Welcome to one of the largest online selections of video cassettes, DVDs, movie  memorabilia and collectibles in the world! Start by typing in what your looking for or a keyword  in the Search Captain Bijou's Catalog  box and click the "Go!" button.  You can also scroll through the Browse Catalog box.  When you find the genre you want under the Quick Links menu -- videos, movie posters, comics, etc. -- just highlight it and double click!! Come on in, there's a wonderful world of memories waiting for you inside!! A STORY OVER A HALF CENTURY AGO - That's bad guy Jack Elam pausing between takes during shooting of the STORIES OF THE CENTURY episode, Black Jack Ketchum, in 1954. Series' co-star,  Mary Castle, and supporting player, Michael Hall, standing next to legendary action director, William Witney. STORIES OF THE CENTURY blended highly fictionalized accounts of actual old west outlaws around the central character of two-fisted, railroad detective, Matt Clark (Jim Davis). Calling upon the studio's vast library of well-staged action footage from its hundreds of westerns and serials plus more mature screenplays from Republic's reliable roster of scripters -- not to mention the studio's superb production staff and facilities -- the series was superior to most of the competing oaters on the tube at the time. Though the honor of being the "adult" western series if usually bestowed of GUNSMOKE, which debuted in 1955, an argument for that distinction could well be be made in favor of STORIES OF THE CENTURY.  So popular and well-received was the series, that it was recognized with an Emmy Award in 1955 as the "Best Western or Adventure Series." Sadly, none of Republic's subsequent television efforts received such an accolade. Many Thanks for Your Kind Thoughts So Long, Mitchell Schaperkotter Captain Bijou Goes Digital The Academy Finally Got It Right. Well, Sort of... THE FINAL REEL 2008 So long to favorites who have entertained and enlightened in the comfortable darkness of the movie theatre, on the stage through song and voice or in the comfort of our living room in the glare of television or radio's intimate ether. They will be missed.   HAZEL COURT 1926-2008 OTHER PASSINGS IN 2008 LYNN COOPER HARVEY - 92 - Radio producer - Wife of commentator Paul Harvey - May 3 BEVERLEE McKINSEY - 67 - TV soap opera actress - May 3 JIM HAGER - 66 - Country singer - Member of the Hager Twins -  May 1 JACK HANRAHAN - 75 - Screenwriter - April 28 KAY LINAKER - 94 - Actress and screenwriter - April 18 BEBE BARRON - 82 - Film composer - April 20 JOY PAGE - 83 - Actress - April 18 DANNY FEDERICI - 58 - Keyboardist - April 17 NICOLETTE GOULET - 52 - Actress - April 17 DICK ROSSI - 92 - Flying Tiger pilot - April 17 JOE FEENEY - 76 - Singer - April 16 WERNER GROEBLI - 92 - "Frick" of Frick and Frack - April 14 OLLIE JOHNSTON - 95 - Disney animator - April 14 JUNE TRAVIS - 93 - Actress - April 14 BOB KAMES - 82 - Musician - April 9 STANLEY KAMEL - 65 Actor - April 8 CHARLTON HESTON - 84 - Actor - April 5 JOHNNY BYRNE - 73 - Author - April 3 MITCHELL SCHAPERKOTTER - 71 - Film collector - April 2 JULES DASSIN - 96 - Director - March 31 JIM MOONEY - 88 - Comic book artist - March 30 WALLY PHILLIPS - 82 - Radio talk show pioneer - March 26 ROBERT SIDNEY - 98 - Choreographer - March 26 ABBY MANN - 80 - Academy Award-winning screenwriter - March 25 GENE PUERLING - 78 - Hi-Lo's quartet leader - NEIL ASPINAL- 66 - Beatles' road manager - March 24 RICHARD WIDMARK - 93 - Actor - March 24 SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE - 90 - Science-fiction author - March 19 PAUL SCOFIELD - 86 - Actor - March 19 IVAN DIXON - 76 - Actor and director - March 16 GARY HART - 66 - Pro wrestling manager - March 16 G. DAVID LOW - 52 - Astronaut - March 15 CHUCK DAY - 65 - Blues guitarist - March 10 DAVE STEVENS - 52 - Illustrator/Rocketeer creator - March 10 GLORIA SHAYNE BAKER - 84 - Songwriter - March 6 MALVIN WALD - 90 - Screenwriter - March 6 LEONARD ROSENMANN - 83 - Oscar-winning composer - March 5 MIKE SMITH - 64 - Dave Clark Five keyboardist - February 28 WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY - 82 - Author/commentator - February 27 RICHARD BAER - 79 - Screenwriter - February 22 BEN CHAPMAN - 79 - Actor - February 21 ROBIN MOORE - 82 - Author - February 21 GRITS GRESHAM - 85 - Sportsman/actor - February 18 BOBBY LORD - 74 - Musician - February 16 PERRY LOPEZ - 76 - Actor - February 14 KON ICHIKAWA - 92 - Film director - February 13 DAVID GROH - Actor - February 12 FREDDIE BELL - Blues/Rock singer - February 11 STEVE GERBER - Comic book writer - February 10 RON LEAVITT - Television producer - February 10 PHYLLIS A. WITNEY - 104 - Author - February 8 JOHN ALVIN - 60 - Movie poster artist - February 6 MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI - 91 - Transcendental Meditation founder - February 5 AUGUSTA DABNEY - 89 - Actress - February 4 GUS ARRIOLA - 90 - Cartoonist - February 2 BARRY MORSE - 89 - Actor - February 2 ED VARGO - 79 - Baseball umpire - February 2 SHELL KEPLER - 49 - Actress - February 1 HERBERT KENWITH - 90 - TV director - January 30 MARGARET TRUMAN DANIEL - 83 - Author, daughter of former U.S. President Harry S. Truman - January 29 MANUEL PADILLA JR. - 51 - Actor - January 29 CHRISTIAN BRANDO - 49 - Actor, Son of Marlon Brando - January 26 HEATH LEDGER - 28 - Actor - January 22 ALLAN MELVIN - 84 - Actor - January 20 SUZANNE PLESHETTE - 70 - Actress - January 19 JOHN STEWART - 68 - Kingston Trio member - January 19 RICHARD KERR - 82 - Co-founder of Wham-O toys - January 18 LOIS NETTLETON - 80 - Actress - January 18 BOBBY FISCHER - 64 - Chessmaster - January 17 BRAD RENFRO - 25 - Actor - January 15 JOHNNY PODRES - 75 - Baseball player - January 13 SIR EDMUND HILLARY - 88 - Mountaineer - January 11 MAILA NURMI (VAMPIRA) - 86 - Actress/ TV horror host - January 10 JOHNNY GRANT - 84 - Entertainer/ Honorary Mayor of Hollywood - January 9 CLYDE OTIS - Record producer and songwriter - 83 - January 8 BILL IDELSON - 88 - Actor/ TV writer/Producer - January 7 CY LESLIE - 85 - Entertainment excecutive - January 6 KEN NELSON - 96 - Record producer - January 6 HERBERT SWOPE JR. - 92 - Film & Television Producer/Director - January 4     Entire contents of this website © 2008 by Earl Blair Enterprises. 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