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Is THIS a License for Murder? (October, 1950)

Posted in 1950-1959, Movie Ads with tags 20th Century Fox, A Man About the House, Crime, Dana Andrews, Film Noir, Gary Merrill, Gene Tierney, Karl Malden, Kieron Moore, Lucile Gray, Margaret Johnson, Melodrama, Otto Preminger, Where the Sidewalk Ends on August 27, 2014 by WB Kelso

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) 20th Century Fox / P: Otto Preminger / AP: Frank P. Rosenberg / D: Otto Preminger / W: Ben Hecht, Victor Trivas, Frank P. Rosenberg, Robert E. Kent, William L. Stuart (novel) / C: Joseph LaShelle / E: Louis Loeffler / M: Cyril Mockridge / S: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Karl Malden, Gary Merrill

Remembering Ray :: Excitement High as the Sky! Mystery Deep as the Sea! (January, 1962)

Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags 20th Century Fox, Adventure / Fantasy, Alan Hale Jr., Ameran Films, Associated Producers, Bernard Herrmann, Beth Rogan, Chris Robinson, Columbia Pictures, Creature Feature, Cy Endfield, Dan Jackson, Gary Merrill, Herbert Lom, Hugh Marlowe, Joan Greenwood, Jules Verne, Lisa Montell, Mad Science, Michael Callan, Michael Craig, Mysterious Island, Percy Herbert, Ray Harryhausen, Robert J. Wilke, Sci-Fi, Social Commentary, The Long Rope, Westerns, William Kerwin, William Witney on May 11, 2013 by WB Kelso

“They were considered B pictures because they were made on a tight budget. But we outlived many of the A pictures made at the same time.”

Ray Harryhausen
(1920-2013)

Mysterious Island (1961) Ameran Films :: Columbia Pictures / P: Charles H. Schneer / D: Cy Endfield / W: John Prebble, Daniel B. Ullman, Crane Wilbur, Jules Verne (novel) / C: Wilkie Cooper / E: Frederick Wilson / M: Bernard Herrmann / S: Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Gary Merrill, Beth Rogan, Percy Herbert, Dan Jackson, Herbert Lom

The Long Rope (1961) Associated Producers (API) 20th Century Fox Film Corporation / P: Margia Dean, Robert Hamner / D: William Witney / W: Robert Hamner / C: Kay Norton / E: Peter Rolfe Johnson / M: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter / S: Hugh Marlowe, Alan Hale Jr., Robert J. Wilke, Lisa Montell, William Kerwin, Chris Robinson

Da’King Lives! :: Wakin’ ‘n’ Bakin’ to that Wild Beat! (January, 1968)

Posted in 1960-1969, Movie Ads with tags Angelique Pettyjohn, Bill Bixby, Clambake, Comedy, Da'King Lives, Elvis Presley, Gary Merrill, James Gregory, Musical, Romance, Shelley Fabares, Suzie Kaye, The Hills Run Red on August 16, 2012 by WB Kelso

In a slight change of pace that we have seen since … what, Blue Hawaii? Anyways, for this shindig, the Big E plays another heir of wealth and fortune who wants for nothing except a desire for people to like him for him — and not just for all the perks that go along with his last name. And to accomplish this, he switches identities with his new best friend. Let the merry mix-upped identity shenanigans begin, am I right? Also of note, “Do the Clam” is not featured in Clambake — for that you’ll have to track down Girl Happy — but it does contain one of my favorite movie ballads:

Video courtesy of SoundandArt 2010.

This post was part of Da’King Lives, which originated back in January of 2010, to help celebrate the King of Rock-n-Roll’s 75th birthday and throw a spotlight on his fine, fractured forays into feature film.

Clambake (1967) Levy-Gardner-Laven :: Rhodes Pictures :: United Artists / P: Arthur Gardner, Arnold Laven, Jules V. Levy / AP: Ernst R. Rolf / D: Arthur H. Nadel / W: Arthur Browne Jr. / C: William Margulies / E: Ernst R. Rolf / M: Jeff Alexander / S: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Bill Bixby, Gary Merrill, James Gregory, Suzie Kaye, Angelique Pettyjohn