The William Castle Blogathon :: A Story that’s Slightly Different… (October, 1946)

 

 
As a character, Rusty the dog had a total of eight movie adventures. Here, in the first sequel, Castle gives us a thinly veiled retread of Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen’s Dondi — a popular syndicated comic strip (who has its own tale of cinematic infamy), where our canine hero helps another war orphan, who stowaway-ed his way to the States, in an attempt to find the G.I. who befriended him back in Czechoslovakia. Other directors who handled Rusty’s leash include John Sturges (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape) and Lew Landers (The Raven, Return of the Vampire).
 

 
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!

The Return of Rusty (1946) Columbia Pictures / P: Leonard S. Picker / D: William Castle / W: Lewis Helmer Herman, William Sackheim / C: Philip Tannura / E: James Sweeney / M: George Duning / S: Ted Donaldson, John Litel, Mark Dennis, Barbara Woodell, Dwayne Hickman

The Last Crooked Mile (1946) Republic Pictures / P: Rudolph E. Abel / D: Philip Ford / W: Jerome Gruskin, Robert L. Richards, Jerry Sackheim / C: Alfred S. Keller / E: William P. Thompson / M: Joseph Dubin / S: Don Barry, Ann Savage, Adele Mara, Sheldon Leonard, Nestor Paiva

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

Jungle Flight (1947) Pine-Thomas Productions :: Paramount Pictures / P: William H. Pine, William C. Thomas / D: Sam Newfield / W: Whitman Chambers, David Lang / C: Jack Greenhalgh / E: Howard A. Smith / M: Darrell Calker / S: Robert Lowery, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Douglas Fowley, Duncan Renaldo

For the Love of Film Noir :: Skip the Races and Take the Detour for a New Type of Screen Thrill! (April, 1946)

 

 

 

 

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.

Detour (1945) Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) / P: Leon Fromkess / AP: Martin Mooney / D: Edgar G. Ulmer / W: Martin Goldsmith / C: Benjamin H. Kline / E: George McGuire / M: Leo Erdody / S: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald