She’s the Pop Top Princess with the Recyclable Can! (July, 1975)

 

 

 

 

 
Although John Broderick’s Six Pack Annie, where our title lush searches for the right Sugar Daddy to keep her restaurant afloat, isn’t the apex of the Hicksploitation or Backwater Buffoonery genre it’s still worth your time, even if you don’t have a high tolerance for such things. As for our second feature, we move out of the country to the streets of suburban Los Angeles, where our title lead is a cop who gives his *ahem* ‘nightstick’ a lot of work as he protects and serves, and serves, and serves and serves and serves, a seemingly endless line of needy women. (And you won’t believe what the Urban Dictionary’s definition of a Dirty O’Neil is…)

Six Pack Annie (1975) United Producers :: American International / P: John C. Broderick  / D: Graydon F. David / W: Norman Winski, David Kidd, Wil David / C: Daniel Lacambre  / E: John H. Arrufat / M: Raoul Kraushaar / S: Lindsay Bloom, Jana Bellan, Bruce Boxleitner, Larry Mahan, Doodles Weaver

Dirty O’Neil (1974) Metaphor Production :: United Producers :: American International / EP: Leon Capetanos / P: John C. Broderick / AP: James V. Hart / D: Lewis Teague, Howard Freen / W: Howard Freen / C: Stephen M. Katz / E: Lewis Teague / M: Raoul Kraushaar / S: Morgan Paull, Art Metrano, Jeane Manson, Katie Saylor, Pat Anderson

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

For the Love of Film Noir :: Loving Him Plunged Their Lives into the Darkness that Surrounded Him! (December, 1947)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

Nightmare Alley (1947) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / EP: Darryl F. Zanuck / P: George Jessel / D: Edmund Goulding / W: Jules Furthman, William Lindsay Gresham (novel) / C: Lee Garmes / E: Barbara McLean / M: Cyril J. Mockridge / S: Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Mike Mazurki, Tyrone Power’s gum

For the Love of Film Noir :: A Startling Case of Love-Madness! (November, 1947)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

Possessed (1947) A First National Picture :: Warner Bros. / EP: Jack L. Warner / P: Jerry Wald / D: Curtis Bernhardt / W: Silvia Richards, Ranald MacDougall, Rita Weiman (story) / C: Joseph A. Valentine / E: Rudi Fehr / M: Franz Waxman / S: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, Peter Miles

For the Love of Film Noir :: EXPLODING with Ruthless Fury! (November, 1947)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

Brute Force (1947) Mark Hellinger Productions :: Universal International Pictures / P: Mark Hellinger / AP: Jules Buck / D: Jules Dassin / W: Richard Brooks, Robert Patterson / C: William H. Daniels / E: Edward Curtiss / M: Miklós Rózsa / S: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Sam Levene

For the Love of Film Noir :: Too Dangerous to Touch! (October, 1947)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

The Web (1947) Universal International Pictures :: Universal Pictures / P: Jerry Bresler / D: Michael Gordon / W: William Bowers, Bertram Millhauser, Harry Kurnitz / C: Irving Glassberg / E: Russell F. Schoengarth / M: Hans J. Salter / S: Ella Raines, Edmond O’Brien, Vincent Price, William Bendix, Maria Palmer, Fritz Leiber

For the Love of Film Noir :: His Lips Demand Kisses, His Brain Cries MURDER! (August, 1947)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947) RKO Radio Pictures / EP: Sid Rogell / P: Herman Schlom / D: Felix E. Feist / W: Felix E. Feist, Robert C. DuSoe (novel) / C: J. Roy Hunt / E: Robert Swink / M: Paul Sawtell / S: Lawrence Tierney, Ted North, Nan Leslie, Betty Lawford, Marian Carr

For the Love of Film Noir :: Violent Love! And Violent Thrills! (August, 1947)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) First National Pictures :: Warner Bros. / EP: Jack L. Warner / P: Mark Hellinger / D: Peter Godfrey / W: Thomas Job, Martin Vale (play) / C: J. Peverell Marley / E: Frederick Richards / M: Franz Waxman / S: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce, Isobel Elsom, Ann Carter

For the Love of Film Noir :: As It Happened in Real Life! (August, 1947)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

Boomerang (1947) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / EP: Darryl F. Zanuck / P: Louis De Rochemont / D: Elia Kazan / W: Richard Murphy, Fulton Oursler / C: Norbert Brodine / E: Harmon Jones / M: David Buttolph / S: Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Cara Williams, Arthur Kennedy, Sam Levene, Ed Begley

For the Love of Film Noir :: What Was the Mystery of the Monkey Knife?!? (June, 1947)

 

 

 

This post is part of my rehash and continuation of the For the Love of Film Noir Blogathon originally held back in February of 2011. Thus and so, we will be heading down the rain-soaked streets and neon-drenched back alleys of Noirville again for the entire month of March. And along with all the old material migrating over from the old site, we’ll also be scattering around a lot of new stuff as well. Also of note, we’ll be posting them in chronological order to show how the genre evolved and progressed from the 1940′s through the late ’50s. And as an added bonus, I’ll be posting some vintage adverts to stuff I’ve always associated with the genre — cigarettes, booze and fashionable ladies.

The Chase (1946) Nero Films :: United Artists / P: Seymour Nebenzal / AP: Eugene Frenke / D: Arthur Ripley / W: Philip Yordan, Cornell Woolrich (novel) / C: Franz Planer / E: Edward Mann / M: Michel Michelet / S: Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan, Steve Cochran, Lloyd Corrigan, Jack Holt, Peter Lorre