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It Happened One Night (1934) with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert
Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on Feb 12, 2015
Share This! Two great lovers of the screen in the grandest of romantic comedies! So—when or where did it happen? Certainly not in Brooklyn as it did for Frank Sinatra and Kathryn Grayson in 1947. Nor in Athens for Jayne Mansfield fifteen years later—wrong continent. As for a season of the read more
Sea Wife (1957) with Richard Burton and Joan Collins
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Feb 5, 2015
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One of the Most Challenging Stories of Faith Ever Told!
Once upon a time, Joan Collins wasn’t the queen bitch on Dynasty and Richard Burton hadn’t crumbled into the alchoholic mess which resulted in his early death in 1984. Once upon a time, dear readers, they were esteemed a read more
Sea Wife (1957) with Richard Burton and Joan Collins
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Feb 5, 2015
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One of the Most Challenging Stories of Faith Ever Told!
Once upon a time, Joan Collins wasn’t the queen bitch on Dynasty and Richard Burton hadn’t crumbled into the alchoholic mess which resulted in his early death in 1984. Once upon a time, dear readers, they were esteemed a read more
The Ghoul (1933) with Boris Karloff
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Jan 22, 2015
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From the Depths of the Earth, He Will Rise.
Long thought to be among the ranks of famous lost films within ten years of its 1933 release, The Ghoul finally came to light in the late sixties. That version, however, was missing several significant scenes and was almost unwatchable, though read more
The Ghoul (1933) with Boris Karloff
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Jan 22, 2015
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From the Depths of the Earth, He Will Rise.
Long thought to be among the ranks of famous lost films within ten years of its 1933 release, The Ghoul finally came to light in the late sixties. That version, however, was missing several significant scenes and was almost unwatchable, though read more
Harry and Tonto (1974) with Art Carney
Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on Jan 15, 2015
Share This! “You never really feel somebody’s suffering, you only feel their death.”—— Harry Coombes When retired, elderly widower Harry Coombes is forced from his New York City apartment, he and his cat Tonto make a leisurely, often improvisational trek across the country toward Los Angeles. read more
Harry and Tonto (1974) with Art Carney
Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on Jan 15, 2015
Share This! “You never really feel somebody’s suffering, you only feel their death.”—— Harry Coombes When retired, elderly widower Harry Coombes is forced from his New York City apartment, he and his cat Tonto make a leisurely, often improvisational trek across the country toward Los Angeles. read more
Three Violent People (1956) with Charlton Heston and Anne Baxter
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Jan 8, 2015
Share This!Three Violent People seems like an intriguing film at its surface- and the collateral promotional material supports this thinking. On viewing, however, you get the sense that it is really a ‘B’ picture with an ‘A’ cast. True, or no?
By the standards of the day, the read more
Three Violent People (1956) with Charlton Heston and Anne Baxter
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Jan 8, 2015
Share This!Three Violent People seems like an intriguing film at its surface- and the collateral promotional material supports this thinking. On viewing, however, you get the sense that it is really a ‘B’ picture with an ‘A’ cast. True, or no?
By the standards of the day, the read more
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) with Barry Barnes
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Dec 31, 2014
Share This! A Thousand Sabers Flash in Conquest! Somehow the sequel to 1934’s The Scarlet Pimpernel never takes off. As most astute viewers will know from the get go is that the follow-up The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel lacks any sense of star power. Instead of Leslie Howard and Merle read more
The Black Cat (1934) with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on Dec 24, 2014
Share This! “We shall play a little game, Vitus. A game of death, if you like . . . ”—— Boris Karloff to Bela Lugosi First off, to set things straight and orient any readers venturing into unfamiliar horror film territory, this Black Cat is the 1934 version with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, read more
A Lady Without Passport (1950) with Hedy Lamarr
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Dec 18, 2014
Share This! M-G-M THRILLS! Such a nondescript tagline should let you know right away that all is not well with MGM’s 1950 film A Lady Without Passport. Additional language from promotional collateral at the time includes lines like, “How long can she remain,” and “That ̵ read more
The Fly (1958) with David Hedison
Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on Dec 11, 2014
Share This!The fly with the head of a man! And the man with the head of a fly! When watching The Fly, despite all that has happened earlier, much of it well done and sophisticated for a horror movie of its 1958 vintage, I always anticipate an especially favorite scene toward the end. Even though read more
Villa Rides! (1968) with Yul Brynner
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Dec 4, 2014
Share This! Villa rages! Villa lusts! Villa kills! VILLA RIDES! Name a good motion picture about the Mexican Revolution. No, I can’t really name one either. And after watching 1968’s Villa Rides! I still can’t. Not that Villa Rides! is a bad picture, because it isn’t. read more
Patton (1970) with George C. Scott
Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on Nov 26, 2014
Share This!“I’ve always felt that I was destined for some great thing, what I don’t know. . . . The last great opportunity of a lifetime—an entire world at war—and I’m left out of it? God will not permit this to happen! I will be allowed to fulfill my destiny. His will be done.” —— read more
Swiss Family Robinson (1940) and (1960)
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Nov 20, 2014
Share This! THRILL TO The Fabled Tree-House! — The Wild Animal Race! — The Great Pirate Attack! Disney has the rights to two features based on the famous Wyss novel. Yes, that’s right; two! Most of us are surely familiar with the extremely popular 1960 version produced by Disney read more
Night and the City (1950) with Richard Widmark
Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on Nov 13, 2014
Share This! “Harry, do you know what you’re doing? You’re killing me. You’re killing me and yourself.” — Mary Bristol to Harry Fabian iNght and the City is the darkest, the most unrelenting film noir, full of despicable characters for whom no one has any sympathy and so oppressively film read more
The Canary Murder Case (1929) with William Powell and Louise Brooks
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Nov 6, 2014
Share This! Louise Books is one of the actresses were haven’t really touched on in our six years online, but perhaps today is the day to put that onus behind us. Sadly, we picked one of her weaker pictures, the Philo Vance introducing The Canary Murder Case, in which to do so. The film is one read more
Sunrise at Campobello (1960) with Ralph Bellamy and Greer Garson
Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on Oct 30, 2014
Share This! “I feel I’ve had to go through the fire for some reason. Eleanor, it’s a hard way to learn humility, but I’ve had to learn it by crawling.”— Franklin Delano Roosevelt With the recent premiere of the PBS eleven-hour The Roosevelts, An Intimate History, it seems appropriate read more
Fire Down Below (1957) with Robert Mitchum and Rita Hayworth
Classic Film Freak Posted by Orson De Welles on Oct 23, 2014
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Torrid, tempestuous Irena…the spark that turned the tropics into a blazing cauldron of passions!
If you look at the promotional materials for the film Fire Down Below, you’ll see some pretty big names in the cast. Rita Hayworth, coming off her second Hollywood hiatus, takes read more