Det Jim McLeod
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It was a good sequel, Chaney gives a great anguished performance as the cursed Talbot. I wish Sven had done a bit more behind the scenes trivia. For instance, he did not mention that The Monster in the first scene is not Bela Lugosi, it is played by stunt man Eddie Parker.
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Charley Varrick (1973)
Next-Golden Needles (1974) 2 more with Joe Don Baker
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Chevrolet Corvette
Next- all time favorite guest on The Tonight Show
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The Strangler (1964)
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Blondie's Anniversary (1947) Movies! TV Network 4/10
Dagwood is supposed to deliver an expensive watch to an attractive secretary, Mr Radcliffe bought it for her to get in good with her boss, a potential client. Blondie sees the watch and thinks it is a present for her.
#22 in the Blondie series, this one is another weak later entry with some good guest actors. Adele Jergens plays the secretary, she was one of the sexiest of the B movie blondes, but she doesn't get to be too sexy here since she spends most of her time seated at a desk and talking on the phone. Dagwood tries to get money to replace the watch so he goes to a loan shark played by William Frawley, just 4 years before I Love Lucy. He has some of the funniest moments.
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22 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
you do know they're showing EYE OF THE DEVIL (1966) and THE DEVIL'S BRIDE aka THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (1968?) on TCM TONIGHT the latter a HAMMER film that was allegedly CHRISTOPHER LEE'S FAVORITE. I saw it recently and thought it was okay, but it definitely fits in with your time frame.
Yes I had seen The Devil Rides Out before, I hope to catch Eye Of The Devil for the first time tonight
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This would make a great Halloween triple feature. There was a brief period where horror films were dominated by Satan and Satan worshipers. And they produced IMO 3 great horror film classics:
1) Rosemary's Baby (1968) This is the one that started it all. Based on a best selling Ira Levin novel, it brought the supernatural to modern New York and had many classic era actors like Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Gordon (who won an Oscar for this), Maurice Evans and Patsy Kelly. It made TV actress Mia Farrow into a movie star. The director was respected Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski making his Hollywood debut. The Devil was suddenly thrust into the film spotlight. This came just after a famous Time magazine cover which said "Is God Dead?" (The issue is featured in the film.)
2) The Exorcist (1973) Another best selling book, this time by William Peter Blatty. This is about possession by The Devil Director William Friedkin had just won an Oscar for The French Connection. Ellen Burstyn was becoming one of the most respected of the current actresses. The film became a box office blockbuster and nominated for 11 Oscars, bringing even more respectability to Satanic horror films.
3) The Omen (1976) This is about the Anti Christ who is adopted by a diplomat. Big stars like Gregory Peck and Lee Remick play the parents. The film was another big hit at the box office. Like the previous two, the film was done with a completely straight face and had great suspense as well as bloody shock moments.
There were several sequels and imitations to these great horror flicks but none lived up to this trio. What do you think of these?
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Night Of Dark Shadows (1971) TCM On Demand 2/10
An artist and his wife move into a Maine estate and are haunted by the ghost of a condemned witch.
I was a fan of the original TV series and thought the first film House Of Dark Shadows was very good too. This one is just a slapdash bore fest. David Selby plays Quentin Collins, his character from the show. Lara Parker plays the beautiful suspected witch Angelique who is also the mistress of his ancestor. Angelique was one of the best characters on the show but we don't see enough of her. It is never explained if she is really a witch, though on the show it was clear she was. Other members of the original cast are here like Grayson Hall, John Karlen and Nancy Barrett but they play different parts than they did in the original. Kate Jackson (before her TV stardom in The Rookies and Charlie's Angels) actually gets the most screen time as Quentin's wife. There is a twist ending if you can make it that far.
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
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9) She was not a trained singer, but sang very well in Guys And Dolls.
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Girl Friends (1978) TCM On Demand 7/10
Susan, a struggling photographer tries living alone after her best friend and roommate gets married and moves out.
I liked this one, it has that great, grainy low budget 1970s feel and and an excellent performance by Melanie Mayron as Susan. I recalled her as Art Carney's teenage traveling companion in Harry And Tonto. This film has Eli Wallach as a rabbi who Susan nearly has an affair. Christopher Guest has an early role as a new boyfriend. Viveca Lindfors plays a gallery owner. Well worth seeing if you like realistic films made in the 1970s.
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6) She was nominated for an Oscar as best supporting actress in Hamlet (1948)
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Plaza Suite (1971)
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1 hour ago, chaya bat woof woof said:
I found it very sad (
Why sad? I thought a lot of it was very funny.
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50 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
Caroline Munro is GORGEOUS! And she tells a funny story in a HAMMER DOCUMENTARY about rushing home from the set covered in fake blood and being stopped for speeding.
ironically, a lot of people cite the sequel to this THE SATANIC RITES OF DRACULA, as the worst HAMMER and it's not, it's actually kind of fun.
How does Christopher Lee manage to look so disinterested?
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29 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I watched DRACULA AD 1972.
This is my least favorite HAMMER MOVIE by a mile.
Yes, having Dracula in "mod"1970s does not quite work. Dracula's young slave Johnny Alucard tells Van Helsing (Peter Cushing), "You better leave me alone, man!" For guys there is plenty of female eye candy with some of the sexiest Hammer babes (Stephanie Beacham, Marsha Hunt and Caroline Munro).
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Madhouse (1974) TCM 6/10
A horror film star (Vincent Price) is suspected of murdering his young fiancée. He spends years in a mental institution and when released, more murders start occurring.
A good cast in this watchable 1970s AIP flick. This is probably the last decent horror film Price made. This also co stars Peter Cushing as a screenwriter and Robert Quarry (Count Yorga) as a producer. In the opening credits we there is "special participation by Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone", even though both had been dead for several years by then. They are seen in other AIP film clips where they appeared with Price. Karloff is shown in The Raven (1963) and Rathbone in Tales Of Terror (1962).
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9) She appeared with Vincent Price in 3 films-The Ten Commandments, Tales Of Terror and The Haunted Palace.
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The Dinah Shore Show in 1957 with Art Carney, Betty Hutton and Boris Karloff
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9 minutes ago, TomJH said:
When asked to name a film of his he didn't like Peck responded, "Cape Fear, if you want a real turkey."
I recall another interview when asked about the film and he said "It's Bob's picture, best performance he ever gave!"
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Rio Bravo (1959)
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Sean Connery
next-favorite decade for music
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William Conrad- Cannon, Jake And The Fatman
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I Just Watched...
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I just re watched this on TCM On Demand, for the first time in decades. I was always a big fan of Universal horrors like the Frankensteins, Draculas and Wolf Man ones. The Mummy was never a favorite of mine. Watching it now, I felt the scenes without Karloff are very dull. We only get to see the bandaged Mummy at the beginning, the scene where the guy watches it "go for a little walk" is both eerie and hilarious. But I liked the flashback scenes and things really pick up at the end. And I did hear the very loud hissing sound whenever there was silence.