Monthly Archives: July 2013

Scream Of Fear (1961)

Posted on July 31, 2013 by vintage45

Sometimes billed as a horror movie but it’s really a mystery thriller. Susan Strasberg stars as a woman confined to a wheelchair who keeps seeing her dead father. Christopher Lee has a small part as a Doctor. He uses a … Continue reading →

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The Androids (Lest Earth Be Conquered)-Frank Belknap Long (1969)

Posted on July 31, 2013 by vintage45

Are the new people next door aliens? When it is this uninteresting, who cares? The book is only 144 pages so I was hoping for something tight and a good read. Hope springs eternal but it didn’t spring here. Fourteen … Continue reading →

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1934-1938-Adrian Rollini

Posted on July 31, 2013 by vintage45

Twenty-five tracks featuring some top names of the day with the versatile musician. Rollini is best known for playing bass sax with his group The Tap Room Gang. He also played piano along with other instruments. Some of the musicians … Continue reading →

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The Glass Tomb (The Glass Cage) (1955)

Posted on July 28, 2013 by vintage45

Something a bit different. It’s based on the A.E.Martin book “The Outsiders.” It runs a bit under an hour. It tells the story of a carnival man who tries to make a buck by putting on an exhibit called the … Continue reading →

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Cloudburst (1951)

Posted on July 25, 2013 by vintage45

Good one with Robert Preston as a man out to get revenge on the couple that ran down his wife. So he doesn’t have to put on a British accent the story has him as a Canadian whose family moved … Continue reading →

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Alfred Hithcock Presents Bar The Doors

Posted on July 25, 2013 by vintage45

Thirteen stories from 1893,95,1911,17,30,34,35,42,44. The collection was originally published in 1946. Favorites: “Pollock And The Porroh Man” (1895) – H.G.Wells – Pollock wants to get up close and personal with the witch doctor’s wife. That causes her death. Then he … Continue reading →

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Harry Reser’s Novelty Groups

Posted on July 25, 2013 by vintage45

In the 20’s and 30’s the banjoist recorded under various names and led several bands. One of the most famous groups was the Clicquot Club Eskimos. Twenty tracks in this collection designed to acquaint fans of the early 20th century … Continue reading →

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The Legion Of Missing Men (1937)

Posted on July 24, 2013 by vintage45

Dull account of the French Foreign Legion, an Arab bandit and two brothers who get in a heap of trouble and the woman who tries to make it right. Bob Carter (Ralph Forbes) is a professional soldier. He’s glad his … Continue reading →

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The Blue World-Jack Vance (1966)

Posted on July 24, 2013 by vintage45

Expanded version of the short story “King Kragen” that appeared in Fantastic Magazine in 1964. Vance takes some real barbs at cult leaders in this story of a sea monster that is the object of worship. The Blue World is … Continue reading →

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Baby Face Nelson (1957)

Posted on July 21, 2013 by vintage45

Rare disaster from director Don Siegel. Mickey Rooney is woefully miscast as the legendary gangster. He and Carolyn Jones as lovers is beyond laughable. Sir Cedric Hardwicke as a gangland doctor is just asinine. Van Alexander’s pseudo 1950’s attempt at … Continue reading →

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