Fire Can’t Burn IT! Bullets Can’t Kill IT! Where Did IT Come From? How Did IT Get Here? WHAT IS IT?!? (July, 1951)

 

 

 

 

 

 
Christian Nyby or Howard Hawks? In the end, I really don’t care who directed our main feature as this sci-fi epic about a Killer Carrot from Outer Space is a whole six-pack of un-ironic awesomeness and my love for it knows no bounds. Nope, no gut-check or toiling or sweating over the answer when posed a query of ‘What’s your favorite movie of all time?’ No ifs, ands or buts, it’s The Thing from Another World. And with that, we have officially finished migrating all the ads over from the old blog. *whew* Fear not, there’s still lots and lots of new stuff to post for your viewing pleasure so stay tuned. And until then, Boils and Ghouls, keep watching the skies!

The Thing from Another World (1951) Winchester Pictures :: RKO Radio Pictures / P: Howard Hawks / AP: Edward Lasker / D: Christain Nyby, Howard Hawks / W: Charles Lederer, John W. Campbell Jr. (story) / C: Russell Harlan / E: Roland Gross / M: Dimitri Tiomkin / S: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, Dewey Martin, Douglas Spencer, James Young, Robert Nichols, William Self

Homicide for Three (1948) Republic Pictures / P: Stephen Auer / D: George Blair / W: Bradbury Foote, Hugh Wheeler (novel), Richard W. Webb (novel) / C: John MacBurnie / E: Harry Keller / M: R. Dale Butts / S: Warren Douglas, Audrey Long, Grant Withers, Lloyd Corrigan, Stephanie Bachelor

The Exciting ‘Freedom Curl’ for All Fashion Wise Men & Women! (September, 1975)

 

 

‘A Dangerous Guy in a Deadly Game, Where Even a Woman’s Kiss Could Be Loaded — with Death!’ (February, 1949)

 

 

 

 

 
Raw Deal (1948) Reliance Pictures Inc. :: Edward Small Productions :: Eagle-Lion Films / P: Edward Small / D: Anthony Mann / W: Leopold Atlas, John C. Higgins / C: John Alton / E: Alfred DeGaetano / M: Paul Sawtell / S: Dennis O’Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland, Raymond Burr

No Mouth Ever Turned Us Away! (September, 1975)

 

 

 

Tuned In :: Prime Pick (June, 1979)

 

 

When He Goes to Work the Excitement Starts — and Goes — and Goes — and GOES! (May, 1975)

 

 

 

 

 

 
Sure, to get to that huge, almost operatic chase scene at the end of H.B. Halicki’s Gone in 60 Seconds, a viewer has to endure the first half of the movie that kinda spends its time grinding gears, but, believe me, it’s worth the effort for the resulting carnage and road-rash that takes up all the second half of the movie, where an average of three cars a minute are sent to the big junkyard in the sky. As for our second feature, we’ve got another American International counter-culture extravaganza when a hippy, a hobo and a teen-aged runaway stick out their thumbs for a ride to the promised land in sunny California.

Other Points of Interest:

Full film review of Gone in 60 Seconds at 3B Theater.

Gone in 60 Seconds (1974) H.B. Halicki Mercantile Co. / P: H.B. Halicki / D: H.B. Halicki / W: H.B. Halicki / C: Scott Lloyd-Davies, Jack Vacek / E: Warner E. Leighton / M: Ronald Halicki, Philip Kachaturian / S: H.B. Halicki, Marion Busia, Jerry Daugirda, Lyle Waggoner, George Cole

Pick Up on 101 (1972) American International Pictures / EP: John Florea / P: Ed Garner, Chris Whittaker / D: John Florea / W: Noel Black, Anthony Blake / C: Brick Marquard / M: Stu Phillips / S: Lesley Ann Warren, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen, Hal Baylor

An Event! A Walloping Piece of Entertainment! You’ll FEEL It as Well as See It! (October, 1975)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
You know, I’m not sure what did more damage to L.A. in this flick: the earthquake, or the scenery chewing done by the majority of the cast. The levels on the Richter Scale were about even, after all, making it too close to call.

Earthquake (1974) The Filmakers Group :: Universal Pictures / EP: Jennings Lang / P: Mark Robson, Bernard Donnenfeld / D: Mark Robson / W: George Fox, Mario Puzo / C: Philip Lathrop / E: Dorothy Spencer / M: John Williams / S: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Geneviève Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Victoria Principal, Marjoe Gortner

Random Drive-In Mash-Up :: June, 1959

 

 

In the Year 1975-1975… (October, 1975)

 

 

A Man with a Gun and a Back-Street Beauty, Tangled in Trouble Outside the Law! (November, 1951)

 

 

 

 

 
Cry Danger (1951) Olympic Productions Inc. :: Wiesenthal-Frank Productions :: RKO Radio Pictures / P: W.R. Frank, Sam Wiesenthal / D: Robert Parrish / W: William Bowers / C: Joseph F. Biroc / E: Bernard W. Burton / M: Paul Dunlap, Emil Newman / S: Dick Powell, Rhonda Fleming, William Conrad, Jean Porter, Richard Erdman

The Company She Keeps (1951) RKO Radio Pictures / EP: Sid Rogell / P: John Houseman / D: John Cromwell / W: Ketti Frings / C: Nicholas Musuraca / E: Robert Swink / M: Leigh Harline / S: Lizabeth Scott, Jane Greer, Dennis O’Keefe, John Hoyt, Fay Baker