Comedies like the barn yard animation Babe ( 1995 ), directed by Chris Noonan ; Baz Lurhmann's Strictly Ballroom ( 1992 ); Rob Sitch's The Dish ( 2000 ); and Stephan Elliott's The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert ( 1994 ) all feature in the top ten box-office list.

In 1934, he was the announcer for The Adventures of Babe Ruth on the radio.

Successful films produced in the 1990s include Strictly Ballroom, Muriel's Wedding, Babe, The Castle and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Hugo Weaving had already become well known after his role in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in 1994 and Babe in 1995 ( as Rex the Sheepdog ).

( a deliberately over-the-top, over-sized single-issue comic book, intended as a parody of formulaic superhero fights ), the graphic novel The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln ( done with a mixture of computer-generated and manually drawn digital images ), 12 issues writing DC Comics ' Superman Adventures, and the three-issue limited series Superman: Strength.

* The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln ( Image Comics, 1998 ) ISBN 978-1-887279-87-1

* The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln, by Scott McCloud ( 1998 ).

* 2011-Nature Adventures ( Frances Lincoln )

* In the Adventures of Superman story " Black Magic on Mars " from issue # 62 ( January 1950 ), Martians led by the dictator Martler, an admirer of Hitler, appear.

* Gerald Mohr, Herb Ellis, Lawrence Dobkin, Harry Bartell, Lamont Johnson and Wally Maher in the 1950 – 1951 radio series The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe

Helene Hanff, best known for her book 84 Charing Cross Road, was a scripter for the television series version of The Adventures of Ellery Queen ( 1950 – 1952 ), which began on the DuMont Television Network but soon moved to ABC.

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In 1950 and 1951, Greenstreet played Nero Wolfe on the NBC radio programme The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, based loosely on the rotund detective genius created by Rex Stout.

* The Adventures of Sam Spade ( 1949 – 1950, NBC ) — 51 30-minute episodes, starring Howard Duff

* The Adventures of Sam Spade ( 1950 – 1951, NBC ) — 24 30-minute episodes, starring Steve Dunne

* Adventures in a Caravan by Mrs A C Osborn 1950

Nash Motors | Nash Rambler Convertible " Landau " Coupe c. 1950, with retracting roof and rigid doors, featured car of Lois Lane of the series Adventures of Superman

He played " Little John " in the 1922 film Robin Hood, with Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, reprised the role sixteen years later in The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, then played him yet again in Rogues of Sherwood Forest in 1950 with John Derek as Robin Hood's son.

He played the title role in Bulldog Drummond ( 1942 – 43 ) and was heard in the daytime radio serial Perry Mason, 1948's Roger Kilgore, Public Defender, and as the title character in The Adventures of Charlie Chan ( 1947 – 1948 ), The Affairs of Peter Salem from 1949 to 1953, and Hannibal Cobb ( 1950 – 1951 ).

* The Broken Doll ( July, 1950 ) Fantastic Adventures

Strange Adventures was the title of several American comic books published by DC Comics, most notably a long-running science fiction anthology that began in 1950.

Running for 244 issues from 1950 through 1973, the original Strange Adventures is probably best known for introducing the character Deadman, and as an early showcase for the artwork of Neal Adams ; although it was also home to one of the last of the pre-Silver Age superheroes, Captain Comet, from 1951 – 1954, and ran a number of other notable series such as the Atomic Knights and Star Hawkins adventures.

* Lillian Miozzi, The Adventures of Tommy, the Cat Who Went to Sea, illustrations by Charlotte Hough, Lane ( London, England ), 1950.

Alan Hale, Sr. made such an impression as Little John in this film that he reprised the role sixteen years later in The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ) opposite Errol Flynn, then played the character again in Rogues of Sherwood Forest in 1950, 28 years after his initial performance in the original Fairbanks film, which is notable for probably being the longest period for any actor to appear in the same major role in film history.

On June 5, 1950, ABC revived The Adventures of Superman as a twice-weekly afternoon half-hour series.

Throughout his career he could often be found in the films of director Terence Young, including the aforementioned Dr. No, They Were Not Divided ( 1950 ), Valley of Eagles ( 1951 ), The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders ( 1965 ), Triple Cross ( 1966 ), Red Sun ( 1971 ), Inchon ( 1982 ), and The Jigsaw Man ( 1983 ).

She is best known as her portrayal of Lois Lane in the film serials Superman ( 1948 ) and Atom Man vs. Superman ( 1950 ), and on the 1950s television series Adventures of Superman.

On radio, Duff played Dashiell Hammett's private eye Sam Spade from 1946 – 1950, starring in The Adventures of Sam Spade on three different networks-ABC, CBS and NBC.

He is best known for his starring role in the early 1950 television show The Adventures of Kit Carson.

* The Air Adventures of Hop Harrigan ( 1950 – 1957 )-FROM AUSTRALIA

On February 15, 1950, Wendell starred in the radio pilot for The Adventures of the Scarlet Cloak along with Gerald Mohr.

Although his first published work consisted of a text page in Adventures into the Unknown # 9 ( Feb .- March 1950 ) published by the American Comics Group, he had since he " was still a kid " created various characters who would later evolve into those used in comics such as The Inferior Five.

The CBS Saturday morning series The New Adventures of Superman produced by Filmation Studios — as well as The Adventures of Superboy from the same animation house — featured the iconic " shirt rip " to reveal the " S " or Clark Kent removing his unbuttoned white dress shirt in a secluded spot, usually thanks to stock animation which was re-used over dozens of episodes, to reveal his costume underneath while uttering his famed line " This is a job for Superman!

However, the Emmy award-winning success of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine led many to believe that she had broken the curse.

Other early hit series on ABC during this period which helped establish the network included The Lone Ranger ( ABC's only Top 10 show before Disneyland ), The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet, ( starring the real-life Nelson family ), Leave It To Beaver ( which moved over from CBS ), The Detectives and The Untouchables.

Concerning Bakshi's involvement with Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, the AFA claimed that CBS " intentionally hired a known pornographer to do a cartoon for children, and then allowed him to insert a scene in which the cartoon hero is shown sniffing cocaine.

Despite receiving an award from Action for Children's Television, favorable reviews, and a ranking in Time magazine's " Best of ' 87 " feature, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures was canceled by CBS following the controversy.

In 2006, she was cast as Christine Campbell in The New Adventures of Old Christine, which had a 5-season run on CBS.

In 2005, it was announced that Louis-Dreyfus had been cast in the title role of a new CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine.

In addition, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, Heckle and Jeckle, and Quackula are also controlled by CBS / Paramount.

* The New Adventures of Superman ( 1966 – 1967 CBS )

* The Adventures of Batman ( Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder ) ( 1968 – 1970 CBS )

* The New Adventures of Batman ( 1977 CBS )

* The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle, & Quackula ( 1979 – 1981 CBS )

When Lombardo switched to NBC, Burns and Allen took over his CBS spot with The Adventures of Gracie beginning September 19, 1934.

The West Branch Film Festival held its first annual screening in August 2009, with an appearance by Trevor Gagnon from the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine.

The first official release of any Terrytoons material by CBS DVD has been announced ( Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures was issued January 5, 2010 ).

In the late 1940s, CBS chairman William S. Paley, a fan of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe radio serial, asked his programming chief, Hubell Robinson, to develop a hardboiled Western series, a show about a " Philip Marlowe of the Old West.

A decade after CBS left the castaways in limbo, he returned to the role of Gilligan – along with many of his former co-star castaways – lending his voice to the animated The New Adventures of Gilligan series and its sequel Gilligan's Planet.

* Suspense, CBS radio, 10 January 1948 ( cameo by series host Robert Montgomery in The Adventures of Sam Spade cross-over, " The Kandy Tooth ")

* The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, CBS Radio series, 26 September 1948 to 15 September 1951 ( Gerald Mohr as Marlowe )

" In 1943 – 1944, Moorehead portrayed " matronly housekeeper Mrs. Mullet ", who was constantly offering her " candied opinion ", in Mutual Radio's The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall ; she inaugurated the role on CBS Radio.

In the US the original CBS syndication prints had a few variants to the original UK prints, after the brief title sequence the US prints would repeat this sequence but with " Brought to You By " and after the arrow strikes the tree the sponsors name " Wildroot Cream-Oil " superimposed, " Johnson and Johnson " sponsored episodes had a voice-over over the opening titles " Richard Greene in The Adventures of Robin Hood " and over the repeated sequence " presented by " followed by the names of two Johnson and Johnson products, images of which would appear over the shot of the arrow in the tree, a commercial featuring one of the products would then be shown, the Wildroot Cream-Oil sponsored episodes would then feature an animated commercial showing a Robin Hood type figure with lanck hair and a dinosaur.

Sapphire films were commissioned to make four other series by Lew Grade, The Adventures of Sir Lancelot ( 1956 / 57 ) ( broadcast by NBC on Monday nights at 8. 00pm ), The Bucaneers ( 1956 / 57 ) ( broadcast by CBS on Saturday nights at 7. 30pm ), Sword of Freedom ( 1957 / 58 ), and The Four Just Men ( 1958 / 59 ).

A 1946-1951 radio show called The Adventures of Sam Spade ( on ABC, CBS, and NBC ) starred Howard Duff ( and later Steve Dunne ) as " Sam Spade " and Lurene Tuttle as Spade's devoted secretary " Effie Perrine ", and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character.

* The Adventures of Sam Spade ( 1946 – 1949, CBS ) — 157 30-minute episodes, starring Howard Duff