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Tip from a viewer, please do yourself a favor and turn ON the closed captioning for those of you who choose to watch “taking Tiger Mountain“. You won’t want to miss one single line of filthy, filthy dialogue during the sex auction.

Holy **** you guys, I am, like, all of four minutes into “Taking Tiger Mountain” (198?) which ran on TCM underground last night and already it is completely insane. Full frontal (e rect!!!) male nudity too!!! AND Pretty strong sexual content. THANKS TCM!!!! apparently the word “e rect” is censored. EDIT: This is the dirtiest film I have ever seen on TCM. I love it! I’ve never ever heard the euphemism “box lunch” before, but I am absolutely using it daily from now on.

This thread may in fact be the most discussion KENT SMITH has brought about in his lifetime or beyond.

Yeah, sorry, that was the only clip I could find. Spelling is not a strong point on YouTube.

FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED: (the entire movie is also on youtube)

if this: is what you are referring you, then YES. I WOULD FRAME THIS AND HANG THIS OVER MY MANTLE. (AMAZING REALLY HOW CLOSELY THIS RESEMBLES MY DREAMS)

whatever other issues imdb may have (take their reviews and trivia and bio entries with a WHOPPING GRAIN OF SALT) it is a pretty amazing resource for just pure CREDITS. Hard to remember life before imdb....

here are all 139 of his credits copied and pasted from imdb (including TV) each title below can be clicked on and will take you to its imdb page. Actor (139 credits) 1978 Die Sister, Die! Dr. Thorne 1977 Wonder Woman (TV Series) Chief Justice Brown - I Do, I Do (1977) ... Chief Justice Brown 1977 Billy Jack Goes to Washington Sen. Sam Foley 1976 Gibbsville (TV Series) - Afternoon Waltz (1976) 1976 Once an Eagle (TV Mini Series) Gen. Jacklyn - Part 5 (1976) ... Gen. Jacklyn 1974 Barnaby Jones (TV Series) George Weatherly - Time to Kill (1974) ... George Weatherly 1974 The Disappearance of Flight 412 (TV Movie) Gen. Enright 1974 Murder or Mercy (TV Movie) Judge 1973 The Cat Creature (TV Movie) Frank Lucas 1973 The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) Harlan - The Runaways (1973) ... Harlan 1973 The Affair (TV Movie) Mr. Patterson 1973 Cops and Robbers Bit Part (uncredited) 1973 Maurie Dr. Walker (uncredited) 1972-1973 Night Gallery (TV Series) Doctor / Bennett (segment "Deliveries in the Rear") - Whisper (1973) ... Doctor - Deliveries in the Rear/Stop Killing Me/Dead Weight (1972) ... Bennett (segment "Deliveries in the Rear") 1973 Lost Horizon Bill Fergunson 1972 Call Me by My Rightful Name Mr. Watkins 1972 The Snoop Sisters (TV Series) Warren Packer - The Female Instinct (1972) ... Warren Packer 1972 Pete 'n' Tillie Father Keating 1972 The Judge and Jake Wyler (TV Movie) Robert Dodd 1972 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series) Keats - Charlie Gave Me Your Number (1972) ... Keats 1972 The Crooked Hearts (TV Movie) James Simpson 1972 The Delphi Bureau (TV Series) Prescott - The Deadly Little Errand (1972) ... Prescott 1972 Another Part of the Forest (TV Movie) Simon Isham 1967-1972 The F.B.I. (TV Series) Elwood Hayes / Commodore Coldwell / Wendell Price / ... - Edge of Desperation (1972) ... Elwood Hayes - The Impersonator (1970) ... Commodore Coldwell - Conspiracy of Silence (1969) ... Wendell Price - Blood Verdict (1967) ... US Attorney Leonard Vanatter 1972 Probe (TV Movie) Dr. Edward Laurent 1972 The Night Stalker (TV Movie) D.A. Paine 1971 The Last Child (TV Movie) Gus Iverson 1970 The Governor & J.J. (TV Series) Frank Courtwright / Frank Courthouse - From Here to Maternity (1970) ... Frank Courtwright - Son of the Bride (1970) ... Frank Courthouse 1970 How Awful About Allan (TV Movie) Raymond 1970 The Games Kaverley 1969 Death of a Gunfighter Andrew Oxley 1968 Assignment to Kill Mr. Eversley 1968 Kona Coast Akamai 1967-1968 The Invaders (TV Series) Edgar Scoville / Stan Arthur - Inquisition (1968) ... Edgar Scoville - The Pursued (1968) ... Edgar Scoville - The Life Seekers (1968) ... Edgar Scoville - The Vise (1968) ... Edgar Scoville - The Peacemaker (1968) ... Edgar Scoville Show all 13 episodes 1967 The Money Jungle Paul Kimmel 1967 The Wild Wild West (TV Series) Governor Winston E. Brubaker - The Night of the Legion of Death (1967) ... Governor Winston E. Brubaker 1967 Games Harry Gordon 1966-1967 Insight (TV Series) Martha's Father / Archbishop - Locusts Have No King (1967) ... Martha's Father - Thunder in Munich (1966) ... Archbishop 1967 Daniel Boone (TV Series) General Hugh Scott - Fort West Point (1967) ... General Hugh Scott 1967 Mission: Impossible (TV Series) Senator William Townsend - The Confession (1967) ... Senator William Townsend 1967 A Covenant with Death Parmalee 1967 The Felony Squad (TV Series) Everett Jason - The Desperate Silence (1967) ... Everett Jason 1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) Mr. Macy - The Jingle Bells Affair (1966) ... Mr. Macy 1964-1966 Peyton Place (TV Series) Dr. Robert Morton / Dr. Morton / Doctor Morton - Episode #2.126 (1966) ... Dr. Robert Morton - Episode #2.116 (1966) ... Dr. Robert Morton - Episode #2.101 (1966) ... Dr. Robert Morton - Episode #2.100 (1966) ... Dr. Robert Morton - Episode #2.23 (1965) ... Dr. Robert Morton Show all 53 episodes 1966 The Trouble with Angels Uncle George 1966 I Spy (TV Series) James Winthrop - Always Say Goodbye (1966) ... James Winthrop 1965 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV Series) Dr. Sherman - The Caller (1965) ... Dr. Sherman 1962-1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) Mr. Benner / Dr. Sam Adamson / Jerry O'Hara - Thou Still Unravished Bride (1965) ... Mr. Benner - Body in the Barn (1964) ... Dr. Sam Adamson - I Saw the Whole Thing (1962) ... Jerry O'Hara 1965 Profiles in Courage (TV Series) Sen. Charles Sumner / Charles Evans Hughes - Edmund G. Ross (1965) ... Sen. Charles Sumner - Charles Evans Hughes (1965) ... Charles Evans Hughes 1965 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) Clifton Cavanaugh - Granny's Romance (1965) ... Clifton Cavanaugh 1964 The Young Lovers Dr. Shoemaker 1964 Youngblood Hawke Paul Winter Sr. 1963-1964 The Great Adventure (TV Series) Grymes / William Carroll / General Nelson Miles / ... - The Pirate and the Patriot (1964) ... Grymes - The Testing of Sam Houston (1964) ... William Carroll - The Massacre at Wounded Knee (1963) ... General Nelson Miles - The Death of Sitting Bull (1963) ... Gen. Nelson Miles 1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) Walter Farnham - To Love Is to Live (1964) ... Walter Farnham 1964 A Distant Trumpet Secretary of War 1959-1964 Rawhide (TV Series) Colonel Greer / Capt. Loomis - Incident at Hourglass (1964) ... Colonel Greer - Incident of the Haunted Hills (1959) ... Capt. Loomis 1963-1964 The Outer Limits (TV Series) Aabel / Dr. Bloch - The Children of Spider County (1964) ... Aabel - It Crawled Out of the Woodwork (1963) ... Dr. Bloch 1963-1964 Gunsmoke (TV Series) Dakota / Bealton - The Glory and the Mud (1964) ... Dakota - Two of a Kind (1963) ... Bealton 1963 Arrest and Trial (TV Series) Dr. Ferguson - Inquest Into a Bleeding Heart (1963) ... Dr. Ferguson 1963 The Untouchables (TV Series) Eli Halstead - The Charlie Argos Story (1963) ... Eli Halstead 1963 The Balcony General 1963 Going My Way (TV Series) Bishop Cagle - Blessed Are the Meek (1963) ... Bishop Cagle 1963 Wide Country (TV Series) Jack Edgecomb - The Judas Goat (1963) ... Jack Edgecomb 1961-1963 Perry Mason (TV Series) Dr. Curtis Metcalfe / Dr. Arthur Younger - The Case of the Prankish Professor (1963) ... Dr. Curtis Metcalfe - The Case of the Meddling Medium (1961) ... Dr. Arthur Younger 1957-1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series) Avery Coombs / John Sutter / Louis Strome - Darwin's Man (1962) ... Avery Coombs - Shadow of a Man (1961) ... John Sutter - The Long Night (1957) ... Louis Strome 1962 Cain's Hundred (TV Series) Charles Dennis - Inside Track (1962) ... Charles Dennis 1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) Robert Vincent - Twice Dead (1962) ... Robert Vincent 1962 Moon Pilot Secretary of the Air Force 1962 Checkmate (TV Series) Charles Ainslee - Death Beyond Recall (1962) ... Charles Ainslee 1962 Bronco (TV Series) Dana Powell - Trail of Hatred (1962) ... Dana Powell 1961-1962 Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) Crandall / Michael Legrange - Please Believe Me (1962) ... Crandall - Man Eater (1961) ... Michael Legrange 1961 The Defenders (TV Series) Dwight Harkavy - The Prowler (1961) ... Dwight Harkavy 1961 Lawman (TV Series) Major Jason Leeds - The Appointment (1961) ... Major Jason Leeds 1961 Susan Slade Dr. Fane 1961 The Roaring 20's (TV Series) Mark Fenton - No Exit (1961) ... Mark Fenton 1961 The Aquanauts (TV Series) George - The Margot Adventure (1961) ... George 1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) Dexter Willis - The Golden Acres (1961) ... Dexter Willis 1961 The Americans (TV Series) Capt. Vickery - The Regular (1961) ... Capt. Vickery 1960 Michael Shayne (TV Series) Kenneth Russell - Shoot the Works (1960) ... Kenneth Russell 1960 Dan Raven (TV Series) Gorgoyne - The Night Is Numbered (1960) ... Gorgoyne 1960 Strangers When We Meet Stanley Baxter 1957-1960 Wagon Train (TV Series) Jess Foladaire / Prof. Paul Owens - The Lita Foladaire Story (1960) ... Jess Foladaire - The Ruth Owens Story (1957) ... Prof. Paul Owens 1959 This Earth Is Mine Francis Fairon 1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) Gilbert Hughes - A True Account (1959) ... Gilbert Hughes 1959 The Millionaire (TV Series) Bill Franklin - Millionaire Bill Franklin (1959) ... Bill Franklin 1959 Naked City (TV Series) George Blake - One to Get Lost (1959) ... George Blake 1958 Suspicion (TV Series) - The Last Town Car (1958) - The Imposter (1958) 1958 The Mugger Dr. Pete Graham 1958 Party Girl Jeffrey Stewart 1958 Colonel Humphrey Flack (TV Series) Mr. Rogers - Colonel Flack Gets Kilt (1958) ... Mr. Rogers 1958 The Badlanders Cyril Lounsberry 1958 Imitation General Brig. Gen. Charles Lane 1958 The Investigator (TV Series) District Attorney - Episode #1.5 (1958) ... District Attorney 1958 Matinee Theatre (TV Series) President of the U.S. - Course for Collision (1958) ... President of the U.S. - The Cause (1958) 1958 General Electric Theater (TV Series) Dr. Jonathan Michael - The Last Town Car, Part 2 (1958) ... Dr. Jonathan Michael - The Last Town Car, Part 1 (1958) ... Dr. Jonathan Michael 1958 M Squad (TV Series) Howard Meston - Lover's Lane Killing (1958) ... Howard Meston 1957 Sayonara General Mark Webster 1957 General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (TV Movie) Harry Collier 1951-1957 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) Reverend Richel / Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz / Dr. Herman Bundesen / ... - Crisis on Tangier Island (1957) ... Reverend Richel - Slow Assassination: Peron vs. La Prensa (1957) ... Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz - Flare-Up (1956) ... Dr. Herman Bundesen - SOS from the Andrea Doria (1956) ... Thure Peterson - The Free Choice (1953) Show all 6 episodes 1957 Kraft Theatre (TV Series) - Success! (1957) 1952-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) Steven, at 48 / Steve Ferris / David Barlow - Summer Return (1957) ... Steven, at 48 - Death Do Us Part (1957) ... Steve Ferris - The Sound of Waves Breaking (1952) ... David Barlow 1951-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) Prince Albert - Give and Take (1957) - The Lost and Found (1953) - The Woman Who Hated Children (1953) - Victoria Regina (1951) ... Prince Albert 1956 Comanche Quanah Parker 1955 Crossroads (TV Series) - Vivi Shining Bright (1955) 1955 Science Fiction Theatre (TV Series) Professor Alex Bondar - The Unexplored (1955) ... Professor Alex Bondar 1955 Front Row Center (TV Series) Dr. Steele - Dark Victory (1955) ... Dr. Steele 1955 Windows (TV Series) - The Outing (1955) 1954 The Motorola Television Hour (TV Series) Doc Stacey - The Muldoon Matter (1954) ... Doc Stacey 1954 Crusader Against Cruelty (TV Movie) Henry Bergh 1954 King Richard II (TV Movie) Bolingbroke 1953 The Philip Morris Playhouse (TV Series) Host (1953-1954) 1953 Omnibus (TV Series) Sergius Saranoff (segment "Arms and the Man") - Arms and the Man (1953) ... Sergius Saranoff (segment "Arms and the Man") 1952 Paula John Rogers 1950-1952 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) - The Jungle (1952) - The End Game (1950) 1950-1952 Studio One (TV Series) Professor Fritz Bhaer / Friedrich Bhaer - Waterfront Boss (1952) - Little Women: Jo's Story (1950) ... Professor Fritz Bhaer - Little Women: Meg's Story (1950) ... Friedrich Bhaer 1949-1951 The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) John Wilkes Booth - The Wayward Season (1951) - The End Is Known (1950) - The Story of Mary Surratt (1949) ... John Wilkes Booth 1951 The Clock (TV Series) - The Lily Pond (1951) 1950-1951 Lights Out (TV Series) Claude - And Adam Begot (1951) ... Claude - The Half-Pint Flask (1950) 1950-1951 NBC Television Opera Theatre (TV Series) Simon / Preacher - Gianni Schicchi (1951) ... Simon - Down in the Valley (1950) ... Preacher (as Kenneth Smith) 1950 Masterpiece Playhouse (TV Series) Judge Brack - Hedda Gabler (1950) ... Judge Brack 1950 This Side of the Law David Cummins 1950 The Damned Don't Cry Martin Blackford 1949 My Foolish Heart Lew Wengler 1949 The Fountainhead Peter Keating 1947 The Voice of the Turtle Kenneth Bartlett 1947 Magic Town Professor Frederick Hoopendecker 1947 Nora Prentiss Dr. Richard Talbot 1946 The Spiral Staircase Dr. Parry 1944 Youth Runs Wild Danny Coates 1944 Resisting Enemy Interrogation Capt. Reining - American Working for the Nazis (uncredited) 1944 The Curse of the Cat People Oliver 'Ollie' Reed 1943 Three Cadets (Short) Captain A. Edwards 1943 Three Russian Girls John Hill 1943 This Land Is Mine Paul Martin 1943 Forever and a Day Gates Trimble Pomfret 1943 Hitler's Children Professor Nichols 1942 Cat People Oliver Reed 1939 Back Door to Heaven Attorney 1936 The Garden Murder Case Woode Swift

how's this instead? (apologies for any ads that may play before the clip)

agreed, although it's worth saying that CHANEY JR. gave a lot of excellent performances- and not just LENNY and LAWRENCE TALBOT- he is about the only thing I like in HIGH NOON. ps- and even when he is not quite right in or for the part (hello, SON OF DRACULA), you can't dislike him or get too mad about it.

We all do. ps- don't forget the Mermen

oh, AND GO AHEAD AND TRADEMARK SOMEONE ELSE'S IDENTITY WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, STARBUCKS. YOU MONSTERS:

aka, a company that FOR YEARS has profited off the image of a MERMAID on their packaging WHILE AT THE SAME TIME EMPLOYING EXACTLY 0 ACTUAL INDIGENOUS PERSONS OF THE SEA OR TRANSPECIES INDIVIDUALS. (SHAKES HEAD AND SIGHS)

I came up with nothing on a Google search for this, there’s a chance they’re looking to rezone in the area so they could add apartments around the theater or tear down other structures around the theater, but I seriously doubt they would be able to tear down the theater. It’s still a major tourist attraction in the area.

Hoo-boy. So, I finished SPIDER BABY (1964?7?8?) I'll be upfront and admit that I watched about 30 minutes last night, turned it off to let it sink in, and watched the rest of it this morning. The only legit critique I will lob at SPIDER BABY is that, CLEARLY, this is a UNIQUE story and FILM, and clearly the director spent a lot of time with the actors (whatever other shortcomings the movie has, the acting (and costuming) is, frankly, excellent, and not just for a BAD MOVIE, for any movie)- but it's not shot or edited or lit (or even directed) in an equally unconventional manner, like the story merits. there need to be LONG SHADOWS and CLOSE UPS and CANTED ANGLES and UNUSUAL SET-UPS, this this is all mid-level close-ups with few edits, it's put together with about as much visual flare as a LASSIE episode. Again, LON CHANEY JR. stunned me, I have no idea how or why, but for some reason he dug deep and knocks his role out of the park. I am bemused by the fact that one of the questions in the IMDB FAQ for SPIDER BABY is "WHAT TITLE WAS THIS MOVIE RELEASED UNDER IN INDIA?" I am equally bemused by the notion of a full cinema in MUMBAI circa 1968, starring GAPE-MOUTHED at this thing on the big screen and wondering if AMERICA was like this.

Huh, I cannot imagine why. I must be maxed on Message space When I get to work I’ll clear some out...

LON CHANEY JR is absolutely outstanding though! It may be the legit greatest performance I’ve ever seen in a (I’ll be generous and say) B-Movie. Damn Lon- go on, bring some Oscar-level game to this tawdry little project If for no other reason than to show you still can. YES, BEN JOHNSON “LAST PICTURE SHOW” REALNESS !!

Also I’m trying to make it through SPIDER BABY right now. man, this movie is A LOT isn’t it?

Sorry. Some mornings I wake up and just have to have a Negative Nancy moment.

I apologize If my two cents just now comes off as harsh or not in the right place, but I just gotta drop em on the counter: This was the most poorly curated October schedule I can remember in as long as I’ve been watching TCM. Just as a classic horror fan, the disappointment I found in not only seeing half the usual slate of movies, but seeing them peppered across the month with VERY LITTLE thought to a theme was disconcerting. Besides that, TCM underground continues to disappoint and I am still not happy about that print of White Zombie....Also really, the BFI restored “horror of Dracula “several years ago and found new footage, why the hell would you not show that version TCM? I know they think they can be the criterion channel, but in the end “new wingding font TCM“ is just coming off like a mix tape your friend who has way too scattered taste in music makes for you... ...and CHARTEUSE is a hideous color.

🎶 “Spider Baby, Forgot to mention one little thing: a ring. I don’t mean on the phone...” 🎶

ANGELA LANSBURY of course lost the BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA EMMY 13 TIMES, I remember watching the last year she was nominated and hoping for her, but no... although... i kinda understand it though as, for some reason, they never really gave her a STRONG SUBMISSION EPISODE where she got to show ANY kind of RANGE (not counting her BRITISH COUSIN episodes because those are kinda eh) So, I get it. of course, to this day MURDER SHE WROTE reruns on multiple outlets and still stirs discussion and fandom, CAGNEY AND LACEY notsomuch....

off-topic, but I came across this on youtube just now and it is MARVELOUS! (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Tangentially related,( and not wanting to start my third topic complaining about the quality of a print), but it’s worth noting somewhere that the print of CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN TCM aired has A LOT OF SCRATCHES, LINES and DUST on it, certain scenes a worse than others (To the point where It is distracting) edit- the color is also very washed out. I thought this got a BFI restoration not too long ago, am I wrong?