Atlantis, The Lost Continent 1961  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Pal
Cast: Sal Ponti, Joyce Taylor, Frank DeKova, John Dall, Jay Novello, Edward Platt, Berry Kroeger, Keith Andes, Paul Frees, William Smith, Edgar Stehli, Wolfe Barzell
A Greek fisherman faces danger as he leads a revolt in the doomed city. Don't expect the usual great special effects from George Pal in this–one of his weakest films.
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Atoll K 1951  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Utopia
Robinson Crusoeland
Director: Leo Joannon
Cast: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, Suzy Delair, Max Elloy, Adriano Rimoldi, Paul Frees, Luigi Tosi, Alec Dalmatoff, Suzet Mais, Roger Legris, Vittorio Caproioli, Lucien Callamand, Robert Vattier, Robert Murzeau
When their yacht runs aground during a storm, Stan and Oliver (Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy) are stranded on an atoll with their cook Giovanni Copini (Adriano Rimoldi) and stowaway Antoine (Max Elloy). They are soon joined by a nightclub singer Cherie Lamour (Suzy Delair) who has run away from her domineering fiance. They form their own republic, and life is good–until they discover Uranium on the atoll, word gets out, and the world powers fight for control. This marks Laurel and Hardy's final feature film.
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 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 1956   N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Grandon Rhodes, Harry Lauter, Thomas Browne Henry, Charles Evans, Frank Wilcox, Larry J. Blake, Nicky Blair, Paul Frees, Clark Howat, Arthur Tovey
When UFOs attempt to make peaceful communications with Earth, their mission is mistaken for an invasion. They land on an Army base and are the target of gunfire. Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) is on hand when the pilots announce that they plan to take over Earth within 60 days, and he is given the job of heading up Operation Skyhook, which will probe the atmosphere for future space flights. Dr. Marvin and his team develop a missile that, when fired, shatters the flying saucers. But big problems result from the attack, and the saucers crash into Washington, D.C., landmarks. Special effects by the master: Ray Harryhausen 1 User Review
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| | 07/20/2009 | | Fantastic film, Ray Harryhausen is genius! |
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Francis in the Haunted House 1956 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Virginia Welles, James Flavin, Paul Cavanagh, Mary Ellen Kay, David Janssen, Ralph Dumke, Richard Gaines, Richard Deacon, Paul Frees
In this final Francis film, Mickey Rooney replaces Donald O'Connor and Paul Frees replaces Chill Wills as the voice of Francis the talking mule. It is also the weakest film of the series as the man and his mule get involved in haunted house goings-on.
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Frosty the Snowman 1969 TV, 25 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cast: Jimmy Durante, Billy De Wolfe, Jackie Vernon, Paul Frees, June Foray
Jimmy Durante narrates this classic story and sings the title song in which a silk hat magically brings Frosty the Snowman (voice of Jackie Vernon) to life. That hat belonged to a magician, Professor Hinkle (voice of Billy De Wolfe), who wants it back. But Frosty is befriended by children who take him on a train ride to the North Pole to escape from Hinkle and to find the cold temperatures that Frosty needs. Of course, they meet Santa Claus (voice of Paul Frees) who tells Hinkle that he was bad and turns him around. Then, the promise is given that Frosty will be back for yearly visits, and everyone lives happily ever after.
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 Gay Purr-ee 1962 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical
Director: Abe Levitow
Cast: Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Red Buttons, Paul Frees, Hermione Gingold, Morey Amsterdam, Mel Blanc, Julie Bennett, Joan Gardner
Country cat Mewsette (voice of Judy Garland) longs for the excitement of Paris, so she packs up and heads there. She is catnabbed by the dastardly Meowrice (voice of Paul Frees), who intends to marry her off to a rich American cat. But Juane-Tom (voice of Robert Goulet) and his sidekick Robspierre (voice of Red Buttons) come to her rescue in this animated film with lots of songs by Judy.
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 The Incredible Mr. Limpet 1964  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Animation / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston, Andrew Duggan, Larry Keating, Oscar Beregi Jr., Charles Meredith, Elizabeth MacRae, Paul Frees, Phil Arnold
Harry Limpet (Don Knotts) is a nervous little bookkeeper who is infatuated with fish. He volunteers for the Navy at the start of World War II but is turned down. Then the miracle happens: he slips off a pier, becomes a fish, and helps the war effort by hunting down German U-boats. Good animation in this enjoyable film.
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The Last Unicorn 1982 G, 92 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cast: Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Klein, Brother Theodore, Don Messick
This animated story is set in the Robin Hood era. It tells the story of a unicorn (voice of Mia Farrow) looking for the rest of the unicorns and her adventures along the way.
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Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol 1962 G, 53 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Abe Levitow
Cast: Jim Backus, Jack Cassidy, Royal Dano, Morey Amsterdam, June Foray, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, John Hart, Jane Kean, Les Tremayne
Ebenezer Scrooge has more than just his known problem of "seeing" the greed that he has allowed to permeate his life when Mr. Magoo (voice of Jim Backus) takes on the role–myopic vision and all.
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 1970 N/R, 50 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Keenan Wynn, Mickey Rooney, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Robie Lester, Andrea Sacino, Dina Lynn, Gary White, Greg Thomas
A mailman (voice of Fred Astaire) tells the story of how Santa came to be–from his being left on the doorstep of the Kringle family to his annual visits. He begins his adventures by delivering toys to families in a poor town who can't afford them AND against the laws of dictatorial Burghermeister Meisterburger (voice of Paul Frees). Animated.
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The Star 1952 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood, Warner Anderson, Minor Watson, June Travis, Katherine Warren, Barbara Woodell, Fay Baker, Barbara Lawrence, Paul Frees, Robert Warrick, Herb Vigran, Byron Foulger, Al Hill
Aging star Margaret Elliot (Bette Davis) strives for a comeback and then realizes her time has passed, and she must look other places for pleasures in life. Davis received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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Suddenly 1954  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Gates, James Gleason, Kim Charney, Christopher Dark, Paul Frees, Willis Bouchey, Paul Wexler, James O'Hara, Dan White, Kem Dibbs, Clark Howat, Charles Wagenheim, Richard Collier
John Baron (Frank Sinatra) and his two thugs arrive in the sleepy town of Suddenly to kill the President of the U.S. who is scheduled for a short train stop in the town. John takes the Benson family (James Gleason, Nancy Gates, and Kim Charney) and the town's sheriff, Tod Shaw (Sterling Hayden), hostage in a house that overlooks the train station–a strategic place for the assassination. As the time for the arrival nears, John gets loonier and loonier. Good film noir.
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The Thing from Another World 1951  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
aka: The Thing
Director: Christian Nyby
Cast: James Arness, Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite, Douglas Spencer, James R. Young, Dewey Martin, Robert Nichols, Eduard Franz, John Dierkes, William Self, Sally Creighton, Edmond Breon, Paul Frees, David McMahon
This is the classic film about an enemy, The Thing (James Arness), from outer space whose UFO has crashed at an Arctic radar post. Captain Patrick Hendry (Kenneth Tobey) accidentally explodes the UFO ship, but The Thing remains frozen in ice. An electric blanket is used to thaw The Thing, but it escapes and goes on a rampage. Now, the U.S. Army matches wits with its unwelcome "guest" as the suspense mounts, and they try to stop The Thing before it destroys Earth. 1 User Review
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| | Outstanding 50's Sci-fi | qeo 01/18/2007 | | |
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 The Time Machine 1960 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: George Pal
Cast: Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Alan Young, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Whit Bissell, Doris Lloyd, Paul Frees, Bob Barran, Josephine Powell, James Skelly
Around 1900, a scientist, H. George Wells (Rod Taylor), invents a time machine that can transport him through the fourth dimension of time. He travels into the year 807,701 where he discovers a VERY foreign world filled with the meek Elois who are hiding from the brutal Morlocks. Wells battles the Morlocks to regain his stolen time machine and rescues the beautiful Weena (Yvette Mimieux). From the H.G. Wells story.
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| 1. Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961)
2. Atoll K (1951)
aka: Utopia
aka: Robinson Crusoeland
3. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
4. Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
5. Frosty the Snowman (1969)
6. Gay Purr-ee (1962)
7. The Hobbit (1978)
8. The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
9. The Last Unicorn (1982)
10. Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest (1964)
11. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
12. The Point (1971)
13. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
14. The Star (1952)
15. Suddenly (1954)
16. The Thing from Another World (1951)
aka: The Thing
17. The Time Machine (1960)
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