‘Skidoo’, Otto Preminger’s woeful 1968 attempt at a counter-culture comedy, is not looking any better with age. Having said that, it still possesses the most singular of all end credit sequences in which Harry Nilsson (billing himself as just ‘Nilsson’) sings the entire cast and crew list. It’s probably the
Last night we watched the above installment of ‘Hollywood Palace‘, an hourlong variety show that broadcast Saturday nights (except September 1967 to January 1968, when it aired on Monday nights) on ABC from January 4, 1964, to February 7, 1970. This particular episode was broadcast on January 20th, 1968. The host
‘Dizzy Doctors’ (1937) is the 21st short comedy made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Wednesday, December 9 through Saturday, December 12, 1936 and was released on Friday, March 19, 1937. I consider it in the top-tier of the Curly shorts, with pacing, jokes and
‘Blunder Boys’ (1955) is the 166th short film made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Monday, January 24th through Wednesday, January 26th 1955 and was released on Thursday, November 3rd of that year. This is the last Shemp entry that wasn’t a remake, or otherwise
‘The Tooth Will Out’ (1951) is the 134th short subject made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed on Monday, February 19th and Tuesday, February 20th 1951 and was released on Thursday, October 4th of that year. The abbreviated two-day shooting schedule (the Shemp shorts were generally
Some rarities of the past are so deeply weird–so obscure and near indecipherable–that viewing/listening to them is akin to discovering hieroglyphics of long dead civilizations and attempting to translate them into something relatively meaningful. Which brings us to ‘The Voice Of Hollywood’, a series of short films produced by Poverty
‘Rhythm And Weep’ (1946) is the 95th short subject made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Tuesday, April 23 through Friday, April 26th 1946 and was released on Friday, October 3rd of that year. It is without a doubt the worst Curly short ever made
Enjoy Alfalfa’s serenade to me today, the day that marks my 59th trip around the sun. Ah, pineapple! Not bad!!
‘Back From The Front’ (1943) is the 70th short film made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Friday, July 24th through Tuesday, July 28th 1942 and was released on Friday, May 28, 1943. It’s a World War 2 entry complete with dumbkoff Nazi’s (actually quite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiWpmprZDrAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufop72Q74fA Here are two deleted scenes from ‘Cafe Metropole’, a 1937 20th Century Fox musical (sort of) starring Tyrone Power, Loretta Young and Adolphe Menjou. Both feature tap-dancing legend Bill Bojangles Robinson, who already had made screen history by dancing with Shirley Temple in another Fox movie ‘The Little Colonel’