tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59964153271078260042023-11-16T08:25:52.660-05:00A Field Guide to Public Domain Cinemawendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-81055357374143098542009-02-14T11:32:00.016-05:002009-02-16T20:16:51.394-05:00warning from space1956<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-fK33TDBx-hUeC9tIReJ_7u0alBG27Tbbs0QFvZg4I02rInMeYhLq6fpr2-SryQNiH-DIkXbpK5Usw5Rsj-9q2txO2kFhOiJm_z_Wx-K9c2jn12-WP0syy5F_-KweZkH7au2gkbcH2p7/s1600-h/warning1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie-fK33TDBx-hUeC9tIReJ_7u0alBG27Tbbs0QFvZg4I02rInMeYhLq6fpr2-SryQNiH-DIkXbpK5Usw5Rsj-9q2txO2kFhOiJm_z_Wx-K9c2jn12-WP0syy5F_-KweZkH7au2gkbcH2p7/s400/warning1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302700581464909042" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Warning from Space</span> (宇宙人東京に現わる) is a science fiction <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokusatsu">tokusatsu</a> film produced by Daiei during the science-fiction boom following in the wake of the success of Toho's <span style="font-style:italic;">Godzilla</span> (1954). <span style="font-style:italic;">Warning From Space</span> was the first Japanese science-fiction film produced in color.<br /><br />In contrast to the usual anti-nuclear message of the Japanese science-fiction film genre, <span style="font-style:italic;">Warning from Space</span> seemingly takes the position that nuclear weapons can be put to good use. The film features one-eyed, star-shaped aliens from the planet Paira who take on human forms to warn the earth about an impending disaster.The Pairan aliens were designed by prominent avant-garde artist, <a href="http://www.taromuseum.jp/english/index_english.html">Tarō Okamoto</a>. <br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia341036.us.archive.org/0/items/Warning_From_Space_MPEG/Warning_From_Space_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-949878986812751052009-02-13T14:43:00.020-05:002009-02-14T17:04:08.286-05:00mr. wong, detective1938<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw94-H472jx8jwaiRGYF_2IluDpPz5SwEBdBwGVUmwhR536ugy06wlsZZf453kVx19GsbTsd3Uw_2nXZiwTKOTjSKAvQG1KMFDTeV909xzhPHyNOUQQeJDSpJinCU2oaTBHJvrXGIPvv98/s1600-h/MrWongDetective_poster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw94-H472jx8jwaiRGYF_2IluDpPz5SwEBdBwGVUmwhR536ugy06wlsZZf453kVx19GsbTsd3Uw_2nXZiwTKOTjSKAvQG1KMFDTeV909xzhPHyNOUQQeJDSpJinCU2oaTBHJvrXGIPvv98/s400/MrWongDetective_poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302380314647206946" /></a><br /><br />Monogram Pictures Corporation was a Hollywood studio that produced and released films, most on low budgets, between 1931 and 1953. Monogram is considered a leader among the smaller studios sometimes referred to collectively as Poverty Row. The principle behind the studio was that when the Monogram logo appeared on the screen, everyone knew they were in for action and adventure.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_vj_zynbTALOzKuntzT23uRn15MD8inMN_Xp7hlsOwqjAS9eiI7cB1k5PrnGMi0_5KWN5YriaFyTAGTJmbm2X0l5CNyjjgcidLS7sy8oeKO7urRGusGwyDzADbenh4M6fIuUsl3O8h1N/s1600-h/monogram_title.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_vj_zynbTALOzKuntzT23uRn15MD8inMN_Xp7hlsOwqjAS9eiI7cB1k5PrnGMi0_5KWN5YriaFyTAGTJmbm2X0l5CNyjjgcidLS7sy8oeKO7urRGusGwyDzADbenh4M6fIuUsl3O8h1N/s400/monogram_title.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302382598114853714" /></a><br /><br />In 1938 Monogram began a long and profitable policy of making series and hiring familiar players to star in them, such as Boris Karloff and the "Mr. Wong" mysteries.<span style="font-style:italic;"> Mr. Wong, Detective</span> is the first film in the series.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia310812.us.archive.org/2/items/Mr._Wong_Detective/Mr._Wong_Detective_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-27329163306968285682009-02-12T12:22:00.029-05:002009-02-14T16:32:59.589-05:00palooka1934<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLKKx7doB7XkmowOTMsy0hXrzXzQ4DYk_VykI-XvGjL7tiu_I0BcZEjmW5l9f2QiSyYuZtNa-S6il1wIMY69ZHkwjlNzsXDA_1-UckNqrV0z1LIPMYmi6YgH0rlo8-1CLr4Uc6_3IXLbw/s1600-h/1938_0320_palooka_thumb.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLKKx7doB7XkmowOTMsy0hXrzXzQ4DYk_VykI-XvGjL7tiu_I0BcZEjmW5l9f2QiSyYuZtNa-S6il1wIMY69ZHkwjlNzsXDA_1-UckNqrV0z1LIPMYmi6YgH0rlo8-1CLr4Uc6_3IXLbw/s400/1938_0320_palooka_thumb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301968486099168258" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Palooka</span> is a comedy film based on the comic strip <span style="font-style:italic;">Joe Palooka</span> by Ham Fisher. Fisher's strip concerns the exploits of a heavyweight boxing champion. With the efforts of Fisher, along with various assistants and successors, the strip lasted for over half a century and inspired spin-offs to radio, movies, television and merchandising. Fisher originally changed the appearance of Palooka to fit each reigning real-life champ, but with the coming of African-American Joe Louis in the 1930s, the image of the cow-licked blond Palooka remained unchanged.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqqjy5vgTEvCzLvp_RQbZ57OumzGnh1kzhc89KVick4cAvDudOI0AJ4cjYZ-_Izn_o66dsPcB8v-EwGiZ_ybAbaKsGRCAQIWvb5UEfol5YMzd8jAjPh6UzGTnp9Ebk2hUXBTJjDGLFuDb/s1600-h/joepalooka.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqqjy5vgTEvCzLvp_RQbZ57OumzGnh1kzhc89KVick4cAvDudOI0AJ4cjYZ-_Izn_o66dsPcB8v-EwGiZ_ybAbaKsGRCAQIWvb5UEfol5YMzd8jAjPh6UzGTnp9Ebk2hUXBTJjDGLFuDb/s400/joepalooka.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302027906747572786" /></a><br /><br />In the film Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) is a naive young man whose father Pete (<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Robert_Armstrong.JPG">Robert Armstrong</a>) had been a champion boxer. The elder Palooka's lifestyle had caused Joe's mother Mayme (Marjorie Rambeau) to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him. But when a shady boxing manager (<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Jimmy_Durante_in_Broadway_to_Hollywood_trailer.jpg">Jimmy Durante</a>) discovers Joe's natural boxing talent, Joe decides to follow him to the big city, where he becomes a champion and begins to follow his father's path of debauchery, much of it including the glamorous cabaret singer Nina Madero (Lupe Velez). The film also stars William Cagney, the younger brother of actor James Cagney.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Palooka</span> is available online as a <a href="http://ia341009.us.archive.org/1/items/Palooka/Palooka_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-46198180717955512962009-02-11T21:17:00.017-05:002009-02-14T16:21:22.973-05:00vengeance of the zombies1973<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXiIoCOYH6oWX89tLneJVPoTvN1WgSuS1KkKekSABjX6z_Donq2RB2TsumyEPYnZ-l-30G-k-LwnT1ePoZ1ncw7RUcm54gLNjem9tTFZPT2oKD2Yntj3ejpiGX1xWm0Eeg3Qq_awKyCe8/s1600-h/posterrzombie.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXiIoCOYH6oWX89tLneJVPoTvN1WgSuS1KkKekSABjX6z_Donq2RB2TsumyEPYnZ-l-30G-k-LwnT1ePoZ1ncw7RUcm54gLNjem9tTFZPT2oKD2Yntj3ejpiGX1xWm0Eeg3Qq_awKyCe8/s400/posterrzombie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301934553051560898" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Vengeance of the Zombies</span> (<span style="font-style:italic;">La Rebelion de las Muertas</span>) is a Spanish horror film directed by León Klimovsky and starring Paul Naschy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJucCNvTSJBBZRoK7Gb9cZ7lxBaX-hVEax1SFSuX93E5IzMCEF-ZofEVH0oC3t6x7RvtUlWeNrMNe29eQB2hFIQLDwVogpianqTnrHDsta-aKaaD8T04zN9Msmk_0SVrCkvFosHR5FGzr/s1600-h/vengeance.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJucCNvTSJBBZRoK7Gb9cZ7lxBaX-hVEax1SFSuX93E5IzMCEF-ZofEVH0oC3t6x7RvtUlWeNrMNe29eQB2hFIQLDwVogpianqTnrHDsta-aKaaD8T04zN9Msmk_0SVrCkvFosHR5FGzr/s400/vengeance.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301934864432758226" /></a><br /><br />Paul Naschy is a Spanish film actor, working primarily in horror films. His portrayal of numerous classic horror figures such as the <a href="http://www.thewolfmanmovie.com/">wolfman</a>, hunchback, Count Dracula, and mummy, have earned him recognition as a Spanish Lon Chaney. Although not appearing in this film, the werewolf Waldemar Daninsky is without a doubt Paul Naschy's most famous horror character, since he played him in 12 different "Hombre Lobo" films. In fact, Naschy holds the record for playing a Wolf Man the most number of times, easily beating out even booze-bag Lon Chaney Jr. who played a Wolf Man only seven times during his career.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaS1itM3fs02tOdWYGr7U5ESXQ3d-7HEDx0pz_IFaYtID3JE9WbkKOIyyEUampYH3tgEq-czOpGf0tXyTKygD-k1YYMK4aQua4P5gDEcVxmX4-eOAseoX91cZRKqfh5URS9KHqIROltgE/s1600-h/rebeliondelasmuertas.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaS1itM3fs02tOdWYGr7U5ESXQ3d-7HEDx0pz_IFaYtID3JE9WbkKOIyyEUampYH3tgEq-czOpGf0tXyTKygD-k1YYMK4aQua4P5gDEcVxmX4-eOAseoX91cZRKqfh5URS9KHqIROltgE/s400/rebeliondelasmuertas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301935201463525394" /></a><br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia310820.us.archive.org/2/items/Vengence_of_the_Zombies/Vengence_of_the_Zombies_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-44092922525559940492009-02-11T09:30:00.005-05:002009-02-14T16:36:27.341-05:00panic in the streets1950<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8m-YDqdlRh13uiX3ZZ-9TzEPXcYVoeQlXDU3tvvx4p1OLgZpkHn4_te3wWCozZHiIxqS9NwNgyg4-d5tV7rIQNOqmQptgysdTG-RssHOi3MKerTfScOrCk-_EjCq8y5e86vHj8mRF12UY/s1600-h/panicinthestreets1950.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8m-YDqdlRh13uiX3ZZ-9TzEPXcYVoeQlXDU3tvvx4p1OLgZpkHn4_te3wWCozZHiIxqS9NwNgyg4-d5tV7rIQNOqmQptgysdTG-RssHOi3MKerTfScOrCk-_EjCq8y5e86vHj8mRF12UY/s400/panicinthestreets1950.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301548161979583170" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Panic in the Streets</span> is a semidocumentary film noir directed by Elia Kazan shot exclusively on location in New Orleans, Louisiana and featuring numerous New Orleans citizens in speaking and non-speaking roles. The film tells the story of Clinton Reed, an officer of the U.S. Public Health Service (played by Richard Widmark) and a police captain (Paul Douglas) who have only a day or two in which to prevent an epidemic of pneumonic plague after Reed determines a waterfront homicide victim is an index case. Co-stars include Barbara Bel Geddes (as Reed's wife Nancy), Walter Jack Palance (in his film debut) and Zero Mostel, the latter two play associates of the victim who had prompted the investigation. <br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia341242.us.archive.org/1/items/PanicIntheStreets1950RichardWidmark/PanicIntheStreets1950RichardWidmark_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-14194149551495403612009-02-10T20:03:00.006-05:002009-02-14T16:47:01.168-05:00nightmare castle1965<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQjwtEMNLGxIWgrbCQjQLLd0wtSZsMyVwUdY17_VQMi1g-O_n9EYZMI_IWMCvo32dgO7srRU6dhF4VE8Y9C2z3Fcwna7InCXwtlycp_0IQxkTlI7IaAH8GZSzk4DnmZX8KeBUftbGQMaJ/s1600-h/Nightmarecastle.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQjwtEMNLGxIWgrbCQjQLLd0wtSZsMyVwUdY17_VQMi1g-O_n9EYZMI_IWMCvo32dgO7srRU6dhF4VE8Y9C2z3Fcwna7InCXwtlycp_0IQxkTlI7IaAH8GZSzk4DnmZX8KeBUftbGQMaJ/s400/Nightmarecastle.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301343387549459170" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Nightmare Castle</span> (<span style="font-style:italic;">Gli Amanti d'oltretomba</span>) is an Italian gothic horror film directed by Mario Caino. The film stars Barbara Steele in dual lead roles. Steele is an English film actress best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's <span style="font-style:italic;">Black Sunday</span> (1960), now hailed as a masterpiece of the Italian gothic horror genre. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MoDG5W8IRFgeThiRvJl9VpOgM1iIKeJxRyjDAhLUeVRYV-6koDF3hKCSx9au9ajry048tSFL-K9QRjg28I3TRaDK0olMIje4TLsy2rSTeR_GkwH8tl5Mp7SEcmn0JrrZoeGNd2tzea-T/s1600-h/castle2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7MoDG5W8IRFgeThiRvJl9VpOgM1iIKeJxRyjDAhLUeVRYV-6koDF3hKCSx9au9ajry048tSFL-K9QRjg28I3TRaDK0olMIje4TLsy2rSTeR_GkwH8tl5Mp7SEcmn0JrrZoeGNd2tzea-T/s400/castle2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301342868494755810" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Nightmare Castle</span> is available online as a <a href="http://ia300120.us.archive.org/3/items/nightmare_castle/nightmare_castle_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-57385048722241386922009-02-10T19:38:00.014-05:002009-02-14T16:24:23.600-05:00mr. moto's last warning1939<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKV330pvdk0KBd9jfOzaeJ_8t5WpKJW-MDT93jGxBJKwDoH0q42DJYLzsuSyuxXyyyic0POGGFrPgVnfY5cOYjhqINb5aOWu3BVy-MQOZiXETU3xRx6qWXmFSvxAL1qbc6aMZ_1shTekd/s1600-h/moto.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoKV330pvdk0KBd9jfOzaeJ_8t5WpKJW-MDT93jGxBJKwDoH0q42DJYLzsuSyuxXyyyic0POGGFrPgVnfY5cOYjhqINb5aOWu3BVy-MQOZiXETU3xRx6qWXmFSvxAL1qbc6aMZ_1shTekd/s400/moto.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301335577556891346" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Mr. Moto’s Last Warning</span> is the sixth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as the detective Mr. Moto. This is the only Peter Lorre Moto film which is in the public domain.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0SKj4M_m4rDK8hfB-6LWpPANkANJjyuAhK5jAZOV4TIomhb1GjhoHNU7bYI_tetGuRgWKJy-Kd0JFCpNrQsupCg0ig5JBA0LSq1TfSFNCyLveyXoeRHZSHu9pwdhFLuSfpM2QIch_ek4/s1600-h/mr_motos_last_warning_still.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD0SKj4M_m4rDK8hfB-6LWpPANkANJjyuAhK5jAZOV4TIomhb1GjhoHNU7bYI_tetGuRgWKJy-Kd0JFCpNrQsupCg0ig5JBA0LSq1TfSFNCyLveyXoeRHZSHu9pwdhFLuSfpM2QIch_ek4/s400/mr_motos_last_warning_still.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301334567976339746" /></a><br /><br />The film is an original story featuring a character created by John P. Marquand, a 20th-century American novelist and scion of an old Newburyport, Massachusetts, family. Marquand achieved popular success and critical respect, winning a Pulitzer Prize for <span style="font-style:italic;">The Late George Apley</span> in 1938, and creating the Mr. Moto spy series. <br /><br />Mr. Moto's Last Warning is available online as a <a href="http://ia300130.us.archive.org/1/items/mr_motos_last_warning/mr_motos_last_warning_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-64042777189214970202009-02-10T19:19:00.005-05:002009-02-14T17:00:51.498-05:00the mad monster1942<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0EytCjA42Y_4gNZ748TUVuGhi681NblOJg4Y-47k_3HdZn3pnAXM66AskX32jGTTFam7Y9KTun_tzElymQM5V0CdPHnjErwDZmjKCu6tTk97dtZNmggQ75yHqCkK4SzgkezRNMDpUVXI/s1600-h/the_mad_monster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0EytCjA42Y_4gNZ748TUVuGhi681NblOJg4Y-47k_3HdZn3pnAXM66AskX32jGTTFam7Y9KTun_tzElymQM5V0CdPHnjErwDZmjKCu6tTk97dtZNmggQ75yHqCkK4SzgkezRNMDpUVXI/s400/the_mad_monster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301329186769400018" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Mad Monster</span> is a horror film featuring a mad scientist and a werewolf as the main characters. The film, shot in black and white, was originated by Producers Releasing Corporation, a Poverty Row studio best known by the initials P.R.C. Directed by Sam Newfield and written by Fred Myton, the film, Poverty Row's only Werewolf movie, stars George Zucco, Glen Strange and Anne Nagel.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia310109.us.archive.org/2/items/mad_monster/mad_monster_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-62998586078220351532009-02-10T19:07:00.009-05:002009-02-14T17:00:21.785-05:00the last woman on earth1960<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_9dkOO5Xnt4WsT13Q0CUOyquWg-H2v6Nm1AQJKHfxfPEzc4pWCwk7r5oVhScH0RfOo5TsaHZTLq_33m0v5012B-PuHu8J81xjDgo3NEZx3BJqjXLoLzp6lqCu0kow9U22Xy7MmL86dJg/s1600-h/Lastwomanonearth.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_9dkOO5Xnt4WsT13Q0CUOyquWg-H2v6Nm1AQJKHfxfPEzc4pWCwk7r5oVhScH0RfOo5TsaHZTLq_33m0v5012B-PuHu8J81xjDgo3NEZx3BJqjXLoLzp6lqCu0kow9U22Xy7MmL86dJg/s400/Lastwomanonearth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301325575481647954" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />The Last Woman on Earth</span> is a science-fiction film produced and directed by Roger Corman. It tells the story of three survivors of a mysterious apocalypse which appears to have wiped out all other human life on earth. <br /><br />The film is part of Corman's so-called "Puerto Rico Trilogy", along with <span style="font-style:italic;">Creature from the Haunted Sea</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Battle of Blood Island</span>, films shot back to back with <span style="font-style:italic;">Last Woman on Earth</span>.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia300139.us.archive.org/2/items/last_woman_on_earth1960/last_woman_on_earth1960_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-11383704673141469542009-02-10T18:42:00.008-05:002009-02-14T16:55:18.529-05:00indestructible man1956<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnUs83VqS-iFhrcRk35vI9wB59ihfJdbCqX4OLX9K3bZJVIb09fdOlH8sG3WOKG_G79nWVYhDAfW7ye2DFE6z8EV8ox6_7X5fB4rQnwsHzpnrbeaL6gybG8s90W3lYE-uwBhjL6KaE6X3/s1600-h/the-indestructible-man_poster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnUs83VqS-iFhrcRk35vI9wB59ihfJdbCqX4OLX9K3bZJVIb09fdOlH8sG3WOKG_G79nWVYhDAfW7ye2DFE6z8EV8ox6_7X5fB4rQnwsHzpnrbeaL6gybG8s90W3lYE-uwBhjL6KaE6X3/s400/the-indestructible-man_poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301318574323194930" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Indestructible Man</span> is a science fiction film based on an original screenplay by Vy Russell and Sue Bradford for producer-director Jack Pollexfen. Lon Chaney, Jr. stars. <span style="font-style:italic;">Indestructible Man</span> was produced independently, and picked up after completion for distribution in the United States by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.<br /><br />It tells the story of Butcher Benton (Chaney), a double-crossed convicted robber and murderer who dies in the gas chamber and is inadvertently revived by a lone-wolf cancer researcher who claims his body from the prison and subjects it to massive jolts of electricity. Benton's heart is revived and he returns from death mad, mute, immensely strong and with skin virtually impervious even to bazooka fire. He sets out for vengeance, hunting down the two henchmen who, in collusion with his attorney, betrayed him in order to steal his loot, and also to contact his stripper-girlfriend who has gone straight and begun dating the detective who brought Benton to justice.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia310106.us.archive.org/3/items/indestructible_man/indestructible_man_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-17144134148340760092009-02-08T20:52:00.007-05:002009-02-14T16:31:31.581-05:00dead men walk1943<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRjcGyhOMZ1KnEuoUbRLFebI5IJsTS1KqOAxW8DcL-gDeHTaZBgHEXLPYReoVXfVqeOH1xGW1GjDCVpvMQIUmkqDAOapa0jMiP3LYw8rvvOv0t6mXO8kCIDptglP1Vy4sYq7ez4xk3XV4/s1600-h/Deadmenwalkposter.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 363px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRjcGyhOMZ1KnEuoUbRLFebI5IJsTS1KqOAxW8DcL-gDeHTaZBgHEXLPYReoVXfVqeOH1xGW1GjDCVpvMQIUmkqDAOapa0jMiP3LYw8rvvOv0t6mXO8kCIDptglP1Vy4sYq7ez4xk3XV4/s400/Deadmenwalkposter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300813083892937746" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Dead Men Walk</span> is a black-and-white horror film produced by Sigmund Neufeld for Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). It is an original story and screenplay by Fred Myton, starring George Zucco, Mary Carlisle, Nedrick Young and Dwight Frye, directed by Sam Newfield.<br /><br />Throughout the 1940s, Zucco apparently took every role that was offered him, playing mad scientists, master criminals, and occasional red herrings in films ranging from Universal's <span style="font-style:italic;">The Mad Ghoul</span> (1943) to PRC's <span style="font-style:italic;">Fog Island</span> (1945). He played the fanatical Egyptian priest Anhodeb in 1940's <span style="font-style:italic;">The Mummy's Hand</span>, and, though supposedly killed in that film, showed up none the worse for wear in the 1942 sequel <span style="font-style:italic;">The Mummy's Tomb</span>. His quirkiest horror role was as a gas station attendant who doubled as a kidnapper and voodoo drum-thumper in Monogram's incredible <span style="font-style:italic;">Voodoo Man</span> (1944). <br /><br />This film is available online as a free download.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-60786814435133157622009-02-08T17:31:00.009-05:002009-02-14T16:57:21.634-05:00fog island1945<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVesfuMVD09C51yBjbiQ60ys-Wx-xy9_uzCdocgMsmjEeZEvYrLEfiWrW8EIunUyjRaphItpl8WYQ3KTeWsmynnO1ZY-rCn4oHPbMlde5pJ9BsEaWxNJbzF5cSViymmNrLajGD9KfB8FB3/s1600-h/fog+island+poster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVesfuMVD09C51yBjbiQ60ys-Wx-xy9_uzCdocgMsmjEeZEvYrLEfiWrW8EIunUyjRaphItpl8WYQ3KTeWsmynnO1ZY-rCn4oHPbMlde5pJ9BsEaWxNJbzF5cSViymmNrLajGD9KfB8FB3/s400/fog+island+poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300559136254085858" /></a><br /><br />An early low-budget spin on <span style="font-style:italic;">Ten Little Indians</span>, this cheap but entertaining PRC production features a cast of familiar B-movie faces, particularly George Zucco and Lionel Atwill. Zucco plays a man wrongfully imprisoned after being framed for his wife's murder by one of his colleagues. After his release, he joins forces with a mad inventor to carry out his long-awaited plans of revenge, inviting a group of his former associates to a remote island mansion, which is enveloped in a thick perpetual fog and rigged with numerous lethal booby-traps, in an effort to reveal and destroy the guilty party. Somewhat cheap-looking but boasting some remarkable special effects, this film is worth a look for its great pairing of hammy Atwill and Zucco.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Fog Island</span> is available online as a <a href="http://ia341033.us.archive.org/1/items/Fog_island_1945/Fog_Island_1945_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-38003510953400051482009-02-07T12:14:00.016-05:002009-02-14T16:28:14.845-05:00in the year 28891967<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xkHEF-WGX4jGedHvo5_n0Od4AE-Zw0JWjwct37_X8W2DvtyG-iTPbVTbzNu2CQh_Y670AWmy1CgvBqD_v5bWGOwXFefNCFw235zkN8qL3yoGyterxoX7s0b9EnNftNTlKuqmlVZaHKmW/s1600-h/2889_title.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xkHEF-WGX4jGedHvo5_n0Od4AE-Zw0JWjwct37_X8W2DvtyG-iTPbVTbzNu2CQh_Y670AWmy1CgvBqD_v5bWGOwXFefNCFw235zkN8qL3yoGyterxoX7s0b9EnNftNTlKuqmlVZaHKmW/s400/2889_title.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300107936575553074" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">In the Year 2889</span> is a made for television, apocalyptic, science fiction movie. The plot concerns a nuclear war that has wiped out all of humanity, except for a few who were spared in a remote valley. After the war, the survivors are menaced by a group of mutant cannibals.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9go4Ci3rMJPPHjjXPK3wqwoq9giqN9DKIoL5_j80eJuZ6eLux4lw3WnJnSbSApSeECaVwqoZ-mboZI0oOH8ArpNIW5hDdG5rZNkf-KYJkiwz3yM5leownm6LdFuDyukORJqFIHU4UWpZk/s1600-h/2889_mutant.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9go4Ci3rMJPPHjjXPK3wqwoq9giqN9DKIoL5_j80eJuZ6eLux4lw3WnJnSbSApSeECaVwqoZ-mboZI0oOH8ArpNIW5hDdG5rZNkf-KYJkiwz3yM5leownm6LdFuDyukORJqFIHU4UWpZk/s400/2889_mutant.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300107734175312194" /></a><br /><br />The movie shares a name with the short story <span style="font-style:italic;">In the Year 2889</span> by Jules Verne but is in no other way similar. Larry Buchanan was given the script for <span style="font-style:italic;">Day the World Ended</span> (1955) by American International Pictures to use while making this film. Rather than making anything original, Buchanan crafted an almost line for line remake. This film was used to pad out a television syndication deal Buchanan had with AIP.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">In the Year 2889</span> demonstrates what might be the biggest reason why Larry Buchanan’s late'60s TV remakes of AIP’s '50s monster movies were doomed from the outset. Buchanan’s shocking lack of talent, the limitations imposed by budgets with less than half of those which paid for the original versions ten years before, and the casting of local Texan non-actors for all but one or perhaps two central roles in each had combined to mask an even more fundamental obstacle to the creation of even minimally acceptable films. To wit: nearly every one of the old AIP projects Buchanan picked to remake were among the dullest, shabbiest movies the studio had ever released. With <span style="font-style:italic;">In the Year 2889</span>, we may have stumbled upon the apotheosis of this trend. Buchanan’s most slavishly literal remake takes <span style="font-style:italic;">Day the World Ended</span>, which was boring enough to begin with, and stretches it out by another ten minutes or so in order to fit a TV timeslot of predetermined length. This project didn’t stand a chance.<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">In the Year 2889</span> is available online as a <a href="http://ia310803.us.archive.org/2/items/In_The_Year_2889/In_The_Year_2889_1967.avi_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-25538804749676076592009-02-07T09:41:00.007-05:002009-02-15T19:22:57.141-05:00the beast of hollow mountain1956<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vnPNuBYlY18kdCxMXvj5R3g_05haQR03R-mGiTJMpgNI9rqzGXeoiPYOEgOCnbs9am69saZjjyAzcwJArADB36S56k9arIoSmFIhqm7yP6QBnCKPDK8UNfXsKwHofewlVTBqiXyelNUy/s1600-h/thebeasthollow_poster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vnPNuBYlY18kdCxMXvj5R3g_05haQR03R-mGiTJMpgNI9rqzGXeoiPYOEgOCnbs9am69saZjjyAzcwJArADB36S56k9arIoSmFIhqm7yP6QBnCKPDK8UNfXsKwHofewlVTBqiXyelNUy/s400/thebeasthollow_poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299348128036474850" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Beast of Hollow Mountain</span> is a scifi/horror western about an American cowboy living in Mexico who discovers his missing cattle are being preyed upon by a carnivorous dinosaur. The film is notable for being based on a story idea by special effects innovator Willis O'Brien (<span style="font-style:italic;">King Kong</span>) as well as for using a form of stop motion called replacement animation to bring the dinosaur to life. O'Brien co wrote the script under the pseudonym El Toro Estrella, O'Brien was also to have originally done the special effects for this movie but this did not happen for reasons unknown.<br /><br />While the bulk of the stop motion work for <span style="font-style:italic;">The Beast of the Hollow Moutain</span> was done with replacement animation, the close ups of the dinosaur were filmed using an articulated puppet. This was the first film with stop motion effects shot in Wide Screen and color.<br /><br />The Willis O'Brien story idea that inspired the basis for his script for this film also inspired his earlier unmade script <span style="font-style:italic;">The Valley of the Mist</span> which would later be made as <span style="font-style:italic;">The Valley of Gwangi</span> by O'Brien's protégé <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arq6fTGkC6E">Ray Harryhausen</a>.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia360909.us.archive.org/3/items/thebeastofhollowmountain/thebeastofhollowmountain_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-14435822475041841122009-02-04T21:00:00.024-05:002009-02-15T19:10:59.444-05:00it's alive1969<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-b5MH979Qn_Tj5yQEHTFA-Z5oihEgJ8-sECthuJMo83-3FYlNvRiTVNwoO5MOI8eF5NwPTvOy8Ffo1XJ7kXnTdFu4DWCw63Adv849MafkWeThx7z1hCT1lZAsSEuY8Qd2778wAMyiUFnj/s1600-h/azaelea.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 318px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-b5MH979Qn_Tj5yQEHTFA-Z5oihEgJ8-sECthuJMo83-3FYlNvRiTVNwoO5MOI8eF5NwPTvOy8Ffo1XJ7kXnTdFu4DWCw63Adv849MafkWeThx7z1hCT1lZAsSEuY8Qd2778wAMyiUFnj/s400/azaelea.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299433436322934146" /></a><br /><br />In the latter half of the 1960s, self-proclaimed "schlockmeister" Larry Buchanan, was contracted with American International Pictures to remake some of its films as part of a TV package. Eight direct-to-television films resulted from this union. Buchanan wrote, produced, and directed the work under his own Azalea Films production entity. The titles include <span style="font-style:italic;">The Eye Creatures</span>; <a href="http://publicdomaincinema.blogspot.com/2009/01/zontar-thing-from-venus_22.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Zontar, The Thing from Venus</span></a>; <span style="font-style:italic;">Creature of Destruction</span>; <span style="font-style:italic;">Mars Needs Women</span>; <span style="font-style:italic;">In the Year 2889</span>; <span style="font-style:italic;">Hell Raiders</span> (presumed lost); <span style="font-style:italic;">It's Alive!</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Curse of the Swamp Creature</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mGxSM04PLZkiibINbfBxFw-iBt_mbnjpJ1CFSZcPAY5pghvtcR0UEx5fuaB7S9QY-O914zcwrag4t8ZkzZKMZw26ezQcz3QEy4U2f21B6lTR2xOniJSsSRIfNfeq9yq_458fwpFoMLiY/s1600-h/itsalive_title.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2mGxSM04PLZkiibINbfBxFw-iBt_mbnjpJ1CFSZcPAY5pghvtcR0UEx5fuaB7S9QY-O914zcwrag4t8ZkzZKMZw26ezQcz3QEy4U2f21B6lTR2xOniJSsSRIfNfeq9yq_458fwpFoMLiY/s400/itsalive_title.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299436267456886210" /></a><br /><br />On average these films cost $20,000, cast out-of-favor leading men such as the former Disney child actor Tommy Kirk. Walt Disney had signed Tommy Kirk to a long term contract and Tommy appeared not only in the Mickey Mouse Club, but in full length Disney features as well including <span style="font-style:italic;">Old Yeller</span> (1957), <span style="font-style:italic;">The Shaggy Dog</span> (1959), <span style="font-style:italic;">Swiss Family Robinson</span> (1960), <span style="font-style:italic;">The Absent-Minded Professor</span> (1961), <span style="font-style:italic;">Babes in Toyland</span> (1961) and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Misadventures of Merlin Jones</span> (1964). However, in 1964, the Disney factory found out that Tommy was gay and they immediately released him from his contract upon finishing the Merlin Jones sequel <span style="font-style:italic;">The Monkey's Uncle</span> in 1965.<br /><br />Buchanan was so thrifty that he recycled the green monster suit from <span style="font-style:italic;">Curse of the Swamp Creature</span> in <span style="font-style:italic;">It's Alive</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1F20yAMYyo5L-CDBdTGJjEu-d3BwA44sCI4yefqmnKc0tsCu1J80hw_UMYRF1u3i0SpBZvdSOfP7Ym0c1aeeobHzulTo3XDwGxT4FFnyJPx-99im-yYa4mFvMTXX6FZjC2GgvPI4CLSpB/s1600-h/larryb20.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1F20yAMYyo5L-CDBdTGJjEu-d3BwA44sCI4yefqmnKc0tsCu1J80hw_UMYRF1u3i0SpBZvdSOfP7Ym0c1aeeobHzulTo3XDwGxT4FFnyJPx-99im-yYa4mFvMTXX6FZjC2GgvPI4CLSpB/s400/larryb20.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299433059397130114" /></a><br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia360907.us.archive.org/2/items/ItsAlive/ItsAlive_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-66562954366954429102009-02-04T20:15:00.008-05:002009-02-14T16:21:58.181-05:00he walked by night1948<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n3eL4AkSuc8-HdkJcheHNrTWOMZhxRs6GKQsTE-U9Fz7tGL7JYh9Or2sVze952J-HgdsUeXSWGAgPlTyMNegb6jyc012YTSLG4Bge5bxhefRMGbXy-Az3lSiZGsUkrYS9WL0xZRcV3TR/s1600-h/he+walked+by+night+7.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n3eL4AkSuc8-HdkJcheHNrTWOMZhxRs6GKQsTE-U9Fz7tGL7JYh9Or2sVze952J-HgdsUeXSWGAgPlTyMNegb6jyc012YTSLG4Bge5bxhefRMGbXy-Az3lSiZGsUkrYS9WL0xZRcV3TR/s400/he+walked+by+night+7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299118068161999202" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">He Walked by Night</span> is a black-and-white police procedural with film noir styling. Alfred L. Werker is credited as director, however, most of the film was directed by the western and film noir director Anthony Mann. Shot in semidocumentary tone, <span style="font-style:italic;">He Walked by Night</span> is based on the real-life actions of Erwin "Machine-Gun" Walker, a killer whose story and capture inspired one of the film's actors (Jack Webb) to create the radio and later television program <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdyvqFN6bCU">Dragnet</a>.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia340907.us.archive.org/1/items/He_Walked_By_Night.avi/He_Walked_By_Night_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-69374821311645739372009-02-04T19:21:00.008-05:002009-02-14T16:50:25.795-05:00the phantom planet1961<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp788vxeB_K1Rl54lpn_Bk0LUjw3jKBX24avc_1yarHsE0VM5-eNAgEOPJlwX5OoSPpJn7Ia6ozKMD6pI1QGoba5LOUQDEEXOQj-5p3xMDdP4sgelNJUQ39GdT1wFcr9n7tvPmjoCcXr_q/s1600-h/Phantom_poster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp788vxeB_K1Rl54lpn_Bk0LUjw3jKBX24avc_1yarHsE0VM5-eNAgEOPJlwX5OoSPpJn7Ia6ozKMD6pI1QGoba5LOUQDEEXOQj-5p3xMDdP4sgelNJUQ39GdT1wFcr9n7tvPmjoCcXr_q/s400/Phantom_poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299112479011192834" /></a><br /><br />In this off-beat sci-fi adventure an astronaut must make a forced landing on a remote asteroid after his ship is damaged. Upon breathing the atmosphere he begins shrinking and once he gets down to six inches discovers the place populated by diminutive people who have turned the flying rock into a ship. The shrunken astronaut joins forces with the wee folk to defeat the monstrous Solarites, terrifying creatures out to eat them. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedEfe7iYsYimBQGqMCaaL6CbBhzC8SK02GydiTM2QhXIh_jkYV0hRsg0kD-eHI6s5SPFTAqDENdkA8BG7Ir84Bp_8CGve1PXdO_oayzEXmdg7apdlNwLqPqyKBhOc2ghVyKeTeZkenDRk/s1600-h/Phantom_435Planet_1961.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiedEfe7iYsYimBQGqMCaaL6CbBhzC8SK02GydiTM2QhXIh_jkYV0hRsg0kD-eHI6s5SPFTAqDENdkA8BG7Ir84Bp_8CGve1PXdO_oayzEXmdg7apdlNwLqPqyKBhOc2ghVyKeTeZkenDRk/s400/Phantom_435Planet_1961.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299112633574163410" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Phantom Planet</span> is available online as <a href="http://ia341042.us.archive.org/2/items/phantom_planet_ipod/The_Phantom_Planet.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-75970569642274891912009-02-04T11:14:00.009-05:002009-02-14T16:26:42.955-05:00detour1945<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqvmI-9XzK5BXcj45j426rW-xQGrpjgn2cV0qC-EEnkcRntr5sKkO3So4jJoYYvjJOhL_MCFCF9XMmJPYaPqiUPfHmJum8IDQ5k64V3iHCKedq_wxh-bXxLyK8doGIx24pd7eAZhcnyOx/s1600-h/500DetourPoster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqvmI-9XzK5BXcj45j426rW-xQGrpjgn2cV0qC-EEnkcRntr5sKkO3So4jJoYYvjJOhL_MCFCF9XMmJPYaPqiUPfHmJum8IDQ5k64V3iHCKedq_wxh-bXxLyK8doGIx24pd7eAZhcnyOx/s400/500DetourPoster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298978778276341474" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Detour</span> is a film noir cult classic that was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer. The 68-minute film was released by the Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), one of the so-called "poverty row" film studios. Although made on a small budget and containing only rudimentary sets and camera work, the film has garnered substantial praise through the years and is held in high regard.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnmjiNd5QusGKvH4oy7ilTvRmLfRkI0T2WTvKm-fHqpzA2bdeGgWdQDaPdNjRsCDe07hrb-LeJPoFbf09KVqgOhqS3e7xaYgbSgU3EGbuf81eQxnBopB1q-qVPS9ynWBmgxwVRcr2m2Mn/s1600-h/Detour1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnmjiNd5QusGKvH4oy7ilTvRmLfRkI0T2WTvKm-fHqpzA2bdeGgWdQDaPdNjRsCDe07hrb-LeJPoFbf09KVqgOhqS3e7xaYgbSgU3EGbuf81eQxnBopB1q-qVPS9ynWBmgxwVRcr2m2Mn/s400/Detour1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298977464250805314" /></a><br /><br />In 1992, <span style="font-style:italic;">Detour</span> was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Critical response to the film today is almost universally positive. Most reviewers contrast the technical shoddiness of the film with its successful atmospherics.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-87369384180649060352009-02-04T10:53:00.011-05:002009-02-14T16:55:58.802-05:00the amazing transparent man1960<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfuZNtnQJ1F6SZRFKqKlcwW5B39A-IE9ubcRc_s7zKFRtL52nV7QQpT1QOqR9p7YcI_wZ-Zr-BFOpau9FiWE4wigIzUNX1O4RQEVLP6e5seLTN6g3nO7Eqh7edbNB7tewxryqQMRjzwsM/s1600-h/the-amazing-transparent-man.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfuZNtnQJ1F6SZRFKqKlcwW5B39A-IE9ubcRc_s7zKFRtL52nV7QQpT1QOqR9p7YcI_wZ-Zr-BFOpau9FiWE4wigIzUNX1O4RQEVLP6e5seLTN6g3nO7Eqh7edbNB7tewxryqQMRjzwsM/s400/the-amazing-transparent-man.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298973149853029730" /></a><br /><br />Edgar G. Ulmer (September 17, 1904 – September 30, 1972) was an Austrian-American film director. He is best remembered for the movies <span style="font-style:italic;">The Black Cat</span> (1934) and <a href="http://publicdomaincinema.blogspot.com/2009/02/detour.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">Detour</span></a> (1945). These stylish and eccentric works have achieved cult status, whereas Ulmer's other films remain relatively unknown.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqXp5v5DwirFTL1AcpHdnkTLDQI00_4dYuR0TucA5eUrWyzd3rdVNX4VXVyCww7DLkffX4Dh5DgJOxLVEEAKfMMJwRf_2O86OtYt5RoBfSP8xJzn5kleGgzM5lRdNe3tfTVUd7gfpFxrJ/s1600-h/AmazingTransparent_still.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidqXp5v5DwirFTL1AcpHdnkTLDQI00_4dYuR0TucA5eUrWyzd3rdVNX4VXVyCww7DLkffX4Dh5DgJOxLVEEAKfMMJwRf_2O86OtYt5RoBfSP8xJzn5kleGgzM5lRdNe3tfTVUd7gfpFxrJ/s400/AmazingTransparent_still.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298972866678037890" /></a><br /><br />The plot of Ulmer's science fiction film <span style="font-style:italic;">The Amazing Transparent Man</span> involves the story of an insane ex U. S. Army major who uses an escaped criminal to steal materials to improve the invisibility machine the scientist he holds prisoner has made. It was one of two films, along with <span style="font-style:italic;">The Time Barrier</span>, shot back to back by director Edgar G. Ulmer with a combined filming schedule for both films of only two weeks.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia340920.us.archive.org/0/items/The_Amazing_Transparent_Man.avi/The_Amazing_Transparent_Man_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-78199772771179460352009-02-03T20:46:00.013-05:002009-02-14T16:59:58.054-05:00killers from space1954<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7Zyvo0AFbo2Bjkb_Rwss6DlNNS57vR9KgEownpQKORPPw3Lm0bfxVpAqSXVLooIq7rZQCKmEzFqc6vE3wIOWBkENvvBGhrsr0Fc3Gmwg9MPc4as91zEIs4gI6ru6OCJ7GFXaQUqIem5Q/s1600-h/Killers_from_space_poster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7Zyvo0AFbo2Bjkb_Rwss6DlNNS57vR9KgEownpQKORPPw3Lm0bfxVpAqSXVLooIq7rZQCKmEzFqc6vE3wIOWBkENvvBGhrsr0Fc3Gmwg9MPc4as91zEIs4gI6ru6OCJ7GFXaQUqIem5Q/s400/Killers_from_space_poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298756985332712850" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Killers From Space</span> is a science fiction feature film, produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder (brother of Billy Wilder) and starring Peter Graves and Barbara Bestar. Lee Wilder's independent production company, Planet Filmplays Inc., which usually produced on a financing-for-distribution basis for United Artists, made this film for RKO-Radio Pictures distribution.<br /><br />Dr. Douglas Martin (Peter Graves) is a scientist working on atomic bomb tests. While collecting aerial data on an Air Force atomic blast at Soledad Flats, his plane crashes. He survives the crash unhurt, except for a strange scar on his chest.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdhhFWGLMuxSyqxlLxixxC7XjTbllXPxJdqc3_W3xzRg6iyEi8cLyep9UKZBt0hhZKlIsAMaW-YNc4pzcDffQm4bRYPExTqDafGA0a6jBHiZTnenDHR6QcKJns1_jIzA8Y6o56aNgEF6D/s1600-h/KFS_aliens.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdhhFWGLMuxSyqxlLxixxC7XjTbllXPxJdqc3_W3xzRg6iyEi8cLyep9UKZBt0hhZKlIsAMaW-YNc4pzcDffQm4bRYPExTqDafGA0a6jBHiZTnenDHR6QcKJns1_jIzA8Y6o56aNgEF6D/s400/KFS_aliens.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298753977477606706" /></a><br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia300139.us.archive.org/3/items/Killers_from_space/Killers_from_space_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-25325127246874587202009-02-03T10:53:00.017-05:002009-02-15T19:11:23.812-05:00a boy and his dog1974<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVFdmPjrlVdpp93mLnNfAOvUli98O6VnbziGDWpR64ccGw5zRgk7YatZdcQEyfgnn7MogbLtUHIy3PU5P8mJxzGbKMBFqlG9Yt3msKvKqCUbm2ZpPKrldnCWq-mtYE8AJ0hwXPZQ8aszw/s1600-h/boy_and_his_dog_poster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFVFdmPjrlVdpp93mLnNfAOvUli98O6VnbziGDWpR64ccGw5zRgk7YatZdcQEyfgnn7MogbLtUHIy3PU5P8mJxzGbKMBFqlG9Yt3msKvKqCUbm2ZpPKrldnCWq-mtYE8AJ0hwXPZQ8aszw/s400/boy_and_his_dog_poster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298600456304809858" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">A Boy and His Dog</span> is the title of a short story written by science fiction author Harlan Ellison in 1969. The story was the basis for the post-apocalyptic science fiction film of the same name directed by L. Q. Jones working in collaboration with Ellison. Don Johnson stars.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia341027.us.archive.org/0/items/A_Boy_and_His_Dog/A_Boy_and_His_Dog_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-43703058083082697342009-02-02T21:37:00.004-05:002009-02-14T16:28:55.781-05:00murder by television1935<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TqyF9piAQVPCaDX1F6AOHC32lKUBFpeQx4wpptJpnabjS3pGsPzjLDz5DZdaEJ8KOX5Vbmo8O7iBnx2OrxqS3MA7gDLkquM3BA05_mdzzec8fryspsGM_JdkBjnLOSa4-Gct1XgRn4Mq/s1600-h/murderbytelevision2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TqyF9piAQVPCaDX1F6AOHC32lKUBFpeQx4wpptJpnabjS3pGsPzjLDz5DZdaEJ8KOX5Vbmo8O7iBnx2OrxqS3MA7gDLkquM3BA05_mdzzec8fryspsGM_JdkBjnLOSa4-Gct1XgRn4Mq/s400/murderbytelevision2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298395338397881618" /></a><br /><br />One of Bela Lugosi's least remembered films, this ultra low-budget whodunit with science fiction overtones features the murder of a professor who had recently perfected the new invention of television. Suspects are plentiful and include Bela Lugosi's rivaling academician Dr. Perry. Alas, the good doctor proves yet another Red Herring and is soon enough found stabbed to death himself. Or is he? Produced by perhaps Hollywood's cheapest entrepreneur, William Pizor, <span style="font-style:italic;">Murder by Television</span> was filmed at the low-rent Talisman Studios.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-47876392995243375492009-02-02T19:49:00.006-05:002009-02-15T19:10:14.707-05:00disorder in the court1936<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcihkbH41ZMqpGHJ1NZEBUGSSblRhodfiFIM8dXbtNPdgB2qqGVEUl0hTFSrb4k5lePycM4DM2ifYWnHv76tqfzzn9Is4FLV8icO72Vm0UP1xCR_lOYpPLJvV-7fUSsY9TF6v9JYHHWUBM/s1600-h/Disorder_in_the_Court_still.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcihkbH41ZMqpGHJ1NZEBUGSSblRhodfiFIM8dXbtNPdgB2qqGVEUl0hTFSrb4k5lePycM4DM2ifYWnHv76tqfzzn9Is4FLV8icO72Vm0UP1xCR_lOYpPLJvV-7fUSsY9TF6v9JYHHWUBM/s400/Disorder_in_the_Court_still.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298368319172893506" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Disorder in the Court</span> is the 15th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.<br /><br />The Stooges are key witnesses in a murder trial, and create havoc in the courtroom. The plot involves a murder mystery with the question "Who killed Kirk Robbin?" Polly, the parrot, has the answer.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia300124.us.archive.org/2/items/disorder_in_the_court/disorder_in_the_court_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-17884934508564986762009-02-02T19:28:00.013-05:002009-02-14T16:32:12.241-05:00they made me a criminal1939<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZW7u6MZYMs8DRtrL36yGN3jqzHF85OzTLr7vvWRnGQ5zYqJMaye_PqCl90yRv5pTVNuu-6zZJ-updfTFi0BtWLrA7SJCWJgHJiW7UJg6_f50z07AQxo7dVUX26oUKUMYRganSW4uHLVCo/s1600-h/john+garfield.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZW7u6MZYMs8DRtrL36yGN3jqzHF85OzTLr7vvWRnGQ5zYqJMaye_PqCl90yRv5pTVNuu-6zZJ-updfTFi0BtWLrA7SJCWJgHJiW7UJg6_f50z07AQxo7dVUX26oUKUMYRganSW4uHLVCo/s400/john+garfield.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298364949521552242" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">They Made Me a Criminal</span> is a Warner Bros. crime-drama film directed by Busby Berkeley and starring John Garfield, Claude Rains, and The Dead End Kids. It is a remake of the 1933 film <span style="font-style:italic;">The Life of Jimmy Dolan</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZilK5hmk5YaT9SBITi44IBYElL6EBJ190McuYx5lNUP6MdEMGGQSsmdjEhQkMv6VS30_ZM3-0pBvljMebE_-qPx1p-ZIiF-KOO7QGRt3LLwF2OyPsiThHDtfuZFw5UXjbSSKPZTgLc4f3/s1600-h/theymademeacriminal1939_title.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZilK5hmk5YaT9SBITi44IBYElL6EBJ190McuYx5lNUP6MdEMGGQSsmdjEhQkMv6VS30_ZM3-0pBvljMebE_-qPx1p-ZIiF-KOO7QGRt3LLwF2OyPsiThHDtfuZFw5UXjbSSKPZTgLc4f3/s400/theymademeacriminal1939_title.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298365660175645810" /></a><br /><br /><br />Boxer Johnny Bradfield (John Garfield) knocks out a rival in a postfight brawl. Thinking he committed murder, he flees to an Arizona ranch run by hard-as-nails Goldie (Ann Sheridan) and her feisty mother (May Robson) and staffed by Leo Gorcey and the Dead End Kids. Though Johnny is relentlessly dogged by Detective Monty Phelan (Claude Rains), the Kids convince him to finance their future gas station by training for and winning a high stakes prizefight. But just as things seem to going "swell" for both Johnny and the Kids, Phelan shows up ready to take Johnny back east in handcuffs? Or is he?<br /><br />This film also contains the first use of a <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/malaprop">malapropism</a> in the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/Bowery Boys series when <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/Family5.jpg">Jordan</a> says "Regenerate, ya dope" in response to Hall's use of the word degenerate. Malapropisms became a staple of these films, with <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Leo_Gorcey_in_Gallant_Sons_trailer.jpg">Gorcey</a> using them on a regular basis throughout the series.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia300137.us.archive.org/1/items/They_Made_Me_A_Criminal_1939/they_made_me_a_criminal_1939_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996415327107826004.post-51621709658008581652009-02-02T12:55:00.009-05:002009-02-14T16:34:11.810-05:00the 39 steps1935<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIblhA6UwNsOoPl5ug4V_pPmlhTH0AbWqL2hhFNHJL6tGPHRQoMs3ZbwXZnZdmHDRztagTHeiQGhtgjpZCQJ1fCU11kqsQ9hCrhHgGzyysyGdLpSu-LdXBBrAP17SS3Aa37LwhCDV9dDAN/s1600-h/39steps_poster.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 370px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIblhA6UwNsOoPl5ug4V_pPmlhTH0AbWqL2hhFNHJL6tGPHRQoMs3ZbwXZnZdmHDRztagTHeiQGhtgjpZCQJ1fCU11kqsQ9hCrhHgGzyysyGdLpSu-LdXBBrAP17SS3Aa37LwhCDV9dDAN/s400/39steps_poster.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298260962245786322" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The 39 Steps</span> is a British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, based on the adventure novel <span style="font-style:italic;">The Thirty-nine Steps</span> by John Buchan. The film stars Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll. There have been four major film versions of the book, with Hitchcock's original having been the most acclaimed.<br /><br />In recent years in common with some of his <a href="http://publicdomaincinema.blogspot.com/2009/01/bulldog-drummond.html">contemporaries</a>, Buchan's reputation has been tarnished by the anti-semitism and racism perceived in some passages from his novels, such as the opening chapter of The <span style="font-style:italic;">Thirty-Nine Steps</span>. The view in <span style="font-style:italic;">The Thirty-Nine Steps</span> that "the Jews are behind it all" is explicitly stated by the minor character Scudder.<br /><br />This film is available online as a <a href="http://ia331308.us.archive.org/0/items/The39Steps/The_39_Steps_512kb.mp4">free download</a>.wendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864967853427104921noreply@blogger.com