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THE DARK HOUR (1936)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 8, 2021
THE DARK HOUR (1936) is another one of those hour-long low-budget B movie mysteries. This one was produced by the Chesterfield company, and directed by future Abbott & Costello veteran Charles Lamont. The most notable thing about this movie (in my mind at least) is that it features three U read more
KELLY THE SECOND
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 4, 2021
KELLY THE SECOND (1936) is a comedy produced by Hal Roach, and released by MGM. As someone who has watched Hal Roach product since I was a kid, I had to take the opportunity to watch this for the first time when it was shown recently on TCM. The movie tells the story of Molly (Patsy Kelly read more
ZARABANDA BING BING
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 1, 2021
What in the heck is ZARABANDA BING BING?? It's a 1966 Spanish-Italian-French production, with Daniela Bianchi (FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE) and Harold Sakata (GOLDFINGER). One would expect with those two in the cast, that the movie would be one of those Europsy 007 imitations. It's actually a lighth read more
THE DIRTY HEROES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 27, 2021
THE DIRTY HEROES is a 1968 Italian-made WWII adventure story. In a review of the film I found on the internet, it was referred to as a "macaroni combat" movie--I assume this was the equivalent of a Spaghetti Western. In 1945 Holland, three Americans escape from a German POW camp. The grou read more
THE GAMMA PEOPLE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 21, 2021
Another obscure British science-fiction film directed by John Gilling. This time it's the 1956 production THE GAMMA PEOPLE. Gilling also co-wrote the script. Two newspaper reporters (Paul Douglas and Leslie Phillips) are traveling on a train through Europe, when they are inadvertently str read more
VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 20, 2021
This is the 1962 American version of a 1958 Toho film originally titled DAIKAIJU BARAN. The Toho version is not one of the company's best science-fiction features, but it is a fairly decent giant monster movie. It also had the involvement of Toho's talented trio: Ishiro Honda as director, Eiji read more
THE NIGHT CALLER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 14, 2021
THE NIGHT CALLER is a 1965 British science-fiction film directed by John Gilling (THE REPTILE, THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES). The movie is also known as NIGHT CALLER FROM OUTER SPACE and BLOOD BEAST FROM OUTER SPACE. A strange object from space lands in the English countryside, tracked by a read more
NIGHT OF TERROR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 12, 2021
NIGHT OF TERROR is a 1933 mystery-thriller from Columbia Pictures, starring Bela Lugosi. I recently watched it for the first time on Tubi. This is the first of many old dark house/mystery/horror films that Bela would appear in during his acting career. Lugosi would always be a red herring read more
THE KISS BEFORE THE MIRROR On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 7, 2021
THE KISS BEFORE THE MIRROR is a stylish 1933 courtroom drama produced by Universal and directed by the great James Whale. The story is set in Vienna, where distinguished lawyer Paul Held (Frank Morgan) defends his friend Walter Bernsdorf (Paul Lukas) after the man has killed his unfaithfu read more
THE CARPET OF HORROR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 6, 2021
THE CARPET OF HORROR is a 1962 krimi film, a German/Italian/Spanish production. It stars the royal couple of the krimi genre, Joachim Fuchsberger and Karin Dor. The original German title for this is DER TEPPICH DES GRAUENS. Despite the title, there's no horrific carpets on display here, s read more
JET ATTACK
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Feb 1, 2021
Sunday, January 31st, was the 100th anniversary of John Agar's birth. Agar is well known to film geeks for his numerous appearances in low-budget horror and science-fiction films made during the 1950s and 60s. When I wrote a blog post on my personal list of the greatest movie monster fighters read more
Book Review: MICHAEL CURTIZ--A LIFE IN FILM
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 31, 2021
This is the paperback edition of Alan K. Rode's much-needed biography of one of the greatest film directors of all time. The Hungarian-born Michael Curtiz had a prolific and incredible movie career. His name is attached to some of the most famous movies ever made, and he directed all sort read more
COWGIRLS VS PTERODACTYLS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 29, 2021
Joshua Kennedy's latest opus, COWGIRLS VS PTERODACTYLS, was officially premiered last week in his hometown of Edinburg, Texas. The movie will soon be available on Blu-ray from Amazon. COWGIRLS is set in Texas, 1864, where numerous sightings of large, strange bird-like creatures have been read more
YOUNG MEDARDUS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 25, 2021
I'm currently reading Alan K. Rode's mammoth biography of film director Michael Curtiz. It's a fascinating book, and a long-overdue examination of a filmmaker that never seems to get the attention he deserves. One of the revelatory parts of the biography is the coverage of Curtiz's movie read more
THE LADY AND THE MONSTER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 17, 2021
This is the very first film adaptation of Curt Siodmak's science-fiction novel DONOVAN'S BRAIN. The movie was made by Republic Pictures and released in 1944. Siodmak was not involved in the production, which was directed by Western veteran George Sherman. In a spooky castle-like building read more
CD Review: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY Original Soundtrack Expanded Edition
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 14, 2021
I've mentioned on this blog and on Facebook several times how the very first movie soundtrack I ever bought was for THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY. That purchase was on audio cassette, and I've bought it many times since, including a vinyl re-release just last summer. Now, Quartet Records read more
VALLEY OF THE ZOMBIES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 10, 2021
VALLEY OF THE ZOMBIES is a 1946 thriller from Republic Pictures, a company best known for their Western movies. I saw it for the first time last night, and while it's not a great film by any means, it is a cut above similar product made by the likes of Monogram and PRC. Veteran character read more
THE 39 STEPS (1959)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 6, 2021
The 1959 version of THE 39 STEPS was the first remake of Alfred Hitchcock's famous 1935 spy tale. It is also proof that unnecessary remakes are not just a 21st Century phenomenon. This version, a British production directed by Ralph Thomas, is based on the screenplay for the 1935 version, read more
Barbara Shelley (1932-2021)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 4, 2021
2021 is not starting off too well, with news of the death of English actress Barbara Shelley. Shelley, who was born Barbara Kowin, appeared in eight different movies for Hammer Films, and had major roles in seven of them--more than any actress had for the company. She was also, in my opin read more
SPACE MASTER X-7
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jan 3, 2021
Edward Bernds is best known for his work directing various films with the Bowery Boys and The Three Stooges, but in the late 1950s, he started to make a series of science-fiction features. They ranged from the mildly interesting (WORLD WITHOUT END), to the infamous (QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE) and t read more