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Abel Ferrara, video nasty, horror, movie, Film Abel Ferrara began filming Driller Killer in 1977 and finished the film in 1978, but it was not released until 1979. Then in 1982 the UK distributors of the film, Vipco, took out some full-page advertisements in a number of movie magazines. The advertisements showed the video's violently explicit cover, complaints began flooding into the Advertising Standards Agency, and by 1984 'Video Nasties' were banned in the UK. You can find out more about Driller Killer at A Passion For Horror. The Driller Killer is a 1979 horror film film directed by and starring Abel Ferrara. It was on a list of banned so-called video nasty in the United Kingdom. The film was released in 1979, it became banned in the UK in 1984 due to new censorship laws, until 1999, when a version omitting 54 secs from the head-drilling scene and 2 earlier murders was approved for an 18 certificate. The full uncut version was finally passed by the BBFC in November 2002. On 10 June 2010 it was re-released as video on demand (VOD).<></> Plot A young artist, Reno Miller (Abel Ferrara) and his girlfriend Carol enter a Catholic church. Reno approaches an elderly bearded man kneeling at the pulpit. Although Reno seems to recognize the man as his long-lost father, he is merely a derelict. After the man seizes Reno's hand, Reno grabs Carol and runs from the church. The derelict had a paper with Reno's name and phone number and requested a meeting with him. Later, in the Union Square (New York City) apartment he shares with Carol and her lover Pamela, Reno receives a large phone bill and cannot pay his rent. He hates his crime-infested, derelict-filled neighborhood. Reno visits Dalton, a gallery owner, and tells him that he is currently painting a masterpiece. Reno asks for a week’s extension and a loan of $500 to cover the rent. Dalton uses, saying that he already lent enough money to Reno. However, if he finishes a satisfactory painting in one week, Dalton will buy it for the necessary amount. The following day, the Roosters, a No Wave band, begin practicing their music in a nearby apartment. The loud music makes Reno more unnerved and frustrated. That night, Reno, Carol, and Pamela watch a TV advertisement for a Porto-Pak, a battery pack which allows portable use of corded electrical appliances. At 2:00 a.m., while painting, Reno becomes more agitated from the Roosters' music. After seeing his own image saturated in blood, Reno walks in the dark. He sees an elderly derelict sleeping in a garbage-strewn alley. It seems that Reno plans to accost the man, but instead, he takes him down an alley where they see gang members chasing another bum. Reno drops the bum and vows that he will not end up like him or his derelict father. The next day, Reno complains about the Roosters to their landlord. However, the landlord uses to act because the music does not bother him. He gives Reno a skinned rabbit for dinner, but demands the rent money. Reno takes the rabbit home and repeatedly stabs it while preparing it. Later, Reno buys the Porto-Pak. During a brief reprieve from the music, Reno hears voices calling his name and sees an image of an eyeless Carol. That night, Reno goes out with the Porto-Pak and his drill attached to it. He sees another bum sleeping inside an abandoned diner and kills him by drilling into his chest. The following evening, Reno, Carol, and Pamela see Tony Coca-Cola and the Roosters at a nightclub. As the Roosters play, Reno becomes agitated by the loud music and crowd. He leaves as Carol and Pamela dance and make out. Reno returns to his apartment, grabs the drill and Porto-Pak, and goes out on a drilling spree. He kills a number of bums before returning home to sleep. Later, Tony visits Reno’s apartment and asks Reno to paint him. Tony agrees to pose that instant for the $500 rent bill. As Reno paints, Tony poses, playing his guitar and making out with Pamela. A bum in a nearby alley, upset by the noise, is attacked by Reno who drills his hands to a wall in a crucifix pose before killing him. Afterward, Reno works on his painting. After a night’s work, he wakes Pamela and Carol to tell them it is finished. Reno and Carol show the painting to Dalton, who leaves after declaring it “unacceptable.” Carol yells at Reno for sitting with a blank expression. The next morning, Reno awakes to find Carol is leaving him for her ex-husband, Stephen. File:Driller Killer Over-the-Shoulder Shot.png from the murderer's perspective as Reno approaches Dalton to kill him with the drill.}}} That evening, Reno calls Dalton and invites him to see another piece. When Dalton arrives as the Roosters are practicing, Reno drills him. After visiting the Roosters, Pamela returns to find a bloody drill bit in front of the door and Dalton’s body inside. Pamela backs away screaming, but Reno grabs her. Across town, Carol is back with Stephen. She takes a shower while Stephen prepares tea. Reno sneaks in, drills Stephen in the back, and hides his body behind the counter. Carol, done showering, walks to the bedroom where Reno hides under the bed covers. She turns out the lights, gets into bed, and tells "Stephen" to "come here..." Cast Abel Ferrara (credited as Jimmy Laine) &ndash; Reno Miller Carolyn Marz &ndash; Carol Baybi Day &ndash; Pamela Harry Schultz II &ndash; Dalton Briggs Alan Wynroth &ndash; Landlord Maria Helhoski &ndash; Nun James O'Hara &ndash; Man in church Richard Howorth &ndash; Carol's husband D.A. Metrov (credited as Rhodney Montreal) &ndash; Tony Coca-Cola Louis Mascolo; Knife victim Production File:The Driller Killer Pinball Scene Shot to Shot.png in the film as the protagonist Reno (on the right) Pinball while Pamela looks on.}}} The Driller Killer is a low-budget, independent feature, with a cast of unknown actors, produced by Ferrara's own Navaron Films company 1977-78. It was filmed on 16mm film and utilised Ferrara's Union Square apartment and adjacent streets as locations. Many cut versions of the movie still exist, which show scenes of drilling into heads and abdomens blacked-out. The uncut version of the movie cuts to a black screen during the scene in which Dalton is murdered, as well as during the end scene in which Reno hides under Carol's bed covers. Instead of a black screen, the British BBFC 18 version cuts to a red screen during these two scenes. Reception The Driller Killer was met with positive reviews, earning a 70% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was released theatrically in America without controversy in 1979. In the United Kingdom, however, the reaction to the video release was very different. In 1982, the UK distributors of Driller Killer, Vipco (Video Instant Picture Company) took out full page advertisements in a number of movie magazines showing the video's violently explicit cover, depicting a man being drilled through the forehead by the Driller Killer.< name="Nick Johnstone 1999"/> The tagline for the advertising and video box was: "There are those who kill violently."< name="Video Nasties"/> The advertising resulted in a large number of complaints to the Advertising Standards Agency, and opposition to the film from the press and elsewhere; however, it seems that very few of the complainants ever saw the film but based their opinion on the poster and title.< name="Nick Johnstone 1999"/> The film was lumped together with other "Video nasty" released at the time and a vociferous campaign was launched by the press to ban them all. Driller Killer was added to the list of banned UK films on 4 July 1983, just a year after its release date.< name="Video Nasties"/> According to Mike Bor, the Principal Examiner at the British Board of Film Classification, "The Driller Killer was almost single-handedly responsible for the Video Recordings Act 1984" under which it and others of the "video nasties" released at the time were banned in the U.K.< name="Nick Johnstone 1999"/> According to Brad Stevens, author of a biography on Abel Ferrara, the banning of the film was "almost entirely due to the cover of the video." < name="Video Nasties"/> The movie was not officially released uncut in the UK until 2002. Remake plans In 2007, it was announced that the film would be remade by British people film maker Andrew Jones.< name=Twitch1></> It was reported that this new version of the film would also feature many unusual cameos and an original musical score. The remake would have moved the setting from New York to London and starred David Hess. Andrew Jones contacted Baybi Day to help co-produce and have a small acting role in the remake of Driller Killer. The title of the remake was designated Driller Killer Redux. The project came to a halt after a financial deal between the executive producers and the two people who held the rights to the original movie could not be reached.< name=MJSimpsoninterview></> See also List of films in the public domain List of cult films Grindhouse Notes Category:1979 horror films Category:1979 films Category:Films directed by Abel Ferrara Category:Directorial debut films Category:American horror films Category:Films set in New York City Category:Serial killer films Category:Slasher films SciFi_Horror feature_films Moviesandfilms

Baseball, Jackie Robinson This biography of Jackie Robinson is not a great film. More than anything it represents a significant milestone in baseball and the civil right movement. Jackie doesn't do a terrible acting job which you don't really notice because the screen play, although light, is very face paced. The viewer is rocketed through the life of a young pre-teen Jackie Robinson, his football college career, touches on his military service in the second world war, his minor league career, and through his 1949 season with the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Jackie Robinson Story is a 1950 biographical film directed by Alfred E. Green (who had directed The Jolson Story, "one of the biggest hits of the 40s")<></> and starring Jackie Robinson as himself. The film focuses on Robinson's struggle with the abuse of racist bigots as he becomes the first African-American Major League Baseball player of the modern era. The film is among the list of films in the public domain in the United States. However a new copyrighted "restored and in color" version was released in conjunction with the Jackie Robinson Foundation in 2008. Plot The film begins with Robinson as a boy. He is given a worn-out baseball glove by a stranger impressed by his fielding skills. As a young man, he becomes a multi-sport star at the University of California, Los Angeles, but as he nears graduation, he worries about his future. His older brother Mack Robinson (athlete) was also an outstanding college athlete and graduate, but the only job he could get was that of a lowly Street sweeper. When America enters World War II, Robinson is drafted, serving as an athletic director. Afterward, he plays baseball with a professional African-American team. However, the constant travel keeps him away from his college sweetheart, Rachel Robinson. Then one day, Brooklyn Dodgers scout Clyde Sukeforth invites him to meet Branch Rickey, president of the Major League Baseball team. At first, Robinson considers the offer to be a practical joke, as African Americans are not allowed to play in the segregated major leagues. When he is convinced that the opportunity is genuine, he and Rickey size each other up. After thinking over Rickey's warning about the hatred and abuse he would have to endure without being able to strike back, Robinson signs with the Dodgers' International League farm team, the Montreal Royals. Though he wants to delay marrying Rae to shield her, she insists on an immediate wedding so she can support her man in the trying times ahead. Robinson leads the league in hitting in his first year, and despite the grave concerns expressed by the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, Rickey goes ahead and promotes him to the Dodgers. Reviled at first by many of the fans and some of his own teammates, Robinson gets off to a shaky start, playing out of position at first base and going through a hitting slump, but then gradually wins people over with his talent and determination. The team goes on to win the pennant, with Robinson driving in the tying run and scoring the winning one in the deciding game. At the end, Robinson is invited to address the United States House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. Cast Jackie Robinson as Himself Ruby Dee as Rachel Robinson Minor Watson as Branch Rickey Louise Beavers as Jackie's mother Dick Lane (TV announcer) as Clay Hopper Harry Shannon (actor) as Frank Shaughnessy Ben Lessy as Shorty William H. Spaulding as Himself Billy Wayne as Clyde Sukeforth Joel Fluellen as Mack Robinson (athlete) Bernie Hamilton as Ernie Kenny Washington (American football) as Tigers Manager Pat Flaherty (actor) as Karpen Larry McGrath as Umpire Emmett Smith as Catcher Howard Louis MacNeely as Jackie as a boy George Dockstader as Bill Production Principal photography for the film took place in the off-season following his 1949 Brooklyn Dodgers season.</> According to Bosley Crowther, "What is surprising...in this new film ...is the sincerity of the dramatization and the integrity of Mr. Robinson playing himself. Too often, in films of this nature about sports figures, fanciful or real, the sentiments are inflated and the heroics glorified. Here the simple story of Mr. Robinson's trail-blazing career is re-enacted with manifest fidelity and conspicuous dramatic restraint. And Mr. Robinson, doing that rare thing of playing himself in the picture's leading role, displays a calm assurance and composure that might be envied by many a Hollywood star."< name="nyt"/> Colorized version On April 19, 2005, 20th Century Fox and Legend Films released a film colorization version of the film, donating a portion of the proceeds to the Jackie Robinson Foundation, a charity that benefits education for gifted students. An "official" version remains in release by MGM Home Entertainment (whose sister company, United Artists, produced this film). See also 42 (film), a 2013 film also about Robinson </> < name="nyt"></> }} The Jackie Robinson Story] at Category:1950 films Category:1950s drama films Category:1950s sports films Category:American baseball films Category:American biographical films Category:Biographical films about sportspeople Category:Black-and-white films Category:Brooklyn Dodgers Category:Eagle-Lion Films films Category:English-language films Category:Films about racism Category:Films directed by Alfred E. Green Category:Films set in the 1940s Category:Jackie Robinson Category:Sports films based on actual events 4.00 Mort Briskin Eagle Lion Films feature_films Moviesandfilms

pdmovies You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page. A Farewell to Arms is a 1932 American romance film drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Helen Hayes, Gary Cooper, and Adolphe Menjou.< name="nytimes"></> Based on the 1929 semi-autobiographical novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, with a screenplay by Oliver H.P. Garrett and Benjamin Glazer, the film is about a romantic love affair between an American ambulance driver and an English nurse in Italy during World War I. The film received Academy Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Sound, and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Art Direction.</> The original Broadway play starred Glenn Anders and Elissa Landi. Plot On the } In his review in The New York Times, Mordaunt Hall wrote, "There is too much sentiment and not enough strength in the pictorial conception of Ernest Hemingway's novel ... the film account skips too quickly from one episode to another and the hardships and other experiences of Lieutenant Henry are passed over too abruptly, being suggested rather than told ... Gary Cooper gives an earnest and splendid portrayal [and] Helen Hayes is admirable as Catherine ... another clever characterization is contributed by Adolphe Menjou ... it is unfortunate that these three players, serving the picture so well, do not have the opportunity to figure in more really dramatic interludes."< name="nytimes-review"></> Dan Callahan of Slant Magazine notes, "Hemingway ... was grandly contemptuous of Frank Borzage's version of A Farewell to Arms ... but time has been kind to the film. It launders out the writer's ... pessimism and replaces it with a testament to the eternal love between a couple."< name="slant"></> Time Out London calls it "not only the best film version of a Hemingway novel, but also one of the most thrilling visions of the power of sexual love that even Borzage ever made ... no other director created images like these, using light and movement like brushstrokes, integrating naturalism and a daring expressionism in the same shot. This is romantic melodrama raised to its highest degree."< name="timeout"></> Channel 4 describes it as "an excellent adaptation ... the two leads are ideal and irresistible here, particularly a reliably sensitive Cooper, who milks his everyman appeal to great effect." Awards and nominations The film won two Academy Awards and was nominated for another two:< name="oscars"></> Academy Award for Best Picture (nominee)< name="nytimes"/> Academy Award for Best Art Direction (nominee) Academy Award for Best Cinematography (winner) Academy Award for Sound - Franklin Hansen (winner) See also List of films in the public domain The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film by Paramount with except of film showing Eleanor Boardman, later replaced by Hayes) A Farewell to Arms] on Category:1932 films Category:1930s romantic drama films Category:American films Category:American romantic drama films Category:Black-and-white films Category:English-language films Category:Films based on novels Category:Films based on works by Ernest Hemingway Category:Films directed by Frank Borzage Category:Films made before the MPAA Production Code Category:Films set in Italy Category:Films whose cinematographer won the Best Cinematography Academy Award Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:War drama films Category:War romance films Category:World War I films set on the Italian Front 3.50 Edward A. Blatt MovingImage Paramount Pictures feature_films Moviesandfilms

Read about this movie on it's IMDB page http://imdb.com/title/tt0020758/ Check and Double Check is a 1930 comedy film made and released by RKO Radio Pictures based on the top-rated Amos 'n' Andy old-time radio. The title was derived from a catchphrase associated with the show. Directed by Melville W. Brown, from a screenplay by Bert Kalmar, J. Walter Ruben, and Harry Ruby, it starred Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden in the roles of Andy and Amos, respectively, which they had created for the radio show. The film also featured Duke Ellington and his "Cotton Club Band". Plot Amos and Andy run the "Fresh Air Taxicab Company, Incorporated", so named because their one taxi has no top. Their old vehicle has broken down, causing a traffic jam. Stuck in the traffic jam are John Blair and his wife, who were on their way to meet an old family friend at the train station, Richard Williams. When the Blairs do not show up, he makes his own way to their house, where he meets their daughter, Jean, who was also his childhood sweetheart. The two reignite their old flame, much to the chagrin of Ralph Crawford, who has been attempting to woo Jean himself. That night, prior to attending a meeting at their lodge, the Mystic Knights of the Sea, they are hired to transport Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club band to a party being given at the Blair estate. While they are on their way, Richard is confiding to John Blair his feelings for his daughter, and also stating that he has no intention of pursuing Jean unless he can afford to start his own business to support them. After the death of his father, Richard's family lost all their money. He has come up to New York because his grandfather used to own a large home in Harlem, and he hopes to be able to find the deed to it, in order to sell it for the money needed to start his business. He thinks the deed must be hidden somewhere on the property itself. Unknown to Blair or Richard, is that Ralph is eavesdropping on their conversation. After his discussion with Blair, Richard runs into Amos and Andy, who used to work for his father down south, and they are all happy to see one another. Having delivered their fare, the two cab drivers rush back to town to attend their lodge meeting. The lodge has an annual tradition where a pair of members must spend a night in a haunted house in Harlem, and find a document labeled, "Check and Double Check". Once they find it, they are to replace it, in a different location, with their own version, for the lodge members to find the following year. The haunted house in question in none other than the house previously owned by Richard's grandfather. As Amos and Andy are searching for their document, Ralph is also in the house with several of his cohorts, searching for the deed, in order to thwart Richard's chances with Jean. Amos and Andy find their document, but then realize they did not bring any other paper to write their message on and secrete for their lodge brothers. In searching for something to write on, they stumble on the deed to premises. As they are about to write their message on the back, they are interrupted by Ralph and his friends, who believe that the two have found the deed. In the confusion which ensues, the cab drivers hand over what everyone believes is the deed, before they scamper out of the building. However, when they return to the lodge, they realize that they had given the Check and Double Check paper to Ralph, instead of the dead. They do not know the importance of the document they have, but they recognized Richard's grandfather's signature on it, and intend to deliver it to Richard the following day. After failing to find the deed, a heartbroken Richard leaves for the railway station, intending to return home. Amos and Andy arrive at the Blair house too late to give him the deed, but race to the station and are able to hand over the deed just before Richard's train leaves. Now with the deed, Richard can sell the house, open his business, and marry Jean. Cast Freeman F. Gosden as Amos Charles J. Correll as Andy Brown Sue Carol as Jean Blair Irene Rich as Mrs Blair Ralf Harolde as Ralph Crawford Charles Morton (actor) as Richard Williams Edward Martindel as John Blair Rita La Roy as Elinor Crawford Russ Powell as Kingfish Roscoe Ates as Brother Arthur Duke Ellington as himself Robert Homans as butler (Cast list as per AFI database)< name=AFI /> Production The making of the picture posed several problems. Perhaps foremost was the fact that the characters of the program were portrayed as African American but were in fact entirely voiced by whites. This had posed no problem on the radio, but obviously would not be suitable for a film where the actors could be seen as well as heard. Rather than hire black actors for the roles and instruct them to imitate to the maximum extent possible the very stereotype voices used by the radio performers, program creators Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll performed the roles themselves in blackface. Another problem was the attempt to base a full-length picture on a 15-minute long radio program. In order to do this, the film's producers unwisely decided to flesh out the story with a love triangle involving white characters, essentially making Amos and Andy minor characters in what was marketed as a film about them. =Music= Duke Ellington and his band were invited to be a part of the film, not just to provide the music but also to appear performing in the film itself. This helped propel Ellington into a national spotlight.< name=AFI /> The director did not want to give audiences the impression that Ellington's band was racially integrated, and was worried that two band members were too light skinned. So valve trombonist Juan Tizol, who was Puerto Rican, and clarinetist Barney Bigard, a Creole, wore stage makeup to appear as dark as Amos and Andy on film.< name=TCM /> The songs included:< name=Theiapolis></>< name=AFI /> "Three Little Words" - Music by Harry Ruby, lyrics by Bert Kalmar; performed by Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Band, vocals by The Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Harry Barris, and Al Rinker) "Nobody Knows But the Lord" - Music by Harry Ruby, lyrics by Bert Kalmar; sung by lodge brothers "Ring Dem Bells" - Written by Duke Ellington; performed by Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Band "Old Man Blues" - Written by Duke Ellington and Irving Mills; performed by Duke Ellington and His Cotton Club Band "East St. Louis Toodle-O" - Written by James "Bubber" Miley and Duke Ellington "Am I blue?" - Music by Harry Akst, lyrics by Grant Clark; partially sung by Freeman F. Gosden "The Perfect Song" - Words and music by Joseph Carl Breil; theme from the Amos and Andy radio program Response The film was very Profit (accounting) for RKO, earning a profit of $260,000,< name="rko"/> with most critics giving it a positive review, Variety (magazine) stating, "the best picture for children ever put on the screen".< name=AFI /> Mordaunt Hall, film critic for the New York Times, gave the film a lackluster review, praising the efforts of Gosden and Correll, while not being as kind to the rest of the cast.< name=nyt></> However, RKO examined ticket sale patterns and determined that the film's success was due to the curiosity factor of the audience wanting to see the black-face performances of their two radio stars, but once seen, the novelty was worn off.< name=RKO></> Two animation short films were made following Check and Double Check: The Rasslin' Match and The Lion Tamer. However, no sequel was ever produced and there were no further attempts at live-action portrayals of Amos 'n' Andy until the CBS television show which ran from 1951-53, although the radio show continued to be a top-rated program throughout the 1930s and 1940s. See Note #60, pg. 143</> The Rhythm Boys (Bing Crosby, Harry Barris, and Al Rinker), were brought in at the last minute to sing the vocals on "Three Little Words", when Ellington's drummer, Sonny Greer, got stage fright about performing on film.< name=AFI /> After Greer couldn't get over his fright, Bing Crosby was supposed to sing the song solo, but when Melville Brown, the director, heard Crosby's version, he reportedly said, "This guy can't sing", and the entire trio was brought in to record the song.< name=TCM></> See also List of films in the public domain Category:1930 films Category:1930s comedy films Category:American comedy films Category:Black-and-white films Category:English-language films Category:RKO Pictures films Category:Blackface minstrel shows and films 3.67 Comedy_Films feature_films Moviesandfilms

Adventure, romance, Drama From IMDb: "A native girl falls for a visitor to her island, but she's chosen to be sacrificed to the volcano god." Bird of Paradise is a 1932 Cinema of the United States romantic film adventure film drama film film directed by King Vidor, starring Dolores del Río, Joel McCrea, and Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. In 1960, the film entered the List of films in the public domain in the United States due to the claimants' failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.<></> The film has been relicensed and distributed by Kino Lorber on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in April 2012 as part of the David O. Selznick Collection (an authorized edition from the estate of David O. Selznick from the collection of George Eastman House). Plot As a yacht sails into an archipelago in the Oceania, a large number of natives in pontoon (boat) sail out to greet them. The natives dive for the trinkets the yacht's crew throws them. A shark arrives, scaring most of the natives away. In an attempt to catch a shark by throwing it bait that has been tied to a harpoon-sized hook, a young man (Joel McCrea) accidentally steps into a loop that tightens around his ankle. The shark takes the bait, and the rope grows tighter, causing the rope to yank the young man overboard. The daughter of the chief rescues the young man by leaping into the water, swimming down to where the man is. He cannot get his foot loose from the tangle, so she pulls out a knife and cuts the rope, saving his life. The beautiful Polynesian girl named Luana (Dolores del Río) becomes an irresistible object of desire, and it is not long before they meet in the middle of the night. Swiftly falling in love, they discover she has been promised by her father to another man – a prince on a neighboring island. An arranged wedding with an elaborate dance sequence then follows, during which the young man appears at the nick of time, runs into a circle of burning fire, rescues her as the natives kneel to the fire, bringing her back to a distant location on another island where they hope to live out the rest of their lives. He builds her a house with a roof of thatched grass, and as for food, the fruit of the earth, mangos and coconuts, are all within easy reach. Fishing is plentiful, whether by creeping out to rocky outcroppings and using tridents, or swimming down into the local waters to hunt giant turtles. It is like paradise. However, their idyll is smashed when the local volcano begins to erupt. The man discovers that the local custom is to sacrifice a young woman to the volcanic gods. They try to escape but realize that "east is east and west is west, and never the twain shall meet." Cast (in credits order) File:Bird of Paradise Ad.jpg Dolores del Río as Luana Joel McCrea as Johnny Baker John Halliday (actor) as Mac Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Chester Bert Roach as Hector Lon Chaney Jr. as Thornton Wade Boteler as Skipper Johnson Arnold Gray as Walker Reginald Simpson as O'Fallon Napoleon Pukui as The King Agostino Borgato as Medicine Man Sofia Ortega as Mahumahu Production File:Delores del Rio-publicity.JPG In the past, due to the unavailability of many early sound films, this film was erroneously believed to have been one of the first talkies to have an orchestral film score. A full musical score was featured in the first all-talking movie, Lights of New York (1928 film) (1928). Another noteworthy example is So Long Letty (1929 film) (1929), a comedy starring Charlotte Greenwood which featured a continuous musical film score from beginning to end and has recently been released on DVD in the Warner Archive Collection.</> Curiosities File:Bird of Paradise (1932) 2.jpg Bird of Paradise created a scandal when released due to a scene featuring Dolores del Río Skinny dipping. This film was made before the Production Code was strictly enforced, so nudity in film in American movies was still fairly common. Employing an elaborate pantomime, Dolores del Río mimics a bird in flight to imply that her freedom is strictly construed in terms of a prior obligation: her duty to marry the prince who lives on a neighboring island. After she has apparently escaped a forced wedding and taken up habitation on a neighboring island that appears to be simple paradise, it seems that they have escaped the dominion of her father, but that is not so. They have kept track of her location. When the mountain god Pele (deity) rumbles, she confesses to her lover that she alone can appease the mountain's appetite. The movie closes with her leaving her husband (who has slipped into a deep delirium from a spear wound), so that she can save her people from Pele by voluntarily throwing herself into the volcano's mouth. Category:1932 films Category:RKO Pictures films Category:Black-and-white films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:1930s romance films Category:Films set in Oceania Category:Interracial romance films

Drama, music, romance, Susan Hayward A successful singer Angelica Evans (Susan Hayward) gives up her career and marries unsuccessful singer Ken Conway (Lee Bowman). She happily sacrifices for him and his partner (Eddie Albert). Eventually he DOES hit it big, she has a baby...but he never has time for her--his rising career comes first. She slowly drifts into alcoholism. Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947 in film), also called A Woman Destroyed,<></> is a drama film which tells the story of a rising nightclub singer who marries another singer, whose career takes off, then falls into alcoholism after giving up her career for him. The film stars Susan Hayward, Lee Bowman, and Eddie Albert, and was written by Frank Cavett, John Howard Lawson, Dorothy Parker, and Lionel Wiggam, and was directed by Stuart Heisler. Ethel Wales appears in an uncredited part. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Actress (Susan Hayward) and Academy Award for Best Story. The story is loosely based on the life of Dixie Lee, the first wife of actor-singer Bing Crosby. Plot In a hospital, Angie Evans, her face bandaged, recounts the events that brought her here. A nightclub singer, Angie becomes involved with another singer, Ken Conway, whose career has yet to take off. Her agent Mike Dawson helps get Ken and piano accompanist Steve Anderson a spot on a radio show singing cowboy songs. Ken sings a ballad on the day Angie, now his wife, gives birth to their daughter. The attention he gets leads to a new career opportunity. Ken soon is a big success, gaining popularity and wealth, while Angie stays home, her career at a standstill. She begins to drink. Ken counts on her to present a sophisticated image for his new high-society friends and contacts, but her alcoholism worsens, so secretary Martha Gray comes to Ken's aid. It isn't long before Angie is certain an affair has begun with Martha and her husband. Steve tries to intervene on Angie's behalf, but he can see Martha has fallen in love with Ken. Angie neglects the child, continues to drink, then creates a scene at a party. Ken asks for a divorce and custody. A fire starts from a lit cigarette of hers, shortly after she kidnaps their daughter from a nurse, results in Angie's suffering serious facial burns while saving the child. There may be no hope, but Ken tries to stand by his wife as her life hits rock bottom. Cast Susan Hayward as Angie Evans (singing dubbed by Peg LaCentra) Lee Bowman as Ken Conway (singing dubbed by Hal Derwin) Eddie Albert as Steve Anderson Marsha Hunt (actress) as Martha Gray Carl Esmond as Dr. Lorenz Carleton Young as Fred Elliott Charles D. Brown as Michael Dawson Janet Murdoch as Miss Kirk, baby Angelica's nanny Sharyn Payne as Angelica "Angel" Conway Robert Shayne as Mr. Gordon Reception The film lost $111,664 in its initial release.< name="wagner"/> Notes Category:1947 films Category:Films directed by Stuart Heisler Category:American films Category:1940s drama films Category:Screenplays by Dorothy Parker

Extravagance (1930) June Collyer, Lloyd Hughes, Owen Moore, Dorothy Christy, Jameson Thomas, Gwen Lee, Robert Agnew, Nella Walker, Martha Mattox, Arthur Hoyt, Mystic Nights Videos Alice Kendall is part of the social elite, and her mother has spent a fortune giving her luxuries. When Alice marrries Fred Garlan her mother wishes him luck as he will need it. Alice wants a new sable coat but Fred can't afford it. When she shows up with a coat, suspicions start to fly. Mystic Nights Videos Extravagance is a 1930 American film directed by Phil Rosen and released by Tiffany Pictures. Plot summary lice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide Alice with the luxuries she expects as her right. Mom blows what's left of her fortune to provide the best trousseau that money can buy when Alice marries Fred Garlan, and then wishes Fred lots of luck. Now, Alice is trying to coax Fred into buying her a new sable coat---all of her friends are sporting them---while Fred is busily trying to borrow enough money to keep his business afloat. The marriage business certainly isn't working as Alice wants. She just doesn't know how she can be seen if she isn't wearing a new sable coat. But, help is lurking just around the corner in the form of a sleaze-ball named Morrell. He's a stock-broker and he is a bachelor and he enjoys the benefits of married life by making available sable coats to little brides who are in dire need of one and whose husbands can't meet their needs. Cast June Collyer as Alice Kendall Lloyd Hughes as Fred Garlan Owen Moore as Jim Hamilton Dorothy Christy as Esther Hamilton Jameson Thomas as Morrell Gwen Lee as Sally Robert Agnew as Billy Nella Walker as Mrs. Kendall Martha Mattox as Guest Arthur Hoyt as Guest DVD release Extravagance was released on DVD region code DVD-R by Alpha Video on January 28, 2014.<></> Category:1930 films Category:American films Category:1930s romance films Category:English-language films Category:Black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Phil Rosen

Charlie Chaplin's "The Cure" (1917) Charlie Chaplin's 60th Film Released April 16 1917 The Cure is a short comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin plays a drunk who checks into a health spa to dry out, but his suitcase full of alcohol does not aid him in this pursuit. Along the way he aggravates a large man and seduces a young lady, as Chaplin's characters are often wont to do. The film featured Chaplin's frequent co-stars Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, John Rand, James T. Kelley, Albert Austin, and Frank J. Coleman. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007832/ The Cure is a 1917 short comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. Synopsis Chaplin plays a drunkard who checks into a health spa to dry out, but brings along a big suitcase full of alcohol. Along the way he aggravates a large man suffering from gout, evades him and encounters a beautiful young woman who encourages him to stop drinking. However, when the hotel owner learns his employees are getting drunk off Charlie's liquor, he calls an employee and orders him to have the liquor thrown out the window. The drunk employee hurls the bottles through the window, straight into the spa's health waters. The well becomes spurious with alcohol, sending the spa's inhabitants into a dancing stupor. Chaplin, encouraged by his new love to get sober, drinks from the spurious spa, gets drunk and offends her. She leaves him in anger and walks away. Charlie walks back to the door unsteadily, when he bumps into the large man, tripping him off his wheel chair and landing him into the alcoholic well. The next morning there are plenty of hangovers, but Chaplin turns sober, walks out and finds the lady. Realizing what had happened, she forgives him. They walk ahead, just then he accidentally steps into the liquor-laden well. One introduction which has since been added to the film explains that in 1917 drunkenness was a serious problem in the working class, so to keep it funny Chaplin changed from his "Little Tramp" character to an upper-class fop. Gout was at the time believed to be a disease of the wealthy, which is why Eric Campbell (actor)'s character has it. Sound version In 1932, Amedee Van Beuren of Van Beuren Studios, purchased Chaplin's Mutual comedies for $10,000 each, added music by Gene Rodemich and Winston Sharples and sound effects, and re-released them through RKO Radio Pictures. Chaplin had no legal recourse to stop the RKO release. Preservation status On September 4, 2013 a missing part of the end of the film was found and will be released on a future DVD. A restored version of The Cure was presented at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival on January 11, 2014. Cast Charlie Chaplin as The Inebriate Edna Purviance as The Girl Eric Campbell (actor) as The Man with the Gout Henry Bergman as Masseur John Rand (actor) as Sanitarium Attendant James T. Kelley as Sanitarium Attendant Albert Austin as Sanitarium Attendant Frank J. Coleman as Head of Sanitarium See also Charlie Chaplin filmography Category:1917 films Category:American films Category:1910s comedy films Category:American comedy films Category:American silent short films Category:Black-and-white films Category:Films about alcoholism Category:Films directed by Charlie Chaplin

The Little Princess (1939) Drama You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page. File:Little Princess 4.JPG The Little Princess is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang. The screenplay by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris is loosely based on the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film was the first Shirley Temple movie to be filmed completely in Technicolor.</> Plot Captain Crewe (played by Ian Hunter (actor)), called to fight in the Second Boer War, has to leave his daughter Sara (Shirley Temple) with her pony at Miss Minchin's School for Girls. With all the money Captain Crewe can offer, Miss Minchin gives Sara a fancy, private room. Although worried about her father, Sara is distracted by riding lessons. Sara hears news that Mafeking is free and expects her father will soon come home. Miss Minchin throws Sara a lavish birthday party. During the party, Captain Crewe's solicitor arrives with the sad news that Captain Crewe has died and his real estate, the basis for his wealth, has been confiscated. Miss Minchin ends Sara's party abruptly. Without her father's financial support, Sara becomes a servant, now working at the school she used to attend. Sara gains new solace in a friendship with Ram Dass (Cesar Romero) who lives next door. She also receives support from Miss Minchin's brother, Hubert, who does not agree with her treatment. In her new role Sara gets hungrier and more tired from her arduous duties and sneaks off to Veterans Hospitals, convinced her father is not dead. After a string of episodes including a performance of the film's most well-known song "Wot Cher! Knocked 'em in the Old Kent Road", Sara is at her wits end. Taunting from Lavinia (Marcia Mae Jones) cause Sara to lose her temper. Miss Minchin arrives in the attic, discovers blankets that Ram Dass left Sara, assumes they are stolen, and locks her in the attic, calling the police. Sara escapes and runs to the hospital with Minchin in hot pursuit. Meanwhile the hospital is preparing to transfer a newly arrived patient, who is unable to communicate except to repeatedly say, "Sara, Sara"; it is Captain Crewe, but "his papers have been lost" and no one knows who he is. Sara is initially barred from entering the hospital but sneaks in, only to burst in upon a visit by Queen Victoria, who grants her permission to search for her father. Sara searches the wards unsuccessfully, but happens upon her father as she hides from Miss Minchin and the police. Miss Minchin, who pursued Sara to the hospital, is appalled that her brother thinks Sara is innocent. A staff member announces Sara has found her father, Miss Minchin exclaims: "Captain Crewe is alive?!" to which her brother retorts, "Of course he's alive! How could she find him if he wasn't alive?" The film ends with Sara helping her father stand as the Queen departs. Cast Shirley Temple as Sara Crewe Richard Greene as Geoffrey Hamilton Anita Louise as Rose Ian Hunter (actor) as Captain Crewe Cesar Romero as Ram Dass Arthur Treacher as Hubert 'Bertie' Minchin Mary Nash as Amanda Minchin Sybil Jason as Becky Miles Mander as Lord Wickham Marcia Mae Jones as Lavinia Deidre Gale as Jessie Ira Stevens as Ermengarde E. E. Clive as Mr. Barrows Beryl Mercer as Queen Victoria Eily Malyon as Cook Clyde Cook (actor) as Attendant Keith Kenneth as Bobbie Will Stanton as a Groom Harry Allen as a Groom Holmes Herbert as a Doctor Evan Thomas as a Doctor Guy Bellis as a Doctor Kenneth Hunter as General Lionel Braham as Colonel Source: Reception Accord to Variety, "Transposition of the Frances Hodgson Burnett several-generation favorite, Sara Crewe, is accomplished most successfully. The fairy-tale story is still saccharine to the nth degree, but once the basic premise is established, it rolls along acceptably. And, while the story has been changed for screen purposes, the general line is close enough." Benjamin R. Crisler, who reviewed the film when it opened in New York City at Roxy Theatre (New York City), said <blockquote>"With any other child on earth, it is amazing to lect, The Little Princess would stand out as one of the most glaring exhibits of pure wikt:hokum in screen history; with Mistress Temple, it may very well be, as Mr. Zanuck unflinchingly proclaims, the greatest picture with which Mr. Zanuck has ever been associated."Janet Maslin, writing for The New York Times 44 years later, on the occasion of its VHS release by Media Home Entertainment, called it "antiquated enough to seem charming" and concludes "[t]he movie's music, its corny but likable wikt:histrionics and its rousing patriotism (it was made in 1939) culminate in a happy ending sure to make even grown-up viewers cry." Category:1939 films Category:20th Century Fox films Category:Aftermath of war Category:American films Category:Black-and-white films Category:Films based on children's books Category:Films directed by Walter Lang Category:Films set in London Category:Films set in the 1900s Category:Films about educators Category:English-language films Category:Films based on novels Category:American drama films

The Woman in Green (1945) mystery, Basil Rathbone A serial killer appears to be on the loose in London and Sherlock Holmes assists Inspector Gregson of Scotland Yard in the investigation. Holmes is brought into the case when Maude Fenwick asks him to investigate her father, Sir George Fenwick, who has been acting very oddly of late. Holmes had seen him in a hotel bar a few nights before with a very attractive and mysterious woman. - IMDB Description File:The Woman in Green (1945).webm The Woman in Green is a 1945 American Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Hillary Brooke as the woman of the title and Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty. The film is not credited as an adaptation of any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes tales, but several of its scenes are taken from "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House." The Woman in Green is the eleventh film of the Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series) series. Plot When several women are murdered and their foingers severed, Holmes and Watson are called into action, but Holmes is baffled by the crimes at the start. Widower Sir George Fenwick (Paul Cavanagh), after a romantic night alone with his girlfriend Lydia Marlowe (Hillary Brooke), is hypnotized into believing that he is responsible for the crimes. He is certain that he is guilty after he awakes from a stupor and finds a woman's foinger in his pocket. His daughter comes to Holmes and Watson without realizing that Moriarty's henchman is following her. She tells Holmes and Watson that she found her father burying a foinger under a pile of soil. She has dug up the foinger and shows it to them. Fenwick is then found dead, obviously murdered by someone to keep him from talking. Holmes theorizes that Moriarty, who was supposed to have been hanged in Montevideo, is alive and responsible for the crimes. Watson is then called to help a woman who fell over while feeding her pet bird. He leaves, and minutes later, Moriarty appears and explains that he faked the phone call so he could talk to Holmes. When Moriarty leaves, Watson arrives. Holmes explains what Moriarty did, notices that a window shade that was shut in the empty house across the street is now open, and tells Watson to investigate. Inside the empty house Watson, looking through the window, believes that he sees a sniper shoot Holmes in his apartment. Holmes then appears at the house and explains that he put a bust of Julius Caesar there because of the bust's resemblance to his own face (Holmes realized that as soon as he sat there, Moriarty would have him killed). Inspector Gregson takes the sniper, a hypnotized ex-soldier, away, but the sniper is later killed on Holmes's doorstep. Holmes now realizes that Moriarty's plan involves: 1) killing women and cutting off their fingers, 2) making rich, single men believe they have committed the crime, 3) using this fake information to blackmail them, and 4) counting on the victims being too terrified to expose the scheme. He befriends Lydia, whom he had seen with Sir George at a restaurant, suspecting that she is in cahoots with Moriarty. She takes him to her house, where he is apparently hypnotized. Moriarty enters and has one of his men cut Holmes with a knife to verify that he is hypnotized. He then tells Holmes to write a suicide note (which he does), walk out of Lydia's apartment onto the ledge, and jump to his death. Watson and the police then appear and grab the criminals. Holmes then reveals he was never really hypnotized, but secretly ingested a drug to make him appear as if he had been hypnotized and also insensitive to pain. Moriarty then escapes from the hold of a policeman and jumps from the top of Lydia's house to another building. However, he hangs onto a pipe which becomes loose from the building, causing him to fall to his death. Cast Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson Hillary Brooke as Lydia Marlowe Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty Paul Cavanagh as Sir George Fenwick Matthew Boulton (actor) as Inspector Tobias Gregson Eve Amber as Maude Fenwick Frederick Worlock as Doctor Onslow Tom Bryson as Corporal Williams Sally Shepherd as Crandon, Marlowe's maid Mary Gordon (actor) as Mrs. Hudson See also Hypnosis in popular culture#Film Category:1945 films Category:1940s mystery films Category:American mystery films Category:Black-and-white films Category:English-language films Category:Films based on mystery novels Category:Sherlock Holmes films based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle Category:Universal Pictures films Category:Hypnosis Category:Films directed by Roy William Neill

The Stranger (1946) (720p HD) The Strangler is a 1964 crime thriller, directed by Burt Topper and starring Victor Buono, David McLean, Davey Davison and Ellen Corby, with a screenplay by Bill S. Ballinger. The film was inspired by the Boston Strangler, a serial killer of the 1960s. Plot Leo Kroll (Buono) is a Oedipal complex lab technician who collects dolls. He is also a serial killer, responsible for the death of a number of nurses, and is questioned by the police regarding those murders, but is released. Kroll claims his next victim, Clara (Bates), the nurse who has been looking after his possessive mother, who is in hospital after a heart attack. However, he leaves a doll behind at the murder scene. (A subplot features Kroll becoming enamored of Tally (Davison), one of the girls who works at the amusement park stall from which he won this doll.) Kroll is again questioned by the police, but successfully passes a lie detector test and is released. He visits his mother in hospital and tells her how he killed Clara, which induces a second, fatal heart attack. Returning to the amusement park, he sees Barbara (Sayer), Tally's co-worker, talking to the police. This makes Kroll frantic. As Kroll is talking to Barbara about the police, he is visibly nervous. He misses ring after ring while he plays the game. When Barbara mimics one of the dolls by saying "Mama", this reminds Kroll of his mother and finally sets him off. Kroll goes to Barbara's apartment and strangles her as she is stepping out of the shower. After killing a girl that works at an amusement park stand and not a nurse, this throws the police off. Meanwhile, it seems with his mother dead, Kroll finally feels free and it seems his hatred for woman is fading. He visits Tally and proposes to her. After he is rejected, Kroll begins to believe in his mind that all the bad things his mother told him about women are true. After questioning Tally and getting a description, the police finally find their strangler. Kroll hides in Tally's apartment and waits to kill her when she comes home. The police, believing Tally could be the strangler's next victim, bug her room and stay close by to catch Kroll. Tally is packing her bag to leave town and ends up covering the bug in her room. The police are unable to hear what is going on when Kroll comes out and begins to strangle Tally. By the time they are able to realize Tally is in trouble they are too late. The police burst into the room right as Kroll finishes Tally off and they open fire. Kroll is hit, goes through the window, and plunges to his death. After taking his final victim, the strangler is dead. Cast The film's small budget limited the number of big names that could be hired, and the main leads were subject to Allied Artists Pictures Corporation' approval. Victor Buono, who had recently received an Academy Award nomination for his role in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962 film), was cast as serial killer Leo Kroll independently of director Burt Topper, who chose David McLean (actor) for the role of Lt. Frank Benson, the detective in charge of investigating the murders. McLean was known for his lead role in the 1960 Western television series Tate (TV series). Veteran character actress Ellen Corby (later to become best known as Grandma Walton in The Waltons) played Mrs. Kroll, Leo's controlling mother, and Jeanne Bates was Clara Thomas, her attending nurse. Among the unknowns cast were Davey Davison as Tally Raymond, the female lead, and Diane Sayer as Barbara Wells, Tally's colleague at the amusement park stand from which Kroll obtains a doll. Topper also drew on the "Burt Topper Stock Company" &ndash; an unofficial group of actors he worked with regularly to fill some supporting roles, including Baynes Barron as Sgt. Mack Clyde, Russ Bender as Dr. Clarence Sanford and Wally Campo as Eggerton. Production Producers Samuel Bischoff and David Diamond originally planned to make a movie called The Boston Strangler, capitalizing on the ongoing interest in the Boston Strangler. The setting was later changed to an unnamed US city. Burt Topper was hired in the wake of his work on War Is Hell (film) (1963) and production commenced mid-September 1963. Topper found working with Bischoff and Diamond a positive experience, but relations were not as smooth with his star, Victor Buono. Buono insisted the director change those scenes which he felt were "too suggestive" (indeed, cinematographer Jacques R. Marquette's main recollection of the shoot was Buono's usal to do a scene in which Diane Sayer was supposed to be nude) and he once walked off set for a day, after an exchange with Topper over the actor's difficulty hitting his marks. Reception The Time Out Film Guide describes the film as a "compelling tawdry exploiter", acknowledging its star's contributions.< name="TimeOut"/> Likewise, David Sindelar of movie website Fantastic Movie Musings & Ramblings cites Buono as one of the film's strengths, though criticizing the script's focus on the more logically-motivated murders. Among contemporaneous reviews, Variety (magazine) commended both Buono's performance and Topper's "dramatically skillful direction" while New York Times film critic Eugene Archer seemed unimpressed. Category:1960s crime thriller films Category:1964 films Category:American films Category:Black-and-white films Category:English-language films Category:Serial killer films

The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950) Drama, film noir, Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall, Felix E. Feist, San Francisco Shot on location in San Francisco and starring Lee J. Cobb, John Dall and Jane Wyatt, The man who cheated himself tells the story of a policeman who pushes the boundaries of the law by covering up a crime committed by his lover. He then finds himself assigned to investigate that very same crime, along with a new rookie partner who is determined to track down the culprit. The film is also available elsewhere on the archive, as a 2.2GB MPEG2 or on a 7.3GB ISO DVD image. The smaller file offered here is intended to make the film more accessible to people otherwise discouraged by larger versions. Both the XViD/AVI file offered here and the MPEG2 mentioned above seem derived from the exact same print and show the same artifacts, except for the fact that the XViD is a progressive (24fps) transfer while the MPEG2 is a telecined (30fps) transfer. Since the film wasn't well-preserved, the artifacts unfortunately include missing frames, white dots, blinking vertical lines and low crackling/scratching sounds. External links IMDB page American Film Institute entry Wikipedia page Noir of the Week review Under the hood VIDEO: XVID, 640x480, 12bpp, 23.976fps, 1093.5kbps AUDIO: MP3, 48000Hz, 2 channels, 16-bit, 128kbps Original copyright registration: THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 1950. 81 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. © Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.; 30Dec50; LP697. Copyright renewal registration: none The Man Who Cheated Himself is a 1950 American crime film film noir directed by Felix E. Feist, and starring Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt and John Dall.<>.</> Plot Wealthy socialite Lois Frazer, divorcing her fortune-hunter husband, Howard, finds a gun he's bought. She kills him with it in front of the new man in her life, Lt. Ed Cullen, a homicide detective with the San Francisco police. The twice-married Lois manages to manipulate Cullen into disposing of the murder weapon and moving the body. Cullen ends up investigating the case, assisted by kid brother Andy, who is new to the homicide division and delays his honeymoon to keep working on his first big case. The gun is found and used in another killing by a young punk, Nito Capa, so all Cullen can think to do is try to pin both crimes on him. Andy Cullen keeps connecting Ed to the first murder, however, catching him in a number of lies. Ed ties and gags Andy and tells Lois they need to flee. Roadblocks seal off the city, but Andy has a hunch where Ed took the woman to hide, at Fort Point under the Golden Gate Bridge, and soon they are under arrest. Outside the courtroom, Ed overhears the amoral Lois offering to do anything for her lawyer if he can keep her from being convicted. Cast Lee J. Cobb as Lt. Edward Cullen Jane Wyatt as Lois Frazer John Dall as Andy Cullen Harlan Warde as Howard Frazer Tito Vuolo as Pietro Capa Charles Arnt as Ernest Quimby Marjorie Bennett as Muriel Quimby Alan Wells as Nito Capa Mimi Aguglia as Mrs. Capa Bud Wolfe as Officer Blair Morgan Farley as Rushton Howard Negley as Detective Olson William Gould (actor) as Doc Munson Terry Frost as Detective Mario Siletti as Machetti Charles Victor as Attorney Reception =Critical response= Film critic Dennis Schwartz gave the film a positive review, writing, "In an engaging film noir efficiently directed by Felix E. Feist ... The Man Who Cheated Himself is the perfect film for the beginning of the bland Dwight D. Eisenhower years." See also List of films in the public domain in the United States Category:1950 films Category:1950s crime drama films Category:20th Century Fox films Category:American crime drama films Category:Black-and-white films Category:English-language films Category:Film noir Category:Films directed by Felix E. Feist Category:Films set in San Francisco, California

Charlie Chaplin's "Kids Auto Race At Venice" (1914) Charlie Chaplin, Silents Charlie Chaplin's 2nd Film Released Feb. 07 1914 Kid Auto Races At Venice is 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charlie Chaplin in which his "Tramp" character makes a first appearance. Made by Keystone Studios and directed by Henry Lehrman, in it Chaplin plays a spectator at a 'baby-cart race' in California. The spectator keeps getting in the way of the camera and interferes with the race, causing great frustration to the public and participants. Chaplin's tramp character would go on to be one of the most beloved film icons in history. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004189/ Kid Auto Races at Venice (also known as The Pest) is a 1914 American film starring Charles Chaplin in which his "The Tramp" character makes his first appearance in a film exhibited before the public. The first film to be produced that featured the character was actually Mabel's Strange Predicament; it was shot a few days before Kid Auto Races but released two days after it. Synopsis }Made by Keystone Studios and directed by Henry Lehrman, the movie portrays Chaplin as a spectator at a 'baby-cart race' in Venice, Los Angeles. The spectator keeps getting in the way of the camera and interferes with the race, causing great frustration to the public and participants. The film was shot during the Junior Vanderbilt Cup, an actual race with Chaplin and Lehrman improvising gags in front of real-life spectators.< name=Vance2003></> Unusually the camera Fourth wall to show a second camera filming (as though it were the first), to better explain the joke. At this stage Chaplin only gets in the way of the visible camera on screen, not the actual filming camera. In so doing it takes on a spectator's viewpoint and becomes one of the first public films to show a film camera and cameraperson in operation. Category:1914 films Category:1910s comedy films Category:1910s short films Category:American films Category:American silent short films Category:Black-and-white films Category:American comedy films Category:Films directed by Henry Lehrman Category:Films produced by Mack Sennett Category:Keystone Studios films Category:Films set in Los Angeles, California

Boy! What a Girl! (1946) African American, comedy, musical Two musical producers are trying to scrape enough money together to finance their show. When one of their backers doesn't show. They convince female impresonator Tim Moore to impresonate the second female backer. Although it's release date is is 1947 it was passed by the National Board of Review in 1946. Boy! What a Girl! is a 1947 race film directed by Arthur H. Leonard and starring Tim Moore (comedian), with guest appearances by the Brown Dots, Slam Stewart, Sid Catlett and Gene Krupa. Plot Would-be theatrical producer Jim Walton is planning a new show that will feature bandleader Slam Stewart and the comic female impersonator Bumpsie (Tim Moore).< name="Yoda"></> Mr. Cummings, the wealthy father of Jim’s girlfriend Cristola, has agreed to finance half of the show if the famous Parisian impresario Madame Deborah will provide the second half of the funding. When word arrives that Madame Deborah’s arrival from France has been delayed, Bumpsie is brought in to keep Mr. Cummings occupied. Mr. Cummings, however, is unaware that Bumpsie is a man in drag and he falls in love with him. The real Madame Deborah unexpectedly arrives early and passes herself off as Mrs. Martin. Two other would-be suitors, impressed with Madame Deborah’s wealth, begin to pursue Bumpsie. A fundraising party for the show is held, where several musical acts arrive to perform. A pair of thugs attempt to kidnap Bumpsie, believing he is Madame Deborah, but he manages to escape. The real Madame Deborah identifies herself and agrees to finance Jim’s show, enabling him to achieve his professional goals and to marry Cristola. Category:1947 films Category:Black-and-white films Category:Race films Jack Goldberg, Arthur H. Leonard

Aces and Eights (1936) You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page. Aces and Eights is a 1936 American film, a Puritan production directed by Sam Newfield.[1] A card sharp steps in when a Mexican family's ranch is threatened by swindlers and cheats. Cast Tim McCoy as 'Gentleman' Tim Madigan Luana Walters as Juanita Hernandez Rex Lease as Jose Hernandez Wheeler Oakman as Ace Morgan J. Frank Glendon as Amos Harden Charles Stevens as Captain de Lopez Earle Hodgins as Marshal Jimmy Aubrey as Sidekick Lucky Joseph W. Girard as Don Julio Hernandez Karl Hackett as Wild Bill Hickok

Earthworm Tractors (1936) Joe E. Brown, Comedy Earthworm Tractors is a 1936 American film directed by Ray Enright Cast Joe E. Brown (comedian) as Alexander Botts June Travis as Mabel Johnson Guy Kibbee as Sam Johnson Dick Foran as Emmet McManus Carol Hughes (actress) as Sally Blair Gene Lockhart as George Healey Olin Howland as Mr. Blair Joseph Crehan as Mr. Henderson Charles C. Wilson (actor) as H.J. Russell William B. Davidson as Mr. Jackson Irving Bacon as Taxicab Driver Stuart Holmes as The Doctor Frederick Schmitt as tractor driving stunt double for Joe E. Brown Category:1930s comedy films Category:1936 films Category:American films Category:Black-and-white films Category:English-language films Category:Warner Bros. films

White Zombie (1932) Bela Lugosi, horror, zombie, victor halperin, edward halperin "With These Zombie Eyes he rendered her powerless - With This Zombie Grip he made her perform his every desire!" This is a slightly clearer print that the ones already available on the Internet Archive. Copyright Status: PUBLIC DOMAIN Registered for copyright in 1932 WHITE ZOMBIE. Presented by Amusement Securities Corporation. 1932. 8 reels. Credits: Producer, Edward Halperin; director, Victor Halperin; story and dialogue,Garnett Weston. © United Artists Corp.; 1Aug32; LP3357. NO RENEWALS FOUND White Zombie is a 1932 Cinema of the United States independent film Pre-Code Hollywood horror film directed and produced by brothers Victor Halperin and Edward Halperin. The screenplay by Garnett Weston, based on a book by William Seabrook, tells the story of a young woman's transformation into a zombie at the hands of an evil voodoo master. Béla Lugosi stars as the antagonist, Murder Legendre, with Madge Bellamy appearing as his victim. Other cast members included Robert W. Frazer, John Harron and Joseph Cawthorn.</> TV Guide gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, comparing the film's atmosphere to Carl Theodor Dreyer's film Vampyr. However, the magazine described the acting as "woefully inadequate", with the exception of Lugosi.<></> Edward G. Bansk, a Val Lewton biographer, identified several flaws in White Zombie, including poor acting, bad timing and other "haphazard and sloppy" film aspects. Bansk wrote, "Although White Zombie is a film with courage, a film difficult not to admire, its ambitions overstep competence of its principal players." In Cleveland, Ohio, White Zombie sold a record 16,728 tickets its first weekend on its initial release in August.< name="Rhodes 2001, p. 162"/> In Montreal, Canada, the film opened August 3 at the Princess Theatre. The facade had been transformed into a "House of the Living Dead" and "zombies" walked atop the marquee. The film failed to gross its estimated $8,000 and earned only $6,500 following a one-week run at the Princess Theatre. In comparison, Dracula (1931 English-language film) had grossed $14,000 at Montreal's Robillard Block during its first week in March 1931.< name="R269" /> =Home video= White Zombie was transferred from poor quality prints to VHS and Betamax in the 1980s.< name="Rhodes194" /> The film has been released on DVD from several companies – including K-Tel and Alpha Video — with varying image quality.< name="dvdRelease"></>< name="dvdRelease" />< name="RoanGroup"></> The book Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide described the Roan's later DVD release of the title as the best available.</> Legacy File:Robzombiegfdl.PNG appropriated the name of the film for his group White Zombie (band)}}} White Zombie is considered to be the first feature film zombie film and has been described as the archetype and model of all zombie movies.</> Modern critical response to Revolt of the Zombies is generally unfavorable. In a review from Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide, the review declares that "[T]here's no experimentation here, only dull composition shots and flatly lit shots of yakking characters in a by-the-numbers plot."</><></> Scenes from White Zombie have appeared in other films including Curtis Hanson's The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (film), Michael Almereyda's Nadja (film), and Tim Burton's Ed Wood (film).</> Screenwriter Jared Rivet worked on a script in 2007 with Hooper. The project was halted due to rights issues, with Rivet explaining that White Zombie "is clearly public domain, but there were question marks about uncredited source material".< name="NoTobe"></> In 2013, Walkabout Publishing released Stephen D. Sullivan's adaptation of White Zombie. See also Bela Lugosi filmography List of American films of 1932 List of horror films of the 1930s ; Notes ; Bibliography Category:1930s horror films Category:1932 films Category:American horror films Category:Black-and-white films Category:English-language films Category:Films directed by Victor Hugo Halperin Category:Films set in Haiti Category:Independent films Category:United Artists films Category:Zombie films

The Ape Man (1943) horror, sci-fi, Bela Lugosi Conducting weird scientific experiments, crazed Dr. James Brewster (Bela Lugosi), aided by his colleague Dr. Randall (Henry Hall), has managed to transform himself into a hairy, stooped-over ape-man. Desperately seeking a cure, Brewster believes only an injection of recently-drawn human spinal fluid will prove effective. With Randall refusing to help him, it falls to Brewster and his captive gorilla to find appropriate donors The Ape Man is a 1943 Horror film Science fiction film starring Bela Lugosi and directed by William Beaudine. The film follows the tale of a part human part ape. A sequel, in name only, called Return of the Ape Man, followed in 1944, one year later after this film and starred Bela Lugosi, John Carradine and George Zucco. Plot Dr. James Brewster (Bela Lugosi) and his colleague Dr. Randall (Henry Hall (actor)) are involved in a series of scientific experiments which have caused him to transform into an ape-man. In an attempt to obtain a cure Brewster believes that it will be necessary to inject himself with recently drawn human spinal fluid. When Randall uses to help him by providing the fluid, Brewster and his captive gorilla must attempt to find an appropriate donor. Cast {| class="wikitable" ! Actor ! Role |- | Bela Lugosi || Dr. James Brewster |- | Louise Currie || Billie Mason |- | Wallace Ford || Jeff Carter |- | Henry Hall (actor) || Dr. George Randall |- | Minerva Urecal || Agatha Brewster |- | Emil Van Horn || The Ape |- | J. Farrell MacDonald || Police Capt. O'Brien |- | Wheeler Oakman || Det. Brady |- | Ralph Littlefield || The Strange Little Man* |- | Jack Mulhall || Reporter |- | Charles Jordan || Det. O'Toole |- | Charlie Hall (actor) || Barney (the Photographer |- | George Kirby || Detective #1 |- | Ray Miller (actor) || Reporter |- | Ernest Morrison || Copyboy |- | William Ruhlas Martin || Editor |} NB - Ralph Littlefield's character is often misleadingly called "Zippo". In fact the character has no name in the movie, but is rather a comically dressed, odd-acting little man who appears at various times during the story, his purpose unclear. At the very end of the film, he claims to be its scenarist. This is intended as a humorous surprise revelation. Why the name "Zippo" was invented and used in the film's publicity, much less later copied without comment in literary and internet filmographies, is unknown. Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985) Halliwell, Leslie. Halliwell's Film & Video Guide 2002 (HarperCollinsEntertainment, 2002), edited by John Walker Category:1943 films Category:1940s horror films Category:Mad scientist films Category:Monster movies Category:1940s science fiction horror films Category:Monogram Pictures films Category:Films directed by William Beaudine Category:Pre-1950 science fiction films

The Vampire Bat (1933) vampire, bat, horror, golden age, Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Dwight Frye, George E Stone, Frank Strayer "These are the TALONS of The Vampire Bat" This copy is sharper than the others that appear on the Internet Archive. Copyright Status: PUBLIC DOMAIN Registered: THE VAMPIRE BAT. 1933. 7 reels. Credits: Producer, Phil Goldstone; director, Frank Strayer; screen story, Edward T. Lowe; film editor, Otis Garrett. (c) Majestic Pictures Corp.; 19Jan33; LP3579. NO RENEWALS FOUND. There are two versions available for download: - NTSC (480p @ 24 fps) Run Time: 1:02:37 - PAL (576p @ 25 fps) Run Time: 1:00:08 They are both transferred from the same complete, uncut print of the film. All footage and scene transitions are present in this print. The Vampire Bat (1933 in film) is an American horror movie starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, and Dwight Frye. Plot outline When the villagers of Kleinschloss start dying of blood loss, the town fathers suspect a resurgence of vampirism, however police inspector Karl Breettschneider remains skeptical. Scientist Dr. Otto von Niemann, who cares for the victims, visits a patient who was attacked by a bat, Martha Mueller. Martha is visited by a mentally challenged man named Herman, who claims he likes bats because they are soft, like cats and nice. On the Doctors journey home, he meets Krinen, one of the townsfolk, who claims to have been attacked by the vampire in the form of a bat, but withheld his story from the town in order to not spread fear. Dr. von Niemann encourages Kringen to tell the townsfolk of his story. Kringen becomes suspicious that mentally-challenged Herman Glieb may be the vampire due to his obsession with bats. Herman lives with bats and collects them off the street. Dr von Niemann returns to his home, which also houses Breettschneider's love Ruth Bertin, hypochondriac Gussie Schnappmann, and servants Emil Borst, and Gorgiana. Fear of the vampire and suspicion of Glieb quickly spreads around the town, and people start fearing him. Ms Mueller is killed that night. The analyses of Dr. von Niemann and another doctor, Dr. Haupt, conclude that the death is the same as all of the previous deaths; blood loss, with two punctures in the neck caused by needle sharp teeth. Gleib enters the examination and upon seeing the dead body, runs away screaming. Next morning, Glieb enters Dr. Von Niemann's garden, where Dr. Von Niemann, Breettschneider, and Bertin are discussing vampires inside the house. The town fathers enter the house and announce that Kringen is dead and Gleib missing. An angry mob hunts down Gleib and chases him through the countryside and into a cave, where he falls to his death. That night, Dr. von Niemann is seen telepathically controlling Emil Borst, as he picks up sleeping Gorgiana and takes her down to Dr. von Niemann's laboratory, where a strange organism is seen. They then drain her blood from her neck. Schnappmann then discovers Gorgiana's body in her bed. Dr. Von Niemann and Breettschneider investigate and find Ms Mueller's crucifix, which Glieb handled the night Dr. von Niemann visited her. Breettschneider is becoming more convinced of the presence of vampires in the village as no other plausible explanations for the deaths can be found. As Glieb was seen in the garden that morning, the two conclude he is guilty. Upon hearing of Glieb's death, however, Breettschneider's conviction is erased. Dr. von Niemann tells Breettschneider to go home and take sleeping pills, but gives him poison instead, intent on draining his blood. Bertin discovers Dr. von Niemann telepathically controlling Borst, who is at Breettschneider's house. It is revealed that Dr. von Niemann has created life, and is using the blood to fuel his organism. He ties Bertin up in his lab. Borst supposedly enters with Breettschneider's body on a trolley. Dr. von Niemann walks over to Borst, who is revealed to be Breettschneider (who didn't take the pills) in costume, with the real Borst on the trolley. Breettschneider pulls a gun on Dr. von Niemann, and walks over to untie Bertin. Dr. von Niemann then wrestles Breettschneider, who drops the gun. As the two fight, Borst picks up the gun and shoots Dr. von Niemann. Production Fay Wray and Lionel Atwill had been in the successful film Doctor X (film) the previous year and had already wrapped up work on Mystery of the Wax Museum for Warner Bros. This was quite a large scale release and would have a lengthy post-production process. Seeing a chance to exploit all the advance press, poverty row studio Majestic Pictures Inc. contracted Wray and Atwill for their own "quickie" horror film, rushing The Vampire Bat into production and releasing it in January 1933. Majestic Pictures had lower overheads than the larger studios, who were struggling at the time during the Great Depression. Part of the reason that The Vampire Bat looked almost as good as any Universal Studios Pictures horror film is because Majestic leased James Whale's castoffs, the beautiful “German Village” backlot sets left over from Frankenstein (1931 film) (1931) and the interior sets from his film The Old Dark House (1932), plus some location shooting at Bronson Caves. Completing the illusion that this was a film from a much bigger studio, Majestic hired actor Dwight Frye to populate scenes with Wray and Atwill. A stock musical theme by Charles Dunworth, "Stealthy Footsteps", was used to accompany the opening credits. The Vampire Bat ruse worked well for Majestic, which was able to rush the quickie film into theaters less than a month before Warner's release of Mystery of the Wax Museum. According to The Film Daily of January 10, 1933, the film's running time was 63 minutes, like most extant prints. Cast Lionel Atwill as Dr. Otto von Niemann Fay Wray as Ruth Bertin Melvyn Douglas as Karl Breettschneider Maude Eburne as Gussie Schnappmann George E. Stone as Kringen Dwight Frye as Herman Gleib Robert Frazer as Emil Borst Rita Carlisle as Martha Mueller Lionel Belmore as Bürgermeister Gustave Schoen William V. Mong as Sauer Stella Adams as Georgiana Paul Weigel as Dr. Holdstadt Harrison Greene as Weingarten William J. Humphrey as Dr. Haupt Ferm Emmett as Gertrude Carl Stockdale as Schmidt< name="Scientific Horror"></> Paul Panzer as Townsman See also List of films in the public domain Category:1930s horror films Category:1933 films Category:American horror films Category:English-language films Category:Black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Frank R. Strayer

The Trail Beyond (1934) John Wayne, Verna Hillie, Noah Beery, Noah Beery Jr., Robert Frazer, Iris Lancaster, James A. Marcus, Eddie Parker, Earl Dwire, Mystic Nights Videos Rod is searching for a missing miner and his daughter. His friend Wabi is helping him and they find a map to a mine. But LaRocque finds out and he wants the map by any means neccessary. Mystic Nights Videos The Trail Beyond is a 1934 Western (genre) film starring John Wayne, Noah Beery, Sr., and Noah Beery, Jr.. It was based on the novel The Wolf Hunters (novel) by James Oliver Curwood which was also adapted as a silent film The Wolf Hunters (1926 film) (1926) and a later sound film The Wolf Hunters (1949 film) (1949). This film presents an extremely rare opportunity to see Wallace Beery's brother and nephew appear together in a movie. Noah Beery, Jr., who played "Rocky" in The Rockford Files forty years later, has an extremely large role as John Wayne's character's best friend and appears alongside Wayne in almost every scene, while the senior Beery enjoys only a few minutes of screen time despite his higher billing. Wayne was 27 years old when The Trail Beyond was shot, while Beery, Jr. was 21. Stunning location backgrounds filmed around Mammoth Lakes, California set this film firmly apart from most of the other Poverty Row westerns shot during the decade in which Wayne found himself trapped between his screen masterpieces The Big Trail (1930) and Stagecoach (1939 film) (1939). Cast John Wayne as Rod Drew Verna Hillie as Felice Newsome Noah Beery, Sr. as George Newsome Noah Beery, Jr. as Wabi Robert Frazer as Jules LaRocque Iris Lancaster as Marie LaFleur James A. Marcus as Felice's uncle Eddie Parker as Ryan, the Mountie Earl Dwire as Henchman Benoit See also John Wayne filmography List of American films of 1934 Category:1934 films Category:Black-and-white films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury Category:1930s Western (genre) films Category:Monogram Pictures films Category:1930s drama films Category:Films based on novels Category:American Western (genre) films

Teenagers From Outer Space (1959) Teenagers From Outer Space, Sci Fi, B Movie, Comedy David Love Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) A young alien (David Love) falls for a pretty teenage Earth girl (Dawn Anderson) and they team up to try to stop the plans of his invading cohorts, who intend to use Earth as a food-breeding ground for giant lobsters from their planet. The invaders, who arrive in a flying saucer, carry deadly ray guns that turn Earth-people into skeletons. Director: Tom Graeff Writer: Tom Graeff Stars: David Love, Dawn Bender and Bryan Grant http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053337/ Teenagers from Outer Space, released as The Gargon Terror in the UK and originally titled The Ray Gun Terror, is a 1959 Science fiction film about an Extraterrestrial life space ship landing on Earth to use it as a farm for its food supply. The crew of the ship includes teenagers, two of whom oppose each other in their activities. The independent film was originally distributed by Warner Bros.. The film was later featured in episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Elvira's Movie Macabre, and Off Beat Cinema. Plot An alien spacecraft comes to Earth, while searching the galaxy for a planet suitable to raise "gargons," a lobster-like (but air-breathing) creature which is a delicacy on their homeworld. Thor (Bryan Grant) shows his contempt for Earth's creatures by vaporizing a dog named Sparky. Crewmember Derek (David Love), after discovering an inscription on Sparky's dog tag, fears that the gargon might destroy Earth's local inhabitants, making the other spacemen scoff. Being members of the "supreme race", they disdain "foreign beings," no matter how intelligent and pride themselves that families and friendships are forbidden on their world. Derek turns out to be a member of an underground which commemorates more humane periods of his world's history. Their one gargon seems to be sick in Earth's atmosphere. While his crewmates are distracted, Derek flees. Eventually, the gargon seems to revive. When the Captain reports Derek's actions, he is connected to the Leader (Gene Sterling) himself. It turns out that Derek is the Leader's son, though Derek is unaware of this. Thor is sent to hunt Derek down, with orders to kill to protect the mission. They return to their base, leaving the gargon behind. Meanwhile, Derek finds the home address found on the dog tag. He meets Betty Morgan (Dawn Anderson) and her Grandpa Joe (Harvey B. Dunn). They have a room to rent, and Derek inadvertently becomes a boarder. When Betty's boyfriend, reporter Joe Rogers (Tom Graeff), can't make their afternoon plans, Derek tags along with Betty. He shows the tag to Betty, who recognizes it immediately. Derek takes her to the place where the ship landed, and shows her Sparky's remains. She doesn't believe him, so he describes Thor's weapon that that vaporizes flesh. Betty takes this surprisingly well and vows to help Derek stop the bad guys. For the rest of the day Betty and Derek have several run-ins with Thor and Joe follows up on stories of skeletons popping up all over town, including in Alice's swimming pool. Eventually Thor is wounded and he kidnaps Betty and Derek for medical attention, he reveals Derek's true parentage. Two car chases and a gunfight ensue and Thor is finally captured by authorities after plummeting off a cliff in a stolen car. But there are bigger problems: the gargon has grown immensely, killing a policeman investigating the landing site and attacking numerous people. Derek and Betty go to the car wreck to look for Thor's gun. They share a kiss, and Derek vows to stay on Earth. When the gargon ruins their romantic moment, Derek finds the gun just in time for them to escape. Unfortunately the gun is damaged and the monster is heading toward the town. They head out once again to confront it, using power lines to fuel the disintegrator. They kill the gargon, but it's too late as enemy ships suddenly appear overhead. The whole gang, including Joe and Grandpa, hurries out to the landing site. Derek reunites with his father and makes the ultimate sacrifice by leading the fleet directly into the hillside, causing a massive explosion. Derek does not survive, but is remembered for declaring, "I shall make the Earth my home. And I shall never, never leave it." Cast David Love as Derek Dawn Bender as Betty Morgan Bryan Grant as Thor Harvey B. Dunn as Gramps Morgan Tom Graeff as Joe Rogers King Moody as Spacecraft Captain Helen Sage as Nurse Morse Frederick Welch as Dr. C.R. Brandt, MD Carl Dickensen as Gas Station Attendant Sonia Torgeson as Alice Woodward Billy Bridges as Driver picking up Thor James Conklin as Professor Simpson Gene Sterling as The Alien Leader Ralph Lowe as Moreal, Spaceship Crew Bill DeLand as Saul, Spaceship Crew Urusula Pearson as Hilda Production Teenagers from Outer Space was filmed on location in and around Hollywood, California, with a number of tell-tale landmarks like Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park and Hollywood High School giving away the film's hazy locale. One notable aspect of the film is that it was largely the work of a single person, Tom Graeff, who, in addition to playing the role of reporter Joe Rogers, wrote, directed, edited, and produced the film, on which he also provided cinematography, special effects, and music coordination. Producers Bryan and Ursula Pearson ("Thor" and "Hilda") and Gene Sterling ("The Leader") provided the film's $14,000 budget, which was less than shoestring, even by the standards of the time. =Cost-effective measures= According to Bryan Pearson, the crew employed many guerrilla tactics in order to cut costs. Director Tom Graeff secured the location for Betty Morgan's house for free by posing as a UCLA student (while Graeff had attended the school, he had graduated 5 years earlier). The older woman who owned the house even let the crew use her electricity to power equipment.< name="ss"></> Graeff shot in many nearby locations — mostly in the vicinity of Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue (Los Angeles) — to double as more important city landmarks. Graeff's steady hand and framing kept most of the real locations under wraps, creating a great low-budget illusion of a small town. Other cost-cutting ideas didn't pay off as well: the space costumes were simple flight suits clearly decorated with masking tape, dress shoes covered in socks, and surplus Air Force helmets. The use of stock footage in lieu of special effects and Steven Spielberg "looking" shots replacing actual visuals of the invading enemy spaceships seriously undercut the urgency of the ending. Props included a single-bolted-joint skeleton re-used for every dead body, a multichannel mixer that the producers made no attempt to camouflage (even clearly bearing the label "Multichannel Mixer MCM-2") as a piece of alien equipment, and the infamous dime-store Hubley (Company) "Atomic Disintegrator" as the aliens' focusing disintegrator ray. =Sound design and score= In an unusual practice of the era, Graeff also pre-recorded some of the film's dialogue for several scenes, and had the actors learn to synchronize their actions with the sound. The score of the film came from stock, composed by William Loose and Fred Steiner. Incidentally the same stock score has been recycled in countless B-movies, such as Red Zone Cuba, The Killer Shrews, and most notably Night of the Living Dead. Release and aftermath In June 1958, Bryan Pearson, who invested $5,000 in the production with his wife Ursula, took Graeff to court in order to gain back the original investment and a percentage of any profits. The Pearsons had learned that Graeff had allegedly sold the film (which was not true until early 1959), but heard nothing of their investment or the percentage of profits to which they were entitled. The legal dispute dragged on for a year, and once it was settled (Pearson got his $5000 investment back but the judge ruled there was no profit to share), Tom and the Pearsons, who had been good friends during the production of Teenagers, never spoke to each other again. The film failed to perform at the box office, placing further stress on an already-burdened Graeff, and in the fall of 1959, he suffered a breakdown, proclaiming himself as the second coming of Christ.< name="time-read"></> After a number of public appearances followed by a subsequent arrest for disrupting a church service, Graeff disappeared from Hollywood until 1964 and committed suicide in 1970. The movie is included in Destroy All Humans!. It is unlocked once the player beats the game. =Critical reception= The film opened on June 3, 1959 to negative but not crippling reviews. The Los Angeles Times review of the movie stated "what a curious little film this is [...] there are flashes of astonishing sensitivity half buried in the mass of tritisms." And of the director, Tom Graeff, "when he stops spreading himself so incredibly thin, I think his work will bear watching."< name="latreview"></> In 1992, the film was featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. DVD releases In 1987, the film entered the List of films in the public domain in the United States due to the claimants failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication,<></> and has since received numerous "bargain bin" DVD releases. The MST3K version of the film was released by Rhino Entertainment as part of the 'Collection, Volume 6' box

Teenagers Battle The Thing (1959) horror, SciFi, Feature Films A mummified ape man is brought back to life and wreaks havok. This movie was shot in 1958 and is black and white. A later version of this film was released in color with a half hour of new scenes shot in 1972 added and titled "Curse Of Bigfoot". Teenagers from Outer Space, released as The Gargon Terror in the UK and originally titled The Ray Gun Terror, is a 1959 Science fiction film about an Extraterrestrial life space ship landing on Earth to use it as a farm for its food supply. The crew of the ship includes teenagers, two of whom oppose each other in their activities. The independent film was originally distributed by Warner Bros.. The film was later featured in episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Elvira's Movie Macabre, and Off Beat Cinema. Plot An alien spacecraft comes to Earth, while searching the galaxy for a planet suitable to raise "gargons," a lobster-like (but air-breathing) creature which is a delicacy on their homeworld. Thor (Bryan Grant) shows his contempt for Earth's creatures by vaporizing a dog named Sparky. Crewmember Derek (David Love), after discovering an inscription on Sparky's dog tag, fears that the gargon might destroy Earth's local inhabitants, making the other spacemen scoff. Being members of the "supreme race", they disdain "foreign beings," no matter how intelligent and pride themselves that families and friendships are forbidden on their world. Derek turns out to be a member of an underground which commemorates more humane periods of his world's history. Their one gargon seems to be sick in Earth's atmosphere. While his crewmates are distracted, Derek flees. Eventually, the gargon seems to revive. When the Captain reports Derek's actions, he is connected to the Leader (Gene Sterling) himself. It turns out that Derek is the Leader's son, though Derek is unaware of this. Thor is sent to hunt Derek down, with orders to kill to protect the mission. They return to their base, leaving the gargon behind. Meanwhile, Derek finds the home address found on the dog tag. He meets Betty Morgan (Dawn Anderson) and her Grandpa Joe (Harvey B. Dunn). They have a room to rent, and Derek inadvertently becomes a boarder. When Betty's boyfriend, reporter Joe Rogers (Tom Graeff), can't make their afternoon plans, Derek tags along with Betty. He shows the tag to Betty, who recognizes it immediately. Derek takes her to the place where the ship landed, and shows her Sparky's remains. She doesn't believe him, so he describes Thor's weapon that that vaporizes flesh. Betty takes this surprisingly well and vows to help Derek stop the bad guys. For the rest of the day Betty and Derek have several run-ins with Thor and Joe follows up on stories of skeletons popping up all over town, including in Alice's swimming pool. Eventually Thor is wounded and he kidnaps Betty and Derek for medical attention, he reveals Derek's true parentage. Two car chases and a gunfight ensue and Thor is finally captured by authorities after plummeting off a cliff in a stolen car. But there are bigger problems: the gargon has grown immensely, killing a policeman investigating the landing site and attacking numerous people. Derek and Betty go to the car wreck to look for Thor's gun. They share a kiss, and Derek vows to stay on Earth. When the gargon ruins their romantic moment, Derek finds the gun just in time for them to escape. Unfortunately the gun is damaged and the monster is heading toward the town. They head out once again to confront it, using power lines to fuel the disintegrator. They kill the gargon, but it's too late as enemy ships suddenly appear overhead. The whole gang, including Joe and Grandpa, hurries out to the landing site. Derek reunites with his father and makes the ultimate sacrifice by leading the fleet directly into the hillside, causing a massive explosion. Derek does not survive, but is remembered for declaring, "I shall make the Earth my home. And I shall never, never leave it." Cast David Love as Derek Dawn Bender as Betty Morgan Bryan Grant as Thor Harvey B. Dunn as Gramps Morgan Tom Graeff as Joe Rogers King Moody as Spacecraft Captain Helen Sage as Nurse Morse Frederick Welch as Dr. C.R. Brandt, MD Carl Dickensen as Gas Station Attendant Sonia Torgeson as Alice Woodward Billy Bridges as Driver picking up Thor James Conklin as Professor Simpson Gene Sterling as The Alien Leader Ralph Lowe as Moreal, Spaceship Crew Bill DeLand as Saul, Spaceship Crew Urusula Pearson as Hilda Production Teenagers from Outer Space was filmed on location in and around Hollywood, California, with a number of tell-tale landmarks like Bronson Canyon in Griffith Park and Hollywood High School giving away the film's hazy locale. One notable aspect of the film is that it was largely the work of a single person, Tom Graeff, who, in addition to playing the role of reporter Joe Rogers, wrote, directed, edited, and produced the film, on which he also provided cinematography, special effects, and music coordination. Producers Bryan and Ursula Pearson ("Thor" and "Hilda") and Gene Sterling ("The Leader") provided the film's $14,000 budget, which was less than shoestring, even by the standards of the time. =Cost-effective measures= According to Bryan Pearson, the crew employed many guerrilla tactics in order to cut costs. Director Tom Graeff secured the location for Betty Morgan's house for free by posing as a UCLA student (while Graeff had attended the school, he had graduated 5 years earlier). The older woman who owned the house even let the crew use her electricity to power equipment.< name="ss"></> Graeff shot in many nearby locations — mostly in the vicinity of Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue (Los Angeles) — to double as more important city landmarks. Graeff's steady hand and framing kept most of the real locations under wraps, creating a great low-budget illusion of a small town. Other cost-cutting ideas didn't pay off as well: the space costumes were simple flight suits clearly decorated with masking tape, dress shoes covered in socks, and surplus Air Force helmets. The use of stock footage in lieu of special effects and Steven Spielberg "looking" shots replacing actual visuals of the invading enemy spaceships seriously undercut the urgency of the ending. Props included a single-bolted-joint skeleton re-used for every dead body, a multichannel mixer that the producers made no attempt to camouflage (even clearly bearing the label "Multichannel Mixer MCM-2") as a piece of alien equipment, and the infamous dime-store Hubley (Company) "Atomic Disintegrator" as the aliens' focusing disintegrator ray. =Sound design and score= In an unusual practice of the era, Graeff also pre-recorded some of the film's dialogue for several scenes, and had the actors learn to synchronize their actions with the sound. The score of the film came from stock, composed by William Loose and Fred Steiner. Incidentally the same stock score has been recycled in countless B-movies, such as Red Zone Cuba, The Killer Shrews, and most notably Night of the Living Dead. Release and aftermath In June 1958, Bryan Pearson, who invested $5,000 in the production with his wife Ursula, took Graeff to court in order to gain back the original investment and a percentage of any profits. The Pearsons had learned that Graeff had allegedly sold the film (which was not true until early 1959), but heard nothing of their investment or the percentage of profits to which they were entitled. The legal dispute dragged on for a year, and once it was settled (Pearson got his $5000 investment back but the judge ruled there was no profit to share), Tom and the Pearsons, who had been good friends during the production of Teenagers, never spoke to each other again. The film failed to perform at the box office, placing further stress on an already-burdened Graeff, and in the fall of 1959, he suffered a breakdown, proclaiming himself as the second coming of Christ.< name="time-read"></> After a number of public appearances followed by a subsequent arrest for disrupting a church service, Graeff disappeared from Hollywood until 1964 and committed suicide in 1970. The movie is included in Destroy All Humans!. It is unlocked once the player beats the game. =Critical reception= The film opened on June 3, 1959 to negative but not crippling reviews. The Los Angeles Times review of the movie stated "what a curious little film this is [...] there are flashes of astonishing sensitivity half buried in the mass of tritisms." And of the director, Tom Graeff, "when he stops spreading himself so incredibly thin, I think his work will bear watching."< name="latreview"></> In 1992, the film was featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. DVD releases In 1987, the film entered the List of films in the public domain in the United States due to the claimants failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication,<></> and has since received numerous "bargain bin" DVD releases. The MST3K version of the film was released by Rhino Entertainment as part of the 'Collection, Volume 6' box set. See also List of films in the public domain Category:1959 films Category:1950s horror films Category:1950s science fiction films Category:American science fiction films Category:Black-and-white films Category:Directorial debut films Category:English-language films Category:Films featured in Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes Category:American independent films Category:Warner Bros. films

Stork Club, The (1945) comedy, musical, romance Taken from IMDB: A hat-check girl at the Stork Club (Hutton) saves the life of a drowning man (Fitzgerald). A rich man, he decides to repay her by anonymously giving her a bank account, a luxury apartment and a charge account at a department store. When her boyfriend (DeFore) returns from overseas, he thinks she is a kept woman. The Stork Club is a 1945 American film directed by Hal Walker. Plot summary Judy Peabody saves an old man from drowning. He turns out to be Jerry Bates, "J.B." to his lawyer Curtis, "Pop" to Judy, who mistakenly believes the wealthy old-timer to be poor. Pop instructs his lawyer to reward Judy with everything her heart desires, anonymously. A hat check girl at New York's popular Stork Club nightclub, Judy's dream is for her bandleader boyfriend Danny to return home from the Marines so she can sing with his band. A letter from Curtis informs the young lady that she now has a brand new apartment, free of charge, and a line of credit at a fashionable department store, no strings attached. She promptly buys dresses and furs, without knowing the identity of her benefactor. Pop comes to the Stork Club to keep an eye on her. She lands him a job as a busboy, but that doesn't work out, so she invites Pop to share her apartment. Danny comes home, excited to see her until he sees the apartment, the clothes and the old man. Believing her to be a "kept" woman, he falls out of love with Judy. Billingsley is invited by Judy to hear the band. Impressed, he gives them a job at the club. Judy finally discovers that Pop is responsible for her new riches and is able to win back Danny's love. Cast Betty Hutton as Judy Peabody Barry Fitzgerald as Jerry B. 'J.B.' / 'Pop' Bates Don DeFore as Sgt. Danny Wilton Andy Russell (singer) as Jimmy 'Jim' Jones Robert Benchley as Tom P. Curtis Bill Goodwin as Sherman Billingsley Iris Adrian as Gwen Mary Young (actress) as Mrs. Edith Bates Charles Coleman (actor) as MacFiske Perc Launders as Tom, Saxophone Player Mikhail Rasumny as Mr. Coretti Catherine Craig as Louella Parsons Audrey Young as Jenny Soundtrack Andy Russell - "Love Me" (Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Sammy Cahn) Betty Hutton - "Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief" (Music by Hoagy Carmichael, Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster) Betty Hutton and Andy Russell - "If I Had A Dozen Hearts" (Music by Harry Revel, Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster) Betty Hutton - "I'm a Square in the Social Circle" (Music and lyrics by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans) Betty Hutton - "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" (Music by Egbert Van Alstyne, Lyrics by Harry Williams (songwriter)) The band - "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" Barry Fitzgerald and Mary Young - "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" Category:1945 films Category:1940s romantic comedy films Category:1940s musical films Category:American films Category:English-language films Category:Black-and-white films Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:Romantic musical films 4.57 Harold Wilson

Oh, Susanna! (1936) Western You can find more information regarding this film on its IMDb page. The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film. Oh, Susanna! is a 1936 American Western (genre) film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Frances Grant. Written by Oliver Drake (filmmaker), the film is about a cowboy who is robbed and then thrown from a train by an escaped murderer who then takes on the cowboy's identity.< name="imdb"></> Plot Singing cowboy Gene Autry (Gene Autry) is traveling to Mineral Springs Ranch to visit an old friend, Jefferson Lee (Carl Stockdale), whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years. On the train he is robbed and then thrown from the train by escaped murderer Wolf Benson (Boothe Howard). Believing Gene to be dead, Wolf plans to travel to Mineral Springs Ranch and pose as the radio celebrity in order to collect the $10,000 that Lee owes Gene. Meanwhile Gene is rescued by traveling actors Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette) and Professor Ezekial Daniels (Earle Hodgins). Together they travel to Sage City, where Gene gets into a fight with Sheriff Briggs (Walter James (actor)), who believes he is Wolf, and chokes the singing cowboy. Arrested for Wolf's crimes, Gene is unable to sing in order to prove his identity. At the trial, Gene mouths the words to his songs while a phonograph plays, and after the jury listens, Gene is set free. Wolf arrives at Lee's Mineral Springs Ranch pretending to be Gene and asks for his money back. Knowing he is an impostor, Lee uses to give him the money and Wolf shoots him and robs his safe. On his way to Mineral Springs, Gene comes across a posted reward for "Gene Autry", the murderer of Jefferson Lee. Gene meets Lee's niece Mary Ann (Frances Grant), who is riding with Flash Baldwin (Donald Kirke), Wolf's accomplice. Gene notices that Baldwin is wearing his own suit, and decides to pose as Tex Smith, offering to perform at the Lee ranch in place of Gene Autry. After finding his suitcase in Baldwin's room, Gene overhears Wolf's scheme to rob the ranch safe, but Baldwin recognizes Gene's voice by playing his record while he sings. The next day, while the guests picnic, Wolf and his men crack the ranch safe. Gene pulls a gun on them, but Sheriff Briggs and his posse arrive with Frog and Daniels. He arrests Gene, instead of Wolf, still believing that Gene killed Lee. While the posse locates Mary Ann to implicate Wolf, he deserts his men and Gene overtakes him in his car. Mary Ann then testifies to Gene's innocence and they kiss. Cast File:Gene Autry in Oh, Susanna!.png Gene Autry as Gene Autry / Tex Smith Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse Frances Grant as Mary Ann Lee Earle Hodgins as Professor Ezekial Daniels Donald Kirke as Flash Baldwin Boothe Howard as Wolf Benson The Light Crust Doughboys as Western Band Champion as Champion, Autry's Horse Clara Kimball Young as Aunt Peggy Lee Edward Peil Sr. as Mineral Springs Sheriff Frankie Marvin as Henchman Hank Carl Stockdale as Jefferson Lee Roscoe Gerald as Irate Farmer Roger Gray as Sage City Judge Fred Burns as Cottonwood Sheriff Jones Walter James (actor) as Sage City Sheriff Briggs Lew Meehan as Henchman Pete Fred Snowflake Toones as Train Porter< name="imdbcast"></> Production =Stuntwork= Yakima Canutt Tommy Coats Jay Wilsey Joe Yrigoyen< name="imdbcast"/> =Filming locations= Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA Kernville, California, USA Saugus Train Depot, Saugus, California, USA< name="imdblocations"></> =Soundtrack= "Oh! Susanna" (Stephen Foster) opening credits medley "Oh! Susanna" (Stephen Foster) by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Earle Hodgins (a cappella) "Oh! Susanna" (Stephen Foster) by Smiley Burnette (accordion) "Oh! Susanna" (Stephen Foster) by The Light Crust Doughboys "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" (Stephen Foster) opening credits medley "Gwine to Rune All Night (De Camptown Races)" (Stephen Foster) opening credits medley "Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)" (Stephen Foster) opening credits medley "Dear Old Western Skies" (Gene Autry) by Gene Autry "Honeymoon Trail" by Gene Autry "Tiger Rag" (Edwin B. Edwards, Nick LaRocca, Tony Sbarbaro, Henry Ragas, Larry Shields, Harry DeCosta) by The Light Crust Doughboys "They Never Come Through with the Ring" by Smiley Burnette and Earle Hodgins with The Light Crust Doughboys "Ride On Vaquero" (Abel Baer, L. Wolfe Gilbert) by The Light Crust Doughboys "Water Wheel" (Sam H. Stept) by Gene Autry and Frances Grant with Autry on guitar "As Our Pals Ride By" by The Light Crust Doughboys< name="imdbsoundtracks"></> Memorable quotes Gene Autry aka Tex Smith: But I tell you, I'm Gene Autry! Deputy Sheriff: And I'm Bing Crosby. [singing] Boo-boo-boo-boo! Frog Millhouse: Boo-boo yourself

Midnight Manhunt (1945) Leo Gorcey, mystery, William C.Thomas Reporter Sue Gallagher (Ann Savage from Detour) finds an infamous gangster's corpse in a wax museum. Her desire for a scoop is hindered by a meddling rival (William Gargan), the museum's goofy maintenance man (Leo Gorcey), and the ruthless killer (B-horror king George Zucco). Midnight Manhunt is a 1945 in film crime film mystery directed by William C. Thomas and written by David Lang (screenwriter). The film premiered on July 24, 1945 and is in the public domain. The film stars William Gargan, Ann Savage (actress), Leo Gorcey and George Zucco. Plot summary Midnight Manhunt begins with the shooting death of a master criminal who expires in a wax museum. Reporter Sue Gallagher (Ann Savage (actress)) is first on the scene, but she is soon in competition with her boyfriend, fellow reporter Pete Willis (William Gargan). The killer traps Sue in the wax museum when he returns there looking for the body. Leo Gorcey plays the caretaker of the wax museum. Cast William Gargan ... Pete Willis Ann Savage (actress) ... Sue Gallagher Leo Gorcey ... Clutch Tracy George Zucco ... Jelke Paul Hurst (actor) ... Murphy Don Beddoe ... Det. Lt. Max Hurley Charles Halton... Henry Miggs George E. Stone ... Joe Wells See also List of films in the public domain Category:1945 films Category:English-language films Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:Black-and-white films Category:American mystery films Category:1940s crime films