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jmcquown
May 1, 2020, 11:37:16 PM5/1/20
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Why is it these old 1950's sci-fi flicks are so silly? They probably
scared the crap out of 8 year old boys at the Saturday Matinee in 1953
but when I watch these movies all I can do is laugh.
This low budget film was based on a short story by Ray Bradbury.
Starring nobody in particular.
A space ship crashes to earth in the Arizona desert and is spotted by an
astronomer and his g/f via his telescope while romancing on his patio.
Naturally they go to the nearest airport and hire a helicopter "crop
duster" to check it out. It said so right on the tail - :crop duster".
Because of course, there is a great need for crop dusting helicopters in
the desert where there is nothing but rocks, cactus and scrub pines.
The aliens assume the form and identities of the people they encounter.
What fun!
The music is suitably Twilight Zone-ish. So are the optical effects. I
love to watch these cheap sci-fi flicks, especially on an otherwise
boring night. :)
Jill
scared the crap out of 8 year old boys at the Saturday Matinee in 1953
but when I watch these movies all I can do is laugh.
This low budget film was based on a short story by Ray Bradbury.
Starring nobody in particular.
A space ship crashes to earth in the Arizona desert and is spotted by an
astronomer and his g/f via his telescope while romancing on his patio.
Naturally they go to the nearest airport and hire a helicopter "crop
duster" to check it out. It said so right on the tail - :crop duster".
Because of course, there is a great need for crop dusting helicopters in
the desert where there is nothing but rocks, cactus and scrub pines.
The aliens assume the form and identities of the people they encounter.
What fun!
The music is suitably Twilight Zone-ish. So are the optical effects. I
love to watch these cheap sci-fi flicks, especially on an otherwise
boring night. :)
Jill
itsjoan...@webtv.net
May 2, 2020, 12:26:41 AM5/2/20
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Rush are the stars and the instrument making the weird Twilight Zone sound
effects is a Theremin.
Fun stuff!
U.S. Janet B.
May 2, 2020, 1:34:24 AM5/2/20
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On Fri, 1 May 2020 23:37:10 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:
I was an ardent fan then and I am still today. This movie is one of
the classics. What amused me tonight was how softly sprung the cars
were, they swayed and dipped all over the roads. Richard Carlson and
Barbara Rush were somebody at the time. Richard Carlson showed up in
multiple sci-fi movies of the time (The Creature from the Black
Lagoon), but was a very popular actor of the time. Barbara Rush was
a very popular actress with a long and varied career.
Now that I can stream movies thru Prime I've watched lots of old black
and white sci-fi.
Janet US
wrote:
the classics. What amused me tonight was how softly sprung the cars
were, they swayed and dipped all over the roads. Richard Carlson and
Barbara Rush were somebody at the time. Richard Carlson showed up in
multiple sci-fi movies of the time (The Creature from the Black
Lagoon), but was a very popular actor of the time. Barbara Rush was
a very popular actress with a long and varied career.
Now that I can stream movies thru Prime I've watched lots of old black
and white sci-fi.
Janet US
jmcquown
May 2, 2020, 1:58:29 AM5/2/20
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Also used in 'Them' (the movie with big giant ants) and in the theme
from the original TV Star Trek.
Thearmin aside, these old sci-fi/monster movies are funny. :) Something
to keep us amused during this lockdown period. :)
Jill
jmcquown
May 2, 2020, 2:08:36 AM5/2/20
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amusing. I don't subscribe to streaming services. Costs too much.
This was a fun movie, though. I laughed when they took the crop duster
helicopter out over a practically barren desert. Why the heck would
they need a crop duster in the desert? Typical 1950's. :)
Jill
GM
May 2, 2020, 5:54:53 AM5/2/20
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[ Barbara Rush (93) and Kim Novak (87) are still with us... ]
> Now that I can stream movies thru Prime I've watched lots of old black
> and white sci-fi.
"I Married a Monster From Outer Space", despite the lurid title, is also very fine...
"It Came From Outer Space" is one of those desert - set films, the lonely spooky desert actually *is* a character, a menacing one. "Tarantula" and "Them" are others, so is "The Monolith Monsters" (with SEXY Lola Albright!)...at that time US deserts were used for atomic testing and other secret scary things, so who knew WHAT those atomic tests spawned...!!! ;-)
The GREAT Jack Arnold directed many of these, he was a fine craftsman:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Arnold_(director)
"Jack Arnold (October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992) was an American actor and film and television director, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of 1950s science fiction films. His most notable films are It Came from Outer Space (1953), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)*, Tarantula (1955), and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)..."
[* one of my fave movie moments is in "The Seven Year Itch" when Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell exit the theater where they'd just seem CFBL...Marilyn is so sweet, she feels sorry for The Creature...a few seconds later is her famous "skirt blowing up from the subway" scene...]
</>
U.S. Janet B.
May 2, 2020, 1:10:22 PM5/2/20
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On Sat, 2 May 2020 01:58:21 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:
I had just commented to my husband last night that the guy that
composed the music for the film must have created a symphony because
pieces of it were used in so many films :)
Janet US
wrote:
composed the music for the film must have created a symphony because
pieces of it were used in so many films :)
Janet US
U.S. Janet B.
May 2, 2020, 1:16:21 PM5/2/20
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On Sat, 2 May 2020 02:08:30 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:
My streaming comes free as part of my Prime membership (which is
totally worth it to me in dollars and cents)
What got to me about the helicopter was that it was 'open cab?' The
top half of the compartment was removed? What for? So you could get
wind blown and cold, absorb all the crop dusting poisons?
The first movie that I was allowed to go to without my mother was
"The Thing." However she had been taking me to sci-fi movies every
Friday night for as long as I could remember. (Friday night was dad's
bowling night) Good memories.
Janet US
wrote:
totally worth it to me in dollars and cents)
What got to me about the helicopter was that it was 'open cab?' The
top half of the compartment was removed? What for? So you could get
wind blown and cold, absorb all the crop dusting poisons?
The first movie that I was allowed to go to without my mother was
"The Thing." However she had been taking me to sci-fi movies every
Friday night for as long as I could remember. (Friday night was dad's
bowling night) Good memories.
Janet US
U.S. Janet B.
May 2, 2020, 1:19:48 PM5/2/20
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On Sat, 2 May 2020 02:54:49 -0700 (PDT), GM snip
Janet US
>
>EARTH vs THE FLYING SAUCERS! Fine Ray Harryhausen animation makes it a treat...
>
>"I Married a Monster From Outer Space", despite the lurid title, is also very fine...
>
>"It Came From Outer Space" is one of those desert - set films, the lonely spooky desert actually *is* a character, a menacing one. "Tarantula" and "Them" are others, so is "The Monolith Monsters" (with SEXY Lola Albright!)...at that time US deserts were used for atomic testing and other secret scary things, so who knew WHAT those atomic tests spawned...!!! ;-)
>
>The GREAT Jack Arnold directed many of these, he was a fine craftsman:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Arnold_(director)
>
>"Jack Arnold (October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992) was an American actor and film and television director, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of 1950s science fiction films. His most notable films are It Came from Outer Space (1953), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)*, Tarantula (1955), and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)..."
>
>[* one of my fave movie moments is in "The Seven Year Itch" when Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell exit the theater where they'd just seem CFBL...Marilyn is so sweet, she feels sorry for The Creature...a few seconds later is her famous "skirt blowing up from the subway" scene...]
>
></>
>
>
Harryhausen movies are practically a genre in themselves. Good Stuff!
>EARTH vs THE FLYING SAUCERS! Fine Ray Harryhausen animation makes it a treat...
>
>"I Married a Monster From Outer Space", despite the lurid title, is also very fine...
>
>"It Came From Outer Space" is one of those desert - set films, the lonely spooky desert actually *is* a character, a menacing one. "Tarantula" and "Them" are others, so is "The Monolith Monsters" (with SEXY Lola Albright!)...at that time US deserts were used for atomic testing and other secret scary things, so who knew WHAT those atomic tests spawned...!!! ;-)
>
>The GREAT Jack Arnold directed many of these, he was a fine craftsman:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Arnold_(director)
>
>"Jack Arnold (October 14, 1916 – March 17, 1992) was an American actor and film and television director, best known as one of the leading filmmakers of 1950s science fiction films. His most notable films are It Came from Outer Space (1953), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)*, Tarantula (1955), and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)..."
>
>[* one of my fave movie moments is in "The Seven Year Itch" when Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell exit the theater where they'd just seem CFBL...Marilyn is so sweet, she feels sorry for The Creature...a few seconds later is her famous "skirt blowing up from the subway" scene...]
>
></>
>
>
Janet US
jmcquown
May 2, 2020, 3:34:14 PM5/2/20
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open cab helicopter? I guess all the dust and wind from the rotars
wasn't enough, might as well get some poison dust blown on you while
you're at it. LOL
> The first movie that I was allowed to go to without my mother was
> "The Thing." However she had been taking me to sci-fi movies every
> Friday night for as long as I could remember. (Friday night was dad's
> bowling night) Good memories.
> Janet US
>
we lived on Parris Island. I went with some friends to see 'The Blob'.
It was already an old movie by 1972. Heh. Walking home with all the
Spanish moss hanging from the trees... what's that? We scared ourselves. :)
Jill
itsjoan...@webtv.net
May 2, 2020, 3:57:06 PM5/2/20
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 4:54:53 AM UTC-5, GM wrote:
>
>Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)*,
>
"Creature from the Black Lagoon" has been on TV twice with the last month
>
>Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)*,
>
on one of my satellite channels. HDNet? Besides Richard Carlson it
also starred Richard Denning (the governor on "Hawaii Five-0) and the
pretty Julia Adams who died last year.
>
>Tarantula (1955),
>
Was the first movie role for Clint Eastwood. He was the jet pilot who
dropped the napalm on that 8-legged freak.
itsjoan...@webtv.net
May 2, 2020, 4:06:02 PM5/2/20
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 2:34:14 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>
> I don't recall going to the movies very often as a kid. When I was 12,
> we lived on Parris Island. I went with some friends to see 'The Blob'.
> It was already an old movie by 1972. Heh. Walking home with all the
> Spanish moss hanging from the trees... what's that? We scared ourselves. :)
>
> Jill
>
During WW2 my dad was working the night shift and my mother and two older
>
> I don't recall going to the movies very often as a kid. When I was 12,
> we lived on Parris Island. I went with some friends to see 'The Blob'.
> It was already an old movie by 1972. Heh. Walking home with all the
> Spanish moss hanging from the trees... what's that? We scared ourselves. :)
>
> Jill
>
brothers went to the movies to see "Frankenstein." They lived in an
apartment at the back of a large house and the only thing separating those
old houses were just a sidewalk. All of those old houses were quite close
together. She said she could just feel the monster walking behind her
between those dark houses.
Hahahahaaaaaa
GM
May 2, 2020, 4:13:39 PM5/2/20
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--
Best
Greg
GM
May 2, 2020, 4:15:58 PM5/2/20
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--
Best
Greg
jmcquown
May 2, 2020, 4:50:23 PM5/2/20
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scary... ;) Oooh, what was that sound? Somebody (or something) there?
Ooooh!
Jill
Sheldon Martin
May 2, 2020, 5:01:12 PM5/2/20
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On Sat, 2 May 2020 15:34:09 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
Didn't you see Superman and the Molemen?
jmcquown
May 2, 2020, 5:33:14 PM5/2/20
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Jill
Dave Smith
May 2, 2020, 5:46:14 PM5/2/20
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they were scary, because I didn't find them at all scary. By the time I
was 13-14 they were on television very late at night. The only thrill
was being able to stay up late to watch.
U.S. Janet B.
May 2, 2020, 6:08:32 PM5/2/20
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snip
older than me) was not a good companion. On the way home from the
movies she would cry every time they walked pass a alley and burrow
inside my mother's coat. I was made of sterner stuff ;)
Janet US
>I don't recall going to the movies very often as a kid. When I was 12,
>we lived on Parris Island. I went with some friends to see 'The Blob'.
>It was already an old movie by 1972. Heh. Walking home with all the
>Spanish moss hanging from the trees... what's that? We scared ourselves. :)
>
>Jill
My mother really liked taking me to those movies. My sister (a lot
>we lived on Parris Island. I went with some friends to see 'The Blob'.
>It was already an old movie by 1972. Heh. Walking home with all the
>Spanish moss hanging from the trees... what's that? We scared ourselves. :)
>
>Jill
older than me) was not a good companion. On the way home from the
movies she would cry every time they walked pass a alley and burrow
inside my mother's coat. I was made of sterner stuff ;)
Janet US
itsjoan...@webtv.net
May 2, 2020, 6:11:49 PM5/2/20
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 4:46:14 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> When I was a kid I never cared much for those movies. It wasn't because
> they were scary, because I didn't find them at all scary. By the time I
> was 13-14 they were on television very late at night. The only thrill
> was being able to stay up late to watch.
>
Seeing the transformation of the "Wolfman" always terrified me no matter
>
> When I was a kid I never cared much for those movies. It wasn't because
> they were scary, because I didn't find them at all scary. By the time I
> was 13-14 they were on television very late at night. The only thrill
> was being able to stay up late to watch.
>
which movie it was or who the actor was portraying him.
U.S. Janet B.
May 2, 2020, 6:14:21 PM5/2/20
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coat. But my husband confirms your choice. ;)
Janet US
itsjoan...@webtv.net
May 2, 2020, 6:43:30 PM5/2/20
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 5:14:21 PM UTC-5, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
> I thought it was Revenge of the Creature where he was in a white lab
> coat. But my husband confirms your choice. ;)
> Janet US
>
Clint Eastwood was in "Revenge of the Creature" in a white lab coat but
>
> I thought it was Revenge of the Creature where he was in a white lab
> coat. But my husband confirms your choice. ;)
> Janet US
>
it was an uncredited role.
jmcquown
May 2, 2020, 6:52:01 PM5/2/20
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Spencer Tracy. Circa 1941. *That* was a great movie! Featuring a very
young Ingrid Bergman as the patient of the doctor who was so very suave
but uh oh... Mr. Hyde!
If you want to get comical, check out Michael Landon in 'I Was a Teenage
Werewolf'. LOL
Jill
itsjoan...@webtv.net
May 2, 2020, 7:02:31 PM5/2/20
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 5:52:01 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> On 5/2/2020 6:11 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> > On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 4:46:14 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> When I was a kid I never cared much for those movies. It wasn't because
> >> they were scary, because I didn't find them at all scary. By the time I
> >> was 13-14 they were on television very late at night. The only thrill
> >> was being able to stay up late to watch.
> >>
> > Seeing the transformation of the "Wolfman" always terrified me no matter
> > which movie it was or who the actor was portraying him.
> >
> The best portrayal I recall of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (IMHO) was
> Spencer Tracy. Circa 1941. *That* was a great movie! Featuring a very
> young Ingrid Bergman as the patient of the doctor who was so very suave
> but uh oh... Mr. Hyde!
>
I *think* he won an Oscar for his portrayal or was it Frederick March?
> On 5/2/2020 6:11 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> > On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 4:46:14 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> When I was a kid I never cared much for those movies. It wasn't because
> >> they were scary, because I didn't find them at all scary. By the time I
> >> was 13-14 they were on television very late at night. The only thrill
> >> was being able to stay up late to watch.
> >>
> > Seeing the transformation of the "Wolfman" always terrified me no matter
> > which movie it was or who the actor was portraying him.
> >
> The best portrayal I recall of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (IMHO) was
> Spencer Tracy. Circa 1941. *That* was a great movie! Featuring a very
> young Ingrid Bergman as the patient of the doctor who was so very suave
> but uh oh... Mr. Hyde!
>
>
> If you want to get comical, check out Michael Landon in 'I Was a Teenage
> Werewolf'. LOL
>
> Jill
>
UGH, that was a terrible movie. Hahahahaaaaa
> If you want to get comical, check out Michael Landon in 'I Was a Teenage
> Werewolf'. LOL
>
> Jill
>
Sheldon Martin
May 2, 2020, 7:16:50 PM5/2/20
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jmcquown
May 2, 2020, 7:22:47 PM5/2/20
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On 5/2/2020 7:02 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 5:52:01 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 5/2/2020 6:11 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 4:46:14 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When I was a kid I never cared much for those movies. It wasn't because
>>>> they were scary, because I didn't find them at all scary. By the time I
>>>> was 13-14 they were on television very late at night. The only thrill
>>>> was being able to stay up late to watch.
>>>>
>>> Seeing the transformation of the "Wolfman" always terrified me no matter
>>> which movie it was or who the actor was portraying him.
>>>
>> The best portrayal I recall of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (IMHO) was
>> Spencer Tracy. Circa 1941. *That* was a great movie! Featuring a very
>> young Ingrid Bergman as the patient of the doctor who was so very suave
>> but uh oh... Mr. Hyde!
>>
> I *think* he won an Oscar for his portrayal or was it Frederick March?
>>
I think it was Frederic March who one the Oscar in 1931. This was a
> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 5:52:01 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 5/2/2020 6:11 PM, itsjoan...@webtv.net wrote:
>>> On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 4:46:14 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When I was a kid I never cared much for those movies. It wasn't because
>>>> they were scary, because I didn't find them at all scary. By the time I
>>>> was 13-14 they were on television very late at night. The only thrill
>>>> was being able to stay up late to watch.
>>>>
>>> Seeing the transformation of the "Wolfman" always terrified me no matter
>>> which movie it was or who the actor was portraying him.
>>>
>> The best portrayal I recall of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (IMHO) was
>> Spencer Tracy. Circa 1941. *That* was a great movie! Featuring a very
>> young Ingrid Bergman as the patient of the doctor who was so very suave
>> but uh oh... Mr. Hyde!
>>
> I *think* he won an Oscar for his portrayal or was it Frederick March?
>>
much better remake of that old film, though. Just my opinion.
>> If you want to get comical, check out Michael Landon in 'I Was a Teenage
>> Werewolf'. LOL
>>
>> Jill
>>
> UGH, that was a terrible movie. Hahahahaaaaa
>
hey, it launched his career.
Jill
Boron Elgar
May 2, 2020, 7:32:43 PM5/2/20
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On Sat, 02 May 2020 16:08:23 -0600, U.S. Janet B. <J...@nospam.com>
wrote:
We were within walking distance of a movie theater when I was a child
and they had kiddie matinees every weekend. We saw some great monster
movies and even live shows, which were quite rare by the early 60s
when I saw them.
wrote:
and they had kiddie matinees every weekend. We saw some great monster
movies and even live shows, which were quite rare by the early 60s
when I saw them.
jmcquown
May 2, 2020, 7:38:22 PM5/2/20
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Jill
jmcquown
May 2, 2020, 7:40:25 PM5/2/20
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On 5/2/2020 7:16 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> https://www.yidio.com/movie/superman-and-the-mole-men/216033?utm_source=Bing&utm_medium=Search&t_source=64&utm_campaign=2017&msclkid=17e677f580be113d9aad29587edeb6e0
>
Thanks Sheldon but I'm not paying for Amazon Prime just so I can watch
Superman and the Mole Men.
Jill
> https://www.yidio.com/movie/superman-and-the-mole-men/216033?utm_source=Bing&utm_medium=Search&t_source=64&utm_campaign=2017&msclkid=17e677f580be113d9aad29587edeb6e0
>
Thanks Sheldon but I'm not paying for Amazon Prime just so I can watch
Superman and the Mole Men.
Jill
Bruce
May 2, 2020, 7:41:51 PM5/2/20
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On Sat, 2 May 2020 19:40:20 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:
Do they only show 2 movies??
wrote:
U.S. Janet B.
May 2, 2020, 7:43:01 PM5/2/20
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Janet US
jmcquown
May 2, 2020, 7:52:39 PM5/2/20
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Jill
itsjoan...@webtv.net
May 2, 2020, 8:16:34 PM5/2/20
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 6:16:50 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>
> https://www.yidio.com/movie/superman-and-the-mole-men/216033?utm_source=Bing&utm_medium=Search&t_source=64&utm_campaign=2017&msclkid=17e677f580be113d9aad29587edeb6e0
>
Cannot view whatever this. Wants me to sign in or sign up for a free trial.
>
> https://www.yidio.com/movie/superman-and-the-mole-men/216033?utm_source=Bing&utm_medium=Search&t_source=64&utm_campaign=2017&msclkid=17e677f580be113d9aad29587edeb6e0
>
Cannot view whatever this. Wants me to sign in or sign up for a free trial.
Sheldon Martin
May 2, 2020, 8:22:45 PM5/2/20
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Boron Elgar
May 2, 2020, 8:35:25 PM5/2/20
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On Sat, 2 May 2020 19:38:16 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:
Again, as a kid, I could walk to several different ones. Now there is
one a few minutes drive away and TWO at the nearest mall. The second
one built at the mall that already had a theater, seems to show all
the same stuff. Only the lobby video games vary.
Frankly, even before the shutdowns, there weren't enough films out to
cover the screens at two separate 12 screen places. Someone must have
been an odd business planner.
wrote:
one a few minutes drive away and TWO at the nearest mall. The second
one built at the mall that already had a theater, seems to show all
the same stuff. Only the lobby video games vary.
Frankly, even before the shutdowns, there weren't enough films out to
cover the screens at two separate 12 screen places. Someone must have
been an odd business planner.
Boron Elgar
May 2, 2020, 8:35:47 PM5/2/20
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Boron Elgar
May 2, 2020, 8:37:15 PM5/2/20
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On Sat, 02 May 2020 17:42:53 -0600, U.S. Janet B. <J...@nospam.com>
Yes!
Sometimes we'd stay after the matinee to see the grown up movies that
started up again an hr or so after. We'd hide in the theater so they
couldn't find us kids. We also had to be careful and call home first
to let them know and to tell them what movie we were going to try to
see. We got vetoed a lot.
Sometimes we'd stay after the matinee to see the grown up movies that
started up again an hr or so after. We'd hide in the theater so they
couldn't find us kids. We also had to be careful and call home first
to let them know and to tell them what movie we were going to try to
see. We got vetoed a lot.
Boron Elgar
May 2, 2020, 8:38:12 PM5/2/20
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On Sat, 2 May 2020 19:52:34 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:
Do not forget the Raisinets and the Non Pareils.
wrote:
Bruce
May 2, 2020, 8:40:10 PM5/2/20
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Boron Elgar
May 2, 2020, 8:57:27 PM5/2/20
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jmcquown
May 3, 2020, 12:40:50 AM5/3/20
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remember them from when I (rarely) visited my maternal grandparents.
Grandpa loved Raisinets. He always had a candy bowl filled with them on
the sun porch. :)
Jill
Boron Elgar
May 3, 2020, 10:20:47 AM5/3/20
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On Sun, 3 May 2020 00:40:45 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
I am trying to recall other candies the movie theaters sold. There was
certainly not the variety one sees today and no real food-type items,
either.
Milk Duds
Jujubes
Bit o' Honey
Goobers
Junior Mints
Rare we could buy any...not allowed and no extra money around after
paying for the ticket at maybe $.50.
certainly not the variety one sees today and no real food-type items,
either.
Milk Duds
Jujubes
Bit o' Honey
Goobers
Junior Mints
Rare we could buy any...not allowed and no extra money around after
paying for the ticket at maybe $.50.
Sheldon Martin
May 3, 2020, 11:34:38 AM5/3/20
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On Sun, 03 May 2020 10:20:33 -0400, Boron Elgar
The Saturday matinee at the Claridge theater on Ave P Brooklyn cost
11ข... Bonomos Turkish Taffy or Walnettos cost a nickle... a double
feature, newsreels, a few serials like Flash Gordon, Tons of Fun,
Charlie Chaplin and 25 cartoons.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6367
11ข... Bonomos Turkish Taffy or Walnettos cost a nickle... a double
feature, newsreels, a few serials like Flash Gordon, Tons of Fun,
Charlie Chaplin and 25 cartoons.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6367
Gary
May 3, 2020, 1:36:06 PM5/3/20
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jmcquown wrote:
> Oh, Raisinets! I don't don't remember those from the movies. I
> remember them from when I (rarely) visited my maternal grandparents.
> Grandpa loved Raisinets. He always had a candy bowl filled with them on
> the sun porch. :)
I remember Raisinets and Goobers from the movie theaters. Best
> Oh, Raisinets! I don't don't remember those from the movies. I
> remember them from when I (rarely) visited my maternal grandparents.
> Grandpa loved Raisinets. He always had a candy bowl filled with them on
> the sun porch. :)
combined and not eaten separately for me.
Right now I eat the same (without the chocolate covering on
both) as a snack occasionally.
Dry roasted peanuts and raisins. Good without the chocolate.
U.S. Janet B.
May 3, 2020, 3:15:15 PM5/3/20
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U.S. Janet B.
May 3, 2020, 3:19:00 PM5/3/20
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On Sun, 03 May 2020 11:34:25 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
wrote:
>11¢... Bonomos Turkish Taffy or Walnettos cost a nickle... a double
boxes of gum drop candies in different colors? I always had to find
someone who would take the licorice ones.
Janet US
wrote:
>feature, newsreels, a few serials like Flash Gordon, Tons of Fun,
>Charlie Chaplin and 25 cartoons.
>http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6367
The Majestic Theater was 10 cents (no tax of 1 cent). What were those
>Charlie Chaplin and 25 cartoons.
>http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6367
boxes of gum drop candies in different colors? I always had to find
someone who would take the licorice ones.
Janet US
jmcquown
May 3, 2020, 4:16:30 PM5/3/20
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Jill
Leo
May 3, 2020, 11:13:28 PM5/3/20
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On 2020 May 3, , Sheldon Martin wrote
(in article<5eltafl1gpr2n7k8m...@4ax.com>):
> The Saturday matinee at the Claridge theater on Ave P Brooklyn cost
> 11¢... Bonomos Turkish Taffy or Walnettos cost a nickle... a double
me to cinematreasures.
Here it is, the worse for wear, renamed and where I spent a lot of time in
my youth.
<http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8827>
It used to be one of three theaters in my small town. Its name was the
Cactus Theater. Across the street was a classier, but smaller, theater
called the Desert Theater that was closed down for most of my boyhood.
How could one compete with a Quonset hut? The Desert Theater was owned by
the same lady but with less seating.
Then, for the kids whose fathers worked for the government, there was the
theater on the Base. Townies weren’t allowed there unless accompanied by
a government brat. They even had their own pool, long before we townies got
one. We had to swim in a lake. Can you imagine?
Hmmm...maybe my boyhood lack of government privilege made me the man I am
today. Oh, and I saw every monster movie mentioned in this thread there.
The best was “War of the Worlds” with Gene Barry. It’s still the best
“War of the Worlds”.
leo
(in article<5eltafl1gpr2n7k8m...@4ax.com>):
> The Saturday matinee at the Claridge theater on Ave P Brooklyn cost
> feature, newsreels, a few serials like Flash Gordon, Tons of Fun,
> Charlie Chaplin and 25 cartoons.
> http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6367
So I looked up the old Quonset hut theater in my hometown, and it brought
> Charlie Chaplin and 25 cartoons.
> http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/6367
me to cinematreasures.
Here it is, the worse for wear, renamed and where I spent a lot of time in
my youth.
<http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8827>
It used to be one of three theaters in my small town. Its name was the
Cactus Theater. Across the street was a classier, but smaller, theater
called the Desert Theater that was closed down for most of my boyhood.
How could one compete with a Quonset hut? The Desert Theater was owned by
the same lady but with less seating.
Then, for the kids whose fathers worked for the government, there was the
theater on the Base. Townies weren’t allowed there unless accompanied by
a government brat. They even had their own pool, long before we townies got
one. We had to swim in a lake. Can you imagine?
Hmmm...maybe my boyhood lack of government privilege made me the man I am
today. Oh, and I saw every monster movie mentioned in this thread there.
The best was “War of the Worlds” with Gene Barry. It’s still the best
“War of the Worlds”.
leo
Gary
May 4, 2020, 8:46:26 AM5/4/20
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"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
> The Majestic Theater was 10 cents (no tax of 1 cent). What were those
> boxes of gum drop candies in different colors? I always had to find
> someone who would take the licorice ones.
I've never cared for any licorice but the black ones
> The Majestic Theater was 10 cents (no tax of 1 cent). What were those
> boxes of gum drop candies in different colors? I always had to find
> someone who would take the licorice ones.
were not nice at all. The color and even the taste made
me feel like I was chewing on tar.
When I was young, my mom would sometimes take us to a theater.
It might have even been to get out of the hot house and sit
in an air conditioned theater. (?)
Don't remember admission prices because mom paid for the tickets.
I do remember though that whatever time you went, you could sit
in there all day if you wanted to. Miss the first part of the
movie and you could stay and watch that when it repeated.
They alway started with a newsreel short and also one of
those very cool old cartoons (still my favorite ones).
U.S. Janet B.
May 4, 2020, 9:43:16 AM5/4/20
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On Sun, 03 May 2020 20:13:23 -0700, Leo <leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:
snip...maybe my boyhood lack of government privilege made me the man I
understanding of the film. It was the sound effects, the spookiness,
not knowing what came next.
Janet US
wrote:
snip...maybe my boyhood lack of government privilege made me the man I
am
>today. Oh, and I saw every monster movie mentioned in this thread there.
>The best was “War of the Worlds” with Gene Barry. It’s still the best
>“War of the Worlds”.
>
>leo
>
absolutely right. the remakes are dumb and mad by people who had no
>today. Oh, and I saw every monster movie mentioned in this thread there.
>The best was “War of the Worlds” with Gene Barry. It’s still the best
>“War of the Worlds”.
>
>leo
>
understanding of the film. It was the sound effects, the spookiness,
not knowing what came next.
Janet US
GM
May 4, 2020, 11:50:23 AM5/4/20
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It has recently received a new digital restoration, it is available for download and soon Criterion will be releasing a snazzy new Blu-ray, NIRVANA!
https://www.criterion.com/films/29942-the-war-of-the-worlds
"The War of the Worlds
A mysterious, meteorlike object has landed in a small California town. All clocks have stopped. A fleet of glowing green UFOs hovers menacingly over the entire globe. The Martian invasion of Earth has begun, and it seems that nothing—neither military might nor the scientific know-how of nuclear physicist Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry)—can stop it. In the expert hands of genre specialists George Pal and Byron Haskin, H. G. Wells’s end-of-civilization classic receives a chilling Cold War–era update, complete with hallucinatory Technicolor and visionary, Oscar-winning special effects. Emblazoned with iconographic images of 1950s science fiction, The War of the Worlds is both an influential triumph of visual imagination and a still-disquieting document of the wonder and terror of the atomic age.
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Byron Haskin
United States
1953
85 minutes
Color
1.37:1
English
Spine #1037
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Movie Archaeologists, a new program on the visual and sound effects in the film featuring Burtt and film historian Craig Barron
From the Archive, a new program about the film’s restoration featuring Barron, Burtt, and Paramount Pictures archivist Andrea Kalas
Audio interview with producer George Pal from 1970
The Sky Is Falling, a 2005 documentary about the making of the film
The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds from 1938, directed and narrated by Orson Welles
Radio program from 1940 featuring a discussion between Welles and H. G. Wells, author of the 1897 novel The War of the Worlds
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Sheldon Martin
May 4, 2020, 12:35:04 PM5/4/20
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On Mon, 04 May 2020 08:45:11 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>> The Majestic Theater was 10 cents (no tax of 1 cent). What were those
>> boxes of gum drop candies in different colors?
Those are Dots, but apparently they no longer contain the black ones.
>"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>> The Majestic Theater was 10 cents (no tax of 1 cent). What were those
>> boxes of gum drop candies in different colors?
If you want all black ones those are called Crows. I liked the black
ones best, the black one from Chuckles was my favorite too. I like
licorice, I buy Ludens licorice cough drops from Amazon. I love Sen
Sen breath freshener. I also like Chowards Violet. One of my
favorite cough drops was Cosillana, contained an extract from the
tropical cocillana tree bark... pulled off the market as it was
considered a controlled substance.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1950s-ludens-cocillana-cent-238670508
https://www.candydirect.com/products/choward-mints-violet-15-mint-packs-24-count?msclkid=8f69c6a3988d118c32379813a8eb51ae&utm_campaign=2-product-mints&utm_content=2-product-choward-mints&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=bing&utm_term=%2BChoward%20%2BCandy
https://www.oldtimecandy.com/pages/sen-sen
U.S. Janet B.
May 4, 2020, 2:41:07 PM5/4/20
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On Mon, 04 May 2020 12:34:54 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
wrote:
>On Mon, 04 May 2020 08:45:11 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>
>>"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>>> The Majestic Theater was 10 cents (no tax of 1 cent). What were those
>>> boxes of gum drop candies in different colors?
>
>Those are Dots, but apparently they no longer contain the black ones.
>If you want all black ones those are called Crows. I liked the black
>ones best, the black one from Chuckles was my favorite too. I like
>licorice,
Chuckles and Dots! That's it. My two favorites. I still get the
sugared jelly orange or red candies from the bulk area at the
supermarket.
Thanks for naming them for me.
Janet US
wrote:
>On Mon, 04 May 2020 08:45:11 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>
>>"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>>> The Majestic Theater was 10 cents (no tax of 1 cent). What were those
>>> boxes of gum drop candies in different colors?
>
>Those are Dots, but apparently they no longer contain the black ones.
>If you want all black ones those are called Crows. I liked the black
>ones best, the black one from Chuckles was my favorite too. I like
>licorice,
sugared jelly orange or red candies from the bulk area at the
supermarket.
Thanks for naming them for me.
Janet US
Sheldon Martin
May 4, 2020, 4:45:18 PM5/4/20
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On Mon, 04 May 2020 12:40:57 -0600, U.S. Janet B. <J...@nospam.com>
Glad I helped. I was a NYC penny candy addict, I know them all... did
you like wax lips, wax whistles. tin fudge cups?
you like wax lips, wax whistles. tin fudge cups?
Dave Smith
May 4, 2020, 5:18:22 PM5/4/20
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On 2020-05-04 4:45 p.m., Sheldon Martin wrote:
> Glad I helped. I was a NYC penny candy addict, I know them all... did
> you like wax lips, wax whistles. tin fudge cups?
>
It was always a tough decision figuring out hot best to spend a nickle.
> Glad I helped. I was a NYC penny candy addict, I know them all... did
> you like wax lips, wax whistles. tin fudge cups?
>
Some things were a penny, two for a penny, three for a penny. You had to
figure out how to get the most candy but also to get the stuff you liked
and not just the cheap stuff.
Those adult who used to stand behind us impatiently while we bought
penny candy are getting back at us now. They are the old farts picking
out the lottery tickets.
U.S. Janet B.
May 4, 2020, 8:43:47 PM5/4/20
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On Mon, 04 May 2020 16:45:13 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
at Halloween time. The barbershop did a huge business in penny candy
Janet US
wrote:
>On Mon, 04 May 2020 12:40:57 -0600, U.S. Janet B. <J...@nospam.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 04 May 2020 12:34:54 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 04 May 2020 08:45:11 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>>>>> The Majestic Theater was 10 cents (no tax of 1 cent). What were those
>>>>> boxes of gum drop candies in different colors?
>>>
>>>Those are Dots, but apparently they no longer contain the black ones.
>>>If you want all black ones those are called Crows. I liked the black
>>>ones best, the black one from Chuckles was my favorite too. I like
>>>licorice,
>>Chuckles and Dots! That's it. My two favorites. I still get the
>>sugared jelly orange or red candies from the bulk area at the
>>supermarket.
>>Thanks for naming them for me.
>>Janet US
>
>Glad I helped. I was a NYC penny candy addict, I know them all... did
>you like wax lips, wax whistles. tin fudge cups?
Yes, I did but the barbershop next to the school yard only sold them
>On Mon, 04 May 2020 12:40:57 -0600, U.S. Janet B. <J...@nospam.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 04 May 2020 12:34:54 -0400, Sheldon Martin <penm...@aol.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 04 May 2020 08:45:11 -0400, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"U.S. Janet B." wrote:
>>>>> The Majestic Theater was 10 cents (no tax of 1 cent). What were those
>>>>> boxes of gum drop candies in different colors?
>>>
>>>Those are Dots, but apparently they no longer contain the black ones.
>>>If you want all black ones those are called Crows. I liked the black
>>>ones best, the black one from Chuckles was my favorite too. I like
>>>licorice,
>>Chuckles and Dots! That's it. My two favorites. I still get the
>>sugared jelly orange or red candies from the bulk area at the
>>supermarket.
>>Thanks for naming them for me.
>>Janet US
>
>Glad I helped. I was a NYC penny candy addict, I know them all... did
>you like wax lips, wax whistles. tin fudge cups?
at Halloween time. The barbershop did a huge business in penny candy
Janet US
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