A Fascinating Adventure Into the Unknown! Moment by Moment the Terror Mounts! (April, 1957)

 

 

 

 
Albert Zugsmith steps in for Bill Alland for Universal International’s latest thinking-man’s fright-fest, which author Richard Matheson adapted from his own novel. The second feature is an Allied Artist crime programmer from Ben Schwalb, with Bill Elliot returning for the fifth and last time as L.A. detective Andy Doyle, who is on the lookout for a murderer when the prime suspect proves too pat.

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Universal International :: Universal Pictures / P: Albert Zugsmith / D: Jack Arnold / W: Jack Arnold / C: Ellis W. Carter / E: AAlbrecht Joseph / M: Irving Gertz, Earl E. Lawrence, Hans J. Salter, Herman Stein / S: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, April Kent, Paul Langton, William Schallert

Footsteps in the Night (1957) Allied Artists / P: Ben Schwalb / D: Jean Yarbrough / W: Albert Band, Elwood Ullman / C: Harry Neumann / E: Neil Brunnenkant / M: Marlin Skiles / S: Bill Elliott, Don Haggerty, Eleanore Tanin

The William Castle Blogathon :: Savage! Sinful! A Panorama of Passions and Violence! (June, 1954)

 

 

 

 
And here we have Cecil B. Demille on a Sam Katzman budget. E’yup, Slaves of Babylon is William Castle’s one and only biblical epic (– unless you count Rosemary’s Baby, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves just a bit), with his take on the tale of Daniel in the lion’s den mixed in with a plot to overthrow king Nebuchadnezzar as told in the book of No Not Really: Chapter 2: Verses 1-5.
 

 
This post is part of Goregirl’s Dungeon and The Last Drive-In’s The William Castle Blogathan, a week long tribute to the King of Schlock. Follow the linkage, Boils & Ghouls. It’s gonna be a great week. And stick around, as we’ll be showcasing Castle’s film career from its fairly normal beginnings through it psychotronic glory days. Stay tuned!

Slaves of Babylon (1953) Columbia Pictures / P: Sam Katzman / D: William Castle / W: DeVallon Scott / C: Henry Freulich / E: William A. Lyon / M: Henry Vars / S: Richard Conte, Linda Christian, Maurice Schwartz, Michael Ansara, Terry Kilburn

Paris Model (1953) American Pictures Company :: Columbia Pictures / P: Albert Zugsmith / D: Alfred E. Green / W: Robert Smith / C: William Bradford / E: W. Donn Hayes / M: Albert Glasser / S: Marilyn Maxwell, Paulette Goddard, Eva Gabor, Barbara Lawrence, Cecil Kellaway

Thrill Show of the Year! It Will Scare the Pants Off You! (May, 1954)

 

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Full film review of Invasion U.S.A. at 3B Theater.

Poster campaign for Invasion U.S.A. at the Archive.

Invasion, U.S.A. (1952) American Pictures :: Columbia Pictures / EP: Joseph Justman / P: Albert Zugsmith, Robert Smith / AP: Peter Miller / D: Alfred E. Green / W: Robert Smith / C: John L. Russell / E: W. Donn Hayes / M: Albert Glasser / S: Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle, Robert Bice, Tom Kennedy, Wade Crosby, Erik Blythe, Dan O’Herlihy

The Hoodlum (1951) Jack Schwarz Productions :: United Artists / EP: Jack Schwarz / P: Maurice Kosloff / AP: Sam Neuman, Nat Tanchuck / D: Max Nosseck / W: Sam Neuman, Nat Tanchuck / C: Clark Ramsey / E: Jack Killifer / M: Darrell Calker / S: Lawrence Tierney, Allene Roberts, Marjorie Riordan, Lisa Golm, Stuart Randall, Angela Stevens

Never Before So Much Fun with a Student Body! (December, 1960)

 

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Poster campaign for Sex Kittens Go to College at the Archive.

Sex Kittens Go to College (1960) Albert Zugsmith Productions :: Photoplay Associates :: Allied Artists / P: Albert Zugsmith / AP: Robert Hill, Martin Milner / D: Albert Zugsmith / W: Robert Hill, Albert Zugsmith / C: Ellis Carter / E: William Austin / M: Dean Elliott / S: Mamie Van Doren, Tuesday Weld, Mijanou Bardot, Louis Nye, Martin Milner, Pamela Mason, Mickey Shaughnessy, Alan Drake, Vampira

Pay or Die! (1960) Allied Artists / P: Richard Wilson / D: Richard Wilson / W: Richard Collins, Bertram Millhauser / C: Lucien Ballard / S: Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin

The Horrors of Communism: Subtle, and Not so Subtle (June, 1957)

 

 

 

 
Girl in the Kremlin (1957) Universal International / P: Albert Zugsmith / D: Russell Birdwell / W: Gene L. Coon, Robert Hill / C: Carl Guthrie / E: Sherman Todd / M: Joseph Gershenson / S: Lex Barker, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jeffrey Stone, Maurice Manson, William Schallert

The Deadly Mantis (1957) Universal International / P: William Alland/ D: Nathan Juran / W: Martin Berkeley, William Alland / C: Ellis W. Carter / E: Chester Schaeffer / M: Irving Gertz, William Lava / S: Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Florenz Ames, Pat Conway