An bedridden eccentric millionaire, anticipating his own murder, hires Mason to help him rewrite his will, and the lawyer ends up defending the caretaker’s cat. (IMDb.com)
Category: Silver Screen
Movies, Movie Posters, and the stars that propelled them into the spotlight.
Bridge of Thighs
A few years ago there was an unexplained “beauty” phenomenon called the “Thigh Gap”. In 1930 there was the “Thigh Bridge”
“A bridge of thighs. So said the fellow who sent us this clever bit of photography and we are not inclined to dispute him. The ladies present (fractionally, at least) are members of the chorus of MGM’s “Manhattan Serenade,” while he seen in the distance is Sammy Lee, dancing specialist and director of that picture.” – Exhibitors-Herald-World, Feb 8, 1930
Astounding She Monster
A gang of crooks has kidnapped a rich heiress come up against a beautiful, but lethal alien who has crash-landed her spaceship on Earth. (IMDb)
According to IMDb, The movie was made up as it went along. There was no written script. Just an idea for a movie was all they had to start with.
RIP Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Ennio Morricone was a prolific Italian composer, with 540 credits to his name. He is best know for his iconic theme to The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966), which helped define the spaghetti western genre. Besides his work in The Man With No Name trilogy, he also composed the score for Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), the Thing (1982), the Untouchables (1987) and more recently he composed the score for Quentin Tarantino’s, The Hateful Eight (2015). His inventive use of non traditional “instruments” (due to budget restraints) shaped the mood of the dollar trilogy, giving it the atmosphere we all know so well. He died at the age of 91 in the town in which he was born, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Diana Dors
Promotional still of Diana Dors in The Unholy Wife, 1957
Lillian Bond is Ready for the 4th!
MGM actress Lillian Bond with an armload of fireworks for a Fourth of July celebration.
Ava Gardner, at the Beach
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Jane and the Lost City
Jane and the Colonel must journey to Africa to the lost city to retrieve the diamonds before the Nazis do. Based on the classic adult UK comic strip ‘Jane,’ especially popular during WWII for its strong pin-up elements. (IMDb)
Robot on the Run!
In what was a failed attempt to save their jobs, musicians lobbied for real music to be played at theaters, instead of pre-recorded music.
The Other Lord of the Jungle
Bomba the jungle boy is a character found in a series of books by Roy Rockwood.