For the Love of Science-Fiction :: He’ll Freeze You to Your Seat! Do You Dare See It Alone? (January, 1958)

 

 

 

 

This post is part of the For the Love of Film: The Film Preservation Blogathon hosted by Ferdy on Films, This Island Rod, and Wonders in the Dark. This year’s theme is science-fiction, and we’ll be leaning hard toward the “mad science” portion of the genre, here’s an exception. Hope you enjoy, and please click on the link above and donate to help restore the silent film, Cupid in Quarantine. The goal is to raise $10,000. Give what you can, won’t you? Thank you!

The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957) Hammer Films / EP: Michael Carreras / P: Aubrey Baring / AP: Anthony Nelson Keys / D: Val Guest / W: Nigel Kneale / C: Arthur Grant / E: Bill Lenny / M: Humphrey Searle / S: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Wolfe Morris

The Ghost Diver (1957) Regal Pictures / EP: E.J. Baumgarten / P: Richard Einfeld / AP: Ralph Slosser/ D: Richard Einfeld / W: Richard Einfeld, Merrill White / C: John Nickolaus Jr. / E: Merrill G. White / M: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter/ S: James Craig, Audrey Totter, Lowell Brown, Pira Louis, Nico Minardos

For the Love of Film Noir :: When Trouble Starts, YOU Get Socked in the Jaw! (May, 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.

Lady in the Lake (1947) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: George Haight / D: Robert Montgomery / W: Steve Fisher, Raymond Chandler (novel) / C: Paul Vogel / E: Gene Ruggiero / M: David Snell / S: Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, Leon Ames, Jayne Meadows, Morris Ankrum

For the Love of Film Noir :: Best Suited for Adult Minds (July, 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.

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Carey Wilson / D: Tay Garnett / W: Harry Ruskin, Niven Busch, James M. Cain (novel) / C: Sidney Wagner / E: George White / M: George Bassman / S: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter

Entering the 3rd Dimension :: Terror Strikes! You Are in the Picture! Plus! The First Comedy in 3-Dimensions! (July, 1953)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Man in the Dark (1953) Columbia Pictures / P: Wallace MacDonald / D: Lew Landers / W: George Bricker, Jack Leonard, William Sackheim, Tom Van Dycke, Henry Altimus / C: Floyd Crosby / E: Viola Lawrence / M: Ross DiMaggio / S: Edmond O’Brien, Audrey Totter, Ted de Corsia, Horace McMahon, Nick Dennis

Spooks (1953) Columbia Pictures / P: Jules White / D: Jules White / W: Felix Adler / C: Lester White / E: Edwin H. Bryant / M: Mischa Bakaleinikoff / S: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Philip Van Zandt, Tom Kennedy, Norma Randall

For the Love of Ida Lupino :: Red Hot, Raw and Rugged! We Dare U to C’M (August, 1956)

 

 

 

 

This post was one of my meager contributions to The Ida Lupino Blogathon (2011) hosted by The Miss Ida Lupino fan page, a well-worth-your-while shrine to one of my favorite actresses that is sadly no longer with us. Still, my Ida love knows no bounds, and I hope you will enjoy this humble retrospective. Thanks!

 

 
Women’s Prison (1955) Columbia Pictures / P: Bryan Foy / D: Lewis Seiler / W: Crane Wilbur, Jack DeWitt / C: Lester White / E: Henry Batista / M: Mischa Bakaleinikoff / S: Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Cleo Moore, Audrey Totter, Phyllis Thaxter, Howard Duff

The Bamboo Prison (1954) Columbia Pictures / P: Bryan Foy / D: Lewis Seiler / W: Jack DeWitt, Edwin Blum / C: Burnett Guffey / E: Henry Batista / M: Mischa Bakaleinikoff / S: Robert Francis, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, Jerome Courtland, E.G. Marshall

PUBLIC NOTICE: You Must First Take Shock Endurance Test in Our Lobby to Determine if You Dare See These Pictures! (January, 1958)

 

 

 

 
The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957) Hammer Films / EP: Michael Carreras / P: Aubrey Baring / AP: Anthony Nelson Keys / D: Val Guest / W: Nigel Kneale / C: Arthur Grant / E: Bill Lenny / M: Humphrey Searle / S: Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Wolfe Morris

The Ghost Diver (1957) Regal Pictures / EP: E.J. Baumgarten / P: Richard Einfeld / AP: Ralph Slosser/ D: Richard Einfeld / W: Richard Einfeld, Merrill White / C: John Nickolaus Jr. / E: Merrill G. White / M: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter/ S: James Craig, Audrey Totter, Lowell Brown, Pira Louis, Nico Minardos