 Blazing Saddles 1974  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Madeline Kahn, Alex Karras, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Mel Brooks, David Huddleston, Dom DeLuise, John Hillerman, Liam Dunn, Jack Starrett
This is a hilarious satire on Western movies by the master of wacky, Mel Brooks. Ex-convict Bart (Cleavon Little) is offered amnesty if he becomes sheriff of a Western town that is (unknown to the population) about to be taken over by the railroad. Great cast having lots of fun. Madeline Kahn was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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A Cry in the Wilderness 1974  TV, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: George Kennedy, Joanna Pettet, Lee Montgomery, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Roy Poole, Liam Dunn, Bing Russell, Irene Tedrow, Robert Brubaker, Anne Seymour
The Hadleys live in the wilderness. When Sam (George Kennedy) is bitten by a rabid skunk, he insists that he be chained to a post in the barn so that his family will not be infected. Sam also cautions that his pleas to be released should not be carried out. When a dam bursts and his farm is sure to be flooded, Sam must convince his family to release him to save the day. Good, taut, TV fare.
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Herbie Rides Again 1974 G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire, Keenan Wynn, Huntz Hall, Dan Tobin, Vito Scotti, Raymond Bailey, Liam Dunn, Richard X. Slattery, Elaine Devry, Don Pedro Colley, Chuck McCann, Larry J. Blake
In this sequel to "The Love Bug," that daring Volkswagen, Herbie, comes to the rescue and saves the widowed Mrs. Steinmetz (Helen Hayes) and her niece Nicole (Stephanie Powers). The villain is Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn), and he wants to build a skyscraper where Mrs. Steinmetz's house now stands. Hawk's nephew, Willoughby Whitfield (Ken Berry), falls in love with Nicole and provides legal aid in the fight against Hawk. Meanwhile, Herbie finds a different kind of aid when he leads all of the San Francisco Volkswagens in a battle against the bulldozers.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1972  TV, 78 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Barry Crane
Cast: Stewart Granger, William Shatner, Bernard Fox, John Williams, Anthony Zerbe, Jane Merrow, Sally Ann Howes, Brendan Dillon, Ian Ireland, Alan Caillou, Arline Anderson, Liam Dunn, Michael St. Clair, Constance Cavendish, Barry Bernard
In this made-for-TV version of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tale, Holmes (Stewart Granger) is asked to investigate the Baskerville family curse and protect the latest heir, Sir Henry Baskerville (Ian Ireland). Holmes sends Dr. Watson (Bernard Fox) to the Baskerville estate to investigate, while Holmes disguises himself to perform undercover work. Together, Watson and Holmes learn that a relative of the Baskerville family plans to use a gigantic hound to kill Henry and then gain possession of the estate.
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 Miracle on 34th Street 1973  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Jane Alexander, David Hartman, Roddy McDowall, Sebastian Cabot, Suzanne Davidson, Jim Backus, Tom Bosley, David Doyle, James Gregory, Roland Winters, Conrad Janis, Ellen Weston, Burt Mustin, Jason Wingreen, Liam Dunn
This TV remake of the 1947 classic follows the former movie closely, with Sebastian Cabot in the role of Kris Kringle who is hired to play Santa Claus during the Christmas season at Macy's. Kris becomes friends with Macy's manager Karen Walker (Jane Alexander), her young daughter Susan (Susan Davidson), and their neighbor Bill (David Hartman). Kris claims that he is the real Santa Claus and tries to convince Susan that her mother is wrong and that Santa Claus really does exist. This leads to a sanity hearing where Kris must convince both a court and Susan that he is, indeed, the real Santa. Again remade in 1994. 1 User Review
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| | lois copeland 03/12/2007 | It has been a long time since I have veiwed this move in Canada.
From what I remember it was a great movie and if enyone has a copy I would like to purchase one loiscope227@hotmail.com |
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Peeper 1975  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
aka: Fat Chance
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Michael Caine, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn, Michael Constantine, Thayer David, Timothy Carey, Dorothy Adams, Liam Dunn, Don Calfa, Robert Ito, Snag Werris, Gary Combs
In this spoof on 1940s' detective films, private detective Leslie C. Tucker (Michael Caine) is hired by Anglich (Michael Constantine) to find his long-missing daughter. The trail leads to the Prendergast family and their two daughters Ellen (Natalie Wood) and Mianne (Kitty Winn)–one of whom just might be Anglich's missing daughter.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1974 TV, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Hardy
Cast: Diane Baker, Pamelyn Ferdin, Michael-James Wixted, Cliff Robertson, James Olson, Nancy Malone, Allyn Ann McLerie, Liam Dunn, Anne Seymour, Booth Colman, Shirley Slater, Johnny Lee
This TV remake of the 1945 Oscar-winning classic does an adequate job of telling Betty Smith's story of a widow raising her children in Brooklyn in the early 1900s. After her husband (Cliff Robertson) dies, Francie (Diane Baker) must make it on her own until she meets and marries a policeman (James Olson). Originally intended as the pilot for a TV series, the series did not come to be.
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The Virginia Hill Story 1974 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, John Vernon, Herbert Anderson, Robby Benson, John Quade, Liam Dunn, Conrad Janis, Tom Reese
Told in flashback as she is testifying, this is the story of Hollywood starlet Virginia Hill (Dyan Cannon) who was the lover of Mafia gangster Bugsy Siegel (Harvey Keitel). Siegel went into debt opening a gambling casino in Las Vegas, upset opponents, and was murdered by rival mobsters.
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The World's Greatest Athlete 1973 G, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Robert Scheerer
Cast: Tim Conway, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Dayle Haddon, Billy De Wolfe, Nancy Walker, Leon Askin, Don Pedro Colley, Vito Scotti, Liam Dunn, Ivor Francis
Coaches Sam Archer (John Amos) and Milo Jackson (Tim Conway) travel to Africa where they discover a super athlete, Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent), who they bring back to their college in the United States and turn him into a track star.
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 Young Frankenstein 1974  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Gene Hackman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, Liam Dunn, Danny Goldman, Oscar Beregi Jr., Arthur Malet, Anne Beesley, Monte Landis
This is a great satirical look at Frankenstein as seen through the eyes of comedy when the Monster (Peter Boyle) comes across as a sympathetic creature who elicits many laughs. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is the grandson of the infamous Frankenstein and has inherited his Transylvanian estate. He moves in and meets hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman), assistant Inga (Teri Garr), and housekeeper Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman). Frankenstein creates his Monster, but Igor has stolen the wrong brain, and problems–and humor–are a certainty. 1 User Review
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| | The Most Successful Mel Brooks Movie | 1fatts 11/08/2007 | I think the credit goes to Gene Wilder -- not as an actor, although he is very good in this, but as the co-writer. Wilder shares writing credit with Brooks on this film, and that may be where the disciplined structure comes from in the film.
The film is, of course, zany and contains the requisite number of Brooks silliness, bad puns and misfires, but, as a film, we have a tight, controlled structure. And we end up, because of it, with a true spoof and tribute to the original James Whale movies.
Wilder does a fine job. Madeline Kahn was a wonder. Kenneth Mars does another one of his truly gifted dialect roles. Gene Hackman's cameo as the blind hermit is, hands down, the funniest thing he ever did. Still, my own personal favourite here is Cloris Leachman doing a take-off of Judith Anderson's housekeeper in "Rebecca"/
I can't say it's the funniest Mel Brooks stuff on film -- that must forever go to two or three of the best scenes in The Producers (That's the original; we won't talk about the musical), but Young Frankenstein, taken as a a whole, is the best "film" Brooks ever did. |
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| 1. Blazing Saddles (1974)
2. A Cry in the Wilderness (1974)
3. Herbie Rides Again (1974)
4. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
5. Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
6. Peeper (1975)
aka: Fat Chance
7. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974)
8. The Virginia Hill Story (1974)
9. The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
10. Young Frankenstein (1974)
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