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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 3, 2024 20:16:26 GMT -5
Dana Andrews said prunes, gave him the runes, and passing them used lots of skills. Not yet! I usually stay away from the newer "R" rated horror movies! The 1953 "Magnetitic Monster" with Richard Carlson is a must watch classic! Hey Jeep, how do you rate Michael Landon's breakthrough work "I Was A Teenage Werewolf"?  I like the old Universal horror films of the 30s, especially "Bride Of Frankenstein." |
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Post by bigjeep on Jun 3, 2024 20:38:19 GMT -5
Not yet! I usually stay away from the newer "R" rated horror movies! The 1953 "Magnetitic Monster" with Richard Carlson is a must watch classic! Hey Jeep, how do you rate Michael Landon's breakthrough work "I Was A Teenage Werewolf"? I like the old Universal horror films of the 30s, especially "Bride Of Frankenstein." Classics! Elsa Lanchester played the Bride! Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi! |
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Post by inger on Jun 3, 2024 22:30:35 GMT -5
Not yet! I usually stay away from the newer "R" rated horror movies! The 1953 "Magnetitic Monster" with Richard Carlson is a must watch classic! Hey Jeep, how do you rate Michael Landon's breakthrough work "I Was A Teenage Werewolf"? I like the old Universal horror films of the 30s, especially "Bride Of Frankenstein." I wasn’t aware that was Little Joe… 😂 |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 4, 2024 5:09:12 GMT -5
Hey Jeep, how do you rate Michael Landon's breakthrough work "I Was A Teenage Werewolf"? I like the old Universal horror films of the 30s, especially "Bride Of Frankenstein." I wasn’t aware that was Little Joe… 😂 Yep, he played the proverbial 50s "troubled youth." Which I guess any of us would be if we turned into werewolves at night. That movie was actually pretty successful at the box office and was paired as a drive-in double feature with "Invasion Of The Saucer Men" which featured a young Frank Gorshin. He played a troubled youth. There was a follow-up to Teenage Werewolf called, amazingly enough, "I Was A Teenage Frankenstein." The one common thread in the films was that ubiquitous character actor Whit Bissell (you would definitely know him if you saw him) played the lead scientist in both. This one had Phyllis Coates (the first Lois Lane on the TV version of "The Adventures Of Superman") and Gary Conway (later to be on "Land Of The Giants.") |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 4, 2024 5:19:53 GMT -5
Hey Jeep, how do you rate Michael Landon's breakthrough work "I Was A Teenage Werewolf"? I like the old Universal horror films of the 30s, especially "Bride Of Frankenstein." Classics! Elsa Lanchester played the Bride! Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi! It sure was. And don't forget Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein and Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Pretorius. I loved how Karloff's character became friends with the blind hermit, who taught him the useful habit of smoking tobacco. "Smoke good!" One of my favorites. "She hate me!" Another good Karloff film from that era was "The Mummy." |
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Post by bigjeep on Jun 4, 2024 6:35:52 GMT -5
Classics! Elsa Lanchester played the Bride! Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi! It sure was. And don't forget Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein and Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Pretorius. I loved how Karloff's character became friends with the blind hermit, who taught him the useful habit of smoking tobacco. "Smoke good!" One of my favorites. "She hate me!" Another good Karloff film from that era was "The Mummy." The scene where he throws the girl into the water was edited out in most theaters! I think I saw it a few times! |
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Post by bigjeep on Jun 4, 2024 6:40:24 GMT -5
Last night was "to kill a mockingbird". What famous star got his start in this movie and never said a word?
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Post by desousa on Jun 4, 2024 6:47:45 GMT -5
Last night was "to kill a mockingbird". What famous star got his start in this movie and never said a word? Robert Duvall as Boo Radley in his first appearance in a film. |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 4, 2024 8:07:22 GMT -5
I wasn’t aware that was Little Joe… 😂 Yep, he played the proverbial 50s "troubled youth." Which I guess any of us would be if we turned into werewolves at night. That movie was actually pretty successful at the box office and was paired as a drive-in double feature with "Invasion Of The Saucer Men" which featured a young Frank Gorshin. He played a troubled youth. There was a follow-up to Teenage Werewolf called, amazingly enough, "I Was A Teenage Frankenstein." The one common thread in the films was that ubiquitous character actor Whit Bissell (you would definitely know him if you saw him) played the lead scientist in both. This one had Phyllis Coates (the first Lois Lane on the TV version of "The Adventures Of Superman") and Gary Conway (later to be on "Land Of The Giants.") Whitner Nutting Bissell - I have to include his middle name just for comedic effect and Inger’s benefit. He was also in “The Time Machine.” |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 4, 2024 9:12:04 GMT -5
Last night was "to kill a mockingbird". What famous star got his start in this movie and never said a word? Robert Duvall as Boo Radley in his first appearance in a film. Wow, good work Matt. Last year at my wife's insistence we stopped in Monroeville AL, which was the hometown of Harper Lee (and her very good friend Truman Capote.) Although the courthouse in town wasn't used in the movie, an exact replica of it was built in Hollywood. The courthouse had a nice exhibit on the film, including photos of Gregory Peck and Harper Lee having lunch at the local Woolworth's when Peck came in to do some area research. Standing in the courthouse really did feel like being on the set. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 4, 2024 9:20:27 GMT -5
Yep, he played the proverbial 50s "troubled youth." Which I guess any of us would be if we turned into werewolves at night. That movie was actually pretty successful at the box office and was paired as a drive-in double feature with "Invasion Of The Saucer Men" which featured a young Frank Gorshin. He played a troubled youth. There was a follow-up to Teenage Werewolf called, amazingly enough, "I Was A Teenage Frankenstein." The one common thread in the films was that ubiquitous character actor Whit Bissell (you would definitely know him if you saw him) played the lead scientist in both. This one had Phyllis Coates (the first Lois Lane on the TV version of "The Adventures Of Superman") and Gary Conway (later to be on "Land Of The Giants.") Whitner Nutting Bissell - I have to include his middle name just for comedic effect and Inger’s benefit. He was also in “The Time Machine.” Yep, it seemed as if he was always in a role where he wore a lab coat. "Creature From The Black Lagoon" and "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" and even "Monster On The Campus." Not sure if he was in "The Killer Shrews" but he could have been. |
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Post by bigjeep on Jun 4, 2024 9:32:44 GMT -5
Whitner Nutting Bissell - I have to include his middle name just for comedic effect and Inger’s benefit. He was also in “The Time Machine.” Yep, it seemed as if he was always in a role where he wore a lab coat. "Creature From The Black Lagoon" and "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" and even "Monster On The Campus." Not sure if he was in "The Killer Shrews" but he could have been. Just watched "Monster on the Campus" and "Monster in the closet" with some fading Stars grabbing another paycheck! |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 4, 2024 9:34:10 GMT -5
It sure was. And don't forget Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein and Ernest Thesiger as Dr. Pretorius. I loved how Karloff's character became friends with the blind hermit, who taught him the useful habit of smoking tobacco. "Smoke good!" One of my favorites. "She hate me!" Another good Karloff film from that era was "The Mummy." The scene where he throws the girl into the water was edited out in most theaters! I think I saw it a few times! Yeah I recollect that too. I guess the censors thought it was too jarring, but it actually reflected the monster's disillusionment very effectively. I am pretty sure that the scene in "King Kong" where Kong "probes" Fay Wray is now left in in all the versions, along with a few other gruesome scenes that showed Kong chomping or stomping people. They were actually in the original 1933 release, but once the Hays Code began being seriously enforced soon thereafter those scenes were edited out and kept out for decades. There's a big difference between pre and post-code "Betty Boop." The early ones were very suggestive and I am not at all certain that the target audience was children. Some of those cartoons appear to have been made by people using hallucinogenic drugs. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 4, 2024 9:39:45 GMT -5
Yep, it seemed as if he was always in a role where he wore a lab coat. "Creature From The Black Lagoon" and "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" and even "Monster On The Campus." Not sure if he was in "The Killer Shrews" but he could have been. Just watched "Monster on the Campus" and "Monster in the closet" with some fading Stars grabbing another paycheck! Wow, this is right in your wheelhouse Jeep. Remember Ray Milland and Rosey Grier in "The Thing With Two Heads"? Talk about grabbing a paycheck. Or Joan Crawford in "Trog." That was just sad. "The Head That Wouldn't Die" is on my all-time disturbing list. Sometimes called "The Brain That Wouldn't Die." |
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Post by bigjeep on Jun 4, 2024 10:47:31 GMT -5
Just watched "Monster on the Campus" and "Monster in the closet" with some fading Stars grabbing another paycheck! Wow, this is right in your wheelhouse Jeep. Remember Ray Milland and Rosey Grier in "The Thing With Two Heads"? Talk about grabbing a paycheck. Or Joan Crawford in "Trog." That was just sad. "The Head That Wouldn't Die" is on my all-time disturbing list. Sometimes called "The Brain That Wouldn't Die." Always felt a little sad watching one time stars in "Z" movies for a paycheck! There were a few that became classics! |
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