Remembering Ray :: Excitement High as the Sky! Mystery Deep as the Sea! (January, 1962)

 

 

 

 

 
“They were considered B pictures because they were made on a tight budget. But we outlived many of the A pictures made at the same time.”
 

Ray Harryhausen
(1920-2013)

Mysterious Island (1961) Ameran Films :: Columbia Pictures / P: Charles H. Schneer / D: Cy Endfield / W: John Prebble, Daniel B. Ullman, Crane Wilbur, Jules Verne (novel) / C: Wilkie Cooper / E: Frederick Wilson / M: Bernard Herrmann / S: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Beth Rogan, Percy Herbert, Dan Jackson, Herbert Lom

The Long Rope (1961) Associated Producers (API) 20th Century Fox Film Corporation / P: Margia Dean, Robert Hamner / D: William Witney / W: Robert Hamner / C: Kay Norton / E: Peter Rolfe Johnson / M: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter / S: Hugh Marlowe, Alan Hale Jr., Robert J. Wilke, Lisa Montell, William Kerwin, Chris Robinson

Remembering Ray :: Travel Back Through Time and Space to the Edge of Man’s Beginnings … Discover a Savage World Whose Only Law Was Lust! (July, 1967)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
“I’m very happy that so many young fans have told me that my films have changed their lives. That’s a great compliment. It means I did more than just make entertaining films. I actually touched people’s lives — and, I hope, changed them for the better.”

Ray Harryhausen
(1920-2013)

Other Points of Interest:

More ads for Harryhausen’s films.

One Million Years B.C. (1966) Associated British-Pathé :: Hammer Films :: Seven Arts Productions :: 20th Century Fox / P: Michael Carreras / AP: Aida Young / D: Don Chaffey / W: Michael Carreras / C: Wilkie Cooper / E: Tom Simpson / M: Mario Nascimbene / S: Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Robert Brown, Martine Beswick, Lisa Thomas

The Devil’s Own a/k/a The Witches (1966) Hammer Films :: 20th Century Fox / P: Anthony Nelson Keys / D: Cyril Frankel / W: Nigel Kneale, Norah Lofts (novel) / C: Arthur Grant / E: Chris Barnes, James Needs / M: Richard Rodney Bennett / S: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell, Ingrid Boulting

Drive In Mash-Up :: Throw Away Your Tranquilizers for the Screwiest Comedy of the Year! (October, 1964)

 

 

 

 

 

Ghastly Tales Drenched with Gouts of Blood! Carnage and Violence Mark this Double-Barralled NIGHT OF HORROR! (May, 1969)

 

 

 

 

 

 
I haven’t had the pleasure of watching Herschell Gordon Lewis’ A Taste of Blood yet, but from what I’ve read I think I need to take a look — and fast. Seems somebody has accidentally ingested some blood of Dracula, who is now seeking revenge on the descendents of those who done the Transylvanian Count in. That’s right: an unofficial sequel to Bram Stoker’s novel that clocks in at an astonishing 2 hours! No wonder it’s referred to as Lewis’ Gone with the Wind. As for our second feature, I’ve only seen the MST3k’d version of Teen-Age Strangler a/k/a Terror in the Night but I always kinda dug the hometown auteur flavor of the proceedings. It’s clumsy and a bit kooky, but it also has a bit of a nasty streak, making it worth a look unmolested — if you can find it.

A Taste of Blood (1967) Creative Film Enterprises Inc. :: Ajay Film Company / EP: Sidney J. Reich / P: Herschell Gordon Lewis / D: Herschell Gordon Lewis / W: Donald Standford / C: Andy Romanoff / E: Richard Brinkman / M: Larry Wellington / S: Bill Rogers, Elizabeth Wilkinson, William Kerwin, Lawrence Tobin, Otto Schlessinger

Teen-Age Strangler (1964) Ajay Film Company :: American Diversified Services :: Original Six / EP: Elvin Feltner / P: Clark Davis / D: Bill Posner / W: Clark Davis / C: Fred Singer / E: John Detra / M: Danny Dean / S: Bill Bloom, Stacy Smith, John Humphries, Rick Harris, Jo Canterbury

Drive-In Mash-Up :: Calling All Gravediggers: Dig Up a Ghoulfriend and Shovel Off for a Horrific Heart-Stopping Show! (July, 1965)

 

 

 

 

 

Drive-In Mash-Up :: Eastwood is Back and He’s Burning at Both Ends! (May, 1969)

 

 

 

 

 
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Constantin Film Produktion :: Jolly Film :: Ocean Films :: United Artists / P: Arrigo Colombo, Giorgio Papi / AP: Piero Santini / D: Sergio Leone / W: Víctor Andrés Catena, Jaime Comas Gil, A. Bonzzoni, Sergio Leone / C: Massimo Dallamano, Federico G. Larraya / E: Roberto Cinquini, Alfonso Santacana / M: Ennio Morricone / S: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp

For a Few Dollars More (1965) Constantin Film Produktion :: Produzioni Europee Associati :: United Artists / EP: Alfredo Fraile / P: Alberto Grimaldi, Arturo González / D: Sergio Leone / W: Luciano Vincenzoni, Fulvio Morsella, Sergio Leone / C: Massimo Dallamano / E: Eugenio Alabiso, Giorgio Serrallonga / M: Ennio Morricone / S: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Klaus Kinski, Luigi Pistilli, Gian Maria Volonté

Anne Baxter Bares All on American Womanhood (June, 1961)

 

 

Direct from Hollywood! Hide Your Pic-a-nic Baskets! (June, 1961)

 

 

 

Operation: 00-Oddballs :: From the Cashbah to the Boudoir, Flint Leads the Way! (February, 1966)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part Four of

Other Points of Interest:

Film review of Our Man Flint at 3B Theater.

Poster Campaign for Our Man Flint at the Archive.

Our Man Flint (1966) 20th Century Fox / P: Saul David / D: Daniel Mann / W: Hal Fimberg, Ben Starr / C: Daniel L. Fapp / E: William Reynolds / M: Jerry Goldsmith / S: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Gila Golan, Edward Mulhare, Shelby Grant, Sigrid Valdis, Gianna Serra, Helen Funai

The Truth About Those Camps — And The Barbed-Wire Nightmares! (November, 1961)

 

 

 

 
Seven Women from Hell (1961) Associated Producers :: 20th Century Fox / P: Harry Spalding / D: Robert Webb / W: Jesse Lasky, Pat Silver / C: Floyd Crosby / E: Jodie Copelan / M: Paul Dunlap / S: Patricia Owens, Denise Darcel, Yvonne Craig, Cesar Romero, Margia Dean

Pirates of Tortuga (1961) Clover Productions :: 20th Century Fox / P: Sam Katzman / D: Robert Webb / W: Jesse Lasky, Melvin Levy, Pat Silver / C: Ellis W. Carter / E: Hugh S. Fowler / M: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter / S: Ken Scott, Letícia Román, Dave King, Rafer Johnson, John Richardson,