The Frozen Ghost [Inner Sanctum Mystery]
The Frozen Ghost (1945) starring Lon Chaney Jr., Evelyn Ankers. An Inner Sanctum mystery, set at a wax museum, with a group of odd characters
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Blondie’s Secret
Blondie’s Secret (1948) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake
In Blondie’s Secret, the Bumstead’s summer vacation has been postponed 3 times. It’s already September! What will Dagwood’s co-worker Ollie have to do to make it a 4th time?
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How Do You Speak to an Angel? [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to How Do You Speak to an Angel? Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Bob Hilliard. Sung by Dean Martin in Living it Up
How do you speak to an angel?
I’m completely in the dark.
When you know that you’ve just met an angel
Is there a proper remark?
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) starring Anton Diffring, Hazel Court, Christopher Lee
In The Man Who Could Cheat Death, a man experiments with immortality. But he must have a gland operation every ten years. Otherwise, he’ll revert to his true age and die a horrible death.
Blondie’s Reward
Blondie’s Reward (1948) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jerome Cowan
In Blondie’s Reward, Dagwood is demoted to office boy because the Northside property he went out to buy turns out to be on the Southside.
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Money Burns a Hole in my Pocket [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to Money Burns a Hole in My Pocket. Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Bob Hilliard. Sung by Dean Martin in Living It Up
Money Burns a Hole in my Pocket is a sweet love song …. With a funny twist! In the movie, while Dean Martin is serenading her, Janet Leigh is distracting him …. From realizing that Jerry Lewis is being taken to a hospital!
Money burns a hole in my pocket
How I wish I had millions of dollars and nothing to do
But just buy pretty presents for you
20 Million Miles to Earth
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) starring William Hopper, Joan Taylor
In 20 Million Miles to Earth, the first human expedition to Venus returns to Earth with a bang – literally. The ship crash lands off the coast of Italy. There are only two survivors, one of whom dies shortly after. But in addition, there’s a living specimen brought back. And it begins growing in Earth’s atmosphere. It’s only dangerous when provoked. But it gets provoked easily. And after it’s being held incapacitated in the Coliseum of Rome … It escapes! That poor elephant …
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HE Who Gets Slapped
HE Who Gets Slapped (1924) starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert
HE Who Gets Slapped is a sad, bittersweet story of love, betrayal, revenge. And the circus.
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Every Street’s a Boulevard in Old New York [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to Every Street’s a Boulevard in Old New York. Music by Jule Styne. Lyrics by Bob Hilliard. Sung by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in Living It Up
I tell you every street’s a boulevard in old New York
Every street’s a highway of your dreams
It’s a thrill to shop on 34th street
Or down in Union Square
We like the people you meet
On Mulberry street, have you ever been there
The Man From Planet X
The Man from Planet X (1951) starring Robert Clarke, Margaret Field, Raymond Bond, William Schallert
Synopsis of The Man from Planet X
The Man from Planet X. To study a rogue planet heading for a near-miss with Earth, Prof. Elliot sets up an observatory on the foggy moors of a remote Scottish island. His companions are his pretty daughter Enid, and Dr. Mears, a former student with a shady past. Soon after the arrival of reporter John Lawrence, a ship from Planet X lands near the observatory. Is the visitor (who actually looks alien) benevolent? What are Mears’ real motives for trying to communicate with it?
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