MOVIES PLAYING IN THEATERS CARTOONS COMIC BOOKS AND NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS REAL BOOKS MAGAZINES -------- MOVIES PLAYING IN THEATERS -------- "A double feature plus 5 cartoons!" -or even 10 cartoons! 12 cents, 25 cents, 35 cents... Abbott and Costello Meet (various creatures)... Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer (1949) Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955) Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) Ma and Pa Kettle... (Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride) +The Wizard of Oz (1939) (Take your army to the Haunted Forest and bring me that girl and her dog.) (Run, Toto, run! He got away!! He got away!!!....) Gone with the Wind (1939) (Oh Ashley....) +Song of the South (1946, Disney Studios) (Zip-ah-dee-doo-dah, zip-ah-dee-ay...) Smuggler's Cove (1948, Leo Gorcey, Bowery Boys) Africa Screams (1949, Abbott and Costello) The Flying Saucer (1950, Michael Conrad, Pat Garrison) King Solomon's Mines (1950, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr) (We got to watch baby crocs hatch on screen) Treasure Island (1950, Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton) (With Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, Blind Pew) The Asphalt Jungle (1950, Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, Sam Jaffe, Jean Hagen, Marilyn Monroe. Dir: John Houston) (A great, gritty, desperate, relentless "film noir" movie. A few minor weak spots, easily forgiven. The "endless ending" with Jean Hagen as the clinging but devoted Doll Conovan, and Sterling Hayden as the indifferent Dix Handley is memorable and gripping, as Dix is fleeing the cops and trying to beat the clock before all his blood drips out, runs into a horse pasture from his youth where he will be "safe", only to collapse and die from a gunshot wound near the peacefully grazing horses, with Doll then running to him and calling, "Dix! Dix! Oh God, Dix...!!". He lost his money, his safety, and his life, she lost him, and the bad luck of the day just never ended... Sterling Hayden was commanding, though somewhat wooden in this role (perhaps that was his intent) - a crude, basic, pragmatic, indifferent crook. Energetic, strong and smart, but dumb, overall. Jean Hagen was a fully fleshed-out character, alive and human, warm, needy, paranoid, desparate. A superb performance, and under-rated as an actress. Calhern and Jaffe were flawless, and Monroe was delightful as Uncle Lon's niece ("Oh, Uncle Lon...") . The "caper", designed to make everyone rich, wrecked everyone's life by incremental steps. This was the same caper that hooked us into hoping it would succeed, and when it slowly unraveled, it unraveled us, as well. When we saw the horses gently nudging Dix' lifeless body in the pasture, we knew it was over for him, and but merely continuing for Doll Conovan in an endless, desperate way... This movie is like a past experience that never ends. Very well done.) Quo Vadis (1951, Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov) A Christmas Carol (1951, Alastair Sim - One of several versions) (Bob Cratchett - I'm going to raise your salary!!) (God bless us - every one.) The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951, Michael Rennie, (Klaatu barada nicto) Patricia Neal) The Thing (1951, James Arness) Bride Of The Gorilla (1951, Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr.) Strangers On A Train (1951, Farley Granger, Robert Walker) (We do each other's murders. Criss cross... Get it?) The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, Alec Guinness) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden) (Desire! Life! The journey of life we all take. The streetcar ran on Desire Street in New Orleans - Rue Desire - and Blanche DuBois' ride on it in the beginning of the movie possibly represented her past life of looking for love in all the wrong places; but at least it represented the DESIRE of life, not the novocaine of old age. Stanley's desire is basic and raw; Blanche's desire is more sophisticated, even if she does fib about everything. Everyone rode on that streetcar of life in their own way, lusting for the joy of living. Another interpretation is that the theme is a metaphor for the demise of the Old South, with its chivalry and manners, as the sophisticated Blanche lies, suffers from alcoholism, and eventually goes crazy in the modern, impersonal, industrial world represented by Stanley Kowalski - the survivor of the Stone Age.) (Whoever you are, I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.) (I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic. I try to give that to people. I do misrepresent things. I don't tell truths. I tell what ought to be truth.) (Stella!!!!) +Alice in Wonderland (1951, Disney Studios) (That is Ex-Ack-Ah-Tah-Ly correct. [the Caterpillar]) Hans Christian Andersen (1952, Danny Kaye, Farley Granger) This is Cinerama (1952) (Shown at the Cooper Theater, as I recall...) (Remember the roller coaster ride?) The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952, Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner) The Importance of Being Earnest (1952, Michael Redgrave, Edit Evans) Singin' In The Rain (1952, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor) Radar Men From The Moon (1952, G Wallace, Aline Towne) Blackbeard The Pirate (1952, William Bendix) High Noon (1952, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly) Shane (1953, Alan Ladd, Jack Palance) (What did he look like? Was he kind of tall and thin? That's Wilson, all right... He's fast... Very fast...) From Here to Eternity (1953, Ava Gardner) (Ava Gardner on the beach - before "On The Beach") Marty (film version) (1953, Ernest Borgnine) Doctor in the House (1953, Dirk Bogarde) (--Are you SURE you don't know the answer? --Yes, darling, I'm sure. Please tell me... --After all this time you still don't know? --I just can't remember your answer, darling... Please tell me... --All right... There are 12 cranial nerves...) Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953, French comedy. Jacques Tati, Natalie Pascaud) Roman Holiday (1953, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck) The Living Desert (1953, Disney Studios) Peter Pan (1953, Disney Studios) Stalag 17 (1953, William Holden, Peter Graves, Robert Strauss, Otto Preminger) (Betty... Betty Grable... --Animal! Wake up!) (And here's their mailbox: A hollow queen...) (Hilfe! Ich bin Deutscher! Ich bin Deutscher!) War of the Worlds (1953, Gene Barry, Ann Robinson. Book author: H G Wells. Topic: Invaders from Mars). (A classic sci fi movie... Something landed or crashed southwest of Corona, California... Sounds like the Roswell Case which actually occurred near Corona, New Mexico which is near Roswell, NM. It sure sounds like somebody knew SOMETHING happened, back in 1953.) Invaders from Mars (1953, Arthur Franz, Helena Carter) It Came From Outer Space (1953, Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, 3-D and regular) Sabre Jet (1953, Robert Stack, Coleen Gray) The Long, Long Trailer (1954, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz) (Turn right here, left...) Them! (1954, James Arness) Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954, Anne Bancroft) The Wild One (1954, Marlon Brando, Lee Marvin) +On the Waterfront (1954, Marlon Brando, many others) (You ratted on us, Terry!! --Oh yeah? I was ratting on MYSELF all them years, and I didn't even know it!) 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (1954, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Peter Lorre. Author: Jules Verne. Time period: 1866.) (A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, The Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo - a complex, haunted, conflicted, driven man, dominated by the hatred for those who killed his family and made him and his crew mining slaves, thirsting for justice in the world, and using science, engineering, and a motivated crew to achieve it. After an underwater funeral, Captain Nemo plays Bach's Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor on the submarine's pipe organ, deep under water The sub travelled 20,000 leagues horizontally - not down.) The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954, Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, 3-D and regular) (In the movie The Seven Year Itch, Marilyn Monroe says she felt sorry for the Creature after seeing this movie. The poor thing just wanted the pretty girl...) Rear Window (1954, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr) (Who killed my little dog? Which one of you did it? He never hurt anybody... Why did you have to kill him?) (We checked him out, Jeff. He's a law-abiding knife salesman.) (Tom, I think Thorwald must have left his apartment... Hello?? Tom?? Tom???....) Oklahoma! (1955, Gordon McRae, Shirley Jones) (The Shiny Little Surrey with the Fringe on the Top...) (sur-rey \!sur-ee\ n, pl surreys [Surrey, England] : a four-wheel two-seated horse-drawn pleasure carriage) (People Will Say We're in Love...) Blackboard Jungle (1955, Glenn Ford, Anne Francis) (Features "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley) Rebel Without a Cause (1955, James Dean, Sal Mineo, Natalie Wood (Without a cause, but certainly not without a reason. Dean's father [Jim Backus] was a wimp, and Sal Mineo's father was AWOL most of the time.) This Island Earth (1955, Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue) (War rages on Metaluna - and the race is on to save that dying planet) The Seven Year Itch (1955, Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Robert Strauss) (People send [canoe] paddles through the mail all the time... How do they DO it???) (When it's hot like this - you know what I do? I keep my undies in the ice box...) (That's what they call classical music, isn't it?... I can tell because there's no vocal.) Picnic (1955, W Holden, K Novak, R Russell) (Moonglow/Theme from Picnic...) The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955, William Holden, Grace Kelly, Mickey Rooney, etc) (I'm losing fuel fast now, Cag... I'm down to less than 600 pounds... If I can just make it over that ridge...) *To Hell and Back (1955, Audie Murphy) (True story of Audie Murphy in WW2. Not much of an actor, but one heck of a soldier.) Strategic Air Command (1955, James Stewart, June Allyson) (B-36s and B-47s used by SAC) Mr. Roberts (1955, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon) (Captain, I just threw your lousy palm tree overboard!) The Ten Commandments (1956, large cast) (You know who I am... --I know who you WERE...) Plan 9 from Outer Space (1956, Lyle Talbot, Bela Lugosi, Vampira. Dir: Ed Wood. The worst movie ever made.) (Pilot's wife: You'll be up there, and they're in there, but I'll be in there.) (Eros: Explode the sunlight here, gentlemen, and you explode the universe.) (Eros: You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!) (Criswell: Can you prove this DIDN'T happen? [Yes]) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956, Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter. Dir: Don Siegel) A classic sci-fi film from the 1950s which takes place in the very normal small town of Santa Mira. If you go to sleep, you may die, only to be replaced by a duplicate of yourself who grew from a foaming pod, but who is stripped of your emotions, love, and compassion. A robot. An android. A modern office worker. The low, lonely piano notes of the music, running helter skelter across the left side of the keyboard seem random and unsettling. (It's my uncle Ira... All his mannerisms are the same, his memories are the same, but there's something different about him... I tell you, he's not my uncle!!) (--Well, I don't know what they are. I never saw them before. They looked like great big seed pods. --Where was the truck coming from? --Santa Mira.) (Don't you understand?? They're already here, and you're next!!) Forbidden Planet (1956, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen) (The power of youthful beauty, desire, deprivation, jealousy, and the underground power generators of the Krel civilization all combine to terrorize a landing party with an angry and powerful holographic lion [summoned-up by the father's subconscious] on the planet Altair-4. But the question still remains: Did the IQ-boosting machines REALLY work on Dr. Morbius and his lion-from-the-Id, or not?) Baby Doll (1956, Writer: Tennessee Williams. Director: Elia Kazan. Eli Wallach, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden) (Mr. Vacarro: Now, I don't think you need worry about your failure at long division. After all, you got through short division. Short division's all a lady ought to be called upon to cope with...). (Archie Lee: Well my credit is wide open again! Baby Doll: So's the jailhouse door if the truth comes out.) (Mr Vacarro: Meighan [Archie]! YOU know, and I* know, and I KNOW that you know that I KNOW - that you set fire to my cotton gin last night.) (Baby Doll to Aunt Rose: He's comin' back tomorrow with more cotton. We got nuthin' to do but wait for tomorrow, and see if we're remembered or forgotten.) Bus Stop (1956, Marilyn Monroe) Giant (1956, Elizabeth Taylor) Love Me Tender (1956, Elvis Presley) (Love me tender, love me true - All my dreams fulfilled. For my darling I love you, And I always will.) The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956, James Stewart, Doris Day) (Mr. Ambrose Chapel?... What have you done with my son?) (Que sera, sera, Whatever will be, will be...) No Time for Sergeants (1956, Andy Griffith, Don Knotts) The King and I (1956, Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr) (Getting to Know You... Hello Young Lovers...) Around The World In 80 Days (1956, starring everyone) Jet Pilot (1957, John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Hans Conreid. Producer: Howard Hughes. Director: Josef von Sternberg [his last picture, having made 7 pictures with Marlene Dietrich, including "The Blue Angel".] RKO Pictures, made in 1949 and 1950, released in 1957. But only 1 star... "von Sternberg" was a fictitious name, anyway, given by Hollywood to make him sound important) The Zombies of Mora Tau (1957, Gregg Palmer) I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957, Michael Landon) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, Grant Williams, April Kent) *The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, Alec Guinness, William Holden, Hayakawa) (Colonel Saito, the Geneva Convention specifically prohibits...) (Be happy in your work!) The Fly (1958, Vincent Price, Patricia Owens) (...getting harder to concentrate...) (Ma-MAHHH, I found a fly with a white head in the garden...) (Helllllllllp meeeeeee..... Pleeeeeeeassse, hellllllp meeeeeee....) The Blob (1958, Steve McQueen) My Uncle (Mon Oncle) (1958, French comedy) Teacher's Pet (1958, Clark Gable, Doris Day) King Creole (1958, Elvis Presley) Vertigo (1958, James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara BelGeddes) A Tale of Two Cities (Ver 2) (1958, Dirk Bogarde) (Story of people caught up in the French revolution in 1789. Paris simmers as Madam LaFarge knits the names of the doomed...) The Long Hot Summer (1958, Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Lee Remick) Cat on a Hot, Tin Roof (1958, Writer: Tennessee Williams. Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives) Long Hot Trailer with a Tin Roof and a Likable Cat on it in the Summer (just kidding) Indiscreet (1958, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman) South Pacific (1958, Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi) (Bali Ha'i may call you, any night, any day, "Here am I - your special island, Come away, come away. If you try, you'll find me, where the sun meets the sea, Here am I - your special island, Come to me, come to me. Your own special hopes, your own special dreams, Bloom on the hillsides and shine in the streams...") Some Like It Hot (1959, Marilyn Monroe - Sugar, Tony Curtis - Josephine, Jack Lemmon - Daphne, Joe E. Brown - Osgood Feeling, George Raft - Spats Columbo, Pat O'Brien - Det. Mulligan. Dir: Billy Wilder) (Will you look at that? Look how she moves. It's like Jell-O on springs.) On the Beach (1959, Fred Astaire, Ava Gardner Gregory Peck, Tony Perkins. Dir: Stanley Kramer) A Summer Place (1959, Troy Donahue, Sandra Dee) Black Orpheus (1959, In Rio de Janeiro. Portuguese, sub-titled. Breno Mello - Orfeo (Orpheus), Marpessa Dawn - Euricyce) (Brilliant and tranquil, at last she turns, And falls like a tear of love... Happiness at last will reach me.) (Perdon', Euridyce... Perdon'...) (How quaint: A scarf of houses in Heaven... I suppose the girl next door took you there last night, eh?) North by Northwest (1959, Cary Grant, EM Saint) (Well then, who are those people living in your house?) (That's funny... That plane's spraying crops where there ain't no crops planted...) Ben-Hur (1959, Charlton Heston) Exodus (1960, Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint) Psycho (1960, Tony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, Vera Miles, John Gavin) (Cabin 1... It's closer to the office in case you need anything.) (No! I tell you No! I won't have you bringing strange young girls in for supper! By candlelight, I suppose - in the cheap, erotic fashion of young men with cheap erotic minds...) (Let's put it this way: She may have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother.) (We all go a little crazy, sometimes...) La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) (1960, Marcello Mastroianni) (Signor Paparazzo and the bored but shallow...) The Apartment (1960, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray) West Side Story (1961, Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer) (Maria, I've just met a girl named Maria, And suddenly I've found how wonderful a sound can be...) (Have you met my good friend Maria? The craziest girl on the block! You'll know her the minute you see her: She's the one in an advanced state of shock! She thinks she's in love, she thinks she's in Spain. La - La-La... She isn't in love - she's merely insane! [I Feel Pretty] ) The Guns of Navarone (1961, Gregory Peck, David Niven, etc) (You're supposed to be some genius with explosives. Well, now's your chance to prove it!) (Has anyone ever seen those scars? Have you seen them? How about you? All right: Let's see those scars!) The Great Impostor (1961, Tony Curtis) (Take the knife from me, Warden. --I'm trying, Clarence, I'm trying!) Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961, Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard. (Holly Golightly) Writer: Truman Capote. (Moon River...) 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