You're right, those are weird combinations. I can't imagine the audience for "The Odd Couple" wanting "Rosemary's Baby" on the same bill, for example,but the first one is just crazy.
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Oddly, the 2 British films above are the ones I haven't seen.
Blue Dahlia is a Chandler so I have a copy and have watched it a few times. That poster is different to the one usually seen, though.
And being an Elvis fan I've got a copy of Blue Hawaii. It's not a terrible movie like many he'd make afterwards, and again that's a slightly different poster from usual.
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Yes, Hollywood Boulevard looks really interesting, Joe Dante directing, Dick Miller, Paul Bartel, Jonathan Kaplan and Godzilla co-starring!
I was lamenting the death of the cinema double bill recently and lo and behold look what I spied at the cinema yesterday - a double bill - not my cup of tea but hopefully they will show something different in the future - 230php reverts to £2.75 GBP and includes a bottle of water.
Some good films and some bad films that are so bad they’re good!
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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This was another one of my favourites from the old BBC2 double bill late on Saturday nights 😁
I love the golden age Universal horror movies and I’m taking some liberties here in not only showing the posters but some lobby cards and scenes from those movies (in no particular order). HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN…
The lobby cards were colourised to attract patrons - I wonder if anyone complained after seeing the movie?
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
I chose a good time to come back, since the above objectively terrible movie is one of my all time favourites. It only lacks Bela Lugosi as Dracula; John Carradine isn't terrible but Bela would have been so much better. But still - Karloff and Chaney (Jr, though that isn't mentioned) in the same movie!
By one of those coincidences you can't make up, the soundtrack CD for the above film just arrived the day before yesterday. I'd ordered it last week. I suppose I'd better mention that the soundtrack to Ghost of Frankenstein is on it's way, too.
The title started as a joke from it's writer, Curt Siodmak, that the next movie should be "Frankenstein Wolfs The Meat Man". The producer liked it, and told him he should start writing.
Chaney Jr is at his best here. Apart from Lennie in "Of Mice And Men", Larry Talbot (aka Wolf Man) was his ideal role - nice natured big guy, not too bright, doesn't really want to hurt anyone but caught in a situation he never asked for.
Poor Bela Lugosi is totally miscast as the Frankenstein Monster. He's too old for one thing and the very frequent use of doubles for anything strenuous is clearly apparent (even more so than that in AVTAK). In his defence, the studio cut all his dialogue either by removing scenes or simply erasing his lines leaving his lips moving but no sound emerging making his performance incoherent.
Lugosi apart, this is one of the best in the series and is responsible for creating the shared world of Universal monsters which I think is the first of it's kind.. Dracula would be added in the next film ("House Of Frankenstein", above).
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Again, I first saw that movie during the BBC2 Horror Double Bill…thoroughly enjoyable 😁
Agreed, they are. Director James Whale held up shooting for 10 days (much to the studio's displeasure) until the actor O.P. Heggie was available to play the blind hermit. The right decision, since Gene Hackman was only a small boy at the time. The hunter who interrupts their idyll was John Carradine, making his first appearance in the Frankenstein series.
Elsa Lanchester almost succeeds in taking the film away from Karloff - oh hell, yes she does succeed, she's unforgettable - and in the pics above you see her both as the Monster's Mate (that's her official credit*) and as Mary Shelley.
Colin Clive returns as Frankenstein, playing much of his part sitting or lying down after being injured horseriding. He'd be dead not long afterwards, not even 40. I think his last film was "Mad Love", where Peter Lorre grafts a murderers hands onto him after his own are crushed in a train crash.
* Pedant's Corner. Elsa Lanchester is not playing the Bride of Frankenstein, no matter what Dr Pretorius says. That's Valerie Hobson as Elizabeth who marries Frankenstein offscreen early in the plot. Over 90 years later it's Lanchester that is remembered, of course.
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Those are nice posters too…cleverly put together.
Another bunch of double bill posters…the Kung Fu one is very odd as it appears that HOT POTATO gets top billing over ENTER THE DRAGON.
Classic movies, great artwork.
Yes, very good artwork, the mirroring design is really effective.
After some fairly obvious team-ups here are some very odd bedfellows, I’d love to have been in on the meetings to decide these!
You're right, those are weird combinations. I can't imagine the audience for "The Odd Couple" wanting "Rosemary's Baby" on the same bill, for example,but the first one is just crazy.
Those double bills are bonkers 🤣
Some golden (and not so golden) oldies…I like the title typography on The Devil at 4 O’Clock…
Oddly, the 2 British films above are the ones I haven't seen.
Blue Dahlia is a Chandler so I have a copy and have watched it a few times. That poster is different to the one usually seen, though.
And being an Elvis fan I've got a copy of Blue Hawaii. It's not a terrible movie like many he'd make afterwards, and again that's a slightly different poster from usual.
Same here with the films I haven’t seen…but I’ve seen the others…
I like The Blue Dahlia, it’s a delicious slice of noir. I’ve seen The Devil at 4 O’Clock but not the others.
I think I saw the Big O movie when it came out but I’ve forgotten all about it.
And it looks like this is the reason Sir Miles has moved to Canada 🤣
Just his thing! 😆
And for once haven't seen any of those!
"Orders To Kill" is only the 2nd time (afaik) that I've seen Paul Massie's name on a film, the 1st being a Hammer version of Jeckyl and Hyde.
Yep @CoolHandBond I’m busted 🤣 only $3 CAD too 😁
Splash! wasn’t the first mermaid movie…
The Morecambe and Wise tribute was hilarious…
Our Rog in this one…I haven’t seen it…
One good, one bad sci-fi movie
As it says - what a cast!
Great posters there. 2 of my favourite old movies (2nd and 4th), and as you say our Rog in one of his early ones.
That last one is a laugh, worth a watch.
I’ve seen the first two and would like to see the other three…
Only seen the first one but I have the soundtrack CD of the second (John Barry).
I wouldn't mind seeing "Escape In The Fog", sounds interesting
I haven’t seen any of those - yep, not even the last one 😮 but I’m slightly intrigued by Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen 🤔😁
Yes, Hollywood Boulevard looks really interesting, Joe Dante directing, Dick Miller, Paul Bartel, Jonathan Kaplan and Godzilla co-starring!
I was lamenting the death of the cinema double bill recently and lo and behold look what I spied at the cinema yesterday - a double bill - not my cup of tea but hopefully they will show something different in the future - 230php reverts to £2.75 GBP and includes a bottle of water.
Some good films and some bad films that are so bad they’re good!
This was another one of my favourites from the old BBC2 double bill late on Saturday nights 😁
These taglines don’t necessarily transfer to the screen…
Some schlock movies there 😁
I love the golden age Universal horror movies and I’m taking some liberties here in not only showing the posters but some lobby cards and scenes from those movies (in no particular order). HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN…
The lobby cards were colourised to attract patrons - I wonder if anyone complained after seeing the movie?
I chose a good time to come back, since the above objectively terrible movie is one of my all time favourites. It only lacks Bela Lugosi as Dracula; John Carradine isn't terrible but Bela would have been so much better. But still - Karloff and Chaney (Jr, though that isn't mentioned) in the same movie!
By one of those coincidences you can't make up, the soundtrack CD for the above film just arrived the day before yesterday. I'd ordered it last week. I suppose I'd better mention that the soundtrack to Ghost of Frankenstein is on it's way, too.
That’s spooky, Barbel 😱
UNIVERSAL HORROR #2 - FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN (1943)
It was unusual for FAMOUS MONSTERS magazine to get the title wrong…
The title started as a joke from it's writer, Curt Siodmak, that the next movie should be "Frankenstein Wolfs The Meat Man". The producer liked it, and told him he should start writing.
Chaney Jr is at his best here. Apart from Lennie in "Of Mice And Men", Larry Talbot (aka Wolf Man) was his ideal role - nice natured big guy, not too bright, doesn't really want to hurt anyone but caught in a situation he never asked for.
Poor Bela Lugosi is totally miscast as the Frankenstein Monster. He's too old for one thing and the very frequent use of doubles for anything strenuous is clearly apparent (even more so than that in AVTAK). In his defence, the studio cut all his dialogue either by removing scenes or simply erasing his lines leaving his lips moving but no sound emerging making his performance incoherent.
Lugosi apart, this is one of the best in the series and is responsible for creating the shared world of Universal monsters which I think is the first of it's kind.. Dracula would be added in the next film ("House Of Frankenstein", above).
Again, I first saw that movie during the BBC2 Horror Double Bill…thoroughly enjoyable 😁
Thank you for the extra information Barbel, some of that I didn’t know and further input in this series from yourself would be good! 😁
UNIVERSAL HORROR #3 - THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935)
The scenes with the blind hermit are some of the best in the entire canon of Universal work.
Agreed, they are. Director James Whale held up shooting for 10 days (much to the studio's displeasure) until the actor O.P. Heggie was available to play the blind hermit. The right decision, since Gene Hackman was only a small boy at the time. The hunter who interrupts their idyll was John Carradine, making his first appearance in the Frankenstein series.
Elsa Lanchester almost succeeds in taking the film away from Karloff - oh hell, yes she does succeed, she's unforgettable - and in the pics above you see her both as the Monster's Mate (that's her official credit*) and as Mary Shelley.
Colin Clive returns as Frankenstein, playing much of his part sitting or lying down after being injured horseriding. He'd be dead not long afterwards, not even 40. I think his last film was "Mad Love", where Peter Lorre grafts a murderers hands onto him after his own are crushed in a train crash.
* Pedant's Corner. Elsa Lanchester is not playing the Bride of Frankenstein, no matter what Dr Pretorius says. That's Valerie Hobson as Elizabeth who marries Frankenstein offscreen early in the plot. Over 90 years later it's Lanchester that is remembered, of course.