The Amazing Transparent Man 1960  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Marguerite Chapman, Douglas Kennedy, James Griffith, Ivan Triesault, Boyd "Red" Morgan, Carmel Daniel, Edward Erwin, Jonathan Ledford, Norman Smith, Patrick Cranshaw, Kevin Kelly, Dennis Adams
Paul Krenner (James Griffith) sets out to develop a process to make men invisible in order to make an invisible army that he can market. To this end, he forces Dr. Peter Ulof (Ivan Triesault) to make it happen. But, Paul needs more radium to complete his experiment and, with the help of his girlfriend Laura (Marguerite Chapman), busts Joey Faust (Douglas Kennedy) out of jail to steal the necessary radium after being made invisible. But Joey has other plans upon becoming invisible. A real "cheapie," but it's fun to watch.
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Babes in Bagdad 1952  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Gypsy Rose Lee, Richard Ney, John Boles, Sebastian Cabot, Christopher Lee, MacDonald Parke, Hugh Dempster, Thomas Gallagher, Natalie Benesh
Things go well in the caliph's (John Boles) harem until Kyra (Paulette Goddard) comes along and demands equal rights for women. This comedy fails to entertain, even with a cast of stars.
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 The Black Cat 1934  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
aka: The House of Doom
The Vanishing Body
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop, Henry Armetta, Albert Conti, Harry Cording, Luis Alberni, Lucille Lund, Herman Bing, Andre Cheron, Egon Brecher, George Davis, Paul Weigel
This is the first film starring both Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi and concerns a young couple–Joan and Peter Alison (Julie Bishop and David Manners)–who meet Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Lugosi) on a train while honeymooning in Budapest. Werdegast offers them a ride from the station, but after an accident the trio ends up at the home of Hjalmar Poetzig (Karloff). Poetzig is a satanic cult leader who has stolen Werdegast's wife and daughter. The wife has died and her corpse is hidden in the house. Meanwhile, Werdegast has married the daughter. Now the chess game begins as Poelzig and Werdegast engage in mind games, and the Alisons become the pawns in this deadly game.
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Bluebeard 1944 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: John Carradine, Jean Parker, Nils Asther, Ludwig Stossel, Iris Adrian, George Pembroke, Teala Loring, Sonia Sorel, Henry Kolker, Emmett Lynn, Patti McCarty, Frank Darien, George Irving, Carrie Devan, Anne Sterling
John Carradine is at his spooky best as he plays deranged killer Gaston Morel, a deranged killer of beautiful women. Morel is an artist who picks up models, paints their pictures, and then kills them. He meets his match in a clever young woman (Jean Parker) who learns about Morel's crimes and is determined to bring him to justice.
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Detour 1945  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard, Roger Clark, Pat Gleason, Don Brodie, Harry Strang, Eddie Hall
Al Roberts (Tom Neal) performs as a pianist in a NYC nightclub. After his girlfriend leaves for L.A., Al decides to follow her and hitchhikes his way west. When the man who gave Al a lift dies, Al, fearing that he will be blamed, buries the body and takes the man's identity. Continuing his journey in the dead man's car, Al picks up another hitchhiker, Vera (Ann Savage), who figures out Al's deception, and, under the threat of blackmail, he gets in ever-deeper trouble when he must join in on her scheme. Cheaply made in six days, this classic film noir has rightly become a cult favorite. 1 User Review
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| | Defeatist guy succombs to bad luck and road to destruction | darknessatnoon 01/10/2007 | | Semi cute... true film noir... but I hoped for better dialog... better acting... better characterization... and better plot... and better directing. Would love to see a remake with a more Whitman male lead and more Stanwick femme fatale and crisper direction (...there're a lot of flow-breaking pauses and non-sequiturs). Still... I wouldn't want to have missed seeing it. |
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Hannibal 1960  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure / Action / Drama
aka: Annibale
Director: Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Victor Mature, Rita Gam, Gabriele Ferzetti, Milly Vitale, Rik Battaglia, Franco Silva, Terence Hill, Mirko Ellis, Andrea Aureli, Renzo Cesana, Andrea Fantasia, Bud Spencer, Franco Dominici, Enzo Fiermonte
Hannibal (Victor Mature) has crossed the Alps with his elephants and is advancing on Rome when he captures Sylvia (Rita Gam). The two fall in love, but love will not conquer all as Hannibal's failings prove his undoing–both with Sylvia and with the Romans.
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Isle of Forgotten Sins 1943  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Monsoon
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: John Carradine, Gale Sondergaard, Sidney Toler, Frank Fenton, Rita Quigley, Veda Ann Borg, Rick Vallin, Betty Amann, Tala Birell, Patti McCarty
Two deep-sea divers (John Carradine and Frank Fenton) hold their own against the diabolical ship captain (Sidney Toler) who has his own plans for taking over the sunken treasure they seek.
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My Son, the Hero 1943 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Patsy Kelly, Roscoe Karns, Joan Blair, Carol Hughes, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Luis Alberni, Joseph Allen, Lois Collier, Jeni Le Gon, Nick Stewart, Hal Price, Al St. John, Maxine Leslie
Con-man "Big Time" Morgan (Roscoe Karns) has lied to his war correspondent son, Michael (Joseph Allen), by telling him he is a wealthy businessman. Now, Michael is coming to visit his father, and "Big Time"–with help from ex-wife Gerty (Patsy Kelly) and prize fighter Kid Slug (Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom)–gets his hands not only a mansion but a family as well, thus increasing his chances of pulling off the deception.
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Pirates of Capri 1949  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action
aka: Captain Sirocco
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Alan Curtis, Mariella Lotti, Massimo Serato, Mikhail Rasumny, Virginia Belmont, Franca Marzi, William Tubbs, Alberto Califano, Maria Auritano, Michel Sorel, Eleonora Rossi Drago
By day, pirate Captain Sirocco (Louis Hayward) disguises himself as Count di Amalfi, which enables him to spy on the Naples court of Queen Carolina (Binnie Barnes). At night, Sirocco puts on a mask and leads the rebels of Capri in an effort to overthrow Queen Carolina and her evil police chief Commodore Van Diel (Alan Curtis). Good action scenes.
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St. Benny the Dip 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Escape If You Can
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, Roland Young, Lionel Stander, Freddie Bartholomew, Oscar Karlweis, William A. Lee, Dick Gordon, Jean Casto, Eddie Wells, Dort Clark, James Bender, Verne Colette, John Lupton
Three con artists Benny, Matthew, and Monk (Dick Haymes, Roland Young, and Lionel Stander) disguise themselves as clergymen, and the ploy works. In fact, it works so well that they are accepted as real clergymen at a skid row mission and end up going straight.
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Strange Illusion 1945  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Out of the Night
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Jimmy Lydon, Sally Eilers, Warren William, Regis Toomey, Charles Arnt, George Reed, Jayne Hazard, Sonia Sorel, John Hamilton, Pierre Watkin, Jimmy Clark, Mary McLeod, Victor Potel, George Sherwood, Gene Roth
Paul (Jimmy Lydon) has been having nightmares in which his father, who was killed under suspicious circumstances, warns him that a stranger will threaten his family. True to his dreams, smooth Brett (Warren William) shows up to woo Paul's mother (Sally Eilers). Paul investigates and puts himself in danger. An interesting takeoff on "Hamlet." 1 User Review
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| | Hamlet-like plot in modern (1945) setting | darknessatnoon 01/10/2007 | | Quite enjoyed it... not quite film noir... moves well... mostly plausible... framing device is hokily done (but so was Bill's)... cast looks familiar from 1950s TV Superman series. |
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The Strange Woman 1946 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward, Gene Lockhart, Hillary Brooke, Rhys Williams, June Storey, Moroni Olsen, Alan Napier, Dennis Hoey, Olive Blakeney, Kathleen Lockhart, Edith Evanson, Jessie Arnold, Edward Biby
Bangor, Maine, was a bustling, brawling lumber town in the early 1800s when beautiful, young Jenny Hager (Hedy Lamarr) accepted a marriage proposal from wealthy businessman Isaiah Poster (Gene Lockhart), 20 years her senior. Shrewd for her age (due in part to having to deal with her drunken father for many years), she uses her new wealth to her advantage, including courting other men. Well acted and directed.
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Tomorrow We Live 1942 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: At Dawn We Die
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Jean Parker, Emmett Lynn, William(2) Marshall, Rose Anne Stevens, Ray Miller, Frank Hagney, Rex Lease, Jack Ingram, Jane Hale, Barbara Slater, Ray Henderson, Curley Dresden, Richard Cramer, William H. O'Brien
A gangster, The Ghost (Ricardo Cortez), blackmails ex-con "Pop" Bronson (Emmett Lynn) into storing his mass of stolen tires. But, when "Pop's" daughter, Julie (Jean Parker), learns what is happening, she tries to save her father. Her efforts fail after a rival gang beats up The Ghost. The Ghost thinks that "Pop" Bronson is responsible and exacts revenge by shooting him in front of Julie.
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| 1. The Amazing Transparent Man (1960)
2. Babes in Bagdad (1952)
3. The Black Cat (1934)
aka: The House of Doom
aka: The Vanishing Body
4. Bluebeard (1944)
5. Detour (1945)
6. Hannibal (1960)
aka: Annibale
7. Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
aka: Monsoon
8. My Son, the Hero (1943)
9. Pirates of Capri (1949)
aka: Captain Sirocco
10. St. Benny the Dip (1951)
aka: Escape If You Can
11. Strange Illusion (1945)
aka: Out of the Night
12. The Strange Woman (1946)
13. Tomorrow We Live (1942)
aka: At Dawn We Die
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