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Book Review: CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 10, 2019
Frank Dello Stritto's CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS is a follow up to his magnificent book A WEREWOLF REMEMBERS: THE TESTAMENT OF LAWRENCE STEWART TALBOT. Both volumes are "biographies" of famous fantastic film characters.
CARL DENHAM'S GIANT MONSTERS covers the life of the man who captured King Kon read more
JOHN PAUL JONES
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 6, 2019
On the Fourth of July Turner Classic Movies screened the 1959 historical biopic JOHN PAUL JONES. I was watching the White Sox game at the time, but I caught up with the movie a couple days later.
JOHN PAUL JONES was produced by Samuel Bronston, who is best known for making big-budget epics such as read more
WAR AND PEACE On Blu-ray From Criterion
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 4, 2019
I had read about the 1960s Russian film version of WAR AND PEACE a number of times. I had read that the entire project may have been the most expensive cinematic production ever, how it may have used the largest number of extras ever, and that in total it was a mind-boggling seven hours long.
Thank read more
The Universal Horror Collection: Vol. 1 On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 29, 2019
In the past year Shout Factory has released a number of Blu-rays covering various eras of classic fantastic cinema--Universal science-fiction movies from the 1950s, Hammer Films titles from the 1960s, and some of the Val Lewton-RKO series from the 1940s. Now the company delves into the 1930s with th read more
FOOLS FOR SCANDAL
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 18, 2019
Yesterday TCM showed FOOLS FOR SCANDAL, a 1938 romantic comedy made by Warner Bros. which starred Carole Lombard.
Lombard happens to be my favorite actress of all time, and FOOLS FOR SCANDAL was a film that I had never seen. I own a number of books about Lombard, and every single one of them refers read more
THE VAMPIRE OF THE OPERA
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 17, 2019
The 1964 Italian production THE VAMPIRE OF THE OPERA forms a rough trilogy with THE VAMPIRE AND THE BALLERINA and THE PLAYGIRLS AND THE VAMPIRE. All three films were made in Italy, all of them are black & white, and they all feature a group of young, beautiful women being preyed upon by an undea read more
FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN On Blu-ray From Shout Factory
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 14, 2019
Shout Factory's new series of Hammer Blu-ray releases continues with FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN, the fourth film starring Peter Cushing as Baron Frankenstein.
FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN has been on home video several times. It was released on A region Blu-ray by Millennium in 2014. That version fea read more
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 11, 2019
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT is one of my favorite movies of all time. It made a huge amount of money when it was released in 1977, and despite its low-brow reputation, it is now considered an American classic.
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT II, on the other hand....
Even as a kid back in the early 80s I knew tha read more
DUNKIRK (1958)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 9, 2019
Christopher Nolan's DUNKIRK was a film that I was quite impressed with--so much so that I named it as my favorite movie of 2017. A few days ago I was able to view the 1958 film of DUNKIRK. This movie doesn't have the technical or editing virtuosity that the 2017 film has, but it is impressive in its read more
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 4, 2019
The real reason I went to see GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS is that the film features classic Toho kaiju such as King Ghidorah, Rodan, and Mothra. All three monsters are expertly realized here--but the rest of the movie isn't.
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS is a follow-up to the 2014 GODZILLA and read more
VIOLENT PLAYGROUND
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 2, 2019
Last night Turner Classic Movies showed another film which contains an obscure Peter Cushing performance: VIOLENT PLAYGROUND, a 1957 juvenile delinquency drama starring Stanley Baker and directed by Basil Dearden.
VIOLENT PLAYGROUND was produced right before Cushing portrayed Van Helsing for the fi read more
ARABIAN ADVENTURE On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on Jun 1, 2019
I had seen every single one of the films Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee appeared in--except for one: ARABIAN ADVENTURE, a 1979 fantasy adventure set in the long-ago Middle East. Kino Lorber has just released the film on home video, and of course I bought it on Blu-ray.
While it's technically a read more
THE END OF THE AFFAIR (1955)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 26, 2019
Last week Turner Classic Movies showed THE END OF THE AFFAIR, a 1955 drama starring Van Johnson and Deborah Kerr. The movie also features Peter Cushing in a major supporting role. THE END OF THE AFFAIR was one of the very few Cushing films I had never seen. (The movie was remade in the 1990s.) read more
The Three Stooges On MeTV
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 25, 2019
Starting Saturday, June 1, at 6 PM EST, the MeTV network will be showing Three Stooges shorts weekly throughout the summer. MeTV has announced that the shorts will be uncut, and each one of the Saturday showings will have a different theme. The presentation of the shorts will last an hour.
Anyone w read more
THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 21, 2019
THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF (1970) is a somewhat obscure British film that stars Roger Moore. The movie is a quite effective psychological thriller that gives Moore an opportunity to go against his popular image. It has just been released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber.
Moore plays Harold Pelham, a stai read more
FANTOMAS: THREE FILM COLLECTION
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 18, 2019
The super-villain Fantomas was created by French writers Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain over a hundred years ago. The character appeared in a mammoth silent movie serial produced in 1913-14 and directed by Louis Feuillade. This legendary screen adventure was the forerunner of many of the blockbu read more
Doris Day And Tim Conway
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 14, 2019
I don't write a lot of tribute blog posts when a notable performer passes away, simply because celebrity deaths seem to happen all the time. If I was in the habit of regularly writing tribute posts, I'd have to do it constantly, and I don't want this blog to be nothing more than an obituary.
But th read more
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN On Blu-ray From Kino
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 12, 2019
SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN is famous--or infamous--for featuring three of the greatest stars in fantastic films history. Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing all get major billing, despite the fact that they all play supporting roles (Cushing is in only one scene). The 1969 film has been r read more
THE INFORMER (1929)
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 11, 2019
John Ford is my favorite film director of all time, and one of his greatest films is THE INFORMER, the 1935 multi-Oscar winning story of betrayal set in 1920s Ireland. What most people don't realize is that THE INFORMER was a remake--the story had been filmed in England in 1929. That version has jus read more
AVENGERS: ENDGAME And The Idea Of Fan Service
The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on May 6, 2019
I've seen AVENGERS: ENDGAME twice so far (don't worry, I'm not going to give out any spoilers). It's a helluva movie, and a fitting climax to a decade's worth of nearly two-dozen films.
What impressed me most about ENDGAME was the character interaction. If you've watched the majority of the Marvel read more