Robbers Roost (1955)
Born in Montana, George Montgomery, was well suited to the western during the decade of the 1950’s when the genre was at it’s zenith. This Sidney Salkow directed effort of […]
The Cariboo Trail (1950)
The first thing I should point out while spotlighting this Randolph Scott western is how fortunate we are to be able to see it thanks to it’s recent reconstruction and […]
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
With Cinemascope backed up by a tremendous score from Bernard Herrmann and a stupendous cast of character players surrounding youngsters Robert Wagner and Terry Moore, this underwater adventure is hard […]
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 […]
More Classic Monsters and Movies on Day 2 at The Monsterbash in Mars, PA
Rise and shine! It’s 9:15 a.m. and time to get down to the movie room and see my first ever Jungle Jim feature starring Johnny Weissmuller minus the loin cloth. […]
Classic Monsters and Movies in Mars, PA. …….. Day 1
“What are some of the movies you’ll be seeing?” That was one of the skill testing questions I was asked at the Peace Bridge border crossing as I made my way […]
It’s a Fatherly Thing.
Time for another look at some of the Dad’s that populated the films we love and in some cases revere. Maybe even a favorite or two from TV. Who didn’t […]
Tarzan at the Movies : The Film Posters
Is there really any doubt who the screen’s greatest Tarzan is? Not in my mind and I would think the majority of film buffs. Tarzan films offer old fashioned adventure […]
Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (1959)
During the post Johnny Weissmuller years for the famed jungle man created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, there were still plenty of on screen adventures. Perhaps none better during the Gordon […]
Lost Continent (1951)
Looking every inch at home in a military uniform, Cesar Romero commands respect here as a major in the air force called in when John Hoyt’s top secret missile goes […]
Four Frightened People (1934)
This deliciously fun Cecil B. DeMille film mixes great adventure with high camp and a stunningly beautiful Claudette Colbert. Four strangers are tossed together off the Malayan coast when the […]
Caught in the Act – Movie Poster Shopping Again
On occasion there happens to be a memorabilia show near by which allows me to check out a specific vendor who caters to one of my favorite hobbies. Shifting through […]
Sheena (1984)
Back in 1959 director John Guillermin gave us the above average Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure. In 1962 Tarzan Goes to India. Throw in the big budget jungle fare King Kong remake […]
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Joining in on a celebration of pre-code titles I chose the first two films of the Edgar Rice Burroughs series that featured Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O`Sullivan in the famed […]
Skyscraper Souls (1932)
“Have you ever been to Speakeasy?” So says Norman Foster to Maureen O’Sullivan in this orgy of sex and wall street scheming from the pre-code era of early 1930’s Hollywood. […]
