Showing posts with label Silent Wierdness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Silent Wierdness. Show all posts
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Saturday, February 6, 2016
Boris Karloff's Thriller: La Strega
Episode of Karloff hosted television horror series from the 1950's, featuring tragic actor Ramon Novarro as Maestro Guiliano. Also starring one Ursula Andress! For more on Novarro, see Silent Wierdness.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Yet Another Tribute
Lots of folks born on this date; one of which was Tim Holt. He was my write up today on Silent Wierdness (and I try to include things that are "wierd" in these post, in this case a Coen's reference....possibly); but in addition to his western saddle boy personae, there is also:
He starred as Lt. Cmdr. John "Twill" Twillinger, the leader of the whole affair. I Love 1950's monster flicks--this is a classic. Monster that is not nearly as cheesy as it seems (meaning: many, many others were far, far worse!) and Holt plays the part straight. So here's remembering a cowboy in the monster flick!
For more see Silent Wierdness post.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Remembering A Great Film Pioneer: Carl Theodore Dreyer
Director of Vampyr and The Parson's Widow.
Does the following still from The Parson's Widow (1920) remind anyone of a certain Mexican director's work?
For a birthday write-up on Dreyer, please see Silent Wierdness.
Sunday, January 31, 2016
Remembering Crazy Lady Tallulah Bankhead!
On her 114th birthday.
In her only real horror movie!
Hammer Horror!
She was also the voice of:
The Sea Witch!
See more about her at Silent Wierdness.
Friday, January 15, 2016
Ghosts: The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Yes the year reads right! 1921. I have a great love silent film and I am over-joyed to be watching a fully restored version of this great ghost film from Sweden. It is now on Blu Ray and looks amazing. It employs similar tinting as the crime serial Les Vampires (1915-1916) did in regards to night time sequences, great blue tints! Includes yellow tints for domestic situations not seen in most previous feature length films. Nosferatu, which came out a year later, included that--along with a reddish tint not found in many early feature silents--it was, after all, a vampire film! Although the Blu Ray looks great, not happy with the soundtrack from Kino. This is a horror film. The soundtrack for their blu ray in no way reflects that. I think this is a situation where one might need to create a soundtrack; like, for example, a strange Brian Eno Scape. It's a ghost story set on New Year's Eve, where the last person to die with great sin has to man the "phantom carriage" for the next year, acting as the grim reaper, collecting the souls of all the dead (including drowned fishermen). The original Swedish title cards are preserved with a great deal of love though. Overall a winner on Blu Ray.
Reblogged on my Silent blog site.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Silent Wierdness: Born Today September 9: Neil Hamilton
Silent Wierdness: Born Today September 9: Neil Hamilton: 1899-1984 Born James Neil Hamilton on Sept. 9, 1899, his first film dates from 1918, he is yet another silent actor who got his st...
"Holy Smokes Batman...it's Commissioner Gordon!"
A Bit Of Trivia:
3 live action actors who have played the role of Commissioner Gordon have gone by their middle names in their professional career's: James Neil Hamilton (here), Martin Patterson (Pat) Hingle, and Leonard Gary Oldman. Of the the three, Hamilton is the only one whose first name was James in real life shared the first name of Comm. James Gordon (who often went by "Jim") from the comics.
ALSO:
Neil Hamilton was also a cousin of:
He also appeared in at least two horror films: The Cat Creeps (1930) & The Devil's Hand (1961), made two appearance on the original series "The Outer Limits," and....
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