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  1. I liked this one the best on your new list here Arturo, and because I've always said the movie title you've played off of here is THE worst movie ever made.

     

    (...and makes even "Plan 9 from Outer Space" almost look like a masterpiece in comparison)

    I totally agree, although both are campy fun due to their badness.

     

    The thing about Asta is that he was quite versatile, and was equally believable whether in sci-fi, horror, noir, romantic comedy or musicals. Like Tor, he could do it all.

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  2. The Asta juggernaut keeps rolling along.

     

    1. THE 13TH LITTER

    2. THE CREEPING TERRIER

    3. PLAN NINE FROM ASTA'S PLACE

    4. BONE FROM THE HILL

    5. THE ASTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE

    6. THE TERRIER OF TINY TOWN

    7. ASTA DALLAS

    8. THE GARDEN OF ASTA

    9. LEAVE HER TO ASTA

    10. LITTER FROM.AN UNKNOWN SHE-DOG

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  3. A LETTER.TO THREE WOLVES

    In which three male wolves, on a hunting party, receive a letter from Asta, the wire terrier they all loathe, informing them that he has run of with one of their wives, although he maliciously does not mention which. The film.goes into a series of flashbacks, as each wolf has time to reflect about his relationship with his mate.

     

    Number One realizes that his youthful wife, still wet.behind the ears when they met and mated, was too eager to please, jumping all over his face, licking and drooling mightily. He realizes he might've been too severe is his demonstations of disapproval.

     

    Number Two reflects on the fact that his mate was.never happy with the "bacon" he would bring home. She always yearned for more choice cuts of caribou, not the hares and voles he tended to provide. She decided to be the primary supplier of food for the family, thereby rendering him feeling emasculated.

     

    Number Three saw that his mate had wanted to move up the pack hierarchy, hoping to get an alpha male. She used all her wiles to entrap him, seeing him as her ticket up, and despite his resistance, eventually gave in and struck a bargain. Neither is sure of their true feelings for each other.

     

    The three.return to the pack eagerly if apprehensively. To their surprise, Asta has taken all three female wolves, and has established himself as Alpha male in a pack of his own. Hey ho.

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  4. THE [..] OF ASTAWICK
    In which our nattily dressed hero and three feminine friends relocate from New York to a staid New England hamlet. Before long the randy goings-on between them are scandalizing the villagers. Soon Asta and his sorceresses are using their magical wiles to cause havoc and unnatural urges among the formerly quiet canines of the burg. The townsfolk are shocked by the turn of events, and the position of town dog.catcher is suddenly opened, and proves to have the highest paid salary in the county.

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  5. My sources tell me that they were all set to do TOR TO ALASTA but the dorg looked at Henry HASTAway, the director, in a peculiar canine way. After considerable effort they arrived at a translation. "If you think I'm gonna freeze my ASTA off up there ..." So they got John Wayne. Tor's feelings about it cannot properly recorded here on account of the autosenselessor. Just as well. It would probably crash (or is that a good thing).

    If.I.remember.correctly,.they first.costarred in THE PRIZEFIGHTER AND LADDIE.

  6. On FMC (all times eastern):

     

     

     

    Tuesday, 9/22:

     

     

     

    4 am: THE SHERIFF OF FRACTURED JAW (1958)...........................6 am: FIVE FINGERS (1952)....................................8 am: BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956)..................................9:45 am: ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957)............................11:45 am: SEA WIFE (1957)................................1:15 pm: SEVEN THIEVES (1960)................

     

     

     

     

    Wednesday, 9/23:

     

     

     

     

    3 am: FIVE FINGERS (1952)..........................ISLAND IN THE SKY (1938)................................6 am: BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956).................................7:40 am: ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957)...............................9:40 am: SEA WIFE (1957)..............................11:10 am: SEVEN THIEVES (1960)............................12:55 pm: HOW TO STEAL A MILLION (1966).................

     

     

     

    Thursday, 9/24:

     

     

     

     

    3:30 am: HOW TO STEAL A.MILLION (1966)................................6 am: NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY (1951)................................7:45 am: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE (1945).................................9 am: DECISION BEFORE DAWN (1951)...............................11:05 am: FIVE FINGERS (1952)..............................12:55 pm: THE KREMLIN LETTER (1970).................

  7. Two very good films.featuring James Mason imo, will be shown on FMC in the next few days:

    Saturday, 5/23 @ 9 am.est:

    BIGGER THAN LIFE (1956): Mason produced this story of a schoolteacher becoming addicted to cortizone.

    Monday, 5/25 @ 1:10 pm:

    FIVE FINGERS (1951): Espionage and intrigue based on a true story. With the gorgeous Danielle Darrieux, in a rare venture doing a Hollyeood film.

     

    ON FMC:

     

    FIVE FINGERS will be on Tuesday, 9/22 @ 6 am est, Wednesday, 9/23 @ 3 am est, Thursday, 9/24 @ 11:05 am est, Friday, 9/25 @ 9:35 am est.

     

    BIGGER THAN LIFE will be on Tuesday, 9/22 @ 8 am est, and Wednesday, 9/23 @ 6 am est.

     

    ISLAND IN THE SUN (1957) will be on Tuesday, 9/22 @ 9:45 am est, and Wednesday, 9 /23 @ 7:40 am est.

     

    Also, on TCM, James Mason will costar with Susan Hayward this Thursday, 9/24 @ 8 pm, in THE MARRIAGE-GO-ROUND (1960).

  8. The interest in Asta and his films.continues unabated:

     

    1. DOG DAY AFTERNOON

    2. ASTA VS. THE DARING DOBERMANS

    3. PLEASE DON'T P OOP ON THE DAISIES

    4. 101 DALMATIONS PLUS ONE

    5. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE BEAST, ASTA

    6. TERRIER IN THE SKY

    7. ANTHONY ASTA

    8. WHERE ASTA GOES, TROUBLE FOLLOWS

    9. THE ASTAPHALT JUNGLE

    10. VALLEY OF THE DOGS

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  9. The recent campaign to have this deserving dog as SOTM has seen several of his titles place in the Top Ten.

     

    1. ASTAROID

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    3. MIRACLE HYDRANT ON 42ND STREET

    4. ASTA ADAMS

    5. A TALE OF TWO CANINES

    6. GONE WITH THE POOPER SCOOPER

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    8. THE RELUCTANT ASTANAUT

    9. DOG ON A HOT TIN.ROOF

    10. ASTA IN THE HOLE

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  10. I'm debating (the 12.50 price tag is a little steep for something I've seen dozens of times). Would love to see it with an audience and on a big screen (and hopefully people who haven't seen it who'll scream!) so I'm leaning towards going......

     

    Its playing this Sun and next Wed....

    I'm planning to go. I like seeing classic films on the big screen, and try to go to as many of these showings as I can.

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  11. With the recent showing of Abbott and Costello, it heartens me in that TCM may have access to more Universal films in the future. It would be great if they could show Maria Montez films, as well as Yvonne DeCarlo films and others, showing this type of exotic entertainment. I loved them as a child, and would enjoy seeing them again

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