1953 – 42nd St. Cinema Backstory

Movie Poster Collection: Eva Bartok Melodramas!

This fetching young woman is the late Hungarian actress, Eva Bartok (1927-98), who had a 16-year career in front of the camera between 1950-66. We saw her last in Spaceways (1953). Bartok may have had a child by way of Frank Sinatra from an affair in 1956, but other than that bit of gossip, she’s more-or-less forgottenContinue reading “Movie Poster Collection: Eva Bartok Melodramas!”

Movie Poster Collection: Sci-Fi & Horror of 1953

All the “War of the Worlds” Films

I recently had the pleasure of listening to the original 1938 radio play of War of the Worlds, and watching the classic 1953 film, and I was thinking wouldn’t it be cool to pull together all the film adaptations in one place? I found seven feature-length films and a short-lived TV series. Here you go:Continue reading “All the “War of the Worlds” Films”

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (Trailer, 1953)

Only live action adaptation of a Dr. Seuss book that he ever agreed to. It flopped, but has all the post-war tropes: atom bombs, militarization, corporate greed, the Korean War, and brainwashing. Also, pedophilia.

Glen or Glenda (Full Movie, 1953)

The Maze (Full Movie, 1953)

Hitch-Hiking Into History

This film is an interesting piece of film noir directed by Ida Lupino in an era where there were very few women directors and is based on an all-but-forgotten true crime story of the day. What makes this film special is that it helped establish the “noir roadshow” sub-category of noir, in which the darknessContinue reading “Hitch-Hiking Into History”

Link Dump: 1-6 October

Here’s a bit on what I’ve been reading as of late–mainly from those with the sufficiently poor judgment as to follow me on Twitter. Seriously, you folks are awesome, and I wanted to highlight your stuff to the 8 or so people who read this blog 😉 Mainly I read your movie reviews, I’ve seenContinue reading “Link Dump: 1-6 October”

“Angels Hard As They Come” Turns 42!

This month is the 42nd anniversary of the release of this little gem of an outlaw biker flick, notable for being written by Jonathan Demme, and starring Scott Glenn and Gary Busey before they were stars. In fact, this was Busey’s first film role. As is my general rule, I’ll not review this film asContinue reading ““Angels Hard As They Come” Turns 42!”