Silent Night, Bloody Night is a low-budget 1974 horror film directed by Theodore Gershuny. It stars Patrick O’Neal and cult actress Mary Woronov in leading roles, with John Carradine in a supporting performance. It was filmed in 1972 but was…
Rocky King Detective (1950-54)
Rocky King, Inside Detective was an American television series broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from 1950 to 1954. It was one of DuMont’s most popular programs. It was a live crime series set in New York City.
It…
Murder by Television (1935)
Murder by Television is a 1935 mystery film starring Bela Lugosi, June Collyar and Huntley Gordon. Also known as The Houghland Murder Case (USA)
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere…
Stolen Jools, The (1931)
The Stolen Jools (1931) is a short comedy film produced by the Masquers Club of Hollywood, featuring many cameo appearances by the film stars of the day. They appeared in the film to help raise funds for the National Variety…
Mr. Imperium (1951)
A beautiful singer/dancer turned actress and playboy crown prince turned monarch have their clandestine romance interfered with by their changing circumstances. Starring Lana Turner. Lana Turner was an Academy Award-nominated American film and occasionally television actress. On-screen, she was well-known…
So this is Washington – Lum and Abner (1943)
Lum and Abner, an American radio comedy which aired as a network program from 1932 to 1954, became an American institution in its low-keyed, arch rural wit. One of a series of 15-minute serial comedies that dotted American radio at…
Red House, The (1947)
Here’s a pretty good little film noir presentation from the 1940’s. It stars Edward G. Robinson and Lon McCallister. You’ll notice the bad girl that is a very young Julie London of later singing fame.
Film noir is a cinematic…
Night People (1954) - USA
Night People is a 1954 motion picture, starring Gregory Peck, Broderick Crawford, Anita Bjork and Buddy Ebsen, and directed by Nunnally Johnson. It was co-written by Jed Harris, a noted theatrical producer.
Back Room Boy (1944)
Arthur Askey plays a young, absent-minded meteorologist (Arthur Pilbeam). He gets himself assigned to a remote Scottish lighthouse to avoid women, after he is jilted by his fiancée. He will be the only occupant of the island.
Then the island…
Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
In May 1536, immediately following the execution of his second wife, Anne Boleyn (Merle Oberon), King Henry VIII (Charles Laughton) marries her maid, the plain Jane Seymour (Wendy Barrie). However, she dies in child bed eighteen months later. He then…
Der Golem (1915)
Der Golem (German: Der Golem, shown in the USA as The Monster of Fate) is a 1915 silent horror film written and directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. The film is an original work inspired by ancient Jewish legend.…
Stargate Atlantis – Hulu - USA
The adventures of a human expedition to the lost city of Atlantis in the Pegasus Galaxy. The Stargate has brought humanity into contact with other cultures, including new and powerful enemies: the Wraith, the Genii, and later the Asurans and…
Three Stooges, The (1937-) - USA
The Three Stooges signed on to appear in two-reel comedy short subjects for Columbia Pictures. In Moe’s autobiography, he said they each got $600 per week on a one-year contract with a renewable option; in the Ted Okuda–Edward Watz book…
Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947)
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid-20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. They were commonly known by their first names: ‘Moe, Larry, & Curly’, and ‘Moe, Larry, &…
Dilbert (1999) - USA
Dilbert is an animated television series spin-off of the comic strip of the same name. The first episode was broadcast on January 25, 1999 and was UPN’s highest rated comedy series premiere to that point of the network’s history; it…
Buddy Holly Story, The (1978) - USA
The Buddy Holly Story is a 1978 biographical film which tells the life story of rock musician Buddy Holly. It stars Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis, William Jordan, and Maria Richwine, who played Maria Elena Holly.…
Dead Again (1991) - USA
Oscar® nominee Kenneth Branagh (Henry V) and Oscar ® winner Emma Thompson (Howards End*) give dazzling dual-role performances in this supernatural-tinged romantic murder mystery. Mike Church (Branagh) is a L.A. gumshoe with a knack for tossing off wisecracks and tracking…
Ninja Death (1979)
Information on Ninja Death is a little sparse. It appears that it was a movie that ran out of money two or three times, underwent two or three different English translations. There are some plot lines if you can follow…
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
This is George Romero’s 1968 Zombie film “Night of the Living Dead”. It is the basis for most of this sort of stylized zombie. A lot of movies were based on the same premise of people hiding someplace and being…
Our Town (1940)
Our Town is a 1940 film adaptation of a play of the same name by Thornton Wilder starring William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee and Frank Craven. It was adapted by Harry Chandlee, Craven…
