What to Watch Right Now

Chapter One DANGEROUS MEN - Terry Navarro (Dave O'Brien), the Santa Clara agent of the Caswell Shiping Company, arrives at a desert port to deliver some important papers to Frank Caswell (Bryant Washburn) . Dorothy Dale (Ruth Mix) and Walter Presscott (Ralph Graves), American secret service operatives, go after Terry to intercept the papers believing that they will have some significance in trapping smugglers who are using the Caswell ships. James Hackett (Robert Frazer), another of Caswell's agents, also goes after the papers. Arabian tribesmen, headed by Ali Ben Aba (Pete De Grasse) are also after the papers. Terry is taken prisoner by the Arabs. He tries to escape, but, chased by Arabs, he makes a misstep and crashes over a tall balcony. His fall seems to spell his death. To Be Continued.

A man with a clipboard asks passersby a survey question: "Are you the favorite person of anybody?" He has a scale, from "very certain" on down. His manner is open. He offers oranges to one respondent. He talks, one at a time, to three people. Their answers, however brief, are revealing.

A media host interviews a scientist about a missing 18-year-old who is the world's first human clone. It seems he's discovered cameras hidden about his apartment, and he's bolted. Flashback 18 years to the clone's birth and, soon after, the death of his surrogate mother. Back to the present, we see the clone, L.E.S., walk across campus, where he's recognized and taunted. He tries something desperate. Later, he wakes in a hospital room, perplexed. A few months later, the scientist again faces the interviewer who asks, "How is L.E.S.?" Is this a rebirth? Who's your daddy?

Three surfers travel to South Africa to put Miki Dora's idea to life.

Jonathan LaFever's Annual Barnyard Car Race has become a Bovina Center, NY (pop. 664) tradition, drawing an audience of hundreds on one Saturday every August. But the townspeople have come to see more than just an offbeat race--they're eager to witness the moment when one of the 25 competitors finally dethrones Jonathan, the race's four-time undefeated champion. "4-Cylinder 400" celebrates one small piece of what's left of rural America.

Superman battles Lex Luthor who is using a teleportation device and a new identity as Atom Man in his criminal plans.

In the streets of Rio de Janeiro, survival is the name of the game where the protagonist is an imported 'hot' car. People, from all social levels, will do anything in order to possess it, if only for a few minutes.

The majestic Alaskan brown bear is the largest predator in southeastern Alaska, but its ancient haunts are under siege. As modern worlds close in, the great bear's world is shrinking and encounters between humans and bears are on the rise. Join researcher LaVern Beier as he uses cutting-edge technology to protect this extraordinary species. To observe on their own turf, without risking life and limb, LaVern attempts to deploy National Geographic's Crittercam, until now used almost exclusively on marine animals. Vern and his colleagues are on the cusp of a revolution in terrestrial field science: the opportunity to vicariously walk with bears into the deepest comers of their habitats.

In 1980, the CBC requested the SCTV crew to produce distinctively Canadian content. What SCTV players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created was a satire of it, but 'Bob and Doug' because so much more. This documentary tells the special tale of how the McKenzie Brothers became a sensation that would become a cherished part of Canada's self-identity.

In this Sportscope entry, naturalist Van Campen Heilner and his wife go to Louisiana bayou country to hunt a particular species of goose. They first use a motorboat and see the local Cajuns trapping muskrats for fur. They later switch to a marsh buggy. After their guide picks out what he believes is a good spot, the three of them set up a blind and set out decoys to lure the geese.

Perhaps the only film whose content is totally based on the musical form known as canon. The first sequence is a simple demonstration of the canon "Frere Jacques" where four cubes dance and combine with one another on a checkerboard. The second sequence show four little human-like figures dancing in space. The third and most elaborate sequence shows a human going through several strange gesticulations. Through multiple printing we realize that the man, as in the previous sequences, is part of a visual canon and is making the gestures to himself. As we hear variations on the canonic theme so too do we witness visual variations: a woman and cat enters the canon. To show the musical technique of inversion, the image of the man is printed upside down.

Thelma Black, a young inmate in a women's prison, tells the story of how she wound up in jail. Recently graduated from high school and then beauty college, Thelma, who dreamed of a life of wealth, got a job working as a beautician. She married Steve Black, whose high life she thought she wanted to emulate. She did not know, however, that Steve is a thief. In one of his escapades in which she was an unwitting accessory, the outcome goes horribly wrong. Despite the problems of that situation, Thelma enjoyed the thrill, but more importantly the easy wealth associated with holding up people. Steve and Thelma believe they are one step ahead of the law. The police, however, are able to piece together the evidence, which includes a distinguishing characteristic of Thelma herself. Beyond the prison sentence, Thelma's crimes have a more profound effect on her life than she could have imagined.

The MGM Symphony Orchestra led by Johnny Green plays Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Capriccio Italien". The camera pans over Green's shoulder to the brass section during the stately introductory refrain. The strings then take over with the piece's main theme, followed by the entrance of the winds. The entire orchestra continues with the many joyous Italian folk inspired idioms of the piece. Green conducts the orchestra with gusto to the piece's triumphant conclusion.

This paean to the peasants and workers of Brazil is filmed in gorgeous three-strip Technicolor on stylized sets and highlights the romantic and insouciant sensual side of their lives as expressed through several well-choreographed dance numbers.

This travelogue focuses on the exteriors of well-known buildings in Washington, D.C. It begins with the Washington Monument and ends with the Lincoln Memorial. The visual tour includes the White House, the Capitol, the Smithsonian, the Supreme Court Building, the Department of the Interior, and the Willard Hotel. Washington's cherry blossoms are also celebrated. The narrator gives us a bit of the history of each building.

Promotional short film on an aspiring young actress Sharon Tate and her first film Eye of the Devil (1966). She takes acting classes and elocution lessons and is clearly on the fast-track to become a star. She is shown both at work and at play, dancing with actor 'David Hemmings' and frolicking with the pigeons in Hyde Park. Actor David Niven says she's a wonderful actress who has a great career ahead of her.