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Category Archives: Movie Matinee
Movie Matinee – The Burglar
I thought I knew every movie shot in my hometown of Philadelphia, but I have to admit I never heard of The Burglar (1957). Strangely enough, I read about it in a comic book which set me off on a … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Movie Matinee, What's on TV?
Tagged 1957, Dan Duryea, David Goodis, film noir, Jayne Mansfield, Philadelphia
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Be Kind – Please Rewind
Sometimes I have a great notion, and a lot of times I have merely middling notions. It was while pursuing one of these middling notions that I came across a treasure trove!
The Original Animal House
See if this sounds familiar: In a college town circa 1962 a group of students carouse from bar to bar, falling in and out of bed with coeds as well as married women and culminating in a prank that has … Continue reading
A Lady Cabbie and George Sanders’ Brother
Here’s another satisfying but forgotten mystery movie the likes of which used to play regularly at local movie houses when there were local movie houses. Eventually films like this would pad out the schedules of local UHF channels to be … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matinee, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged 1945, amnesia, murder, mystery, Pub-D-Hub, Roku, Tom Conway
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Look-Out Sister!
This is a fascinating curio from the late 1940s that I discovered on the Internet Archive channel on my Roku box. It’s a low budget Western featuring an all black cast and starring The King of the Jukebox — Louis … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matinee, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged entertainment, Free, Internet Archive, jazz, King of the Jukebox, Louis Jordan, low budget, movie, Public Domain, Roku, Western
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Bud Cort Digs Soft Buttery Spread
Before he was running around with Minnie Castevet, Bud Cort was shilling soft buttery spread. Take a look! …and if you have difficulty viewing it, head over to the Internet Archive for a streaming or downloadable version!
Posted in Movie Matinee
Tagged 1960s, butter, commercial, generation gap, Hippie, margarine
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Dragnet into Darkness
Recognize the fellow on the right? Is that everybody’s favorite science officer from Vulcan? Or is it his evil, alternate universe doppelgänger from Mirror, Mirror? What’s he doing on Earth circa 1954? Is the guy on the left one of … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matinee
Tagged 1954, crime, Dragnet, Jack Webb, Leonard Nimoy, Leonard Nimoy in Dragnet, robber, Spock, Star Trek, television, video, vintage
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The Girl Who Dared
One of the beefs that people level at Netflix’s streaming service is that there’s nothing to watch. I don’t know about that. While it’s true that the studios seem to be bickering with Netflix over how much their libraries are … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matinee
Tagged 1944, hand lettering, low budget, movie, mystery, Netflix, poverty row, Roku, The Girl Who Dared
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Oceania is the place to be…
While rooting around the Internet Archive channel on my Roku box, I found this curiosity from 1953 – Westinghouse’s Studio One presentation of George Orwell’s 1984 starring Eddie Albert!
Posted in Movie Matinee
Tagged 1953, 1984, Battlestar Galactica, Bonanza, Eddie Albert, George Orwell, Green Acres, live Television, Lorne Greene, Martin Landau, totalitarian, USA, Westinghouse
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Roller Derby Circa 1949: New Jersey Vs Philadelphia
Here’s a treat from the dawn of broadcast television I found while trawling the Internet Archive on my Roku box. It’s the ROLLER DERBY!
Posted in Blast from the Past, Movie Matinee, Philadelphia
Tagged 1949, beer, Blatz, Internet Archive, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Roku, roller derby, skate
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Racket Squad!
Here’s a relic from the early 1950s that I had never heard of until the lovely and talented Tina Garceau had bought me one of those inexpensive DVD gift sets of old television shows that had lapsed into the public … Continue reading
Poor Old Johnnie Ray
Here is The Big Shot, a television drama from 1955 sponsored by General Electric, hosted by Ronald Reagan before he entered politics and starring teen heart-throb Johnnie Ray. Johnnie Ray has been said to be the bridge between crooner Frank … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matinee
Tagged 1955, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, General Electric, Johnnie Ray, Ronald Reagan, television
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What I Want For Christmas – Lotsa Wavy Hair Like Liberace!
Here’s a treasure from 1954 – Liberace’s Christmas Special! His brother George is there along with Santa Claus and the rest of Liberace’s family! Of course, it would be easy and/or lazy to make all of the obvious jokes about … Continue reading
A Christmas Carol – 1910
Thomas Edison presents what is probably the first filmed version of A Christmas Carol.