As kids’ movies of that era go, it’s unspectacular, but also harmless, charming and agreeable. Let’s put it this way: The phrase “a fine howdya do” is spoken without irony. Marshall Thompson (“It! The Terror from Beyond Space”) is Dr. Tracy, the veterinarian in an African village whose natives fear a lion. But it’s Clarence, […]
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Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion
As kids’ movies of that era go, it’s unspectacular, but also harmless, charming and agreeable. Let’s put it this way: The phrase “a fine howdya do” is spoken without irony. Marshall Thompson (“It! The Terror from Beyond Space”) is Dr. Tracy, the veterinarian in an African village whose natives fear a lion. But it’s Clarence, […]
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Around the World Under the Sea
Now out on MOD DVD from Warner Archive, the waterlogged flick is nothing to write home about, provided you write your parents about such things. It’s double-preposition title is more than three times as complex as its weak story, which has a submerged Bridges and company on a mission to help predict potential mega-disastrous earthquakes. […]
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Around the World Under the Sea
Now out on MOD DVD from Warner Archive, the waterlogged flick is nothing to write home about, provided you write your parents about such things. It’s double-preposition title is more than three times as complex as its weak story, which has a submerged Bridges and company on a mission to help predict potential mega-disastrous earthquakes. […]
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Night Watch
Now on DVD courtesy of Warner Archive, the 1973 thriller casts Taylor as Ellen Wheeler, a woman of privilege, which means she doesn’t have a whole helluva lot to do around the huge house she calls home. Therefore, looking out the window is a viable option, and one night, she swears she sees her dead […]
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Night Watch
Now on DVD courtesy of Warner Archive, the 1973 thriller casts Taylor as Ellen Wheeler, a woman of privilege, which means she doesn’t have a whole helluva lot to do around the huge house she calls home. Therefore, looking out the window is a viable option, and one night, she swears she sees her dead […]
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Night Watch
Now on DVD courtesy of Warner Archive, the 1973 thriller casts Taylor as Ellen Wheeler, a woman of privilege, which means she doesn’t have a whole helluva lot to do around the huge house she calls home. Therefore, looking out the window is a viable option, and one night, she swears she sees her dead […]
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Hollywood Party / The Lost Stooges
In the purposely plotless hour extravaganza, now on DVD from Warner Archive, Jimmy Durante loosely acts as the viewer’s guide through a harmless, happy-go-lucky who’s who of Hollywood at the time. Cameos don’t abound so much as provide the foundation, walls and ceiling. In this story, Durante is the superstar of many a jungle picture, […]
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Hollywood Party / The Lost Stooges
In the purposely plotless hour extravaganza, now on DVD from Warner Archive, Jimmy Durante loosely acts as the viewer’s guide through a harmless, happy-go-lucky who’s who of Hollywood at the time. Cameos don’t abound so much as provide the foundation, walls and ceiling. In this story, Durante is the superstar of many a jungle picture, […]
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Hollywood Party / The Lost Stooges
In the purposely plotless hour extravaganza, now on DVD from Warner Archive, Jimmy Durante loosely acts as the viewer’s guide through a harmless, happy-go-lucky who’s who of Hollywood at the time. Cameos don’t abound so much as provide the foundation, walls and ceiling. In this story, Durante is the superstar of many a jungle picture, […]