Friday, Sept. 29 - Adventures of Captain Marvel: Chapter 1 - Curse of the Scorpion

Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)

To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a teenage boy named Billy Batson is given the power to become an adult superhero, Captain Marvel, with a single magic word: "Shazam!"

Chapter 1 - Curse of the Scorpion

On a scientific expedition to Siam young Billy Batson is given the ability to change himself into the super-powered Captain Marvel by the wizard Shazam, who tells him his powers will last only as long as the Golden Scorpion idol is threatened. Finding the idol, the scientists realize it could be the most powerful weapon in the world and remove the lenses that energize it, distributing them among themselves so that no one would be able to use the idol by himself.

Thursday, Sept. 28 - The Veil: Vision of Crime & Girl on the Road

The Veil TV Mini-Series (1958– )

An anthology of horror stories hosted by actor Boris Karloff.

The Veil (1958– ): Vision of Crime (Season 1 | Episode 1)

While on a boat trip to Paris, a man has a vision in which he sees his brother murdered. He returns to England to discover that his brother has been killed and that a man he knows isn't the murderer is the prime suspect.

The Veil (1958– ): Girl on the Road (Season 1 | Episode 2)

A young man helps a beautiful, young woman who is stranded by the side of the road...her car's gas tank is empty. He drives her to town to get gas and have a drink. When a bartender calls someone named "Morgan Debs" (Karloff), the girl panics and leaves, but promises the young man she will meet with him later and tell him who "Morgan Debs" is.

Wednesday, Sept. 27 - Mannix: Run, Sheep, Run

Mannix (1967–1975): Run, Sheep, Run (Season 1 | Episode 13 - aired 16 December 1967)

Intertect is retained by the police department to help transport a woman informant to safety. At least that's the story Mannix is told by a police inspector. But the case proves more complicated -- and very deadly. The informant turns out to be an undercover policewoman and Mannix is really a decoy. The policewoman is killed and Mannix remains the target of crooked cops.

Tuesday, Sept. 26 - Every Night at Eight

Every Night at Eight (1935)

Alice Faye, Frances Langford and Patsy Kelly lose their jobs and can't afford to pay the rent. They enter an amateur contest at a local radio station as a singing trio, but lose to a big band led by George Raft when Langford passes out mid-song due to lack of food. Raft asks them to join his band, and they become famous, which throws obstacles in the way of a romance between Raft and Langford.

Monday, Sept 25 - Route 66: Shadows of an Afternoon

Route 66 (1960–1964): Shadows of an Afternoon (Season 3 | Episode 30 - aired 17 May 1963)

Tod and Linc in Punta Gorda, Florida are working at a Shell plant. They are living at a rented house and responsible for lawn/garden work and the family dog. The dog becomes injured and a respected neighbor accuses Linc of having "cut the dog with pruning shears". Linc is arrested and assumed guilty by the angry townsfolk.

Sunday, Sept. 24 - Experiment in Terror

Experiment in Terror (1962)

A psychotic killer, Garland "Red" Lynch, uses a campaign of terror to force San Francisco bank teller Kelly Sherwood to steal $100,000 from the bank for him. Despite his threat to kill her or her teenaged sister Toby if she goes to the police, Sherwood contacts the San Francisco office of the FBI, where agent John Ripley takes charge of the case.

Ripley interviews a woman who implies that she's involved in some way in a serious crime, but before she can give Ripley the details, Lynch murders her. Sherwood continues to be terrorized with phone calls, an asthmatic condition making the unseen Lynch's voice all the more sinister.

The FBI identifies the criminal, noting that Red Lynch has a record of convictions for statutory rape, forgery, criminal assault, armed robbery, and murder. They track down his girlfriend, Lisa Soong, whose 6-year-old son has just had a hip replaced. Lynch is paying all the hospital bills. Because of this, Lisa refuses to believe that Lynch is a criminal and will not cooperate with the investigation. Ripley nevertheless manages to get some information about "Uncle Red" from the boy.

Lynch finally gives Sherwood a time and date to steal the money, and just to make sure that she does, he kidnaps her sister Toby and holds her captive. The climax is a chase through Candlestick Park after a nighttime baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers. On-field action includes several close-ups of Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale. Ripley and his men ultimately surround Lynch on the infield of the stadium. As Lynch takes aim at a police helicopter, Ripley shoots him and he dies on the pitchers mound.

Saturday, Sept. 23 - A Family Affair

A Family Affair (1937)

Judge James K. Hardy (Lionel Barrymore) causes an uproar in the small Midwestern town of Carvel when he issues a temporary order restraining the building of a nearby aqueduct. With contractor Hoyt Wells (Selmer Jackson) and newspaper publisher Frank Redmond (Charley Grapewin) threatening to get him thrown out of office, the entire town turns against the judge. The controversy even affects his family, including his teenage son, Andy (Mickey Rooney).

Friday, Sept. 22 - Nobody's Baby

Nobody's Baby (1937)

After trying to break into show business, two mismatched girlfriends become nurses. One of their patients is a new mother who has hidden her pregnancy from her husband, the nightclub dancing partner she had secretly married. When she asks the two nurses to watch her baby while she goes to tell her husband, complications ensue.

Thursday, Sept. 21 - One Hour Late

One Hour Late (1934)

When the romance between radio-singer Eddie Blake and Bessie Dunn goes sour through a series of misunderstanding, Bessie packs to take a week-end trip with the station boss,Stephen Barclay, and Eddie proposes to Hazel, who appears to be open to any kind of proposal. With all of the principals involved and in the office elevator, a cable breaks and the elevator is suspended between floors...and the resolvements begin.

In this romance a shipping clerk aspires to be a singer. For love, he consorts with a young stenographer. He wants to marry her, but she keeps putting off their engagement while simultaneously flirting with her boss. When he gets trapped in an elevator with the boss' wife and the president of a radio station, he gets his big chance to make it as a singer.

Wednesday, Sept. 20 - Mind Your Own Business

Mind Your Own Business (1936)

A newspaper nature columnist is inspired by his wife to use wildlife critters to report city gossip. He soon becomes the toast of the town. But when she passes on scuttlebutt from her beauty salon and a politician is "rubbed out," the police and the culprits wonder how he knew in advance to report it. All mayhem breaks loose and the gangsters kidnap the couple. He leaves signs on the trail through the woods and gets one of his captors to go on a snipe hunt. Members of his alligator patrol scouts come to his rescue.

Tuesday, Sept. 19 - The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: Return to Sender

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1960–1965): Return to Sender (Season 4 | Episode 5 - aired 12 March 1963)

A corporate fraudster is arrested for stealing a large sum of money from his partners. He is informed that a particularly brilliant and persistent barrister will lead the prosecution against him. To undermine the credibility of the barrister, the fraudster engages the services of a sleazy individual who specialises in dirty tricks and smear tactics. The plan is set in motion but the fraudster intends to twist it to ruin both the barrister and the scheme's architect.

Monday, Sept. 18 - The Untouchables: The Frank Nitti Story

The Untouchables (1959–1963): The Frank Nitti Story (Season 1 | Episode 28 - aired 28 April 1960)

With Prohibition a thing of the past, mobster Frank Nitti focuses on something the mob knows how to do very well: extortion. The gangster focuses on the movie distribution industry, specifically theater owners. After blinding the owner of two theaters in Chicago as a warning to others, he sets his sights on the Star theater chain with ticket sales of $100 million a year. The head of the chain, J.N. Miller has no choice, as he sees it, but to give them what they want. A check of the company's books however, gives the Feds all the information they need to get Miller to cooperate. Ness also focuses on a Nitti associate, Sydney Rogers, to get the goods on the big hoodlum. In the end, the mob and Ness take care of Nitti but the cost is high, as one of Ness' men is killed.