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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
My Top Five Blu-rays Of 2020
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 30, 2020
There's no need for me to tell you that this year sucked. But this was a great year for home video product (that is, if you still had enough money to buy any of this stuff). Thankfully, I'm still working regularly, so, as usual, I spent plenty of money on Blu-rays and DVDs. And I still do read more
POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 26, 2020
Being this is the holiday season, the movie IT"S A WONDERFUL LIFE gets discussed often. What doesn't get discussed nearly enough is what happened to the career of that film's director, Frank Capra, after it was made. Capra is one of my favorite movie directors of all time, and in the 1930 read more
Season Two Of THE MANDALORIAN
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 25, 2020
One good thing about 2020 was the second season of THE MANDALORIAN. The first season of the show was great--but it wound up being an appetizer for Season Two. This year the show expanded its horizons, giving more of an examination of the post-RETURN OF THE JEDI Star Wars Universe. The Man read more
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN On Blu-ray From Warner Archive
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 21, 2020
Despite all the horrid things that happened in 2020, fans of Hammer Films couldn't complain about the many home video releases of the famed company's product. Shout Factory continued its Hammer series, and Mill Creek released a 20 film Blu-ray set of Hammer movies made for Columbia Pictures. T read more
POSTMAN'S KNOCK
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 8, 2020
POSTMAN'S KNOCK is a 1962 British comedy starring Spike Milligan, about--what else--a hapless postman. The main reason I watched the film was that the major female role was played by one of the leading ladies of English Gothic cinema, Barbara Shelley. (It was no less than Veronica Carlson who read more
MANK
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 6, 2020
The big thing trending movie-wise now is MANK, an exaggerated biopic of 1930s Hollywood screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. The film purports to tell how Mankiewicz, suffering the after-effects of a car crash and holed up in a desert retreat, wrote what would become the basis of CITIZEN KA read more
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 5, 2020
Boris Karloff had plenty of movies on release in 1940. That year he starred in films from Universal, Columbia, Monogram, and Warner Bros. The last movie on his Warner contract was BRITISH INTELLIGENCE, a very convoluted, very low-budget espionage tale set during World War One. Karloff pla read more
THE TELL-TALE HEART (1960)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Dec 1, 2020
In his essential book ENGLISH GOTHIC, Jonathan Rigby declares, "....THE TELL-TALE HEART is something of a lost classic, albeit a minor one, of British horror." Having seen the film for the first time over the weekend, I wouldn't exactly call it a classic. This Edgar Allan Poe adaptation from 1 read more