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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 5, 2024 16:11:24 GMT -5
The old man in "The Blob" also played Jensen in the movie "Them". He was the guy in the hospital that was in bed that kept saying "make me a Sargent in charge of the booze." That scene always give me a good laugh. James Whitmore who played the role of Brooks in Shawshank Redemption" was also in the movie "Them." Fess Parker was in the movie "Them". Walt Disney was so Impressed with his performance in the movie that he decided that he would get the role of Davey Crockett! Yep, another well-known actor with a small role in that movie was Leonard Nimoy. The actor Max was referring to -- and a good catch to recall that he was in both "The Blob" and "Them", I would never have thought of it -- was Olin Howland. He was in hundreds of films in minor roles, including "Gone With The Wind" and "The Angel And The Badman" with John Wayne and "Paleface" with Bob Hope and "The Spirit Of St. Louis" with Jimmy Stewart and both the 1937 and 1954 versions of "A Star Is Born." "The Blob" was made less than a year before he died and was his last film. Also in "Them" was James Whitmore, sometimes referred to as "a poor man's Spencer Tracy," (and The Miracle-Gro pitchman in the 90s) and Edmund Gwenn, best know for being Kris Kringle in "Miracle On 34th Street" in 1947. In that same year he played a minister in the wonderful film "Life With Father" which starred William Powell, Irene Dunne, a teen-aged Elizabeth Taylor and a very young Martin Milner, later of "Route 66" and "Adam-12." |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 5, 2024 16:23:21 GMT -5
Classic! Rated the worst movie ever made! One of my favorites! Its so bad, its good!  Those so called "special effects" were comical. They used obviously plastic models for the flying saucers. I never heard of it until the 1980s when it started getting advertised as the worst film ever made, after which you practically had to get on a waiting list to rent it from Blockbuster Video. Also featuring Lyle Talbot, another veteran character actor who I mainly remember playing Joe Randolph as the neighbor on "The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet." He was the father of Stephen Talbot, best known as Gilbert on "Leave It To Beaver." And not to forget Vampira, a sort of forerunner of Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark. |
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Post by noetsi on Jun 5, 2024 16:24:59 GMT -5
Them was pretty silly (especially since insects don't have lungs and thus can only be a certain size and survive. No giant ants).
The 50's generally was a transition age for movies financially and what was in the film. true grab bag.
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Post by noetsi on Jun 5, 2024 16:27:46 GMT -5
Yes...as you said, Hackman's versatility. Loved how he played the role of the FBI Agent in "Mississippi Burning". The scene where Hackman's character takes over for the barber that was shaving the face of the corrupt deputy that also beat his wife was an all time great. It was just so intense. He played Lex Luther too I think, not really good casting. |
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Post by Renfield on Jun 5, 2024 18:10:33 GMT -5
Love reading this stuff. I love old B sci-fi movies--sometimes the worse they are the better. Just saw The Tingler starring Vincent Price this Saturday. A truly ridiculous movie. Loved it. Then there are the classics, many of which are mentioned above, like Them, The Thing, Forbidden Planet, The Day the Earth Stood Still, etc. One of the fond memories of my early youth was my father letting me stay up late on Friday night to watch the 11:00 creature feature. Have you see the movie "Plan 9 From Outer Space." Sorry so late in responding. Yes! I've seen it. Everything it's cracked up to be. Amazing how the alien space ship appears to be made of cinder blocks. Wonder what Ancient Aliens would make of that. |
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Post by Renfield on Jun 5, 2024 18:24:09 GMT -5
Those so called "special effects" were comical. They used obviously plastic models for the flying saucers. I never heard of it until the 1980s when it started getting advertised as the worst film ever made, after which you practically had to get on a waiting list to rent it from Blockbuster Video. Also featuring Lyle Talbot, another veteran character actor who I mainly remember playing Joe Randolph as the neighbor on "The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet." He was the father of Stephen Talbot, best known as Gilbert on "Leave It To Beaver." And not to forget Vampira, a sort of forerunner of Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark. There was a pretty good movie about the director of Plan 9 from Outer Space called "Ed Wood" or "Ed Wood Presents" (can't recall which) starring Johnnie Depp. Well worth watching if you've seen Plan 9. In the original, Bela Legosi died early in the making of the movie and his replacement, who was obviously about half a foot taller than Legosi, played the rest of the movie with his cape drawn up over his face to hide that it wasn't Legosi any more. |
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Post by bigjeep on Jun 5, 2024 18:24:35 GMT -5
Them was pretty silly (especially since insects don't have lungs and thus can only be a certain size and survive. No giant ants). The 50's generally was a transition age for movies financially and what was in the film. true grab bag. The Atomic radiation did it! |
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Post by bigjeep on Jun 5, 2024 18:31:47 GMT -5
Just watched "Destroy All Monsters".  |
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Post by Renfield on Jun 5, 2024 18:33:18 GMT -5
Them was pretty silly (especially since insects don't have lungs and thus can only be a certain size and survive. No giant ants). The 50's generally was a transition age for movies financially and what was in the film. true grab bag. Now, don't go getting all sciency on us. A lot of the movies from that era were kinda a response to the onset of the atomic era and science opening new and dangerous doors--Them, Godzilla, Tarantula, maybe The Beginning of the End (giant locusts, starring the guy who played Paul Drake on Perry Mason. William Hopper, maybe?) |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 5, 2024 19:14:21 GMT -5
They used obviously plastic models for the flying saucers. I never heard of it until the 1980s when it started getting advertised as the worst film ever made, after which you practically had to get on a waiting list to rent it from Blockbuster Video. Also featuring Lyle Talbot, another veteran character actor who I mainly remember playing Joe Randolph as the neighbor on "The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet." He was the father of Stephen Talbot, best known as Gilbert on "Leave It To Beaver." And not to forget Vampira, a sort of forerunner of Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark. There was a pretty good movie about the director of Plan 9 from Outer Space called "Ed Wood" or "Ed Wood Presents" (can't recall which) starring Johnnie Depp. Well worth watching if you've seen Plan 9. In the original, Bela Legosi died early in the making of the movie and his replacement, who was obviously about half a foot taller than Legosi, played the rest of the movie with his cape drawn up over his face to hide that it wasn't Legosi any more. I've never seen the Johnnie Depp movie. Need to get on the stick on that one. I do remember the insanity of the Lugosi replacement. I have some vague recollection that the replacement was Lugosi's driver, not even a real actor. Of course how much of an actor was Tor Johnson? I also saw Wood's film "Glen Or Glenda?" It wouldn't raise an eyebrow now. But it was every bit as bad as Plan 9. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 5, 2024 19:29:50 GMT -5
Them was pretty silly (especially since insects don't have lungs and thus can only be a certain size and survive. No giant ants). The 50's generally was a transition age for movies financially and what was in the film. true grab bag. Now, don't go getting all sciency on us. A lot of the movies from that era were kinda a response to the onset of the atomic era and science opening new and dangerous doors--Them, Godzilla, Tarantula, maybe The Beginning of the End (giant locusts, starring the guy who played Paul Drake on Perry Mason. William Hopper, maybe?) Yes, William Hopper, son of Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. The somewhat menacing theme for "Perry Mason" is one of my favorites. A few more from the 50s -- "This Island Earth" with Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Jeff Morrow and The Professor himself Russell Johnson. Also the original "Invaders From Mars" with Arthur Franz and Helena Carter. Lots of small roles for character actors -- Barbara Billingsley, Richard Deacon, Frank Wilcox (who later played Mr. Brewster, head of Jed Clampett's oil company on "The Beverly Hillbillies." Others I am not recalling. One thing many of those films had in common was an uptight woman scientist who eventually lets down her hair and takes off her glasses and lab coat to reveal a beautiful model throbbing with sensuality. Just like real life. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 5, 2024 19:38:22 GMT -5
Just watched "Destroy All Monsters". Maybe my favorite Ishiro Honda movie. They're all in there, including the underrated King Ghidora (that two-headed thing) and little Minilli, the esteemed son of Godzilla. They're all good -- "Godzilla Versus The Smog Monster" is another favorite, and anything with Gammera -- as long as the dubbed dialog is awkward, I'll be watching. |
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Post by inger on Jun 6, 2024 8:55:25 GMT -5
Just watched "Destroy All Monsters". Maybe my favorite Ishiro Honda movie. They're all in there, including the underrated King Ghidora (that two-headed thing) and little Minilli, the esteemed son of Godzilla. They're all good -- "Godzilla Versus The Smog Monster" is another favorite, and anything with Gammera -- as long as the dubbed dialog is awkward, I'll be watching. Gammera. The good monster, always saved the day… |
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Post by azbob643 on Jun 6, 2024 10:04:43 GMT -5
Gene Hackman played the brutal “Little Bill” Daggett in Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven”, a role that brought him his second and last Oscar. The filmmaker too won an Oscar for his work as the director. While the character was ruthless, Hackman did an incredible job bringing his personality to life. While many villains usually accept the fact that they are indeed the bad guys, Daggett is not one of them. According to him, his actions, no matter how harsh, were necessary to keep the peace in Big Whiskey, Wyoming. He sees himself as a protector and does not shy away from using violence to uphold his laws. This is what Eastwood loved about Daggett. Describing the character to the American Film Institute, the filmmaker/actor stated, "He didn’t wear the usual costume of a bad guy; he was a sheriff who had noble ideas. He had this small town, and he ran it with a lot of strength…What I liked about the character is, he had dreams. He was building a house and he wanted to sit on the porch and smoke his pipe and watch the sunsets. He had dreams like everyone else does, and he didn’t see himself as a heavy, he didn’t see himself as a bad guy. He thought he was always doing this on the side of right." www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/he-wanted-to-sit-on-the-porch-and-smoke-his-pipe-clint-eastwood-s-comment-about-his-favorite-movie-villain-should-put-thanos-on-oscar-winner-s-list/ar-BB1nKy6J?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=d980882a3b024e3b874dab6b2512f0fd&ei=22
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Post by kaybli on Jun 6, 2024 10:09:52 GMT -5
Gene Hackman played the brutal “Little Bill” Daggett in Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven”, a role that brought him his second and last Oscar. The filmmaker too won an Oscar for his work as the director. While the character was ruthless, Hackman did an incredible job bringing his personality to life. While many villains usually accept the fact that they are indeed the bad guys, Daggett is not one of them. According to him, his actions, no matter how harsh, were necessary to keep the peace in Big Whiskey, Wyoming. He sees himself as a protector and does not shy away from using violence to uphold his laws. This is what Eastwood loved about Daggett. Describing the character to the American Film Institute, the filmmaker/actor stated, "He didn’t wear the usual costume of a bad guy; he was a sheriff who had noble ideas. He had this small town, and he ran it with a lot of strength…What I liked about the character is, he had dreams. He was building a house and he wanted to sit on the porch and smoke his pipe and watch the sunsets. He had dreams like everyone else does, and he didn’t see himself as a heavy, he didn’t see himself as a bad guy. He thought he was always doing this on the side of right." www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/he-wanted-to-sit-on-the-porch-and-smoke-his-pipe-clint-eastwood-s-comment-about-his-favorite-movie-villain-should-put-thanos-on-oscar-winner-s-list/ar-BB1nKy6J?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=d980882a3b024e3b874dab6b2512f0fd&ei=22 Unforgiven is one of my favorites. |
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