Vanessa Brown

A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter. (imdb)

In 1900, a young widow finds her seaside cottage is haunted...and forms a unique relationship with the ghost. (imdb)

During WWII, adults are either off fighting or busy in the factories, so juvenile delinquency becomes a major problem back home (imdb)

In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers. (imdb)

A disturbed woman is haunted by memories of childhood abuse, which culminates in a murder spree. (imdb)

The Lionians are a tribe dying of a mysterious disease. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola, a half-breed nurse, in order to help repopulate his civilization. Tarzan must rescue them while fending off blowgun attacks from people called the Waddies who are disguised as bushes. (imdb)

In antebellum New Orleans, roguish Irish gambler Harrison buys his way into society--something he couldn't do in his homeland because he is illegitimate. Sequestering himself in a mansion won in a card game, Harrison courts Southern belle Maureen O'Hara, but their subsequent marriage is befouled by Rex's incessant womanizing. Though tempted to walk out for good, O'Hara stays by her husband's side after he loses his fortune, hoping that the impoverished Harrison will now behave more responsibly. (allmovie.com)

George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls in love with Howard (from New York!), and son John with Myrtle (from Worcester!), the ordered life of the Apley home on Beacon Street is threatened, as is the hoped-for union of John and Apley-cousin Agnes. (imdb)

A brilliant young pianist becomes the protege of a world-renowned maestro, a relationship that becomes considerably more complex as the tutelage continues.

Wallace Beery's final film was the curiously endearing "black comedy" Big Jack. Set in 1820, a time when "science was a crime and crime not yet a science," the film casts Beery and Marjorie Main as outlaws Big Jack Horner and Flapjack Kate. The two bandits rescue visionary young doctor Alexander Meade (Richard Conte), who is about to be hanged for body-snatching. Meade is a tireless campaigner for modern surgical methods, thus he is forced to steal cadavers for his experiments. Big Jack is only (allrovi.com)

A college basketball star collaborrates with organized crime and becomes involved in 'point shaving.' A sportswriter tries to get him back on the right track. (imdb)

In Mexico, a young boxer uses his winnings to buy guns to avenge his family's murder.

Based on Gene Stratton-Porter's novel and a remake of Columbia's 1934 "The Girl of the Limberlost" and 1939's "Romance of the Limberlost," this one has altered the kinship who-hates-the-girl relationship from an aunt to her mother. This time out, Elnora Comstock (Dorinda Clifton) lives on the edge of a great swamp and collects butterflies to sell in order to go to high school and pay for violin lessons. (imdb)

When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of three husbands, with whom he regularly played poker, to a letter he left each of them claiming to have had an affair with each's wife. (imdb)

The world was exactly like ours EXCEPT that women were the dominant gender. Women were the captains of industry and men were household workers, secretaries, and waiters trying to attract attention with their sexuality. I remember this was a funny soap-opera like show that aired in Boston on PBS-WGBH at 11pm.