MOVIES
AMAZING TRANSPARENT MAN, THE (1960) 58 min Sci-Fi B/W
James Griffith, Douglas Kennedy, Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer
In the film's handsomely shot introduction, Douglas Kennedy is sprung from prison to help an ambitious crime lord ,James Griffith, with his master plan to take over the world with his new invisibility formula. But the tough-talking thug is no man's patsy, and the two double-cross each other. The film ends with an apocalyptic bang!
BAT, THE (1959) 80M Mystery B/W
Vincet Price, Agnes Moorhead, Gavin Gordon. Director: Crane Wilber
Price plays ‘The Bat’, a murderer who hunts for one million dollars in a creepy old house. Compleate with weird charactors and creaking doors. A fine cast abounds.
BATTLES OF CHIEF PONTIAC 1952, Western 71m, B&W
Lon Chaney Jr., Lex Barker Dir: Felix E. Feist
A surprisingly accurate historical drama. The story of a white scout(Barker)attempting to broker a peace agreement between English Colonials and Chief Pontiac and his Ottawa tribe. Kroeger is loathsome as German Hesian mercenary. The "gifts" of small-pox infected blankets to the Indians is a reminder of the brutality of the times. A good cast performs well, and of course Barker, a former Tarzan, finds several chances to bare his chest!
BREAKDOWNS OF 1936 b/w
A blooper reel from Warner Bros biggest films of that year.
BUCKSKIN FRONTIER 1943 75 min. Western B&W
Richard Dix,Jane Wyatt, LeeJ.Cobb Dir:Leslie Selander
Railroad troubleshooter Stephen Bent is assigned to supervise the building of 120 miles of track through the treacherous Santa Fe cutoff. He is opposed in this mission by a land baron who backs up his opposition with hired guns. Of course his daughter has also fallen in love with the dashing Bent.
CLOWN AND THE KIDS, THE (1968) 75 m color Family film
Emmett Kelly, Burt Stratford, Mikhail Mikhailov Dir: Mende Brown
Legendary circus clown Kelly plays the lead in this musical retelling of The Pied Piper story. Kelly is well worth watching and the camera work is superb.
CREMATORS, THE 1972 75 min. Horror Color
Marvin howard,Eric Allison Dir: Harry Essex
This is the incredible but well told story of an extraterrestrial sphere that rolls along beaches, "consuming" unfortunate humans by absorbing their energy. The film does wonders within its penurious $40,000 budget.
DEVIL'S PARTNER, THE 1958- 75 min. Horror, B&W
Ed Nelson, Jean Allison, Richard Crane, Edgar Buchanan Dir: Charles R. Rondeau
An old hillbilly makes a pact with the Devil and returns to the town of Furnace Flats, NM, as a much younger man. Claiming to be his own nephew, he romances pretty Nell Lucas Her fiancée is mauled by his own dog, leaving him scarred and bitter. Doc Lucas and Sheriff Fuller figure it out and well…he gets his.
DICK TRACY (1937) 15 part serial 290 min, Action/Adventure B/W
Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Francis X. Bushman. Director: Ray Taylor & Alan James
A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick who tries to stop the villain from destroying the Bay Bridge with his stratospheric aircraft "The Wing". This super thriller is packed with car chases, aerial stunts and cliff hanging endings.
FLESH EATERS (1964) 92m Horror B/W
Martin Kosleck, Rita Morley, Bryon Sanders, Dir: Jack Curtis
Morley plays a alcoholic film star who with her secretary and their helicopter pilot crashes on a secluded isle, where a renegade mad Nazi scientist (is there any other kind?) is using ocean life to develop a solvent for human flesh.
GUNFIGHT, A (1971) 89m Western color
Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Jane Alexander, Karen Black Dir. Lamont Johnson
A moody, existential western stars Douglas & Cash as down and out gunfighters who strike up a friendship only to discover the local townsfolk have placed bets on would win a gunfight between them. One will walk away with the prize money. A fine film with high marks.
GUNSLINGER (1956) Western 77m color
John Ireland, Beverly Garland, Allison Hayes Dir Roger Corman
Garland takes over as marshal in town after her husband has been killed on the job. Ireland is a gunslinger hired by evil saloonkeeper Hayes to rub out the new female marshal. The plot twists and set ups are different than most B-westerns.
HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON 1969 91m horror color
Stephen Forsyth , Laura Betti Dir: Mario Bava
This Italian horror film by cult director Bava is the bloody story of an impotent man who turns to murder to vent his frustrations. The fashion designer, frustrated with his own sexual failure, murders the new brides who have modeled his fashions. When he decides to murder his wife, she becomes the ghost who will not leave him alone.This above-average horror film is a must see for those who love the genre and admire stylish horror films.
HITCH-HIKER (1953) 71m Film Noir b/w
Edmond O’Brian, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman. Dir: Ida Lupino
O’Brian & Lovejoy go on a fishing trip and pick up hitchhiker Talman who turns out to be a crazed killer on the lam. A grim Film Noir that is both well acted and superbly directed.
HORROR HOTEL (1960) 76min Horror B/W
Christopher Lee, Dennis Lotis, Patricia Jessel Dir: John Llewellyn
17th century witch who was burned at the stake has an Inn to lure victims for sacrifices to the devil. It has the obligatory woman who fails to heed all too obvious warnings that her life is in danger and the hip, jive talk'in, beatnik era college kids are a gas. Christopher Lee does a great job in his role as usual. This is a good example of what can be achieved with a small budget and a lot of inspiration. A one of a kind horror classic.
JAMES DEAN STORY (1957) 81 min B/W Documentary
Director: Robert Altman Narrated by Martin Gabel
Made two years after James Dean died in a car crash, this collection of clips from films and TV shows as well as interviews with friends and family tries to get beyond the public image of Dean as the cool rebel to show the lonely young man underneath.
JESSIE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER (1965) 95m horror Color
Narda Onyx, John Lipton, William Fawcett, Jim Davis Dir: William Beaudine
We find the legendary outlaw Jesse James stumbling into the decrepit lair of Maria Frankenstein- not the daughter but the granddaughter of the infamous monster-making Baron. Maria is, of course, following in Grandpa's footsteps by creating a creature of her own, transplanting the dormant but still-intact brain of Frankenstein's original monster into the body of one of James' cohorts. The lumbering, homicidal monster imaginatively dubbed "Igor", begins terrorizing townsfolk until the inevitable showdown between living and undead gunslingers.
LADY FRANKENSTEIN -1972 84m Horror B&W
Joseph Cotton, Sara Bay Dir: Mel Welles
This lurid but entertaining Italian/Spanish twist on the Frankstein legend begins with Baron Frankenstein being assisted in his research by his sultry daughter Tania .The doctor's first attempt at a stitched-together creation results in a lumpy, pop-eyed monstrosity with little of the expected respect for its creator. In fact, the monster begins its rampage by murdering the Baron and escaping into the surrounding village. The daughter goes to medical school and comes back to restart the family biz. This time making a hunk for more personal uses.
LAST MAN ON EARTH (1964) 86min Horror/Sci-Fi B/W
Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli Dir: Ubaldo Ragona & Sidney Salkow
Dr. Robert Morgan is the only survivor of a devastating worldwide plague due to a mysterious immunity he acquired to the bacterium while working in Central America years ago. During the day, he canvasses his abandoned hometown always making sure to return before nightfall, when the dead rise to assault his fortified house. Hope arrives in the form of an apparently normal young woman, but her agenda proves to be even more sinister than that of the vampires.
MAGIC SWORD, THE (1962) 77min color Family Film
Basil Rathbone, Gary Lockwood,Estelle Winwood, Dir: Bert I. Gordon
A handsome swashbuckler must rescue a beautiful princess from an assortment of mythical beasts who are controlled by a evil wizard. Great special effects.
MOON OVER HARLEM (1939) 70 min Musical B/W
Bud Harris,Cora Green, Sidney Bechet, Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer
Fascinating all black crime drama with music, a wealthy widow who marries a heel and the daughter she accuses of trying to seduce him. Jazz greats Sidney Bechet and Christopher Columbus and his Band make rare appearances.
NAKED KISS (1964) 91 min Drama B/W
Constance Towers, Anthony Eisley , Dir:Samuel Fuller
A former Prostitute sets out to start a new life in Grantville, a typical slice of Americana, working wonders with disabled kids and gaining distance from her miserable past. But dark clouds are gathering -a nearby brothel taints the community and a pedophile is lurking in the shadows. Will her past come back to haunt her? A lurid but provocative melodrama
NIGHT OF THE BLOODBEAST(1958) 65 Sci-Fi
Michael Emmet, Angela Greene, John Baer Dir: Bernard L. Kowalski
An astronaut (Emmet) returns from space dead. The revival of the dead astronaut by an alien to breed more aliens doesn’t go over well with the locals .Does he mean to take over Earth? Or is he just an other misunderstood out of towner? Roger Corman’s bother Gene is the producer, does this tell you anything?
SCREAM OF THE DEMON LOVER 1970 96m Horror Color
Gunnar Hansen, Jennifer Hartley Dir: Jose Luis Merino
Ivana, a chemist, is hired by Baron Janos Dolmer to work in his secret laboratory in his big castle. The castle is located outside a small village, in which a series of brutal murders of young women has been committed and the townspeople suspect the Baron. Ivana moves into the castle and pretty soon strange things starts to happen. Nobody of Janos' staff seems to want her around, her drink gets spiked and she has nightmares of a torture chamber in the cellar. Or is it really a dream? The castle is beautiful and the atmosphere in the movie is very gothic. Dubbed
THREE MUSKETEERS, THE
(1933) 210 min Action/Adventure serial B/W
John Wayne, Francis X Bushman, Lon Chaneny John Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shasta, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion.
TORMENTED
1960 75m Horror B &W
Richard Carlson, Susan Gordon Dir: Bert I Gordon
During a confrontation at the top of the island's lighthouse, the railing breaks and Tom’s old girlfriend,Vi falls. Tom has a chance to save her but doesn't. Tom's relief at Vi's accident soon fades when her vengeful spirit in the form of a floating head begins showing up wherever he goes... even at his wedding. A camp classic.
VARAN - THE UNBELIEVABLE (1962) b/w Sci-fi
Myron Healey, Tsuruko Kobayashi, Clifford Kawada. Dir:Jerry Baerwitz
If you’re into Japanese rubber suit monster movies here’s one for you. A joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where their water purifying experiments arouse a prehistoric monster from hibernation at the lake’s bottom and it proceeds to attack Japan, as monsters of the 1960’s were prone to do.
WEREWOLF IN A GIRLS' DORMITORY (1961) 82 min. Horror B&W
Barbra Lass, Carl Schell, Curt Lowens, Maureen O’Conner Dir: Richard Benson
A school for wayward girls is plagued by mysterious attacks by a strange beast. This melodramatic horror film has several shadowy characters who are suspected of being werewolves. The girls really are wayward as they wander off into the nearby forest every time the moon is full. A wolf, a girl, and three men meet their demise at the claws of the unknown throat ripper. Terror grips the campus as the search continues for the murderous monster.
TV SHOWS
SHORTS
EDUCATIONAL SHORTS VOLUME I
Mike Makes His Mark-1956 28 mins- Mike is on the road to juvenile delinquency what with the leather jacket and the black chalk in his pocket. But with understanding teachers and a caring councilor he’ll lose the itch to drop-out of school and pick up the kettle drum.
Dating Do’s and Don’ts-1948 14mins- A high school educational film showing how to go about picking the right date to how to handle saying good night. Obviously some of us missed that day in school when this was shown.
Maintaining Classroom Disciline-1947 14mins —Blowing a fuse and yelling at the kids isn’t the way to run a classroom.
RED NIGHTMARE AKA THE COMMIES ARE COMING
957 28m B&W - Jack Webb stars in this Dept. of Defense propaganda piece that only McCarthy would love. An average "Jerry" finds out what life would be like under the ‘Soviet System’.
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