Strange Temptations! Being Devoured in a Manner Inconceivable to the Human Mind! (October, 1963)

 

 

 

Couple of imports this go around, one Italian the other Russian. The second feature most infamously for Francis Ford Coppola’s re-editing and inserting a monster fight into Nebo zovyot, whose monsters are so hilarious phallic in a TAb-A goes into Slot-B sense that one can only watch and boggle.
 

 
Samson and the 7 Miracles of the World (1961) Panda Film :: Gallus Film :: American International Pictures / P: Salvatore Billitteri, Luigi Carpentieri, Ermanno Donati / D: Riccardo Freda / W: Oreste Biancoli, Duccio Tessari, George Gonneau, Lee Kresel / C: Riccardo Pallottini / E: Ornella Micheli / M: Les Baxter / S: Gordon Scott, Yôko Tani, Hélène Chanel, Dante DiPaolo

Battle Beyond the Sun (1959) A.P. Dovzenko Filmstudio :: The Filmbgroup / P: Roger Corman / D: Mikhail Karzhukov, Aleksandr Kozyr, Francis Ford Coppola / W: Mikhail Karzhukov, Yevgeni Pomeshchikov, Aleksey Sazonov / C: Nikolai Kulchitsky / E: L. Mkhitaryyanch / M: Yuli Meitus, Carmine Coppola / S: Ivan Pereverzev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Konstantin Bartashevich, Linda Barrett, Frederick Farley, Mary Kannon

10,000 Sights! 10,000 Thrills! (June, 1960)

 

 

 

 

 

 
Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) Alta Vista Productions :: Standard Produzione :: American International Pictures / EP: James H. Nicholson, Samuel Z. Arkoff / P: Emimmo Salvi / D: Carlo Campogalliani / W: Gino Mangini, Emimmo Salvi, Nino Stresa, Giuseppe Taffarel / C: Bitto Albertini / E: Franco Fraticelli / M: Les Baxter, Carlo Innocenzi / W: Steve Reeves, Chelo Alonso, Bruce Cabot, Giulia Rubini, Arturo Dominici

A Dog’s Best Friend (1959) Robert E. Kent Productions :: United Artists / P: Robert E. Kent / D: Edward L. Cahn / W: Orville H. Hampton / C: Kenneth Peach / E: Michael Minth, Grant Whytock / M: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter / S: Bill Williams, Marcia Henderson, Roger Mobley, Roy Engel, Harry Dean Stanton

Surging Spectacle and Savagery Overwhelms the Screen with Passion and Violence! (October, 1958)

 

 

 

 

 
Along with Hercules and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Attila was part of the first wave of imports that helped establish Joseph E. Levine and his Embassy Pictures from regional distributor to mini-movie mogul.

Attila (1954) Compagnie Cinématographique de France :: Lux Film :: Producciones Ponti-de Laurentiis :: Embassy Pictures / EP: Antonio Altoviti / P: Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti / D: Pietro Francisci / W: Ennio De Concini, Richard C. Sarafian, Primo Zeglio / C: Aldo Tonti / E: Leo Cattozzo, Helene Turner / M: Raoul Kraushaar, Enzo Masetti / S: Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal, Claude Laydu, Irene Papas

SEE! A Cast of Thousands! SEE! History’s Greatest Adventure! SEE! The Wake of the Wooden Horse! (November, 1955)

 

 

 

 

 
Ulysses (1954) Lux Film :: Paramount Pictures / P: Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti / D: Mario Camerini / W: Franco Brusati, Mario Camerini, Ennio De Concini, Hugh Gray, Ben Hecht, Ivo Perilli, Irwin Shaw, Homer (poem) / C: Harold Rosson / E: Leo Cattozzo / M: Alessandro Cicognini / S: Kirk Douglas, Silvana Mangano, Anthony Quinn, Rossana Podestà, Jacques Dumesnil

SEE! The Glories, the Triumphs, the Conquests of the World’s Mightiest Man! (August, 1960)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lotta gutter-balls in this post but the sheer volume of awesomeness still shines through. Fantastic ads, frenzied battle scenes, beautiful babes and a lot of butt-steak. Fun movie, too, and the only thing that would make it even better, despite it being cast adrift in public domain hell, is if someone could finally get a widescreen print of Hercules Unchained into circulation just like they finally managed to do with it’s predecessor, a fate this film truly deserves.

Other Points of Interest:

Poster campaign for Hercules Unchained at the Archive.

Hercules Unchained (1959/1960) Galatea Film :: Lux Films :: Urania Film :: Warner Bros. / EP: Ferruccio De Martino / P: Bruno Vailati / D: Pietro Francisci / W: Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci / C: Mario Bava / S: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Sylvia Lopez, Gabriele Antonini, Primo Carnera

Millions Flee Wrath of Monster! Those Who Remain, See it From the Beginning! (February, 1965)

 

 

 

 

 
Godzilla vs. the Thing (1964) Toho Company :: American International Pictures / EP: Sanezumi Fujimoto / P: Tomoyuki Tanaka / D: Ishirô Honda / W: Shinichi Sekizawa / C: Hajime Koizumi / E: Ryohei Fujii / M: Akira Ifukube / S: Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yû Fujiki, Emi Itô, Yûmi Itô

Hercules and the Captive Women (1961/1963) Comptoir Français du Film Production (CFFP) :: SpA Cinematografica :: Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc. / P: Achille Piazzi / D: Vittorio Cottafavi / W: Vittorio Cottafavi, Sandro Continenza, Duccio Tessari, Pierre Benoît, Nicolò Ferrari / C: Carlo Carlini / E: Maurizio Lucidi / M: Gino Marinuzzi Jr., Armando Trovajoli / S: Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni, Luciano Marin, Laura Efrikian

SEE! The Orgy of the Seven Tortures! SEE! Gladiator Contest of Death! SEE! The Parade of Doomed Virgins! (September, 1964)

 

 

 

 
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon (1963) Leone Film :: American International Pictures / P: Elio Scardamaglia / D: Michele Lupo / W: Lionello De Felice, Roberto Gianviti, Francesco Scardamaglia / C: Mario Sbrenna / E: Alberto Gallitti / M: Francesco De Masi / S: Mark Forest, José Greci, Giuliano Gemma, Erno Crisa, Mimmo Palmara

Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) Romana Film :: American International Pictures / P: Fortunato Misiano / D: Umberto Lenzi / W: Umberto Lenzi, Guido Malatesta / C: Augusto Tiezzi / E: Jolanda Benvenuti / M: Angelo Francesco Lavagnino / S: Pierre Brice, Sergio Ciani, Moira Orfei, Maria Grazia Spina, Andrea Aureli

Now the Unchained Avenger Emerges from the Raging Riots and Revels of 10000 Years Ago! (August, 1959)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Points of Interest:

Poster campaign for Hercules at the Archive.

Hercules (1958/1959) Galatea Film :: Embassy Pictures Corporation / P: Federico Teti :: Joseph E. Levine / D: Pietro Francisci / W: Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, Gaio Frattini, Apollonios Rhodios (poem) / C: Mario Bava / E: Mario Serandrei / M: Enzo Masetti / S: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni, Ivo Garrani, Gianna Maria Canale, Arturo Dominici, Luciana Paluzzi