The Aquanauts - TV Series - (1960/61)

The Aquanauts (later known as Malibu Run) is an American adventure/drama series that aired on September 14, 1960 - September 27, 1961. The series stars Keith Larsen, Jeremy Slate and Ron Ely, who replaced Larsen on midseason.

The hour-long series focuses on the adventures of two Southern California divers, Drake Andrews (Larsen) and Larry Lahr (Slate), who made their living salvaging sunken wrecks. In January 1961, Larsen left the series due to health problems. His character rejoined the Navy and a new character, Mike Madison (Ron Ely), replaced him. Ron Ely, as you should know, was cast as Tarzan in a TV show and who made him famous.

Ron Ely and Jeremy Slate

A month later, the format of the series was also changed with the show's characters, Larry and Mike, opening up a dive shop in Malibu Beach. While still engaged in dangerous underwater salvage dives, the partners' youthful lifestyle and romantic encounters were given more emphasis. To reflect the changes in the format, the series was retitled Malibu Run, with a lively theme performed by pianist André Previn.

The program was broadcast on Wednesdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time in competition with the short-lived Hong Kong on ABC and NBC's Wagon Train. Unable to compete with the latter show, the series was canceled after one season, which was a pity because I loved the show. 

The 60s was the golden era of TV shows. The competition was very fierce considering all the TV shows of that time, unlike today in the 2020s when most TV series are a bore, with bad writing and bad concepts. Hail the 1960s! 

James Coburn, our beloved Flint, on the beach as guest star

Notable guest stars: Dyan Cannon, Russ Conway, Donna Douglas, Peter Falk,  Carroll O'Connor, Susan Oliver, Burt Reynolds, Sue Randall, Madame Spivy, Inger Stevens, Jane Withers, Keenan Wynn, James Coburn, and Jim Davis

Episodes

Episode # Episode title Original airdate

1-1 "The Aquanauts: Paradivers" September 14, 1960

1-2 "The Aquanauts: Collision" September 21, 1960

1-3 "The Aquanauts: Rendezvous: 22 Fathoms" September 28, 1960

1-4 "The Aquanauts: Safecracker" October 5, 1960

1-5 "The Aquanauts: Deep Escape" October 12, 1960

1-6 "The Aquanauts: The Stowaway" October 19, 1960

1-7 "The Aquanauts: Disaster Below" October 26, 1960

1-8 "The Aquanauts: Arms of Venus" November 9, 1960

1-9 "The Aquanauts: Night Dive" November 16, 1960

1-10 "The Aquanauts: The Cavedivers" December 7, 1960

1-11 "The Aquanauts: The Big Swim" December 14, 1960

1-12 "The Aquanauts: Underwater Demolition" December 21, 1960

1-13 "The Aquanauts: River Gold" January 4, 1961

1-14 "The Aquanauts: Niagara Dive" January 11, 1961

1-15 "The Aquanauts: Killers In Paradise" January 25, 1961

1-16 "The Aquanauts: Secret At Half Moon Key" February 1, 1961

1-17 "The Aquanauts: Stormy Weather" February 8, 1961

1-18 "The Aquanauts: The Amored Truck Adventure" February 15, 1961

1-19 "The Aquanauts: The Defective Tank Adventure" February 22, 1961

1-20 "Malibu Run: The Jeremiah Adventure" March 1, 1961

1-21 "Malibu Run: Tidal Wave Adventure" March 8, 1961

1-22 "Malibu Run: The Radioactive Object Adventure" March 22, 1961

1-23 "Malibu Run: The Double Adventure" March 29, 1961

1-24 "Malibu Run: The Margot Adventure" April 5, 1961

1-25 "Malibu Run: The Rainbow Adventure" April 19, 1961

1-26 "Malibu Run: The Frankie Adventure" April 26, 1961

1-27 "Malibu Run: The Guilty Adventure" May 3, 1961

1-28 "Malibu Run: The Landslide Adventure" May 10, 1961

1-29 "Malibu Run: The Kidnap Adventure" May 17, 1961

1-30 "Malibu Run: The Stakeout Adventure" May 24, 1961

1-31 "Malibu Run: The Scavenger Adventure" May 31, 1961

1-32 "Malibu Run: The Diana Adventure" June 7, 1961

Source: Wikipedia.

Priceless Day - Ajándék ez a nap - (1979)

Thirty-year-old Irén dreams of a separate apartment so she can move in with her lover, the married Attila. Hope is sparked by one of the man’s acquaintances, the construction contractor Hevesi, but in order to apply for the larger apartment, she must first enter into a marriage of convenience with the young Gábor. Irén takes out a loan on her modest kindergarten teacher salary, wanders through the mazes of socialist bureaucracy, while Hevesi and her nominal husband harass her with sexual offers, and by the time the day of moving in is within reach, it turns out that Attila doesn’t want to leave his family after all.

A movie from Hungary.

Director: Péter Gothár

Writers: Péter Gothár (screenplay), Péter Zimre (novel).

Stars: Cecília Esztergályos, Pál Hetényi, Judit Pogány, Lajos Szabó, János Derzsi, Eszter Csákányi, Ignac Csoban, Mária Kovács, Tamás Major, Gábor Reviczky, Georgiana Tarjan, Hédi Temessy.

1980 Venice Film Festival – Winner Best First Work.

Subtitled in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/16579609627302

Ceplis (1972)

Set during the first period of independence for Latvia (1918–1940), the film’s plot revolves around a shrewd business man Edgars Ceplis, who establishes a clay brick business with the aim of exporting and building on his already considerable wealth. At first a fantastic success he soon becomes aware that his empire is crumbling beneath him due to a contamination of the clay, which makes the bricks unstable. He narrowly escapes defeat, however, by manipulating those around him, successfully extracting himself from the business before anyone discovers that there is anything wrong and the company collapses under a new director.

Based on the 1928 novel by Pāvils Rozītis, in the Soviet era this film was perceived as an ironic, amusing critique of bourgeois society. However, behind the humorous façade, viewers felt a nostalgia for the bygone era of Latvian independence. The film is a vivid testament to the professionalism of the stable and ambitious Latvian film industry at that time. The creative group had set high goals for the film’s cinematography and its dramaturgy of colour, while composer Marģeris Zariņš skillfully arranged musical motifs from a variety of eras. An interesting detail: Ceplis was filmed in the same year as The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie by Spanish director Luis Buñuel (1972) and reveals a perhaps unconscious but logical affinity with global trends in the classical cinema of its day.

Director: Rolands Kalnins.

Writer: Viktors Lorencs.

Stars: Eduards Pavuls, Gunars Cilinskis, Helga Dancberga, Regina Razuma, Aivars Silins, Velta Straume, Rolands Zagorskis, Imants Adermanis, Modris Cers, Arturs Dimiters, Uldis Dumpis, Lidija Freimane, Harijs Gerhards, Rostislav Goryayev, Olgert Kroders, Edgars Liepins, Juris Strenga.

Subtitles: English (hard)

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/15040058165926

Shooting Gallery - Céllövölde - (1990)

After killing his abusive father, a troubled teenager becomes the focus of a police investigation that unravels the emotional scars, fractured family bonds, and shattered dreams that led to the shocking crime.

Director Árpád Sopsits shot his debut feature Shooting Gallery on the basis of a real-life incident, yet it is a thriller that does not simply reconstruct events as they happened. Nor is the dramaturgical structure typical: although the interrogation played out in the present frames the entire film, the recollections do not always follow in chronological order and in fact frequently instead of entire scenes we have just glimpses of brief memory traces.

Director: Árpád Sopsits

Writers: Gyula Elian, Árpád Sopsits.

Stars: Zoltán Lengyel, Judit Danyi, Lajos Kovács, Lili Monori, Feró Nagy, Attila Csuka, Árpád Kasza, Zoltán Kovács, Csaba Köfalvi, Ludwig Marcus, Vera Nagy, Katalin Orgován, Tibor Tatarek, Ferenc Trencsényi, Péter Tuza, Tamás Jordán, Jánosné Soltész.

1990 Chicago International Film Festival – Nominated for the Gold Hugo. A movie from Hungary.

Subs: English (hard)

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/16084691782310

Indian Summer - La prima notte di quiete - (1972)

In Italy, gambler and poetry professor Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months at a high school, replacing another teacher. His relationship with his partner Monica is in crisis and he spends most of the time with his new acquaintances and gamblers Giorgio Mosca, Marcello, and Gerardo Pavani. In the classroom he meets 19-year-old student Vanina Abati, who is Gerardo’s girlfriend, and they fall in love. Their relationship leads to a tragic end.

Director: Valerio Zurlini.

Writers: Valerio Zurlini (story), Enrico Medioli & Valerio Zurlini (screenplay).

Stars: Alain Delon, Giancarlo Giannini, Sonia Petrovna, Renato Salvatori, Alida Valli, Adalberto Maria Merli, Nicoletta Rizzi, Salvo Randone, Lea Massari, Fabrizio Moroni, Patrizia Adiutori, Sandro Moretti, Carla Mancini.

Subs: English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/9858166033012

Limousine the Color of Midsummer’s Eve - Limuzins Janu nakts krasa - (1981)

As soon as Mirta Saknīte, an elderly country woman, wins a car in a lottery, relatives, who had never taken any interest in the elderly woman before, flock to her homestead. Until then the large Giluči family were Mirta’s only helpers. Her nephew Ēriks with his wife and son and her ex-daughter-in-law Olita with her second husband and daughter would love to get their hands on the car. Everyone tries to lure Auntie Mirta on their side but shortly before her death she reconnects with her former sweetheart Alfrēds Pigals. Based on a story by Māras Svīre.

A phenomenon of Latvian film history – this domestic comedy has been recognized as the best Latvian film of all time on several occasions, and various Latvian TV channels still broadcast it on Midsummer every year. This film has also made the contemporary Latvian folklore richer with several catchy phrases and dialogues.

Director: Jānis Streičs

Writer: Mara Svire.

Stars: Lilita Berzina, Olga Drege, Uldis Dumpis, Gundars Abolins, Baiba Indriksone, Boļeslavs Ružs, Diana Zande, Liga Liepina, Romualds Ancans.

Subs: English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/15687359728294

Any Number Can Win - Mélodie en sous-sol - (Henri Verneuil, 1963)

Charles, a sixtyish career criminal fresh out of jail, rejects his wife’s plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He enlists a former cellmate, Francis, to assist him in pulling off one final score, a carefully planned assault on the vault of a Cannes casino. Bad luck and Francis’s lack of professionalism set the caper maddeningly askew, and the stolen cash resurfaces in an unexpected manner.

Director: Henri Verneuil

Writers: Michel Audiard (dialogue), Zekial Marko (novel) (as John Trinian), Albert Simonin (adaptation).

Stars: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Claude Cerval, Viviane Romance, Henri Virlojeux, Jean Carmet, José Luis de Vilallonga, Jimmy Davis, Rita Cadillac, Dominique Davray, Dora Doll, Germaine Montero, Maurice Biraud, Carla Marlier. 

Subs: English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2596910008998

Taboo - Gohatto - (Nagisa Oshima, 1999)

The young and handsome Kano Sozaburo is admitted to the Shinsengumi, an elite samurai group that seeks to defend the Tokugawa shogunate against reformist forces. Kano is a skilled swordsman, but his physical beauty leads the members of the strictly male group to compete for his affections, generating tensions that threaten to become lethal. In Gohatto, Nagisa Oshima explores the ambiguous forms of masculinity that the samurai code concealed, with a terrific cast including Ryuhei Matsuda, Takeshi Kitano and Tadanobu Asano subtly capturing the dangers of repressed homoerotic desire.

Director: Nagisa Ôshima.

Writers: Ryôtarô Shiba (novel), Nagisa Ôshima (screenplay).

Stars: Takeshi Kitano, Ryûhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano, Yôichi Sai, Jirô Sakagami, Kôji Matoba, Masa Tommies, Masatô Ibu, ZakoCinematographer: Toyomichi Kurita.

Music by: Ryuichi Sakamoto.

2000 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Palme d’Or.

Subtitles: English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/3667267291814

The Love Goddesses (1965) - Documentary

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses’ portrayal of sex from the silent-movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie “True Heart Susie,” starring Lillian Gish, to “Love Me Tonight” (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy) and to Elizabeth Taylor in “A Place in the Sun” (1951), plus many, many more.

Director: Saul J. Turell.

Writers: Graeme Ferguson, Saul J. Turell.

Stars: Loretta Andrews (archive footage), Agnes Ayres (archive footage), Theda Bara (archive footage), Brigitte Bardot (archive footage), Richard Barthelmess (archive footage), Billy Barty (archive footage), Ingrid Bergman (archive footage), Clara Bow (archive footage), Clive Brook (archive footage), Louise Brooks (archive footage), Horst Buchholz (archive footage), Maurice Chevalier (archive footage), Montgomery Clift (archive footage), Claudette Colbert (archive footage), Donald Cook (archive footage), Gary Cooper (archive footage), Joan Crawford (archive footage), Virginia Dabney (archive footage), Marion Davies (archive footage), Bette Davis (archive footage), Lya De Putti (archive footage), Marlene Dietrich (archive footage), Mildred Dixon (archive footage), Ruth Eddings (archive footage), Anita Ekberg (archive footage), Norman Foster (archive footage), Clark Gable (archive footage), Greta Garbo (archive footage), Ava Gardner (archive footage), John Gilbert (archive footage), Lilian Gish (archive footage), Louise Glaum (archive footage), June Glory (archive footage), Betty Grable (archive footage), Cary Grant (archive footage), Peggy Graves (archive footage), Jean Harlow (archive footage), Laurence Harvey (archive footage), Sessue Hayakawa (archive footage), Rita Hayworth (archive footage), Brigitte Helm (archive footage), Audrey Hepburn (archive footage), Ann Hovey (archive footage), Emil Jannings (archive footage), Ruby Keeler (archive footage), Annette Kellerman (archive footage), Deborah Kerr (archive footage), Henry Kolker (archive footage), Adele Lacy (archive footage), Hedy Lamarr (archive footage), Dorothy Lamour (archive footage), Margaret Lindsay (archive footage), Gina Lollobrigida (archive footage), Carole Lombard (archive footage), Sophia Loren (archive footage), Myrna Loy (archive footage), Jeanette MacDonald (archive footage), Jayne Mansfield (archive footage), Mae Marsh (archive footage), Herbert Marshall (archive footage), Adolphe Menjou (archive footage), Ray Milland (archive footage), Hayley Mills (archive footage), Marilyn Monroe (archive footage), Mae Murray (archive footage), Nita Naldi (archive footage), Pola Negri (archive footage), Pluma Noisom (archive footage), Gregory Peck (archive footage), Dick Powell (archive footage), Esther Ralston (archive footage), Donna Mae Roberts (archive footage), Ginger Rogers (archive footage), Heather Sears (archive footage), Jayne Shadduck (archive footage), Simone Signoret (archive footage), Barbara Stanwyck (archive footage), Gloria Swanson (archive footage), Sylvia Syms (archive footage), Elizabeth Taylor (archive footage), Shirley Temple (archive footage), Gene Tierney (archive footage), Lana Turner (archive footage), Rudolph Valentino (archive footage), Fannie Ward (archive footage), Mae West (archive footage), Henry Wilcoxon (archive footage).

Composer: Percy Faith.

Subs: Optional English subtitles are available for this film, to enable them click on the subtitles icon (to the left of the cogweel icon), and they will be turned on.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/10184032520870

The Last Days of Gomorra - Die letzten Tage von Gomorrha - (1974)

In a future ruled by a corporate monopoly, a machine capable of fulfilling every human desire transforms society and renders genuine relationships obsolete. As a marginalized young woman is absorbed into the system, she confronts a world increasingly defined by consumption, control, and isolation.

Director: Helma Sanders-Brahms. 

Writer: Helma Sanders-Brahms.

Stars: Mascha Rabben, Matthias Fuchs, Ernst Jacobi, Consuela Neal, Peter Roggisch, Alfred Edel, Jörg Schleicher, Ulrich Radke, Dieter Borsche, Ellen Umlauf.

Subtitles in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/15040781093542

Switching: Goodbye Me - Tenkôsei: Sayonara anata - (2007)

After his parent’s divorce, Kazuo Saito moves with his mother from Onomichi and must leave his girlfriend behind. At his new school, Kazuo is surprised to reunite with his childhood friend Kazumi. Obayashi’s self-remake of Tenkôsei.

Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi. 

Writers: Fumio Ishimori, Wataru Kenmochi, Chûkon Minami, Tadashi Naitô, Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Hisashi Yamanaka (novel).

Stars: Misako Renbutsu, Naoyuki Morita, Maika Hara, Hiroshi, Takuro Atsuki, Hiroshi Inuzuka, Wakaba Irie, Hikari Ishida, Keiju Kobayashi, Yûko Kotegawa, Shunsuke Kubozuka, Hiroyuki Nagato, Misa Shimizu, Jô Shishido, Tomorô Taguchi, Koto Takagi, Saki Terashima.

Subtitles in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/14961673243302