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The Pride Of The Yankees–Part 2
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 14, 2011
When we last saw Lou he had just clobbered the stuffing out a baseball, smashing Coletti’s store window. And he was be talked to by a his mama, under the watchful gaze of uncle Otto. Otto was an engineer, and Lou’s parents wanted him to become a n engineer too. Apparently, uncle Ot read more
The Pride Of The Yankees–Part 1
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 13, 2011
Lou Gehrig was man who just happened to love baseball. And, as it should be, loved his wife a great deal more. The film is a love story of a husband and wife, with a little bit of baseball thrown in. It’s the love every couple should have. It’s a love that’s transcended read more
Between Two Worlds–Part 4
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 9, 2011
WARNING KLEENEX ALERT !!! If you know where the Kleenex is, you better get it. If you prefer handkerchiefs you better find it. You’re gonna need it. This is a warning. Henry cannot read more
Between Two Worlds–Part 3
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 8, 2011
While Henry comforts a tearful Ann, Tom Prior, a former newspaperman, and basically a pain in the backside to most, overhears Ann and Henry. He says he won’t tell a soul, but with newspaper ink flowing in his veins that’s exactly what he does. Pete Musick, the merchant seaman who read more
Between Two Worlds–Part 2
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 7, 2011
We’ve all thought about it. You can’t help it. It’s one of those questions everybody asks at least once in their life times. And it’s one of the few times, and I do mean few, when the question of “what happens when we die” is dealt with in read more
Between Two Worlds–Part 1
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Oct 3, 2011
Between Two Worlds is set in 1944 World War II. It is a remake of the 1930 film called Outward Bound. Outward Bound is also the title of the play both are based on. The cast consists of… John Garfield as Tom Prior Edmund Gwenn as Scrubby Eleanor Parker as Ann & read more
MAROONED–part 10
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 29, 2011
Sorry for the delay. Here is the final post for Marooned – Tom
When we left the story Ironman One commander Jim Pruett had just bitten the celestial dust. His wife was informed, rather coldly, by Charles Keith.
Two guys remain. Stoney and Buzz are breathing the last of what little air they hav read more
MAROONED–part 9
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 26, 2011
Keith asked if there was enough oxygen for two men to survive. Dr. Michaels tried not to answer. Keith asked about just one person. Dr. Michaels thought about the three men, and what they must be going through. Finally he replied “that two just might make it”.
Keith left the room for som read more
MAROONED–part 7
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 23, 2011
The three wives strode down the hall to the desk so they could have a few minutes with they’re husbands – in private. Dick Wheeler, the Ironman One flight director, led the three into mission control. Celia Pruett, Tracy Stone, and Betty Lloyd all exchanged the usual chit-chat. They talk read more
MAROONED–part 8
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 23, 2011
Through the magic of movie making it is now night time. The Soviet Union has launched something, and its orbit seems to be getting closer and closer to Ironman One. The Americans don’t know what was launched, or what it will do, if anything, to Ironman One. In the book they launch a Soyuz spac read more
MAROONED–part 6
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 22, 2011
The crew of Ironman One has had enough, and want to do something to mend their stricken ship. The used to fix planes with paper clips and bottle caps. Sitting there passively, waiting to die, is not for them. All of them want to come home alive. So they get out their space suits and prepare to get read more
MAROONED–part 5
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 20, 2011
Dougherty loses his temper.”Screw your rational approach. Three of your pilots are in trouble. They’re going to die unless you, we, do something about it. And if you don’t try to get them down, then god damn you.”
The two looked like they were about to come to blows.
“Y read more
MAROONED–part 4
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 18, 2011
While Ironman One was in contact with the ground someone suddenly remembered the wives of the astronauts were in the VIP booth. It fell to Ted Dougherty to break the bad news to them. The three had figured something was not right. They couldn’t hear inside the booth. Of the three only Teresa read more
MAROONED–part 3
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 16, 2011
After the launch sequence Charles Keith, the head of manned space exploration, reviews some videotape from Ironman 1. The subject on the screen is astronaut Buzz Lloyd. He and fellow astronauts Pruett and Stone have been in the lab for five months. And they are starting to make mistakes. Not trivial read more
MAROONED–part 1
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 15, 2011
The Book
Marooned the film is based on the book Marooned by Martin Caidin. Martin Caidin was a rather prolific writer who started his writing career in the fifties. He wrote over one thousand magazine articles, and over fifty books by the time he passed away in the late nineties.
If you read his wor read more
MAROONED–part 2
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 15, 2011
The Film
Was much better than the book. The screenwriters knew what parts to toss into the garbage. Almost every review of the film I’ve read referred to it as slow. And I agree. But I think I know the reason. I think director John Sturges wanted to condense 44 hours into 2 hours. And wa read more
Destination Moon-Part 4–The Moon Walk Part 2
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 11, 2011
150 pounds. The weight of a grown man. That’s all that was needed. But the ship was stripped of every nonessential bit of weight. The crew stood looking at each other, and they were all thinking the same thing. Someone had to stay. Only two questions needed to be asked, and those same two ques read more
Destination Moon-Part 4–The Moon Walk
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 10, 2011
They’ve landed. Now they get a chance to stretch their legs. At first there’s a little confusion about who should be the first human being to step on the moon. They are reminded that without Cargraves’ engine nobody would be where they are now. So it’s agreed that Cargraves s read more
Destination Moon-Part 3
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 8, 2011
Things are going pretty well aside from the fact nobody on this pilgrimage has any training on what they are about to do. Joe Sweeney, radio operator and comic relief displays the effects of launch in this screencap from the film. Unfortunately for him this expression sums up how he’ll read more
Destination Moon-Part 1
The Old Movie House Posted by Tom on Sep 7, 2011
The Cast John Archer as Jim Barnes Warner Anderson as Dr. Charles Cargraves Tom Powers as Gen. Thayer Dick Wesson as Joe Sweeney Erin O’Brien-Moore as Emily Cargraves Reviewers Thoughts I had a hoot watchin read more