Comments on: Not Your Typical Girl Gang Flick

By: kokopop

kokopop — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:13:06 +0000

Thanks so much for this article. I’m a big fan of Henreid’s acing and directing and I’m always puzzled why he was so underrated. So many people aren’t aware of his work other than Now, Voyager and Casablanca and tend to think of him as a one trick pony. He actually showed a wide range as an actor especially as a gangster in Hollow Triumph/The Scar, a bad guy in Rope of Sand and a Dutch pirate in the Spanish Main. I recently watched Ballad In Blue and was impressed by the visual flair of his idrecting. Autor, indeed!

By: BRIAN

BRIAN — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:58:15 +0000

How about
Girls Town(1959)
Mamie Van Doren
Paul Anka
Mel Torme
Ray Anthony
Cathy Crosby
Gloria Talbot

By: Fresca Fisher

Fresca Fisher — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:32:56 +0000

I just watched this — did you notice what movie Helen and Lt. Hanley see on their first “date”? (The theater is next door to Club Vera). None other than GODZILLA! It isn’t mentioned by name, but the one-sheet is hanging there clear as a bell outside the theater.

By: Medusa

Medusa — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:47:28 +0000

Al, “Hennessy” was a show I used to watch as a kid afternoons after coming home from school — reruns on a network affiliate, I believe. I still remember the jaunty theme song with fondness. I also used to watch “The Joey Bishop Show” and was always kind of amazed that the average-looking Bishop was married to such a dish! Even back then I think I figured out that show business figures could buy themselves into prettier brides than the average joe! Abby Dalton was a capable comedienne, for sure, and I also used to watch her on game shows of the period. I’ll be looking forward to see her as a tough gal in this movie!

By: Al Lowe

Al Lowe — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:29:50 +0000

It is worth mentioning that Abby Dalton starred in two early 60s TV series.

One was HENNESSY set on a Naval base. Jackie Cooper was a Navy doctor and Abby was his girlfriend, a Naval nurse (I wonder if the attractive world the show presented was a factor in my enlisting in the service, in the Army. The moral: Don’t believe TV). The show was not above stealing materials from past movies like MR. ROBERTS. Co-star Roscoe Karns was their boss and James Komack appeared in occasional episodes.

I didn’t watch her second series, THE JOEY BISHOP SHOW where she played Bishop’s wife.

By: michelle

michelle — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:17:27 +0000

I HAVE to see this movie!

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:53:10 +0000

You’ve made me want to see this schlockfest.

I usually watch The Adventures of Robin Hood with Richard Greene on Retro TV at 11:30 pm central time in my area, but Alfred Hitchcock Presents is on before. I happened to catch the credits the other night (I can’t tell you which episode it was) and Henreid was the director.

By: suzidoll

suzidoll — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:57:35 +0000

Great film stills!

By: zincink

zincink — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:08:40 +0000

hehe this looks great..