From Penniless Model to Mistress of $40,000,000! (November, 1955)

 

 

 

 

 
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / P: Charles Brackett / D: Richard Fleischer / W: Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett / C: Milton R. Krasner / E: William Mace / M: Leigh Harline / S: Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger, Glenda Farrell, Frances Fuller

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

For the Love of Science-Fiction :: With All Their Fantastic Daring-Do and Their Dastardly Villains, Too! (July, 1967)

 

 

 

 

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. 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!

Fantastic Voyage (1966) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / P: Saul David / D: Richard Fleischer / W: Harry Kleiner, David Duncan, Otto Klement, Jerome Bixby / C: Ernest Laszlo / E: William B. Murphy / M: Leonard Rosenman / S: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O’Brien, Arthur O’Connell, Donald Pleasence

Batman (1966) William Dozier Productions :: Greenlawn Productions :: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / P: William Dozier / AP: Charles B. Fitzsimons / D: Leslie H. Martinson / W: Lorenzo Semple Jr., Bob Kane (characters) / C: Howard Schwartz / E: Harry W. Gerstad / M: Nelson Riddle / S: Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton, Stafford Repp

The CinemaScope Blogathon :: The Mightiest Motion Picture of All Time! (January, 1955)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The post is part of ClassicBecky’s Brain Food and Wide Screen World’s CinemaScope Blogathon. Be sure click on over and check out all the other wonderful entries. And be sure to check out all the other CinemaScope ads already posted with this handy linkage.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Walt Disney Productions :: Buena Vista Film Distribution Co. Inc. / P: Walt Disney / D: Richard Fleischer / W: Earl Felton, Jules Verne / C: Franz Planer / E: Elmo Williams / M: Paul J. Smith / S: Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Robert J. Wilke

Entering the 3rd Dimension :: Let’s Rodeo! (July, 1953)

 

 

 

 

 
Arena (1953) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / P: Arthur M. Loew Jr., Dore Schary / D: Richard Fleischer / W: Arthur M. Loew Jr., Harold Jack Bloom / C: Paul Vogel / E: Cotton Warburton / M: Rudolph G. Kopp / S: Gig Young, Jean Hagen, Polly Bergen, Barbara Lawrence, Harry Morgan, Lee Van Cleef, Robert Horton

The Cry that Rocked the World’s Hottest Strip of Hell! Also, the Truth About Flying Saucers (November, 1956)

 

 

 

 

 
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers is currently streaming on Netflix and I highly recommend it. Quite the trip.
 
Bandido (1956) D.R.M. Productions :: United Artists / P: Robert L. Jacks / D: Richard Fleischer / W: Earl Felton / C: Ernest Laszlo / E: Robert Golden / M: Max Steiner / S: Robert Mitchum, Ursula Thiess, Gilbert Roland, Zachary Scott, Rodolfo Acosta

Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers (1956) Ivan Tors Productions / P: Ivan Tors, Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse / AP: Fernando Carrere / D: Winston Jones / W: Francis Martin / C: Howard A. Anderson / E: Chester W. Schaeffer / M: Ernest Gold / S: Willis Sperry, Nicholas Mariana, Delbert Newhouse, Wendell Swanson, Tom Towers

Random Drive-In Mash-Up :: BIF! BANG! POW! (July, 1967)

 

 

 

 
Fantastic Voyage (1966) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / P: Saul David / D: Richard Fleischer / W: Harry Kleiner, David Duncan, Otto Klement, Jerome Bixby / C: Ernest Laszlo / E: William B. Murphy / M: Leonard Rosenman / S: Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O’Brien, Arthur O’Connell, Donald Pleasence

Batman (1966) William Dozier Productions :: Greenlawn Productions :: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / P: William Dozier / AP: Charles B. Fitzsimons / D: Leslie H. Martinson / W: Lorenzo Semple Jr., Bob Kane (characters) / C: Howard Schwartz / E: Harry W. Gerstad / M: Nelson Riddle / S: Adam West, Burt Ward, Lee Meriwether, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith, Frank Gorshin, Alan Napier, Neil Hamilton, Stafford Repp

Random Drive-In Mash-Up :: For the Sake of Your Sanity, Pray It Isn’t True! (July, 1973)

 

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Full film review of The Legend of Hell House at 3B Theater.

Poster campaign for The Legend of Hell House at the Archive.

The Legend of Hell House (1973) Academy Pictures Corporation :: 20th Century Fox / EP: James H. Nicholson / P: Albert Fennell, Norman T. Herman / D: John Hough / S: Richard Matheson / C: Alan Hume / E: Geoffrey Foot / M: Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson / S: Roddy McDowall, Gayle Hunnicutt, Pamela Franklin, Clive Revill, Roland Culver, Michael Gough

The Boston Strangler (1968) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / P: Robert Fryer / AP: James Cresson / D: Richard Fleischer / W: Edward Anhalt, Gerold Frank (novel) / C: Richard H. Kline / E: Marion Rothman / M: Lionel Newman / S: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Murray Hamilton, William Marshall, Sally Kellerman