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THE POOR RICH
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 13, 2022
THE POOR RICH is a 1934 comedy, produced by Universal, and directed by Edward Sedgwick, a man best known for his work with Buster Keaton. The movie doesn't have all that many laughs, despite the characters acting as silly as possible. It does have quite a notable cast. Harriet (Edna May O read more
Rating The Universal Dracula Films
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 9, 2022
Now it's time for my personal rankings of the Universal Dracula films made during the studio's classic monster era from 1931 to 1948. This will be the same setup as my Universal Frankenstein rankings from yesterday. There's going to be some overlap from that list, as HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN read more
Rating The Universal Frankenstein Films
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 8, 2022
In May of this year I wrote a couple blog posts ranking the Frankenstein & Dracula films produced by Hammer Films. Now I'm going to rank the Frankenstein & Dracula films produced by Universal, specifically the ones made during the studio's classic monster period (1931-1948). Looki read more
MAX STEINER: MAESTRO OF MOVIE MUSIC
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Oct 3, 2022
Legendary film composer Max Steiner (1888-1971) wrote the music scores for four of the greatest films ever made: KING KONG, GONE WITH THE WIND, CASABLANCA, and THE SEARCHERS. If these were the only movie soundtracks he created, he would still have a place in Hollywood history--but he did far m read more
The Final Season Of THE A-TEAM
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 29, 2022
The season five cast photo for THE A-TEAMI know what you're thinking. "The final season of THE A-TEAM??? What's the matter, Dan?? Did you run out of obscure Pre-Code movies to write about??" No...I could never run out of those. The reason for this post requires some explanation. It basica read more
THE ROAD TO SINGAPORE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 25, 2022
This is not a Bob Hope-Bing Crosby comedy. It's a 1931 Warner Bros. melodrama, directed by Alfred E. Green. I discovered it on the HBO Max streaming service, of all places. Before he even shows up in the film, Hugh Dawltry (William Powell) is described as "a bounder". The suave Dawltry li read more
CRAZE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 15, 2022
CRAZE is a 1974 British horror film, with plenty of notable names involved in it. It was produced by Herman Cohen and directed by Freddie Francis, and it stars Jack Palance, along with a supporting cast featuring several impressive talents of the English stage & screen. Despite boasting su read more
MASK OF MURDER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 11, 2022
MASK OF MURDER is a very obscure Swedish-Canadian mystery thriller, made in 1985 and starring Rod Taylor, Christopher Lee, and Valerie Perrine. The entire movie is available as an extra on the MURDER STORY Blu-ray disc included in Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE 2 box set. Desp read more
THE FIENDISH PLOT OF DR. FU MANCHU
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 10, 2022
Last month, as part of their annual "Summer Under The Stars" series, the Turner Classic Movies cable TV channel had a day dedicated to the films of Peter Sellers. One of the movies shown (at 4 am, which was a hint to its quality) was the last theatrical feature with new footage of Peter Seller read more
UP POPS THE DEVIL
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 5, 2022
This is another early Paramount film starring Carole Lombard, released in 1931. It reunites Lombard with Norman Foster and Skeets Gallagher, her co-stars from IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE--but that fact is nothing to get excited about. Norman Foster is Steve Merrick, a regular guy who has aspirat read more
NO ONE MAN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Sep 3, 2022
NO ONE MAN is a 1932 comedy-drama from Paramount starring Carole Lombard. It is not to be confused with NO MAN OF HER OWN, a much more famous 1932 Paramount-Lombard entry that co-starred Clark Gable. It is one of the many movies that Lombard appeared in during the early 1930s that did not take read more
MURDER STORY On Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 30, 2022
Included in Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTION 2 Blu-ray box set is the very obscure--and very generically titled--MURDER STORY (1988). American teenager Tony (Alexis Denisof) lives in the Netherlands (his father is stationed on a U.S. Air Force base there). Tony is an read more
DRACULA AND SON On Blu-ray From Severin
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 29, 2022
The main highlight of Severin's THE EUROCRYPT OF CHRISTOPHER LEE COLLECTION 2 Blu-ray box set is its 3-disc presentation of the 1976 French comedy DRACULA AND SON (originally titled DRACULA PERE ET FILS). The film is not only shown in a restored, uncut condition, it is also the recipient of se read more
AFTER THE DANCE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 28, 2022
AFTER THE DANCE, a 1935 Columbia film, is one of the most weirdly constructed movies I've ever seen. Nightclub entertainer Jerry Davis (George Murphy) is implicated in an accidental death. Jerry accepts a manslaughter conviction after he learns that the partner in his act, Mabel King (The read more
SITTING PRETTY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 27, 2022
SITTING PRETTY is a 1933 musical from Paramount, directed by Harry Joe Brown, and starring Jack Oakie, Jack Haley, Ginger Rogers, and Thelma Todd. Chick Parker (Jack Oakie) and Pete Pendleton (Jack Haley) are songwriters who travel to Hollywood, hoping to break into the movies. While ther read more
THE GREEN GIRL
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 21, 2022
THE GREEN GIRL is a 2014 documentary on actress Susan Oliver, best known for her prolific work on American network television from the 1960s through the 1980s. The film was directed and produced by George A. Pappy Jr., and I viewed it on the Tubi streaming channel. The title THE GREEN GIR read more
BATTLE OF THE WORLDS On Blu-ray From The Film Detective
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 15, 2022
In 2017, I wrote a blog post on BATTLE OF THE WORLDS, a 1963 American version of a Italian science-fiction film directed by Antonio Margheriti (under the name Anthony Dawson). In that post I stated that the film needed a proper official Blu-ray release. It now has one, courtesy of The Film Det read more
SKYSCRAPER SOULS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 13, 2022
Warren William--The King of Pre-Code, the Captain of Cads--is back to his devious schemes again, this time at MGM instead of Warner Bros., in the 1932 production SKYSCRAPER SOULS. William plays bank president David Dwight, who has borrowed $30 million to build a spectacular skyscraper cal read more
BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 7, 2022
Last night I watched the 2021 documentary BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER on the Tubi streaming channel. The film was directed and co-written by Thomas Hamilton. It's a fine program, giving a fairly complete retrospective on Boris Karloff's acting career. What makes it a cut abo read more
FACING NOLAN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Aug 5, 2022
As you can tell by the name of this blog, I am a lifelong dedicated fan of the Chicago White Sox. But I'm also a dedicated baseball fan period, and there are several MLB players I've had great admiration over the years who never wore a White Sox uniform. One of my favorites was the legend read more