's National Archives would care to provide CONELRAD with copies of the "tea memos," we will post them immediately. In...

Father Knows Red: 24 Hours in Tyrantland on DVD!

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:43:58 GMT

On Tuesday, the fine folks at Shout Factory are releasing the first season of the classic Fifties sitcom "Father Knows Best" on DVD. The set features a number of extras, but none more anticipated by CONELRAD readers than the 1959 film that the cast made for the U.S. Treasury Department entitled "Twenty-Four Hours in Tyrantland." CONELRAD posted an...

An Empire of his Own: J. Edgar Hoover & ABC

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:06:40 GMT

The Hollywood Today website has recently posted an amazing four-part article by journalist David Robb on the secret history of the long-running ABC television crime series THE FBI (1965-1974). Mr. Robb's article is based on 5,000 pages of documents that were obtained from the FBI under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Mr. Robb has also interviewed a number of persons directly involved with the FBI-vetted TV series. We won't spoil what Mr. Robb has dug up, but we will say that anyone with an interest in Hoover,...

JERICHO Returns!

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:09:54 GMT

The post-apocalypic drama JERICHO returns tomorrow at 10PM ET/PT on CBS. Please remember to watch it or the seven new episodes may be the last (nuts or no nuts). To get caught up on last season's cliffhanger and for a preview of what is in store, visit the official JERICHO site.

Defectors on DVD: Crossing The Line & Oswald's Ghost

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:11:15 GMT

January is proving to be a banner month for DVDs about notorious American defectors. We told you about CROSSING THE LINE back in October when it had its theatrical run in Los Angeles. Now, thanks...

Happy Holidays from CONELRAD!

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:31:31 GMT

Well, another year is passing by and we here at CONELRAD wanted to take this opportunity to thank our loyal readership. Some of you have been with us since our launch last century and we value your continued support. As we bid farewell to 2007, we'd like to remind you of some recent posts that you may have missed:

An examination � including video clips � of a 1960 civil defense film artifact entitled TARGET... AUSTIN,...

TiVo ALERT: Commie Noir Classic on TCM!

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:31:44 GMT

Fire up the TiVo: The rare, never-on-video 1949 commie noir classic THE WOMAN ON PIER 13 (better known by its more arresting title: I MARRIED A COMMUNIST) will be airing on Turner Classic Movies at 7:15 AM on Saturday, October 13th. Don't miss this opportunity to see it. Read Jeff Stafford's excellent and concise production history of this over-the-top anti-Communist potboiler and learn, among other things, how the project was used by Howard Hughes as a loyalty test for...

Amazing Film About Defectors to N. Korea Opening in L.A.

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 16:54:41 GMT

CROSSING THE LINE, the remarkable 2006 UK documentary (an Official Sundance Film Festival Selection) about the last remaining American military defector in North Korea, finally makes its Los Angeles debut on Friday, October 12th at the Laemmle's Music Hall Theater. CROSSING THE LINE was directed and produced by filmmaker Daniel Gordon who has taken Western audiences into the alien world of North Korea in his previous...

Happy Birthday, Daisy Girl!

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:14:08 GMT

CONELRAD is pleased to announce the publication of a major new feature: DAISY: THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AN INFAMOUS AND ICONIC AD. DAISY... is a multimedia extravaganza that is the definitive examination of the notorious 1964 television campaign ad that featured a little girl plucking daisies before being obliterated by stock footage of an atomic bomb explosion. Produced for the Democratic National Committee and designed to decimate the presidential aspirations of Senator Barry M. Goldwater, the Daisy spot has...