The Silver Screen Oasis

I'll tune in for Black Scorpion. I never miss a Mara Corday film!

This month on Svengoolie...

9/2: Frankenstein (1931) w/ Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan and Frederic Kerr. And directed by James Whale.

9/9: War of the Gargantuas (1966) w/ Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno and Kenji Sahara. And directed by Ishirō Honda.

9/16: Mr. Sardonicus (1961) w/ Oscar Homolka, Ronald Lewis, Audrey Dalton and Guy Rolfe. And directed by William Castle.

9/23: Return of the Vampire (1943) w/ Bela Lugosi, Frieda Inescort, Nina Foch and Miles Mander. Plus Matt Willis. And directed by Lew Landers.

9/30: Trilogy of Terror (1975) w/ Karen Black. Written by Richard Matheson and William F. Nolan. And directed by Dan Curtis.

LiamCasey wrote: ↑September 1st, 2023, 12:38 pm This month on Svengoolie...

9/9: War of the Gargantuas (1966) w/ Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno and Kenji Sahara. And directed by Ishirō Honda.

WAIT! Not the same guy who brought us the groundbreaking SOHC inline-4, disc brake and electric start equiped CB750 that revolutionized the world's motorcycle industry back in 1969, right?!

(...oh wait...that was SOICHIRO Honda wasn't it...sorry, never mind)

Dargo wrote: ↑September 1st, 2023, 1:29 pm

LiamCasey wrote: ↑September 1st, 2023, 12:38 pm This month on Svengoolie...

9/9: War of the Gargantuas (1966) w/ Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno and Kenji Sahara. And directed by Ishirō Honda.

WAIT! Not the same guy who brought us the groundbreaking SOHC inline-4, disc brake and electric start equiped CB750 that revolutionized the world's motorcycle industry back in 1969, right?!

(...oh wait...that was SOICHIRO Honda wasn't it...sorry, never mind)

Makes me wonder how you would have reacted if it was directed by John Ford instead!

LiamCasey wrote: ↑September 1st, 2023, 1:39 pm

Dargo wrote: ↑September 1st, 2023, 1:29 pm

LiamCasey wrote: ↑September 1st, 2023, 12:38 pm This month on Svengoolie...

9/9: War of the Gargantuas (1966) w/ Russ Tamblyn, Kumi Mizuno and Kenji Sahara. And directed by Ishirō Honda.

WAIT! Not the same guy who brought us the groundbreaking SOHC inline-4, disc brake and electric start equiped CB750 that revolutionized the world's motorcycle industry back in 1969, right?!

(...oh wait...that was SOICHIRO Honda wasn't it...sorry, never mind)

Makes me wonder how you would have reacted if it was directed by John Ford instead!

LOL

Well ya know Liam, HENRY Ford also had his own "stock company" as well.

(...except of course in Henry's case, his "stock company" was traded on the NYSE)

MR. SARDONICUS (along with the A Night on Bald Mountain segment from FANTASIA) traumatized my childhood! I will not be watching it. I'm shivering already just typing this.

I like Return of the Vampire (1943) very much. It's unusual in that the Van Helsing-type character is a woman, beautifully played by Frieda Inescort; and the vampire's werewolf sidekick talks and is rather sweet.



Don't you just want to pet him?

Swithin, I love RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE! Andreas scares me! He has some creepy snickering moments in his banter with Bela -- "As if they could tell what happened...."

I enjoy Frieda's WWII British dialogue: "The Gerries seem to have rather taken things out of your hands"

Nina Foch's walk through the graveyard with Lugosi intoning: "Only a little further! Further! Further!"

Childhood favorite!

sorry for the double post. I got so excited about RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE, lol. It's exactly the type of movie I want to see on this show.

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑September 2nd, 2023, 3:33 pm sorry for the double post. I got so excited about RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE, lol. It's exactly the type of movie I want to see on this show.

No need to apologize. The more we get from you the better. Even it it's a rerun.

You are a sweetheart, laffite. Thank you my dear friend.

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑September 2nd, 2023, 3:33 pm
I enjoy Frieda's WWII British dialogue: "The Gerries seem to have rather taken things out of your hands"

I always enjoy Frieda Inescort's performances. She played the snobby Caroline Bingley in Pride and Prejudice. Favorite line: "Shall we take a turn about the room?"

She created the role of Mary Howard on Broadway, in When Ladies Meet. The role was played by Myrna Loy (1933) and Joan Crawford (1941) in the film versions.

Bronxgirl48 wrote: ↑September 2nd, 2023, 3:33 pm Swithin, I love RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE! Andreas scares me! He has some creepy snickering moments in his banter with Bela -- "As if they could tell what happened...."

I enjoy Frieda's WWII British dialogue: "The Gerries seem to have rather taken things out of your hands"

Nina Foch's walk through the graveyard with Lugosi intoning: "Only a little further! Further! Further!"

Childhood favorite!

The Return of the Vampire is a fun film to watch. Young Nina Foch and always interesting Frieda Inescort, with the best Bela as Vampire performance since the original Universal Dragula film in 1931 (since Mark of the Vampire is fake).

i always enjoy Frieda too -- what is that other line in P&P "Look at the rustics at play..."

She brings class to THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE and I think is in a few other '50's horror movies whose titles escape me at the moment, although THE SHE-CREATURE with either Tom Conway and/or Chester Morris is coming to my mind.

Oy, don't mention MARK OF THE VAMPIRE, lol. "Luna" is cool but the rest....and poor Bela, used and abused!

This month on Svengoolie...

We've got double features!

10/7:

Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) w/ John Vernon, Royal Dano and Christopher Titus.

The Crawling Eye (1958) w/ Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne and Jennifer Jayne. Screenplay by Jimmy Sangster. And directed by Quentin Lawrence.

10/14:

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) w/ Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert and Jane Randolph. Plus Vincent Price. And directed by Charles Barton.

Invaders From Mars (1986) w/ Karen Black, Hunter Carson, Timothy Bottoms, Laraine Newman, James Karen, Bud Cort and Louise Fletcher. Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby. And directed by Tobe Hooper.

10/21:

The Night Stalker (1972) w/ Darren McGavin, Carol Lynley, Simon Oakland, Ralph Meeker, Claude Akins, Charles McGraw, Kent Smith, Elisha Cook Jr., Stanley Adams, Larry Linville and Barry Atwater. Screenplay by Richard Matheson. And directed by John Llewellyn Moxey.

Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) w/ Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kôchi, Akira Takarada and Akihiko Hirata. And directed by Ishirō Honda and "Americanized" by Terry O. Morse.

10/28:

The Night Strangler (1973) w/ Darren McGavin, Jo Ann Pflug, Simon Oakland, Scott Brady, Wally Cox, Margaret Hamilton, Richard Anderson, John Carradine and Al Lewis. Screenplay by Richard Matheson. And directed by Dan Curtis.

Trilogy of Terror (1975) w/ Karen Black. Written by Richard Matheson and William F. Nolan. And directed by Dan Curtis.