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MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM On Blu-ray From Warner Archive
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 16, 2020
One of my favorite classic movies is the 1933 MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM. I first saw it on TV as a young teenager back in the mid-1980s, and I've been fascinated by it ever since. The combination of Gothic horror and Depression-era urban American attitude, the otherworldly look of the two-strip Tech read more
TARTUFFE On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 12, 2020
Kino Lorber continues its great line of silent cinema home video releases with the 1925 German film TARTUFFE, made by the famed UFA studios and directed by F.W. Murnau.
What makes TARTUFFE notable is the list of people who worked on it, a lineup of many of the most important talents in the German s read more
A Shocking Personal Revelation About THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 9, 2020
I take pride in the fact that I am an original Star Wars fan. What I mean by that is I was there at the very beginning in 1977 as a little kid.
Because of that status, I get a lot of questions from those who weren't around to experience the original theatrical releases of the first three Star Wars read more
40 Things I Love About THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 4, 2020
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the original theatrical release of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, here are 40 things I love about the movie. These are listed in no particular order, except for No. 1.
40. That thing about Luke's dad.
39. "You do have your moments."
38. Luke's contacting Leia through read more
Harry Langdon At Hal Roach: The Talkies 1929-30
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 2, 2020
Kit Parker Films and The Sprocket Vault mine the Hal Roach comedy archives again with this DVD set of eight short subjects featuring Harry Langdon.
The back of the disc case for this set states, "This is Harry Langdon at his most surreal." That has to be the understatement of the year. The shorts i read more
THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 29, 2020
Another Hammer horror classic gets the Shout Factory deluxe Blu-ray treatment--THE CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF.
This film was the only time Hammer ever dealt with the subject of lycanthropy. It had a very complicated pre- and post-production history, which is discussed in the extras on this disc. It also read more
CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 26, 2020
Shout Factory's impressive series of Region A Blu-ray Hammer releases continues with CAPTAIN KRONOS: VAMPIRE HUNTER.
CAPTAIN KRONOS is one of the many Hammer productions that is more appreciated now than when it came out. It was made in 1972, but not even released until two years later. Hammer head read more
WENT THE DAY WELL?
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 24, 2020
Recently I received in the mail a fantastic Blu-ray set called "Their Finest Hour: 5 British WWII Classics", from Film Movement. The set includes some of the best British war films ever made: WENT THE DAY WELL?, THE DAM BUSTERS, DUNKIRK, THE COLDITZ STORY, and ICE COLD IN ALEX. It's filled with extr read more
YOU GOTTA STAY HAPPY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 19, 2020
One of the main things that has affected me during these recent events is the lack of sports programming. If it wasn't for sports and movies, would I even need TV?? I'm starting to wonder.
One of the tasks I have been doing lately is going through my extensive home video collection, and picking out read more
MACARTHUR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 11, 2020
I didn't want to bring up the present situation in any of my blog writings--the last thing I want to do is remind readers of all the problems we face--but for today's subject I have to.
A week ago I stopped at a local Dollar General to look for....bath tissue. (Sad, isn't it??) They did have some l read more
The Classic Horror Film All-Star Baseball Team
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 8, 2020
I don't know where this idea originally popped in my head--heck, I never know where most of my ideas come from--but it's one I've had for a while. The idea is simple: what if you made up a baseball team of nothing but classic horror film stars??
It would be easy just to throw a list together, but I read more
HOUSE OF THE GORGON Wins The Rondo Award For Best Independent Film!
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 6, 2020
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you probably know about HOUSE OF THE GORGON--writer-producer-director-star Joshua Kennedy's tribute to the English Gothic, starring four notables of that genre: Caroline Munro, Veronica Carlson, Martine Beswicke, and Christopher Neame. The movie was filmed i read more
FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 5, 2020
In June of 2017, I wrote a blog post on the 1973 film FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY, which was made by Universal Studios for American television. That post was inspired by Sam Irvin's encyclopedic article on the movie for issue #38 of LITTLE SHOPPE OF HORRORS magazine.
FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY i read more
CAPTAIN NEMO AND THE UNDERWATER CITY
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 1, 2020
Earlier this week TCM showed CAPTAIN NEMO AND THE UNDERWATER CITY, a 1970 family-oriented fantasy-adventure made in England. I had never seen the film before.
Even though this movie was released in 1970, it feels like something that should have come out at least ten years before. The success of Dis read more
PUSHOVER
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 28, 2020
A couple nights ago, courtesy of the MOVIES! TV channel, I watched a 1954 film noir called PUSHOVER. The movie starred two of my favorite actresses of all time--Kim Novak and Dorothy Malone. PUSHOVER was in fact Novak's very first credited film role (she gets a "And Introducing" main title credit). read more
SON OF A SAILOR
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 21, 2020
This month Turner Classic Movies is showcasing classic film comedian Joe E. Brown. One of his films the channel showed was SON OF A SAILOR, a 1933 title made by Warner Bros. The major reason I watched it was for the fact that Thelma Todd is in it...but honestly, I could have just skipped it.
Joe E. read more
PAROLE INC.
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 17, 2020
Today's YouTube public domain theater entry is a cheap 1948 noir entitled PAROLE INC. One of the companies behind the movie was Eagle-Lion, formerly known as Producers Releasing Corporation.
The only notable thing about PAROLE INC. is that it stars Turhan Bey and Evelyn Ankers, two veterans of the read more
SECRETS OF THE FRENCH POLICE
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 15, 2020
In the late 1980s, a purchased a book called MORE CLASSICS OF THE HORROR FILM. It was written by esteemed film historian William K. Everson. This volume was a follow-up to Everson's CLASSICS OF THE HORROR FILM, one of the very first movie books I ever bought.
In MORE CLASSICS OF THE HORROR FILM, th read more
YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 11, 2020
YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU is a 1933 British film starring Thelma Todd and Stanley Lupino. I happened to obtain a grey-market DVD copy of the movie. It's a title that deserves a proper American home video release, and is must-viewing for Thelma Todd fans.
The story begins with Stanley Lupino as Tom and T read more
FEAR (1946)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Mar 8, 2020
A low-budget version of Dostoyevsky's CRIME AND PUNISHMENT from Poverty Row studio Monogram? It isn't a joke--it's the 1946 film FEAR, which transports the distinguished story to the black & white shadowy environs of the post-WWII American big city.
Peter Cookson plays Larry Crain, a penniless read more