35 years ago, Silverado was released. With its all star cast, it is an epic western in the vein of similar styled westerns of the 1960s and 70s.
Artwork used on one of the promotional posters
Month: July 2020
The Case of the Black Cat, 1936
An bedridden eccentric millionaire, anticipating his own murder, hires Mason to help him rewrite his will, and the lawyer ends up defending the caretaker’s cat. (IMDb.com)
Ka-zar, May, 1974
Bridge of Thighs
A few years ago there was an unexplained “beauty” phenomenon called the “Thigh Gap”. In 1930 there was the “Thigh Bridge”
“A bridge of thighs. So said the fellow who sent us this clever bit of photography and we are not inclined to dispute him. The ladies present (fractionally, at least) are members of the chorus of MGM’s “Manhattan Serenade,” while he seen in the distance is Sammy Lee, dancing specialist and director of that picture.” – Exhibitors-Herald-World, Feb 8, 1930
Fury of the Dragon, 1976
This 1976 movie version of ‘The Green Hornet’ was the second of two feature films compiled from episodes of the 1966-67 TV show, and features our heroes battling bent coppers, foiling art heists, busting drug traffickers and dodging deadly ray guns. (amazon.com)
Lola Wants You
Before her appearance on Peter Gunn, Columbia Records signed Lola Albright as a singer.
Astounding Science Fiction, June, 1940
June 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction featuring a story by Robert Heinlein, cover art by Hubert Rogers.
The Shadow, Nov, 1973
The Shadow’s first appearance in DC Comics. The series ran for 12 issues from November, 1973 to September, 1975
Astounding She Monster
A gang of crooks has kidnapped a rich heiress come up against a beautiful, but lethal alien who has crash-landed her spaceship on Earth. (IMDb)
According to IMDb, The movie was made up as it went along. There was no written script. Just an idea for a movie was all they had to start with.
RIP Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
Ennio Morricone was a prolific Italian composer, with 540 credits to his name. He is best know for his iconic theme to The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966), which helped define the spaghetti western genre. Besides his work in The Man With No Name trilogy, he also composed the score for Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), the Thing (1982), the Untouchables (1987) and more recently he composed the score for Quentin Tarantino’s, The Hateful Eight (2015). His inventive use of non traditional “instruments” (due to budget restraints) shaped the mood of the dollar trilogy, giving it the atmosphere we all know so well. He died at the age of 91 in the town in which he was born, Rome, Lazio, Italy