Man, how can you not be excited about a black-and-white 1964 dud starring folks who went on to be TV stars instead (James Franciscus, Suzanne Pleshette—heck, even future Hogan's Heroes camp commandant Werner Klemperer)? Plus a clutch of Golden Age of...

...member Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play major league baseball, in 1919; actor/singer Mario Lanza in 1921; actors Carol Channing in 1921 (age 91) and Joanne Dru in 1922; novelist Norman Mailer in 1923; civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks...

Regardless of their inherent problems, however, not all TV movies were without value, especially during the genre’s early days. Consider this week’s “Made in Berkeley” feature, , an enjoyable if completely far-fetched thriller starring Suzanne...

Credit: Everett Collection I was seven years old when my mother first made me watch Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. The second I saw Suzanne Pleshette’s eyes gouged out by a murderous bird on Bodega Bay, I became petrified of even the most harmless...

In the movies, the zoo’s outside of L.A. and grabbed by a handsome young widower, eager to give his young kids a fresh start. It’s all Disney family-film territory, circa 1966. Except instead of Dean Jones we get Matt Damon, and instead of Suzanne...

Newhart's ending wasn't the best because the Daryls -- of "This is my brother Daryl, and this is my other brother Daryl" fame -- finally spoke. It was the best because Vermont innkeeper Bob woke up as psychologist Bob in bed on the set of The Bob...