Blondie Knows Best
Blondie Knows Best (1946) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Jerome Cowan, Shemp Howard
Visit to a Small Planet
Visit to a Small Planet (1960) starring Jerry Lewis, Earl Holliman, Joan Blackwell, Fred Clark
In Visit to a Small Planet, space alien Jerry Lewis is curious about humanity. He parks his spaceship in the backyard of a skeptic. They both get a glimpse of a world they’ll never forget! Based on the play by Gore Vidal.
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That’s What I Like [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to That’s What I Like. Music by Jule Styne, Lyrics by Bob Hilliard. Sung by Dean Martin in Living It Up.
In Living It Up, we first meet small town doctor Dean Martin, strumming on his guitar and singing a love ballad to a photograph of his girlfriend. The photo is of … Audrey Hepburn! Who never actually shows up in the movie.
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I Wanna Say Hello [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to I Wanna Say Hello, (Jimmy MacDonald / Jack Hoffman) recorded by The Four Knights in 1951
I wanna say hello
I wanna see you smile
I wanna hold you in my arms again
Battle Beyond the Stars
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), starring Richard Thomas, John Saxon, Morgan Woodward, George Peppard, Sybil Danning, Robert Vaughn directed by Roger Corman
Review
In short, Battle Beyond the Stars is Roger Corman’s cheesy rip off, trying to cash in on the popularity of Star Wars. Cross Star Wars with The Magnificent Seven, and this is what you get. Frankly, Robert Vaughn effectively plays the same role in both films.
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Miss Otis Regrets [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to Miss Otis Regrets, by Nat King Cole (1934). Originally composed as a spoof of a Western song, it has a strong anti-lynching message.
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Blondie’s Holiday
Blondie’s Holiday (1947) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake
Normally, it’s Dagwood that causes the trouble. But in Blondie’s Holiday, it’s Blondie’s turn. She lets her pride cause the trouble. She lets her old high school friend Paul Madison think that Dagwood’s getting a $250/week raise — when it’s only $2.50. And when they “volunteer” Dagwood to pay for the entire high school reunion …. She doesn’t want to make Dagwood look bad.
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The Lady is a Tramp [song lyrics]
Song lyrics The Lady is a Tramp, (1937). Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Lorenzo Hart. Written for the musical Babes in Arms.
The Lady is a Tramp is a classic song. It deals with the singer, rejecting the hoi polloi of the upper crust. She rejects their values for traditional, middle class values and living.
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The Ballad of Cat Ballou [song lyrics]
Song lyrics to The Ballad of Cat Ballou, Written by Mack David and Jerry Livingston. Performed by Stubby Kaye & Nat ‘King’ Cole in Cat Ballou.
Well now friends just lend an ear
For you’re now about to hear
The ballad of Cat Ballou-ou
It’s a song that’s newly made
And Professor Sam the Shade
And the Sunrise Kid are singin’ it for you
Cat Ballou
Cat Ballou
Doctor Who: The Daleks
Doctor Who: The Daleks (1963) starring William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill
In Doctor Who: The Daleks, the TARDIS lands in an alien, petrified jungle. Beyond it lies a mysterious, deserted city. The Doctor insists on exploring, but soon the crew begins suffering from radiation sickness. Then, they discover the city isn’t deserted …
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