Richard Carlson

Creature from the Black Lagoon [Richard Carlson]

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October 13, 2020November 10, 2023

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) starring Richard Carlson, Julie Adams

In Creature from the Black Lagoon, an expedition exploring the Amazon River discover a ‘Gill Man’. A strange, half man and half amphibian. Thought by the team to be the missing link in human evolution, the creature is captured and kept under observation.

While in captivity it falls in love with the chief scientist’s (Richard Carlson) female assistant (Julie Adams). He kidnaps her before making its escape. Followed by two sequels, ‘Revenge of the Creature‘ (1955) and ‘The Creature Walks Among Us‘ (1956).

The Ghost Breakers

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February 3, 2020July 29, 2023

The Ghost Breakers (1940), starring Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Willie Best

The Ghost Breakers is a very funny comedy with Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. Mary Carter (Paulette Goddard, The Great Dictator) inherits her family’s ancestral home, located on a small island off Cuba. And, despite warnings and death threats, decides to take possession of the ‘haunted’ castle. Radio broadcaster Larry Lawrence (Bob Hope) joins her. He’s fleeing New York with his butler, Alex (Willie Best). Once on the island the threesome enter the eerie castle …

Tormented

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January 12, 2020July 27, 2022

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 …

Too Many Girls

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July 16, 2019July 29, 2023

Too Many Girls (1940), starring Lucille Ball, Richard Carlson, Desi Arnaz, Ann Miller, Eddie Bracken, Frances Langford, Hal Le Roy

Synopsis

Spoiled heiress Connie Casey (Lucille Ball) goes off to college. Unknown to her, her father secretly sends along four Ivy League football stars as her bodyguards. In no time, they turn tiny Pottawatomie U into a gridiron powerhouse! Fast-paced and funny, Too Many Girls is celebrated for its George Abbott-produced Broadway roots, its buoyant Rodgers and Hart score, and the movie debuts of three talents from the original stage version: Eddie Bracken, Van Johnson and Desi Arnaz. It’s also where Desi met the film’s leading lady, Lucille Ball.

The Young in Heart

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September 30, 2017January 6, 2022

The Young in Heart (1938) starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Roland Young, Billie Burke, Paulette Goddard

Synopsis of The Young in Heart

Thrown out of the Riviera, a family of grifters meets a lonely, vulnerable rich old woman and insinuate themselves into her life while they sponge off her.

It Came from Outer Space

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May 24, 2017January 9, 2022

It Came from Outer Space (1953) starring Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Russell Johnson

It Came from Outer Space (1953) – After seeing a spaceship crash into the desert, a local writer is treated like an insane person – until people start acting out of character, and heading to the old mine shaft …