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Song lyrics to I’m Just Wild About Harry (1921) Music by Eubie Blake, lyrics by Noble Sissle, performed in Casablanca, Babes in Arms, Rose of Washington Square, Jolson Sings Again, and many more

I’m Just Wild About Harry [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to I’m Just Wild About Harry (1921) Music by Eubie Blake, lyrics by Noble Sissle, performed in Casablanca, Babes in Arms, Rose of Washington Square, Jolson Sings Again, and many more

I’m Just Wild About Harry was the most popular number of the Broadway show Shuffle Along. That was the first financially successful Broadway play to have African-American writers and an all African-American cast. The song broke what had been a taboo against musical and stage depictions of romantic love between African-Americans.

The Food of the Gods

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The Food of the Gods (1976) by Bert I. Gordon, starring Marjoe Gortner, Ida Lupino, Ralph Meeker, Pamela Franklin

In The Food of the Gods, on a remote island a farmer discovers a strange gooey substance. It causes young animals to grow rapidly. His problems begin when the creatures get hungry – they prefer human flesh. Loosely based on H.G. Wells’ 1904 novel.

Mary had a little lamb [song lyrics]

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Mary Had a Little Lamb is an American nursery rhyme, first published as a poem by Sarah Josepha Hale on May 24, 1830, possibly inspired by an actual incident. In the 1830s, Lowell Mason set the nursery rhyme to a melody adding repetition in the verses:

Mary had a little lamb,
Little lamb, little lamb,
Mary had a little lamb
Whose fleece was white as snow.

Tormented

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Tormented (1960) starring Richard Carlson, Lugene Sanders, Juli Reding

In Tormented, a pianist dumped his singer girlfriend and became engaged to a young socialite from an affluent island community. A confrontation between them at the top of a lighthouse results in her falling to her death to the rocks below. The pianist tries to keep the death quiet while proceeding with the wedding plans. But the dead singer begins haunting him …

Two on a Guillotine

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Two on a Guillotine (1965) starring Connie Stevens, Dean Jones, Cesar Romero

In Two on a Guillotine, the daughter of a deceased stage magician must spend a week in a haunted house to receive her inheritance. Romance & mystery follow.

The Island of Dr Moreau [1977]

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The Island of Dr Moreau (1977) starring Michael York, Burt Lancaster, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera, Richard Basehart

The Island of Dr Moreau begins with a shipwreck. Crewman Andrew Braddock (Michael York) washes up on a mysterious island ruled by the seemingly benevolent Dr. Moreau (Burt Lancaster). Braddock will learn that this “man of science” has been testing a serum on the island animals. A serum that’s able to transform them into near-human beings.

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