

Originating from Poverty Row, from the cast to execution, When Strangers Marry is about as close to an A picture as the King Brothers or Monogram ever got. A bit of a sleeper hit at the box office, this idiosyncratic film noir drew high praise from Orson Welles, leading to Castle’s eventual collaboration with him on The Lady from Shanghai.

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!
Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain (1936) Republic Pictures / P: Nat Levine / D: Mack V. Wright / W: Oliver Drake, Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan / C: William Nobles / E: Lester Orlebeck / M: Harry Grey / S: Gene Autry, Ann Rutherford, Smiley Burnette, LeRoy Mason, Raymond Brown
When Strangers Marry (1944) King Brothers Productions :: Monogram Pictures / P: Frank King, Maurice King / D: William Castle / W: Philip Yordan, Dennis J. Cooper, George Moskov / C: Ira H. Morgan / E: Martin G. Cohn / M: Dimitri Tiomkin / Robert Mitchum, Kim Hunter, Dean Jagger, Neil Hamilton, Rhonda Fleming
Dragged Out in the Open at Last! The Foul Traffic Carried on by Rapacious Quack “Doctors” and Harassed Girls! (June, 1946)
Posted in 1940-1949, Movie Ads with tags Barbara Read, Behind the Mask, Black Market Babies, Crime, George Chandler, Jayne Hazard, Jeffrey Bernerd, Joe Kaufmann, Kane Richmond, Monogram Pictures, Mystery, Phil Karlson, Ralph Morgan, Social Commentary, Thriller, William Beaudine on February 2, 2013 by WB KelsoBlack Market Babies (1945) Monogram Pictures / P: Jeffrey Bernerd / D: William Beaudine / W: George Maurice, George Wallace Sayre, Virginia Reid (story) / C: Harry Neumann / E: William Austin / M: Edward J. Kay / S: Ralph Morgan, Kane Richmond, Jayne Hazard, Teala Loring, Marjorie Hoshelle, George Meeker
Behind the Mask (1946) Monogram Pictures / P: Joe Kaufmann / AP: Lou Brock / D: Phil Karlson / W: Arthur Hoerl, George Callahan, Walter B. Gibson (story) / C: William A. Sickner / E: Ace Herman / M: Edward J. Kay / S: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, Joseph Crehan, Dorothea Kent
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