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The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)- part 3

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 15, 2015

Mistakes, Errors, and good old fashioned screw-ups I recently  had the opportunity to watch Frankenstein and The Bride Of Frankenstein back to back. And I found it puzzling that James Whale, with experience as an actor, a set designer, and a director, would allow such a muddled beginning to be read more

Bride Of Frankenstein (1935) part 2

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 8, 2015

“The Bride of Frankenstein” was the sequel to the hit “Frankenstein”. It’s very rare that a sequel is more successful than the film that spawned it. But in this particular case a successful sequel was only possible because of the right director, a good story, a cast tha read more

Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)–part 1

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 1, 2015

It’s that time of year again… I’m sorry. I tried. I really tried. I tried to look at this iconic picture as the horror picture it’s supposed to be. Maybe when it was first released in 1935 people looked at it as the classic horror film it is. Back then people were trying to read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 10

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 28, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Captain Murrell becomes overconfident and underestimates the experience of Kapitan von Strolberg. He repeats a seeming harmless manoeuvre, only to find his ship under attack from four torpedoes.  Sona read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 9

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 19, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk The thing that stands out about this film are the captains. They do some honest to god thinking, and maybe some philosophising too. They don’t simply blast away hoping to hit the vessel of their enem read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 8

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 11, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk All U-boats, no matter what design or type, had two types of engines – diesel and electric. Diesel had the benefit of being the more powerful of the two, while electric motors had to be recharged eve read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 7

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 8, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Something I didn’t expect in this film was the attention to detail. But as in all war films there’s someone who shouldn’t be hurt or killed who is hurt or killed, and always he has the mo read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 6

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 4, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk I said earlier that Doc is the “soul” of the entire crew. He not only thinks thoughts one might not associate with a military man, but some his questions cause others to consider what they̵ read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 5

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Aug 1, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk * In part 4 I was mistaken. I said the “spook” was discovered by sonar. That was wrong. Since the ship was on the surface, and the “spook” was too, it could have only been discovere read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 4

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 29, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk The film The Enemy Below was, and still is, a rarity. It’s one of the very few war films that doesn’t glorify war. The people in it don’t go out of their way to denigrate their opponent. read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 3

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 26, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk When I watch a film, good or bad, I’m always on the lookout for stars I didn’t know were in the film. Sometimes the have dialog, and sometimes they’re don’t. When that happens they read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–part 2

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 16, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Curt Jurgens was born Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jurgens, and was an accomplished German-Austrian stage and film actor. When appeared in English speaking roles his name was Americanized to Curt. H read more

The Enemy Below (1957)–Part 1

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 5, 2015

All dialog in brown text is taken from the movie script at www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk Starring Robert Mitchum as Captain Murrell  Curt Jurgens as Kapitan von Strolberg  Russell Collins as “Doc” and debuting in their first feature film…  Doug McClure as En read more

The Old Movie House has been re-activated !

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jul 3, 2015

  I once told someone I would like to consider as a good friend that I considered this blog as a bit of a refuge. You may wonder what I’m talking about, and some of you may even think “always thought he was squirrelly. This proves it – he’s bats !”. My dad is slow read more

The Old Movie House is closing its doors

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Jun 8, 2015

  I’m still not feeling up to continuing this blog. When I started it  it was a hobby. Since last winter it became more of a job I don’t really care for. So instead of asking you to stick around I’ve decided to close the doors. For 90 percent of the time it was a helluva read more

The Old Movie House is closing

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on May 17, 2015

  Things are not going too well. It’s going to take a lot longer for my throat to heal. I just do not have the energy to continue posting with any regularity. So…to make a long story short The Old Movie House is closed. The site will remain up, but the site will no longer be updated read more

A Night To Remember (1958)

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on May 4, 2015

The film A Night To Remember is based on the book A Night To Remember by Walter Lord. His book was the first written about the Royal Mail Ship Titanic in forty years. Producer William MacQuitty had originally planned with Shaw, Savill & Albion Line to use the Dominion Monarch to shoot scenes for read more

Escape Of The Birdmen-Made For TV Movie-Ep. 5

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Apr 30, 2015

Everyone is now really upset. When Harry first proposed the glider project he said that the men to fly would be chosen at the last minute. Tanker thought it was a good idea as everyone would work at their peak. But when Harrys says that he and Olav are going to fly, and that was the plan all along, read more

Escape Of The Birdmen-Made For TV Movie-Ep. 4

The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Apr 27, 2015

Harry is faced with a dilemma. He has to choose between completing a job he was given by the President of the United States, and informing on a fellow officer and flier. Deciding he must do something he pays a visit to Commandant Schillers’ office. When Harry arrives the commandants face is gr read more
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