This version of CINDERELLA is the original Walt Disney animated classic based on Charles Perrault’s 17th-century fable about a poor stepdaughter transformed into a vision of beauty and sent to the royal ball by her Fairy Godmother to meet her Prince Charming and live happily ever after. Academy Award Nominations: Best Sound Recording, Best Scoring of a Musical Picture, Best Song (“Bibbidy-Bobbidi-Boo”).
John Carradine delivers the strongest performance of his career in this taut, suspenseful version of the Bluebeard legend. Carradine is the nefarious Gaston, an artist and puppeteer in 19th century Paris who strangles lovely young models when they fail to meet his exacting standards of perfection. Gaston’s new model, Lucille, learns of his shocking secret and bravely vows to bring him to justice.
Oh, I’m packin’ my grip and I’m leavin’ today
‘Cause I’m takin’ a trip, California way
I’m gonna settle down and never more roam
And make the San Fernando Valley my home
The Woman Eater (1958) – a cheesy monster movie, with a mad scientist, carnivorous tree, sexy woman victims, and good-natured protagonist
Each bad decision gets Danny Brady deeper in quicksand. In only one week, he’s gone from being an honest auto mechanic to a criminal on the run for the Mexican border. His charges: grand theft, kidnapping, battery and murder.
In Quatermass 2, Professor Quatermass, still shook up from London’s refusal to proceed with his project to colonize the Moon, is intrigued by the mysterious traces that have been showing up on his radar – meteorites crashing to the Earth! Following them where they should be landing, he finds a destroyed village, a mysterious factory too close to his designs for the Moon colony for comfort, and some strange, aerodynamic objects containing a mysterious, ammonia-based gas that infects one of his assistants. Officially, the factory is producing synthetic food; but despite the veil of secrecy surrounding it Quatermass succeeds in finding out it harbours aliens with deadly designs on the Earth…
The Adventures of Captain Marvel – a 12 Chapter Serial (1941) Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr. – well done, with good acting & flight you’ll believe!
When Santa Claus hurts his ankle delivering presents to his house, can Fred Flintstone substitute? Sure! It’s a Flintstone Christmas!
In Gamera Guardian of the Universe, a hibernating species of giant carnivorous birds is awakened on a Japanese island… And only the giant turtle Gamera can stop them. But the misguided government is seeking to protect the murderous birds! And, destroy Gamera!
In The Death Kiss, A leading man, a womanizer, is killed while shooting a film. Most of the women at the studio end up being suspects. When one is arrested, it is a writer that decides to demonstrate her innocence.
