Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen Before! (April, 1961)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thrills! Chills! Creeps! Suspense! (July, 1928)

 

 

 
London After Midnight (1927) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Tod Browning, Irving Thalberg / D: Tod Browning / W: Tod Browning, Waldemar Young, Joseph Farnham / C: Merritt B. Gerstad / E: Harry Reynolds, Errol Taggart / M: Jack Feinberg, Sam Feinberg / S: Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall, Percy Williams, Conrad Nagel

The One and Only… (October, 1931)

 

 

 

 
Susan Lenox (1931) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Robert Z. Leonard / D: Robert Z. Leonard / W: Leon Gordon, Zelda Sears, Wanda Tuchock, David Graham Phillips (novel) / C: William H. Daniels / E: Margaret Booth / M: William Axt / S: Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Hersholt, John Miljan, Alan Hale

Hell Below! Havoc Above! (November, 1958)

 

 

 

 

 
Torpedo Run (1958) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Edmund Grainger / D: Joseph Pevney / W: Richard Sale, William Wister Haines / C: George J. Folsey / E: Gene Ruggiero / S: Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster, Dean Jones, L.Q. Jones, Richard Carlyle

In the Year 2022, You Are What You Eat. (September, 1973)

 

 

 

 

 

 
Man, it’s depressing to think about but, for every year that has passed since I first saw this as a Movie of the Week back in the 1970’s, Soylent Green (1973) seems less and less like speculative science fiction and more like a self-fulfilling prophecy. The North Pole is a lake, GMO’s are propagating, and the decimation of the pollinating bee is the first link in a possible catastrophic collapse of the food chain. We’ve already achieved Idiocracy status, people. Next stop, Cheese and Crackers — only their ain’t gonna be any cheese. Still worth a look whether you know the ultimate twist or not due to the fantastic supporting efforts of Edward G. Robinson; from his crotchety cussing to his magnificent, Kevorkian send-off. Watch and be prepared to be really, really depressed after.

Soylent Green (1973) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Walter Seltzer. Russell Thacher / D: Richard Fleischer / W: Stanley R. Greenberg, Harry Harrison (novel) / C: Richard H. Kline / E: Samuel E. Beetley / M: Fred Myrow / S: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly

Second Run Showcase :: Alive with Excitement, Packed with Adventure, an Enthralling Viscous Mystery (February, 1947)

 

 

 

 

 

The Big Screams are on the Big Screen! (August, 1958)

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Full review of Fiend Without a Face at the Brewery.

Poster campaign for Fiend Without a Face at the Archive.

The Haunted Strangler (1958) Amalgamated Productions :: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / EP: Richard Gordon, Charles F. Vetter / P: John Croydon / D: Robert Day / W: John Croydon, Jan Read (story) / C: Lionel Banes / E: Peter Mayhew / M: Buxton Orr / S: Boris Karloff, Anthony Dawson, Jean Kent, Elizabeth Allan, Vera Day

Fiend Without a Face (1958) Producers Associates :: Amalgamated Productions :: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / EP: Richard Gordon, Charles F. Vetter / P: John Croydon, Ronald Kinnoch / D: Arthur Crabtree / W: Herbert J. Leder, Amelia Reynolds Long (story) / C: Lionel Banes / E: Richard Q. McNaughton / M: Buxton Orr / S: Marshall Thompson, Kim Parker, Terry Kilburn, Kynaston Reeves, Stanley Maxted, Terry Kilburn, James Dyrenforth, Robert MacKenzie, Peter Madden

Along Comes a Sequel that Tops Everything (February, 1937)

 

 

 

 
After the Thin Man (1936) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Hunt Stromberg / D: W.S. Van Dyke / W: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Dashiell Hammett (novel) / C: Oliver T. Marsh / E: Robert Kern / M: Herbert Stothart, Edward Ward / S: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi, George Zucco

For the Love of Science-Fiction :: An Epic Drama of Adventure and Exploration! (March, 1969)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Full review of 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Brewery.

This, alas, will be my last post for 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 was science-fiction, and we’ll be leaning hard toward the “mad science” portion of the genre, here’s another 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!

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick Productions :: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Stanley Kubrick / AP: Victor Lyndon / D: Stanley Kubrick / W: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke (novel) / C: Geoffrey Unsworth / E: Ray Lovejoy / M: Patrick Moore / S: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack

Second Run Showcase :: A Truly Great Motion Picture! (December, 1955)