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The Lone Ranger SIX GUNS LEGACY (Episode 11)
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Stars: Boris Karloff, Robert Flemyng, Hermione Gingold
Director: Daniel Petrie
In rural England, a college professor teams with an elderly neighbor to investigate an outbreak of KILLER BEES.
TRIVIA: Although Karloff''s character is named Mr. Mycroft, Sherlockians have recognized a retired Holmes (bee culture, investigating methods, pipe smoking). The episode is based on H. F. Heard's novel "A Taste for Honey."
Director: Dwain Esper
Screenplay: Hildagarde Stadie
Stars: Bill Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Edwards
🍕A doctor with a Frankenstein complex and an ex-Vaudeville actor do a Deadly Tango in Dwain Esper's Masterpiece of Madness 🍕
TRIVIA: DWAIN ESPER produced and directed only a handful of films -- Narcotic (1933,) Maniac (1934,) Marihuana (1936,) How to Undress in Front of Your Husband (1937,) Sex Madness (1938.) He is perhaps best remembered for Cult Classic Reefer Madness. The film was originally produced in 1936 by George Hirliman and financed by a church group under the title Tell Your Children. Shortly after its release Dwain Esper re-cut the film, gave it a more catchy title, and the seeds for the Cannabis Culture Classic were planted.
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Director: Harry L. Fraser
A newspaper editor plans to expose a local crook and his gang, but things really get crazy when news of a gold strike causes the town to empty.
Stars: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Elisha Cook Jr.
Director: William Castle
In William Castle’s Macabre Masterpiece, an eccentric millionaire offers $10,000 to five strangers who agree to be locked in a large, spooky mansion overnight with him and his wife.
TRIVIA: Exterior shots of the mansion were filmed at the historic 1924 Ennis House in Los Feliz California, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Stars: Ida Lupino, Arthur Franz, Olive Blakeney
Director: Roy Kellino
A shop girl's life becomes a torrid Melodrama after she marries a wealthy man and moves into his family's gothic mansion.
Stars: Ray Walker, Kathryn Crawford, Arthur Vinton
Director: Lewis D. Collins
A daredevil pilot is so crazy for a gal, that he quits flying and takes a job at her father's bank. But when framed as an embezzler, the love-crazed airman takes off in his amphibious plane to bring back the real thief!
Director: Harry L. Fraser
An emergency at his aunt's ranch gets Ed Randall leave from the Navy. He returns to find the water cut off and her note due the next day.
Crazy Organ: Hank Sylvern
Starring: Martin Balsam, Margaret Phillips, Theodore Newton
A couple goes on vacation with their daughter unaware that the health department is urgently seeking the child because she was bitten by a rabid dog but is afraid to tell her parents.
Presented by Auto-Lite Theater, this spine-tingling anthology series ran for over 15 years featuring stories of mystery and the macabre! Broadcast live and recorded on Kinoscope!
Director: J.P. McGowan
In Bob Steele's very first talking picture, a simmering dispute between cattle ranchers and sheep herders over grazing rights threatens to boil over into a full-fledged range war.
Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Nigel Bruce, Arthur Wontner, Ralph Richardson
Director: Marion Gering
Edward G. plays an American huckster visiting London, who engages in a bold business promotion the likes of which the British have never seen.
TRIVIA: The aristocratic blue-eyed German actress, Luli Deste made her English-speaking film debut in Thunder in the City. She subsequently came to Hollywood with an entourage of three Afghan hounds but found quality roles hard to come and quit film acting in 1941.
Stars: Norma Eberhardt, Faye Wray, Stephen Joyce
Director: Roy Kellino
Before her final parole from a reform school, a shy young girl is given a job at a diner to see how she will adjust to the outside world. After a few weeks, she tells the other girls at the reformatory a strange lie.
TRIVIA: Norma Eberhardt appeared in only 16 movie & TV roles. She is best remembered as the love interest in the 1958 film "The Return of Dracula" co-starring Francis Lederer as the Vampire.
Stars: Duncan Renaldo, Muriel Evans, Rex Lease
Produced by: Fanchon Royer
Champion race car drivers Larry Evans and Eddie DeSylva are fierce rivals for the checkered flag and for the love of a beautiful rich girl, but only one can be King of the Speedway!
Tragic Trivia: Marie Prevost, the actress who played the Cafe Waitress, was one of Mack Sennett's stars and a leading comedienne of the 1920s. Just a few weeks after this film's release, she was found dead in her Hollywood apartment.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Two young brothers are separated when their wagon train is attacked and their parents killed. One brother is raised by Indians, and the other by the leader of an outlaw gang. Twenty years later they unknowingly meet again.
Crazy Organ: Hank Sylvern
Starring: George Reeves, Jack Klugman, Mary Sinclair
When an actor goes to New Orleans for Mardi Gras he falls in love with a beautiful woman,
but a gambling boss warns him that the girl is trouble.
Presented by Auto-Lite Theater, this spine-tingling anthology series ran for over 15 years featuring stories of mystery and the macabre! Broadcast live and recorded on Kinoscope!
Starring: Kent Taylor, Ralph Morgan, Irene Hervey, Robert Armstrong
Directed by: Ray Taylor & Noel M. Smith
Over a sinister radio broadcast, a self-possessed master criminal declares his "The League of Murdered Men" will exact revenge upon the city unless all officials are kicked out of office. It falls upon a hard-driving police detective to end this reign of terror and uncover how the madman's "League" can be composed of public enemies who have all been officially proclaimed dead!
CHAPTERS
0:26 The League of Murdered Men
28:00 The Death Plunge
49:18 Murder Blockade
1:10:00 Hangman's Noose
1:28:16 Man Undercover
1:47:20 Under Crumbling Walls
2:05:40 The Water Trap
2:23:12 Murder by Proxy
2:43:53 Gang Bait
3:01:37 Mob Vengeance
3:18:48 Wanted at Headquarters
3:36:39 The Long Chance
3:55:07 Law and Order
4:14:08 Please Subscribe!
Stars: Rex Lease, Frances Morris, Yakima Canutt
Director: Elmer Clifton
A cowboy goes after cattle rustlers he finds changing brands.
Director: Jerry Warren (Pauper of Trashcan Cinema)
Stars: Virginia Maynor (former Mrs. “Kookie” Byrnes), Ray Corrigan (unconfirmed), Rock Madison (?)
“Hair-raising excitement in the icy lair of giant man-like creatures that roam the roof of the world!” Sounds like we got ourselves a true-to-life YETI MOVIE! Featured in Michael J. Weldon's Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film, an 815-page compilation of mini-reviews of over 3,000 cult films.-- PizzaFLIX
FACTS: The Yeti is a giant bipedal creature purported to inhabit the Himalayan mountain range in Asia. In Western pop culture, this hairy beast is most commonly referred to as the Abominable Snowman. Its North American cousin is known as Big Foot.
TRIVIA: The monster suit was originally used in the 1945 movies "The White Gorilla" and "White Pongo," both played by former action star Ray Corrigan.
MYSTERY: Although Rock Madison is given top billing for playing the role "Lon Raynon," there is no character of that name in the film. Could he be the Sixth mountain climber of this 5-party Himalayan expedition?
Stars: Charles Boyer, Jeanette Nolan, Stacy Harris
Director: Robert Florey
A mildly brain-injured war hero lives with his greedy family. All he wants is his own house, while all they want is to preserve their failing wealth. When his younger brother kills a man over a gambling debt, the family convinces him that he did it.
Director: Stuart Paton
Plagued by a series of mysterious horse rustlings, a wealthy rancher calls upon the fast-riding, pistol-packing "Cheyenne Kid," to investigate.
Crazy Organ: Hank Sylvern
Story: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Starring: John Baragrey, Katharine Bard, June Walker
A woman recalls painful memories of the 1920s when she first danced the Charleston at a society party during a visit to the South.
Presented by Auto-Lite Theater, this spine-tingling anthology series ran for over 15 years featuring stories of mystery and the macabre! Broadcast live and recorded on Kinoscope!
Stars: Rod La Rocque, Marian Nixon, Betty Compson
Producer: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Director: Vin Moore
When a playboy takes a job as an assistant district attorney, he finds himself up against a tough crime boss and his gang.
Writer: Roland Petit
Stars: Moira Shearer, Cyd Charisse, Zizi Jeanmaire
Presenter: Maurice Chevalier
And now for something completely different! Four Ballets of Paris by Frenchman Roland Petit, each with an introduction by Maurice Chevalier.
From the director of Dr. No, Thunderball, and From Russia with Love, filmed in Luscious Technirama. Viva Le France!
CHAPTERS
0:00 PizzaFLIX Intro/Movie Credits
2:32 "The Gold Digger" starring Zizi Jeanmaire (wife of Roland Petit)
28:31 "Cyrano de Bergerac" starring Moira Shearer of "The Red Shoes" fame.
1:03:53 "A Merry Mourning" starring Cyd Charisse
1:28:33 "Carmen" starring Zizi Jeanmaire
Stars: Rex Bell, Constance Bergen, Forrest Taylor
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Someone is adding beef to Rocky Brown's herd and changing the brands to make it look like he is rustling.
TRIVIA: Cowboy actor Rex Bell was born on October 16, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois. He was married to Clara Bow until his death on July 4, 1962 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Stars: David Niven, Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Director: Roy Kellino
While traveling alone in a train compartment, an elderly, wealthy, wheelchair-bound man is confronted by a younger man, whom he had double-crossed over twenty years ago.
Director: John P. McCarthy
A fugitive from the law is doggedly pursued by U.S. Marshals. But the lawmen are unaware that he was wrongfully framed for extortion, and escaped from jail to catch the real criminal.
Crazy Organ: Hank Sylvern
Starring: Rod Steiger, Don Hanmer, Gaby Rodgers
There's a big dispute going on at Rafferty's Pub after two hoods both claim to offer protection.
Presented by Auto-Lite Theater, this spine-tingling anthology series ran for over 15 years featuring stories of mystery and the macabre! Broadcast live and recorded on Kinoscope!
The Director: Tay Garnett
The Guys: Pat O'Brien, Edward Arnold, Broderick Crawford
The Dolls: Ruth Terry, Eve Arden, Claire Dodd, Phyllis Brooks, Evelyn Keyes
A tough-talking lawyer’s rivalry with a corrupt politico boss takes a deadly turn after he is framed for the murder of a young socialite. Not to be taken too seriously, it's a wonderful mash-up of Film Noir and Screwball Comedy styles.
Starring: Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Short, James Craven
Directed by: James W. Horne
In this exciting Cliffhanger, Captain Midnight is called upon to stop a mysterious villain who is after a top-secret device that will enable his bombers to launch a furious reign of terror.
CHAPTERS
0:00 PizzaFLIX Intro
1:05 Mysterious Pilot
31:28 The Stolen Range Finder
49:59 The Captured Plane
1:08:48 Mistaken Identity
1:26:20 Ambushed Ambulance
1:44:11 Weird Waters
2:00:10 Menacing Fates
2:15:45 Shells of Evil
2:31:44 The Drop to Doom
2:48:30 The Hidden Bomb
3:06:06 Sky Terror
3:23:05 Burning Bomber
3:39:50 Death in the Cockpit
3:56:05 Scourge of Revenge
4:13:50 The Fatal Hour
4:31:10 Please Subscribe!
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Stars: Francis Lederer, Joan Camden, Donald Buka
Director: Gunther Fritsch
Exotic actor Turhan Bey steps behind the scenes to produce this forgotten Noiresque thriller: An egotistical concert pianist, his troubled wife, and a desperate taxi driver match wits on a rainy New Year's Eve in Post-war Vienna.
TRIVIA: "Stolen Identity" was the first producing credit for actor Turhan Bey. A German-language version, "Abenteuer In Wein," was shot simultaneously and directed by E. E. Reinert. Francis Lederer portrayed "Claude Manelli" in both versions.
Stars: David Niven, Lowell Gilmore, Rhys Williams
Director: Robert Florey
A man encounters an old acquaintance on a train traveling with a large sum of money. He later learns that the man had disappeared four months earlier after embezzling the cash from the train company.
Starring:: Richard Talmadge "The World's Greatest Action Hero"
Co-Starring: Thelma White, Robert Frazer
Director: Franklin Shamray
A daredevil detective gets mixed up with a pearl necklace, a gang of jewel thieves, and a girl with "something on her mind, and it isn't a prayer book."
Director: S. Roy Luby
The daughter of a notorious cattle thief falls for a stranger at a dance. The stranger is really a lawman who is after her father.
Director: Robert Hutton
Stars: Robert Hutton, Susan Hart, Les Tremayne
They came from the bowels of Los Angeles: grotesque, rotting-vegetable-like creatures, forced from their subterranean lair by underground nuclear tests. It's up to a small band of survivors, left behind in the vacated metropolis, to save mankind from these spear-toting boogeymen.
TRIVIA: featured in Michael J. Weldon's Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film, an 815-page compilation of mini-reviews of over 3,000 cult films.
Crazy Organ: Hank Sylvern
Starring: Chester Morris, Olive Deering, James Gregory
After witnessing two men fight over a toy doll, a crime reporter decides to investigate the incident.
Presented by Auto-Lite Theater, this spine-tingling anthology series ran for over 15 years featuring stories of mystery and the macabre! Broadcast live and recorded on Kinoscope!
Stars: Shirley Grey, Sidney Blackmer, Noel Madison
Director: Charles Lamont
A member of a counterfeiting ring is having a crisis of conscience. Can she go straight or will she be pulled back into her life of crime?
Starring: Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Buck Jones, Lon Chaney
Directed by: Ford Beebe & Ray Taylor
In this star-packed serial, our able heroes escape various perils devised by the evil Wolfe Reade and his pack of outlaws, who wish to lay claim to a fabled lost mine.
CHAPTERS
0:00 PizzaFLIX Intro
1:03 Death Marks the Trail
20:57 The Menacing Herd
39:53 The Plunge of Peril
59:11 Flaming Fury
1:17:45 The Avalanche of Doom
1:37:06 Blood and Gold
1:57:11 Death Rides the Storm
2:15:29 Descending Doom
2:34:49 Death Holds the Reins
2:54:19 Devouring Flames
3:12:00 The Fatal Blast
3:30:34 Thundering Doom
3:48:06 Bridge of Disaster
4:05:48 A Fight to the Death
4:26:52 The Harvest of Hate
4:45:56 Please Subscribe!
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Director: Gene Martel
Stars: Marsha Hunt, Paul Carpenter, Honor Blackman
There's more to this rarely-seen Crime Thriller than meets the eye when an American diplomat and his wife are ordered to London for a conference.
Stars: Ida Lupino, Robert Arthur, Hugh Sanders
Director: Roy Kellino
A school teacher on the disciplinary board finds herself in the awkward position of investigating her own nephew's misconduct.
Starring:: Richard Talmadge "The World's Greatest Action Hero"
Co-Starring: Lois Wilde, Roger Williams
Director: Henrí Samuels (aka Harry S. Webb)
When a motorcycle cop is unfairly fired from the force after arresting a speeding heiress, he attempts to solve a string of truck hijackings in order to clear his name.
Stars: Ray Corrigan, John 'Dusty' King, Max Terhune
Director: S. Roy Luby
Rodeo contestants Dusty King and Ray Corrigan meet, their fathers having been members of the Range Busters. When Dusty is knocked unconscious, time reverts to their father's era, and the Range Busters are soon involved in the scheme to get Railroad right-of-way across Mother Slocum's ranch.
Stars: Jim Davis, Don Megowan, Allison Hayes
Director: Oliver Drake
In this Pulpy Western, Jim Davis stars a cunning lawman on the trail of a vengeance-driven gunslinger. Stealing every scene as the outlaw's moll is Allison Hayes, the Giant of SCREAM QUEENS who made cinematic history in Attack of the 50-Foot Woman.
Crazy Organ: Hank Sylvern
Starring: Marjorie Gateson, Conrad Janis, Joan Copeland
A troubled man intrudes on a woman and her daughters at their summer cottage. After charming the mother into letting him stay with them, he goes after one of the daughters.
Presented by Auto-Lite Theater, this spine-tingling anthology series ran for over 15 years featuring stories of mystery and the macabre! Broadcast live and recorded on Kinoscope!
Stars: Joe E. Brown, Helen Foster, Dorothy Gulliver
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Another Gem from Tiffany Pictures! In this Pre-Code Melodrama, Joe E. Brown takes on a rare serious role. He plays a juror on a murder trial intent on uncovering the true villain among his fellow vaudevillians.
Stars: Kermit Maynard, Ariane Allen, John Merton
Director: Harry L. Fraser
An ex-Texas Ranger investigating the death of his brother is framed for the death of a crook by the crook's partners!
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Writer/Director: Steve Cochran
Stars: Steve Cochran, Shary Marshall, Jay Robinson, Jill Walden, and Dave Bondu Sr.
It's rough seas ahead when a merchant seaman falls for an exotic dancer on a Caribeean island.
TRIVIA: The swan song of Steve Cochran. Filmed in 1964, but not released for several years following his mysterious death in 1965.
Starring: Johnny Mack Brown, Lynn Gilbert, Chief Thunderbird
Directed by: Ford Beebe & Clifford Smith
In this action-packed serial, Kentucky Wade and his two pals fight their way across the plains and mountains to rescue a couple who are being threatened by outlaws.
CHAPTERS
0:27 Death Rides the Range
21:39 The Redskins Revenge
42:33 The Brink of Doom
1:03:36 The Indians Are Coming
1:24:39 The Leap For Life
1:45:52 Death Stalks the Plains
2:06:12 Six Gun Law
2:27:32 The Gold Stampede
2:48:15 Walls of Fire
3:09:44 The Circle of Doom
3:30:37 The Thundering Herd
3:51:20 Rustlers and Redskins
4:11:28 The Rustler's Roundup
4:31:05 Please Subscribe!
Stars: Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli, Ricardo Cortez
Director: Edward Sloman
There's trouble brewing at home and on the horizon as a celebrated explorer sets off on a daring dirigible expedition to Antarctica. Epic disaster flick or tragic love triangle? Take your pick because this early independent talkie has got ‘em both. And... it's by Tiffany Pictures so it must be a gem!
Stars: Rex Bell, Ruth Mix, Buzz Barton
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Driving off an Indian attack, the soldiers capture one of the Indian rifles only to learn that it came from their own warehouse. With Lieutenant Bentley and Sergeant Luke having the only keys to the guns, Bentley finds himself under suspicion and starts to investigate.
TRIVIA: The third of four films made by Resolute Productions, Inc. that had Rex Bell, Ruth Mix, and Buzz Barton billed above the title.
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Writer/Producer: Arch Hall Sr.
Director: Bob Wehling
Starring: Tommy Holden, Marilyn Manning, Carolyn Walker, Arch Hall Sr.
In this Campy Comedy, a zealous salesman saves his company from going bankrupt by selling its products door-to-door.
TRIVIA: Marilyn Manning is best remembered for the two Cult films she made with co-star Arch Hall Jr., Eegah! and The Sadist.
Crazy Organ: Hank Sylvern
Starring: E.G. Marshall, Jack Diamond, Royal Dano
A father and son moving out of a boarding house get into a tussle with the landlord who drops dead.
The father who has a record, decides to hide the body in the attic.
Presented by Auto-Lite Theater, this spine-tingling anthology series ran for over 15 years featuring stories of mystery and the macabre! Broadcast live and recorded on Kinoscope!