DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org The Amazing Mr. X, also known as The Spiritualist (1948) is a film noir directed by Bernard Vorhaus with cinematography by John Alton. Like Nightmare Alley (1947), this film tells the story of a phony spiritualist racket. The film is prominently featured in Alton's book on cinematography Painting with Light (1949). The film stars Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, and Richard Carlson. Eagle-Lion Films signed a contract with Carole Landis for the part played by Bari, but Landis committed suicide a few days before shooting began. Two years after her husband's death, Christine Faber (Lynn Bari) thinks she hears her late husband (Donald Curtis) calling out of the surf on the beach one night. She meets a tall dark man named Alexis (Turhan Bey) who seems to know all about her. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and her younger sister (Cathy O'Donnell) become enmeshed in the strange life of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper cruelness than he had in mind. At preview screenings, audiences found some parts of the film to be funny, and therefore drew unintended laughs. Turhan Bey (born March 30, 1922) is an American actor of Turkish and Czech descent. Bey was active in Hollywood from 1941 to 1953. He was dubbed "The Turkish Delight" by his fans for his exotic handsome looks. After his return to Europe, he pursued careers as a photographer and stage director. Returning briefly to Hollywood to receive an ... Теги:cigarettecaseseancebalconymagicianbeautifulwomanpsychicfrombeyondthegravecultfavoritemediumcontactwithdeadspiritualismfingerprintsfakeddeathpaintingpetbirdphonographcrowtwowaymirrorfilmnoirhorrorthrillerghostshortghostsscaryrock musicpoliticscommunismhauntedtapetrickcaughtrealcardspiritshuntershalloweenactivitytricksbirdsspooky
thefilmarchive.org DVD: www.amazon.com In 1947, Marx was chosen to host a radio quiz program You Bet Your Life broadcast by ABC and then CBS, before moving over to NBC radio and television in 1950. Filmed before a live audience, the television show consisted of Marx interviewing the contestants and ad libbing jokes, before playing a brief quiz. The show was responsible for the phrases "Say the secret woid [word] and divide $100" (that is, each contestant would get $50); and "Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?" or "What color is the White House?" (asked when Marx felt sorry for a contestant who had not won anything). It ran for eleven years on television. Groucho was the subject of an urban legend about a supposed response to a contestant who had nine children which supposedly brought down the house. In response to Marx asking in disbelief why she had so many children, the contestant replied, "I love my husband." To this, Marx responded, "I love my cigar, too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while." Groucho often asserted in interviews that this exchange never took place, but it remains one of the most often quoted "Groucho-isms" nonetheless. Throughout his career he introduced a number of memorable songs in films, including "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" and "Hello, I Must Be Going", in Animal Crackers, "Whatever It Is, I'm Against It", "Everyone Says I Love You" and "Lydia the Tattooed Lady". Frank Sinatra, who once quipped that the only thing he could do better than ... Теги:cashprizecomedyfamilygameshowgrouchoquizsarcasmbasedonradioserieswackyguestsduckmarxbrothersculttvinterviewsecretwordnonfictionherewaitingcomesyourarmsHead (linguistics)Game showThe Secret (book)television showrightstillinsideright hereInheritance (book)outbookshere comesreadingpoetrylibrarycomicwritingpoemHead (company)sunauthorrichardnovel
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org First Spaceship on Venus, German: Der schweigende Stern (en: The Silent Star), Polish: Milcząca Gwiazda, is a 1960 East German/Polish film directed by Kurt Maetzig and based on the novel The Astronauts by Stanisław Lem. The film is also known as Planet of the Dead, Silent Star and Spaceship Venus Does Not Reply A much shortened 1962 Crown International Pictures English dubbed release in the USA used the name First Spaceship on Venus where it was double billed with Varan the Unbelievable. Lem disowned the movie.[citation needed] First Spaceship on Venus was featured in episodes of both Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Cinema Insomnia. The film begins in 1985, when engineers involved in an industrial project to irrigate the Gobi Desert accidentally unearth a mysterious and apparently artificial "spool." When found to be made of a material unknown on Earth, the spool is circumstantially linked to the Tunguska explosion of 1908. The "spool" is seized on as evidence that the explosion, originally blamed on a meteor, was actually caused by a spaceship. Professor Harringway deduces the alien craft must have come from {[Venus]]. The spool itself is determined to be a flight recorder, and partially decoded by an international team of scientists led by Professor Sikarna and Dr. Tchen Yu. When radio greetings sent to Venus go unanswered, Harringway announces that a journey to Venus is Earth's only alternative. The recently-completed Cosmokrator ... Теги:teamspaceshipalienastronautartifactatomicbombspacepioneerlinguisticseinsteinfuturecreatureradiationspacecraftnuclearthreatmst3kextraterrestrial1900souter1980sscienceliquidfoodtravelvenustheplanetsovietcommunismmassdestructionmagneticfieldufoaliensmoontheaterweapons
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Code of the Cactus is a 1939 American film directed by Sam Newfield. Cast Tim McCoy as "Lightning" Bill Carson / Miguel Ben Corbett as Magpie Dorothy Short as Joan Ted Adams as Thurston Alden 'Stephen' Chase as Foreman James Dave O'Brien as Bob Swane Forrest Taylor as Blackton Bob Terry as Lefty, gang truck driver Slim Whitaker as Sheriff Burton Frank Wayne as Jake, gang truck shotgun Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld, (December 6, 1889 -- November 10, 1964) also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American B-movie director, with over two hundred and fifty feature films to his credit. To such production several shorts and TV series episodes shall be added. Because of this massive output, sometimes releasing nearly twenty movies in a single year, he has been called the most prolific director of the sound era. Most of Newfield's movies were created for PRC Pictures. This was a film production company that he operated in association with his brother Sigmund Neufeld. The films they produced were mostly low budget productions, the majority being westerns, with an occasional horror film or crime drama. Col. Tim McCoy (born Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy April 10, 1891 -- died January 29, 1978) was an American actor, military officer, and expert on American Indian life and customs. Ben Corbett (6 February 1892 -- 19 May 1961) was an American film actor. He appeared in 283 films between 1915 and 1956. He was born in Hudson ... Теги:mexicanhijackerlightningbillcarsonseriescattlerustlingtrucktractortrailerrangedetectivefakeaccentundercovergangstergovernmentcontractsongcrookedbusinessmanbidsamnewfieldedwardhalperintimmccoybencorbettdorothyshorttedadamsstephencasedaveo'brienforresttaylorbobterryslimwhitakerfrankwaynejohnkennedyoregonconanportlandworld warhistoryrussiawarfare
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org The Case of the Frightened Lady is a 1940 British, black-and-white, crime, drama, mystery thriller, directed by George King and starring Ronald Shiner as Detective Sergeant Tatty, Felix Aylmer, Helen Haye and Marius Goring. It was produced by Pennant Picture Productions and presented by British Lion Film Corporation. The film is based on a play by Edgar Wallace. This production was the second time that Wallace's play had been adapted for the cinema. The first production in 1932 was directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starred Emlyn Williams. The BBC also produced two television versions; the first in 1938 and the second in 1983 which starred Warren Clarke and Virginia McKenna. The story is a thriller that revolves around the Lebanon family who live at Mark's Priory. Lady Lebanon (Helen Haye) tells her son, Lord William Lebanon (Marius Goring) that he must marry his cousin Isla Crane (Penelope Dudley Ward) to continue the family line. However, William has no intention of marrying Isla and matters are made more complicated due to Isla falling in love with architect, Richard Ferraby (Patrick Barr), who has come to Mark's Priory to draw up renovation plans. At the same time, the strange behavior of two footmen and the family physician (Felix Aylmer) add to the mystery surrounding the family and eventually rumor and speculation lead to a murderous conclusion. Ronald Alfred Shiner (8 June 1903, London -- 29 June 1966, London) was a British ... Теги:crimedramamysteryfilmsergeantmotherkidnappingfamilyrelationshipsmurderinheritancedetectivelootpsychothrillerbasedonplayscaryfunnybobbyfaceshortoregonconanportlandpolicetelevision showactioncasejaytrailercomedyscaredscreamdetective conantonightmaineindependentholmesrancinemamazegameweirdcreepybriendouglasscreamingclosedeugenesherlock
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven (UK title: The Girl from Texas) is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by William Castle and starring Guy Madison and Diana Lynn. Eddie Tayloe (Madison) is a reporter assigned to the Ft. Worth desk of a Dallas newspaper, and as the two neighboring cities are feuding, therefore has nothing to do. He dreams of becoming a New York playwright, and a small inheritance from his grandfather gives him his chance. Quitting his job, he begins the long drive. Picking up hitchhiker Perry Denklin (Lynn), also looking for fame and fortune in New York, he shares with her encounters with various eccentric characters. The big city does not work out for either of them, and when Eddie finds Perry working in a Coney Island girlie show, he pulls her out and they find happiness together, buying a ranch back in Texas. Cast Guy Madison as Eddie Tayloe Diana Lynn as Perry Dunklin James Dunn as Mike Lionel Stander as Bellhop Florence Bates as Mandy Michael Chekhov as Gaboolian Margaret Hamilton as Ruby Cheever Moyna Macgill (credit: Moyna Magill) as Pearl Cheever Irene Ryan as Opal Cheever Colin Campbell as MacWirther Clem Bevans as Capt. Bjorn William Frawley as Agent Alvin Hammer as Bernie Roscoe Karns as Carmody Erskine Sanford as Dr. Danson John Gallaudet as McGonical With the film's July 1948 opening, a one-scene bit in the Dallas newspaper office as a copy boy marked the screen debut of World War II hero and future ... Теги:playwrightpickpocketmeetcutemoneybeltrunningawaycarbreakdownsockonthejawdallastexasdeathofgrandfatherridingincottoncandydoctorrevolverglovecompartmentmechanicalhorsequittingjobhotdogstandbellshopbrooklynnewyorkcityflashbackrearprojectionbourbonsisterrelationshipwriterhoteldrivinginheritancekissfastmotionscenelightnycfortledhoustonhorror movieworld warhistoryrussiawarfare
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org Please Murder Me is a 1956 American film directed by Peter Godfrey. Cast Angela Lansbury as Myra Leeds Raymond Burr as Attorney Craig Carlson Dick Foran as Joe Leeds John Dehner as Dist. Atty. Ray Willis Lamont Johnson as Carl Holt Robert Griffin as Lou Kazarian Denver Pyle as Det. Lt. Bradley Alex Sharp as Sgt. Hill Lee Miller as Policeman on witness stand Russell Thorson as Trial judge Defense lawyer Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr) buys a pistol at a pawn shop and travels to his office, where he deposits the gun in a desk drawer with a file folder, then begins to dictate into a tape recorder. Directing his message to District Attorney Ray Willis (John Dehner), he reveals that he anticipates being murdered within an hour, and begins to tell his story in extended flashbacks. The memories begin with him explaining to his war buddy and best friend Joe Leeds (Dick Foran) that he is having an affair with Leeds's wife Myra (Angela Lansbury), who wants a divorce. His reaction concerned rather than angry, Joe asks Craig to give him a little time to think the matter over. Days later at his own office, Joe finishes writing a letter as his business partner Lou Kazarian arrives fresh from his daughter's wedding. Distraught over his own marriage, Joe gives the letter to Lou to mail and makes a phone call to Myra telling her he will be home soon to discuss something. Joe goes home to confront Myra in their bedroom, where a door is closed, and the ... Теги:angelalansburyraymondburrcrimedramafilmnoirthrillermurderthereminadulterypetergodfreyalc.warddonaldhydedickforanjohndehnerlamontjohnsonrobertgriffindenverpylealexsharpleemillerrussellthorsonlaurenlauraabbycommentshortfamilykennedytedmarkrichardscottactioncomedykev
