Bela Lugosi's third horror film of note. It was independently produced on a shoestring in studio facilities rented from Universal Pictures. Nevertheless it is well regarded today for its skillful lighting and memorable images. It was released five months after "Murders in the Rue Morgue." The complete film is here at IA. TRIVIA: Shot in only nine days.
Topics: movie trailers, horror, zombies, Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, Robert Zrazer, John...
Jerry Lee Lewis biopic mostly remembered for Dennis Quaid's extroverted portrayal of the controversial rocker. The controversy over the marriage bed scene with Winona Ryder killed it at the box office.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, biopics, rock 'n' roll, Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, Alex Baldwin
Set in 1937, this is a semi-docudrama about the production of, backlash to and supression of the Federal Theater Project musical, "The Cradel Will Rock," written by Marc Blitzstein and directed by Orson Wells. This film also touches on the dispute over the Rockefeller Center mural painted by Diego Rivera, an avowed communist. Keep in mind this is a movie. Some facts and situations are altered for dramatic effect. Real people and fictional characters are portrayed. Like the CCC...
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, docudramas, WPA, Federal Theater Project, John Turturro, Hank Azaria, Ruben...
War comes to rural China before the people are physically and emotionally prepared to resist the Japanese invaders.
Topics: movie trailers, war dramas, China, WW2, Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Turhan Bey
A workaholic husband, neglected wife and murder. Classy melodrama starring William Powell and Myrna Loy
Topics: movie trailers, melodramas, dramas, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Una Merkel, Isobel Jewell
Taut psychological suspense drama about a distraught man (Basehart) on a building ledge. This one isn't for the acrophobic. Based in a real incident. Solid cast of pros supported by a number of fresh young faces who would go far. Exteriors filmed in lower Manhattan. CAST NOTES; Grace Kelly's feature film debut. John Cassavetes, Ossie Davis, Leif Erickson, Brian Keith and Janice Rule briefly appear in uncredited bit parts.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, suspense dramas, Paul Douglas, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, Debra...
MGM's mostly fictional account of the Mayflower's voyage. A big-budget production with an all-star cast.
Topics: movie trailers, adventures, historical dramas, Mayflower, Spencer Tracy, Jean Tierney, Van Johnson,...
A hard-nosed crime drama with a good cast headed by Van Johnson as a tough police detective hunting for a cop killer. Fast moving and with a well-written screenplay brought to life by Paul Vogel's excellent night cinematography.
Topics: movie trailers, crime dramas, police detectives, Van Johnson, John McIntire, Arlene Dahl, Tom...
Marshall unknowingly becomes Sullavan's imaginary husband. The results are utter confusion and a lot of fun.
Topics: movie trailers, romantic comedies, Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan
Atmospheric low budget horror set in a ghost town. Not great but it has its moments. The last film of legendary B-movie and television director Lew Landers, who passed away prior to its release in 1963.
Topics: movie trailers, horror, ghost towns, Rod Lauren, Steve Drexel, Tracy Olsen, Denver Pyle
Ping-pong as a blood sport.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, W C Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy
A road trip comedy with an outstanding all-star cast. Sixty-two minutes of classic comedy fun.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, road trip comedies, pre code, Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W C Fields,...
Republic Serial
Topics: movie trailers, serials, matinee serials
MGM pulled out all the stops for this romantic fantasy of the lives of test pilots, and cast it with three of their big guns: Gable, Loy and Tracy. The outstanding visuals are a treat for vintage aircraft aficionados and aviation historians. Filmed with the full cooperation of the USAAF.
Topics: movie trailers, adventures, romantic dramas, '30s aviation, Clarke Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy,...
An interspecies romance - really! See African Bengal tigers! See the Bronson Canyon cave, again! The scene where Charlotte Austin chooses the gorilla over her husband is really something. Story by Ed Wood. Why are we not surprised? TRIVIA: A clip from this film is in "It Came From Hollywood" (1982)
Topics: movie trailers, gorilla love, horror, gorilla suits, Charlotte Austin, Lance Fuller, Johnny Roth,...
An entertaining family film about a boy and his robot played by Robby the Robot recycled from "Forbidden Planet." These trailers give the impression it's a darker and more adult film than it really is. CAST NOTE: Marvin Miller is the uncredited voice of Robby the Robot.
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, family films, robots, super computers, Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane...
This is a sharper print than the existing IA copy. A fun lost civilization adventure with a good cast and adequate production production values. Shot in an amazing seventeen days.
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, adventures, lost civilizations, John Agar, Hugh Beaumont, Nestor Paiva,...
"Her love was still ruled by the law of stark, savage, jungle fury!" She sounds like a tough date.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, circus dramas
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Topics: movie trailers, hammer films, horror, Jekyll & Hyde
The ultimate caper-gone-wrong film noir. Superb cast. A directorial masterpiece.
Topics: movie trailers, crime dramas, film noir, all-star casts, Marilyn Monroe
A sci fi adventure that's entertaining in spite of FX done on the cheap and cavernous plot and continunity holes. Loosely adapted from John Wyndham's novel, "Day of the Triffids." The complete film is here at IA in the Feature Films Collection. Remade twice including a TV miniseries. Another feature film version in development. TRIVIA: One of the triffids is played by actor Mic Dillon (uncredited)
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, alien invasions, carnivorous plants, Howard Keel, Nicole Maurly, Janette...
"A near-perfect movie" "Smart, subtle, brilliant" "Dull, dull, dull" (IMDB reviews quotes) The story of David Lipsky's five-day interview of novelist David Foster Wallace. An adaptation of the book by David Lipsky. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 7.4, MPAA R
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, biopics, Jason Segel, Jessie Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky, David Foster Wallace
A disappointing sequel recommended only for devoted Reese Witherspoon fans.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, lawyers, Reese Witherspoon, Sally Field, Bob Newhart
Powerful personal accounts from the Japanese side of the battle for Iwo Jima. Clint Eastwood's companion piece to "Flags of Our Fathers." Distinguished Japanese cast. An adaptation of the books by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and Tsuyoko Yoshido. Filmed in Iceland, Japan and the US. NOTE: The trailer for "Flags of Our Fathers" is in this collection.
Topics: movie trailers, war dramas, WW2, IJA, Iwo Jima, Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsoyoshi Ihara,...
MGM's lavishly produced biography of the notorious last queen of France with a superior though historicly inaccurate screenplay. Norma Shearer's in one of her most memorable performances leads an outstanding cast. Some exteriors shot on the grounds of the Palace of Versaillles. One of the must-see films of the '30s. CAST NOTE: Robert Morley's screen debut.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, historical dramas, biopics, 18th century France, Norma Shearer, Tyrone...
Another really farfetched plot that somehow manages to work.
Topics: movie trailers, romantic comedies, Cary Grant, Irene Dunne
A lightweight albeit excellently produced WW2 action drama which was a tribute to the highly effective LTA (blimp) anti-submarine squadrons operated by the USN. Location shooting (at the USMC Air Station, Tustin, CA) makes this a visually impressive look at an all-but forgotton aspect of the war at sea. CAST NOTE: Noah Beery is billed as Noah Beery Sr. He was Wallace Beery's elder brother and the father of Noah Beery Jr.
Topics: movie trailers, war dramas, WW2, LTA, blimps, USN, Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, James Gleason, Selena...
"I hereby deputize you one of the Lone Star Law Men." Us kids actually fell for lines like that. It was a different age. Anyway, here is another Saturday matinee western. This one features Tom Keene riding "Rusty The Wonder Horse," that never did anything wondrous.
Topics: movie trailers, westerns, B-westerns, Tom Keene, Frank Vaconelli, Betty Miles
Not Hayworth's or Ford's best. Adapted from the opera's libretto.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, romantic dramas, Rita Hayworth, Glen Ford
Wildcaters go from rags to riches in this sprawling drama of the Texas oil boom. Outstanding cast led by Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy. TRIVIA: The first attempt at something like AromaRama was tried in a Detroit theater during the showing of this film. It also was the last of three films Gable and Tracy appeared in together. The other two were "San Francisco" and "Test Pilot," the trailers for which are in this collection.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, Texas oil boom, wildcaters, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert,...
"Insult to human Intelligence" "The disaster is the movie" "Funniest tragedy ever" (IMDB reviews quotes) Ho-hum. Yet another CGI global apocalypse. My guess is the Mayans made the producers do it. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 5.8, MPAA PG-13. TRIVIA: Banned in North Korea where watching it will get you arrested - really. Some viewers have been sent to prison. At last! Movie critics with some clout!
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, adventures, end of the world, John Cusack, Thandie Newton, Amanda Peel,...
"Blaxploitation genius" "Wonderfully wicked" "Dynamite!" (IMDB reviews quotes) '70s blaxploitation action comedy, only it was released in 2009. In other words it's a spoof. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 7.4, MPAA R
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, action comedies, '70s blaxploitation, spoofs, martial arts, Michael Jai...
Romantic comedy. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 5.6
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, romantic comedies, Jason Lee, Julia Stiles, Selma Blair
One of several Conn Pictures mounties (RCMP) westerns starring Kermit Maynard. Released in 1935. IMDB rating 5.1. CAST NOTES: Kermit Maynard was Ken Maynard's younger brother. Jim Thorpe was the Native American athlete whose life was chronicled in the 1951 biopic "Jim Thorpe, All-American" starring Burt Lancaster. PRODUCTION NOTE: Directed by Sam Newfield who over 38 years had 276 directorial credits mostly as PRC's primary director. His film and television career spanned from 1926 to...
Topics: movie trailers, westerns, B-westerns, RCMP, Kermit Maynard, Robert Warwick, Jim Thorpe, Lillian...
Lemmon and MacLaine together again, this time in a comedy of cops, pimps and hookers in the Paris red light district. Billy Wilder's adaptation of Alexandre Breffort's play.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, Paris, hookers, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi
kung fu adventure
Topics: movie trailers, kung fu, adventures
A sci fi thriller based on Philip K Dick's cold war short story "The Impostor."
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, thrillers, Gary Sinise, Shane Brolly, Madeleine Stowe
A mysterious murder in a empty railroad coach with more suspects than you can count on the fingers of both hands. It seems everybody east of the Mississippi hated the victim. Comedy isn't neglected.
Topics: Movie trailers, mysteries, whodunits, Van Heflin, Sam Levene, Patrica Dane, Virginia Grey
Frontier life in 18th century New York State during the American Revolution. Although this trailer is in black & white, the film itself is in color.
Topics: movie trailers, historical dramas, Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver
Comic Christmas fantasy starring Will Ferrell.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, fantasies, family films, Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart
Set in '50s suburbia, this is the heartwarming tale of a young lad and his pet zombie.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, black comedies, zombies
A Universal Pictures serial. a.k.a. "Mysterious Mr. M"
Topics: movie trailers, serials, matinee serials
"Recycled rubbish" "Science light" "One of the worst" (IMDB reviews quotes) Yet another made-for-TV, end-of-the-world disaster flick. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 4.1, MPAA PG. TRIVIA: The list of goofs and factual errors is much too long to be included here. If you're curious to know how dumbed-down this movie is, its IMDB page has the depressing complete list.
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, end of the world, made for TV, Mark Dacasos, Joanne Kelly, Kevin...
Worthy biographical sketch of Dr. Martin Luther King centered on the epic Slema to Montgomery march which changed history. Good cast and production. However it gets one demerit for misrepresenting the beliefs of Lyndon Johnson who approved of the march and was strongly pro civil rights.
Topics: movie trailers, historical dramas, biopics, Dr Martin Luther King, civil rights movement, David...
A British mystery/crime drama released in 1963 (1964 US). a.k.a. "The Model Murder Case" CAST NOTE: Jeremy Brett would later become world-famous for playing Sherlock Holmes in the long-running Granada Television series (1984 - 1995)
Topics: movie trailers, mysteries, whodunits, crime dramas, Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Margaret Johnston,...
"Decent sub-Hitchcock fun" "One of the campiest movies I've seen" "Torture to watch" "Many miles to monotony" (IMDB reviews quotes). A suspence drama set in and filmed in Paris. Directed by Anatole Litvak. Released in 1962. IMDB rating 6.4.
Topics: movie trailers, suspense dramas, crime dramas, Sophia Lauren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young,...
"It might get....odd?" "A must-see for rock fans" "Almost perfect" (IMDB reviews quotes) A 2008 rock documenrary on the electric guitar and more. Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 7.7, MPAA PG.
Topics: movie trailers, documentaries, rockumentaries, the electric guitar, Jimmy Page, The Edge, Jack...
A World War 2 DP (displaced person) assumes a dead friend's identity to escape to America.
Topics: movie trailers, suspense drama
"Unbelievably ridiculous" "Fantasy, and a bad one" "Anchors no way" (IMDB reviews quotes) Viewer beware. A blatantly deceptive trailer. Many of the depicted scenes aren't in the movie. Even its star, James Franco, publicly called it "horrible." Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 5.8, MPAA PG-13.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, military dramas, USN, boxing, James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster
The quirky and irreverent hit comedy about a diamond heist that goes absurdly wrong. The cast is a perfect fit for this offbeat adult romp. Co-written by John Cleese and Charles Crichton who also directed.
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Topics: movie trailers, comedies, crime caper comedies, John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Keven Kline, Michael...
"Beautifully crafted" "This film is a masterpiece" "Indie film perfection" "It's like a sick eagle looking at the sky" "Unexceptional" (IMDB reviews quotes). A romantic drama that recounts the relationship between Fanny Brawne and the poet John Keats. Although praised by many its biographical accuracy has been challenged. Written and directed by Jane Campion. IMDB rating 7.0, MPAA PG for sensuality and smoking. a.k.a The Bright Star". CAST...
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, romantic dramas, biopics, 19th century England, John Keats and Fanny...
Comic musical set in the world-famous New York nightclub. Stars Carmen Miranda and Groucho Marx.
Topics: movie trailers, musicals, comedies, Carmen Miranda, Groucho Marx
Three gold diggers (Monroe, Grable & Bacall) are turned loose on their hapless victims. Oh, the horror of it all!
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, romantic comedies, Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Lauren Bacall
This is the widescreen theatrical trailer which is sharper than the 4:3 TV trailer.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, Mel Brooks
May-December romance and a scintillating dance musical costarring Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron. Screenplay by Henry and Phoebe Ephron who were the parents of writer/producer/director Nora Ephron ("When Harry Met Sally," "Sleepless in Seattle," "You've got Mail," etc.) TRIVIA: Filmed in part in the Andrew Carnegie Mansion, New York City. The only film in which Fred Astaire's singing voice was dubbed. The dubbing was done by Thuri Ravenscroft, otherwise known as the...
Topics: movie trailers, mucicals, dance musicals, Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter,...
An energetic spoof of TV series like "I Spy," "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and secret agent adventures in general.
Topics: movie trailers, adventures, comedies, spoofs, Owen Wilson, Eddie Murphy, Famke Jansen
This Bob Fosse autobiographical musical drama with memorable dance sequences was a multiple award winner including four Oscars and one Golden Globe. A must-see, especially for devotees of musical theater. TRIVIA: Because of major cost over-runs "All that Jazz" became a co-production of Columbia Pictures and 20th Century Fox. The actual production and post-production took 341 days. Upon its release Stanley Kubrick said, "The best film I think I've ever seen." It was the first...
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, musicals, biopics, Broadway, Bob Fosse, Roy Scheider, Jessica Lang, Leland...
A heavy-handed spoof of '40s matinee serials. I suspect the producers never actually watched many matinee serials. Released in color and monochrome versions. The video quality of both versions is mediocre. Limited theatrical release.
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Topics: movie trailers, comedies, spoofs, Blane Wheatley, Monica Himmel, Brent Moss, direct to DVD
A well directed and beautifully photographed tale of a doomed interracial romance set in '30s Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). Ben Hecht's screenplay is an adaptation of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut." Hedy Lamarr and Robert Taylor costarr. However, without question this is Hedy Lamarr's movie. Joseph Schildkraut leads the large supporting cast. Recently released on DVD.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, romantic dramas. interracial romance, racial prejudice, '30s Saigon, Hedy...
A lively physical comedy and sports movie spoof in which misfits enter a mythical dodgeball tournament. Check your brain at the door and you'll be fine. (a.k.a. "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story") CAST NOTE: Cameos by Lance Armstrong, Chuck Norris and David Hasselhoff
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, spoofs, dodgeball, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn, Justin...
An episodic, multiple-star comedy that works, especially when W C Fields takes command.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, pre code, all-star casts, W C Fields, Stu Irwin, Burns & Allen, Bela...
A multiple-star musical comedy that sometimes works. Sometimes not.
Topics: movie trailers, musicals, comedies, George Burns, Gracy Allen, Bob Hope
The end of the world is imminent, but that doesn't mean there isn't time for a romantic subplot. Gobbledygook science and the screenplay's colossal silliness make this low budget romp entertaining in spite of itself. You gotta love the airliner interior set with office chairs and folding card tables. (SPOILER: The world doesn't explode.) Produced for Columbia by Sam Katzman who also was responsible for the infamous "The Giant Claw," the trailer for which is in this collection.
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, end of the world, Kathryn Grant, William Leslie, Tristram Coffin
"Delicious" "Great ensemble cast" "Literacy, fast and furious" "Brilliant and emotional" (IMDB reviews quotes). Comedy. Drama. Romance. Six California women form a book club and discover each of their lives resembles the plot of a different Jane Austen novel. An adaptation of the novel by Karen Joy Fowler. IMDB rating 6.8, MPAA PG-13 for mature themes, sexual content, language and drugs.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, dramas, romance, Jane Austen, Kathy Baker, Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Amy...
A compelling biography that, for Hollywood, is remarkably close to the truth. Alvin York was an honorable man all of his life.
Topics: movie trailers, biopics, war dramas, WW1, Gary Cooper
Superior writing and cinematography are the hallmarks of this tale of a samurai's violent defiance of a cruel and corrupt feudal lord. Stars Toshiro Mifune and Yoko Tsukasa. Directed by Masaka Kobayashi. One of the truly outstanding films of the samurai genre. a.k.a. "Joi-uchi: Hairyo tsuma shimatsu"
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, tragedies, samurai, 18th century Japan, Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Go...
Worthy "Yojimbo" sequel in which ronin samurai Tsubaki (Toshiro Mifune) again just wants a place to eat and sleep, but instead gets caught up in a deadly fight between idealistic young men and a powerful, corrupt governor. Directed by Akira Kurosawa. a.k.a. "Tsubaki Sanjuro" NOTE: The trailer for "Yojimbo" also is in this collection.
Topics: movie trailers, Japanese action dramas, samurai, ronin, 19th century Japan, Toshiro Mifune,...
"Romeo and Juliette" In Hell's Kitchen, and one of the landmark musicals of the last century. Best picture oscar 1961. Book by Arthur Laurents. Screenplay by Ernest Lehman: Music by Leonard Bernstein (and Irwin Kostal uncredited) TRIVIA; Natalie Wood's singing was dubbed my Marni Nixon
Topics: movie trailers, musicals, musical dramas, New York City, Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ...
A 1934 B-oater starring Guinn "Big Boy" Williams and directed by Edgar Ulmer (as John Warner). Haven't seen it. IMDB rating 5.0. TRIVIA: First telecast 20 May 1946 on the Dumont Network's WABD channel 5 in NYC, which now is WNYW, the Fox Network's flagship station.
Topics: movie trailers, westerns, B-westerns, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Marion Shilling, Philo...
When you're thirty feet tall with only one eye, it's not easy making friends.
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Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, horror, big lizards, creature features, Gloria Talbott, Lon Chaney (Jr)
An epic Japanese fantasy adventure
Topics: movie trailers, adventures, fantasy adventures, Japan
Good cast. Okay plot. Suspenseful. But then you catch a glimpse of the killer alien robot, and the giggling begins. By the final scenes you're laughing out laud.
Topics: movie trailers, sci fi, alien invasions, alien robots, Richard Denning
A first-rate Hitchcock thriller brought down a peg by the non-chemistry between Granger and Roman.
Topics: movie trailers, suspense dramas, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Farley Granger, Hitchcock
Compelling drama wrapped inside a murder mystery. Costarrs Spencer Tracy and Virginia Bruse supported by a large, competent cast. It also is a good example of how skillful screenplay writing and crisp direction can pack a lot of plot into only 69 minutes. CAST NOTE: Jimmy Stewart's second film and his first credited appearance.
Topics: movie trailers, dramas, mysteries, whodunits, Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Harvey Stephens,...
A romantic black comedy, which is something few directors other than Billy Wilder could pull off so successfully. Perfect casting helped. TRIVIA: Juliet Mills gained 26 pounds in 6 weeks to take this role.
Topics: movie trailers, comedies, black comedies, romantic comedies, Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill
