Al Lettieri versus The Icons Part 1
Is Al Lettieri a household name? Admittedly no. However if you know your gritty seventies gangland films then you’ll know the face and like me, might even consider yourself a […]
Spotlighting Franchot Tone on The Small Screen
When the site Finding Franchot decided to spotlight the actor with a blogathon, I thought I’d take the opportunity to focus on three performances from the later portion of his […]
Rutger Hauer Heroics
From the Golden Age of the VHS Rental It seemed as if discovering Rutger Hauer flicks was a right of passage and a monthly ritual when it came time to visit the local […]
Bela Lugosi Meets Brown and Carney ….. Twice!
Having moved out of Monogram’s Poverty Row production line, horror maestro Bela Lugosi found himself over on the RKO lot’s “B” unit playing the same roles he had back at […]
Valerie Leon : Cologne and Karate for the Hammer Fans
The idea for this post came about in a rather simple way. I made a comment to my number 2 son, Kirk that I vaguely recall a commercial or two […]
(Maureen O’Hara + Jeff Chandler) X 2 = Popcorn Adventure
The melodrama runs high while the penchant for cheesy dialogue rules the day when Miss O’Hara teams with Mr. Chandler for a pair of entertaining adventures meant for a Sunday […]
Lex Barker Tackles Tarzan … Part 2
If you haven’t already noticed, Barker had now starred in three films as the famed character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs and in each film a different actress had portrayed […]
Lex Barker Tackles Tarzan … Part 1
When Johnny Weissmuller retired from his loin cloth duties as the Lord of the Apes, producer Sol Lesser and RKO studios thought it best to continue on by hiring the […]
Posse (1975)
The iconic film star, Kirk Douglas, only directed two movies in his lengthy career, the first was a misfire titled Scalawag in 1973, the second being this off kilter western that plays […]
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Once Kirk Douglas achieved star status he was quite often associated with the aggressive, self destructive, brash roles thanks to Midge Kelly of Champion, Chuck Tatum of Ace in the […]
The Final Countdown (1980)
Like many others I suppose, I’ve always enjoyed a good time travel story and this feature starring Kirk Douglas offers us a great “what if” to Pearl Harbor on December […]
The Devil’s Disciple (1959)
By the time of this film’s production, the two leading American actors who were featured prominently across the bill boards had started up their own companies having long ago broken free […]
The Big Trees (1952)
According to Hollywood legend and Kirk Douglas himself in his autobiography, The Ragman’s Son, he agreed to appear in this Warner Brother’s “B” unit adventure for free on the condition […]
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
If one were to go strictly by the cast list and noticing this film was directed by John Huston, then surely excitement would be in the air. That’s how I […]
Celebrating Kirk Douglas
It’s almost here…… December 9th 2016 when Issur Danielovitch Demsky will cut the cake on his 100th birthday. The world of course knows Issur as the cleft chinned Hollywood Icon, Kirk […]
The Cyclops (1957) and Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) A Gloria Talbot Double Screamer
When you can watch one 65 minute Gloria Talbot thriller, one might as well make it a double feature that comes in at less than two and half hours in total. While Gloria’s […]
