Author Archives: lyzmadness

Jet Over The Atlantic (1959)

Posted on April 25, 2018 by lyzmadness

“From here on it’s anyone’s guess. The transmitter’s dead. We’re out of touch with the whole world.”   Director:  Byron Haskin Starring:  Guy Madison, Virginia Mayo, George Raft, Argentina Brunetti, George Macready, Ilona Massey, Anna Lee, Brett Halsey, Mary Anderson, … Continue reading →

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Jet Storm (1959)

Posted on April 25, 2018 by lyzmadness

“He didn’t tell me what it was. He said it was just—samples. Chemical samples… Oh, it—couldn’t be! People don’t do things like that! Ernest, you wouldn’t – !?”   Director:  C. Raker Endfield Starring:  Richard Attenborough, Stanley Baker, Mai Zetterling, … Continue reading →

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Crash Landing (1958)

Posted on April 23, 2018 by lyzmadness

“Between Eternity and the thirty-one persons aboard, a one-inch envelope of metal and four man-made engines…”   Director:  Fred F. Sears Starring:  Gary Merrill, Nancy Davis, Roger Smith, Sheridan Comerate, Jewell Lain, Bek Nelson, Irene Hervey, Lewis Martin, Richard Keith, … Continue reading →

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Cobra Woman (1944)

Posted on April 20, 2018 by lyzmadness

“Give me that cobra jewel!”   Director:  Robert Siodmak Starring:  Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Edgar Barrier, Mary Nash, Lois Collier, Lon Chaney Jr, Moroni Olsen, Samuel S. Hinds Screenplay:  Gene Lewis and Richard Brooks, based upon a story by … Continue reading →

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Et al. April18

Posted on April 20, 2018 by lyzmadness

Wings (1927) Upon America’s entry into war in 1917, two young men from the same small town enlist to become combat pilots: David Armstrong (Richard Arlen), whose family is one of the wealthiest in town; and Jack Powell (Charles Rogers), … Continue reading →

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The Mysterious Island (1929)

Posted on March 30, 2018 by lyzmadness

“A world that has never known the sun – or warmth – or light. We may even reach the lower depths—and see the people of the abyss!”   Director:  Lucien Hubbard, Maurice Tourneur (uncredited), Benjamin Christensen (uncredited) Starring:  Lionel Barrymore, … Continue reading →

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Wolf Blood (1925)

Posted on March 25, 2018 by lyzmadness

“My God—this terrible thing is true—I am a beast! I am one of the pack!”   [aka Wolfblood: A Tale Of The Forest] Director:  Bruce Mitchell and George Chesebro Starring:  George Chesebro, Marguerite Clayton, Ray Hanford, Roy Watson, Milburn Morante, … Continue reading →

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Supernatural (1933)

Posted on February 26, 2018 by lyzmadness

“I wonder if they are imitators? Perhaps their will has been subdued; perhaps they’ve been possessed by another personality, a powerful, malignant personality without – well – without a body of its own…”   Director:  Victor Halperin Starring:  Carole Lombard, … Continue reading →

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Dracula’s Daughter (1936)

Posted on February 22, 2018 by lyzmadness

“She was beautiful when she died…one hundred years ago!”   Director:  Lambert Hillyard Starring:  Gloria Holden, Otto Kruger, Marguerite Churchill, Edward Van Sloan, Irving Pichel, Gilbert Emery, Nan Grey, Hedda Hopper, Billy Bevan, Halliwell Hobbes Screenplay:  Garrett Fort, from a … Continue reading →

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The Raven (1915)

Posted on February 16, 2018 by lyzmadness

“The insidious wine weaves strange fancies in his brain…”   Director:  Charles J. Brabin Starring:  Henry B. Walthall, Warda Howard, Ernest Maupain, Eleanor Thompson, Harry Dunkinson, Bert Weston, Hugh Thompson, Peggy Meredith, Frank Hamilton, Charles Harris Screenplay:  Charles J. Brabin, … Continue reading →

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