http://moviemorlocks.com MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Mon, 28 May 2012 02:46:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://moviemorlocks.com http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/05/27/the-man-with-the-codfish-eyes/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/05/27/the-man-with-the-codfish-eyes/#comments Sun, 27 May 2012 13:55:18 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=50995 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/05/27/the-man-with-the-codfish-eyes/feed/ 4 morlockjeff Dr. Crippen (1964) Directed by Robert Lynn Shown: Donald Pleasence Donald Pleasence as Blofeld in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) Donald Pleasence as Dr. Loomis in Halloween (1978) DR. CRIPPEN Alternate film poster Donald Pleasence & Samantha Eggar in DR. CRIPPEN (1964) DR. CRIPPEN (1964) film poster The real Doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen Donald Pleasence & Coral Browne in DR. CRIPPEN (1964) Samantha Eggar & Donald Pleasence in DR. CRIPPEN (1964) VHS box art for DEMONOID, MESSENGER OF DEATH starring Samantha Eggar Diana Rigg (left), Coral Browne, Vincent Price in THEATRE OF BLOOD DR. CRIPPEN (1964) prepares to drug his wife Belle (Coral Browne) Ethel Le Neve, Dr. Crippen's mistress disguised as a male traveling companion (she was played by Samantha Eggar in the 1964 film) How to Disguise Oneself as a Boy (1910 ad) Samantha Eggar & Donald Pleasence in DR. CRIPPEN (1964) Dr. CRIPPEN is hanged at Pentonville prison, London Samantha Eggar & Donald Pleasence in DR. CRIPPEN (1964) http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/05/13/the-alternative-mickey-rooney-filmography/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/05/13/the-alternative-mickey-rooney-filmography/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 14:46:40 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=49909 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/05/13/the-alternative-mickey-rooney-filmography/feed/ 8 morlockjeff Mickey Rooney in Otto Preminger's SKIDOO manipulator_269x500 Mickey Rooney as a crazed former movie director in THE MANIPULATOR (1971) Mickey Rooney as B.J. Lang in THE MANIPULATOR (1971) President Nixon lookalike Richard M. Dixon (left) & Mickey Rooney in RICHARD (1972) Michael Caine & Mickey Rooney in PULP (1972) Mickey Rooney on raft in swimming pool in PULP (1972) The Godmothers (1973) CONVICT WOMEN aka Thunder County Find the Lady Mickey Rooney in Stanley Kramer's The Domino Principle Mickey Rooney in ARABIAN ADVENTURE (1979) Odyssey of the Pacific aka Treasure Train aka The Emperor of Peru Tim Robbins & Mickey Rooney in Erik the Viking La Vida Lactea aka The Milky Way MAXIMUM FORCE (1992) Michael Kael contre la World News Company (1998) Mickey Rooney in ANIMALS WITH THE TOLLKEEPER (1998) BABE: PIG IN THE CITY (1998) THE FIRST OF MAY (2000) Mickey Rooney on the set of THE FIRST OF MAY (1999) THE THIRSTING (2007) The Voices from Beyond (2012) The Devil in the Fog (2012) 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night Gala - Red Carpet Mickey Rooney & Liza Minnelliat the Vanity Fair After Party at Boulevard 3 on Thursday at the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, California. Mamie Van Doren & Mickey Rooney in THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM AND EVE http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/04/29/hey-mickey-youre-so-fine-you-blow-my-mind/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/04/29/hey-mickey-youre-so-fine-you-blow-my-mind/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:00:08 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=49865 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/04/29/hey-mickey-youre-so-fine-you-blow-my-mind/feed/ 27 morlockjeff Mamie Van Doren & Mickey Rooney as "The Devil" in THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM AND EVE Clark Gable and Mickey Rooney on the set of Manhattan Melodrama (1934) From Hong Kong with Love (aka Bons baisers de Hong Kong, 1975) featuring Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney in Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991) Quicksand (1950) Mickey Rooney in THUNDER COUNTY (1974) Mickey Rooney and a mannequin in THE ATOMIC KID (1954) FRANCIS IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE (1956) MAGNIFICENT ROUGHNECKS (1956) Jack Carson & Mickey Rooney in MAGNIFICENT ROUGHNECKS THE BIG OPERATOR (1959) Platinum High School (1960) Mickey Rooney as the devil (playing flute in the center) in THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM AND EVE EVERYTHING'S DUCKY film poster Mickey Rooney's famous demise in KING OF THE ROARING 20'S: THE STORY OF ARNOLD ROTHSTEIN The Secret Invasion film poster TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO KILL film poster How to Stuff a Wild Bikini film poster Mickey Rooney in THE DEVIL IN LOVE (1966) director Ettore Scola Milos Milosevics (left), Barbara Thomason, Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney in Otto Preminger's SKIDOO (1969) 80 STEPS TO JONAH (1969) THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM AND EVE Mickey Rooney as the Devil in THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ADAM & EVE http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/04/01/the-great-ones-part-2-more-on-off-the-set-photographs/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/04/01/the-great-ones-part-2-more-on-off-the-set-photographs/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:28:16 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=48806 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/04/01/the-great-ones-part-2-more-on-off-the-set-photographs/feed/ 13 morlockjeff Johnny Weissmuller (property of Warner Bros.) Johnny Weissmuller, Johnny Sheffield and Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. Playwright Arthur Miller, wife Marilyn Monroe, while in production of The Misfits (1961), which he wrote and in which she appears (property of Everett Photo) Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): Director Sergio Leone (left), Claudia Cardinale (property of Everett Photo) THE UNHOLY THREE - 1925 Lon Chaney (left), Harry Earles, Tod Browning as shadows Photo by: Everett Collection COME AND GET IT, Frances Farmer, on-set, 1936 (property of Everett Photo) THE SEARCHERS - 1956 Photo by: Everett Collection The Bank Dick (1940) Directed by Edward F. Cline, Una Merkel & W.C. Fields Marlon Brando on the set of Apocalypse Now (1979) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola (property of Photofest) Dorothy Dandridge & Brock Peters on the set of CARMEN JONES (1954) James Wong Howe (far left), Clark Gable on the set of MANHATTAN MELODRAMA (property of Warner Bros.) Debbie Reynolds & Steve Reeves (right) in an off the set photo from ATHENA (property of Warner Bros.) THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE Shown behind scenes: Lana Turner, James M. Cain Dirk Bogarde on the set of LIBEL (property of Warner Bros.) Barbara Stanwyck, director Frank Capra, Adolphe Menjou on the set of FORBIDDEN (1932) property of Sony Pictures A VERY PRIVATE AFFAIR, (aka VIE PRIVEE), director Louis Malle, wetting down Brigitte Bardot, on-set, 1962 (property of Everett Photo) D.W. Griffith, with lion cub, circa 1920s (property of Photofest) The Raven (1963) Directed by Roger Corman; Vincent Price (left), Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/03/18/the-great-ones-on-off-the-set-photographs/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/03/18/the-great-ones-on-off-the-set-photographs/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:55:44 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=48152 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/03/18/the-great-ones-on-off-the-set-photographs/feed/ 21 morlockjeff Buster Keaton, publicity still from FREE AND EASY (courtesy of Everett Photo) Buster Keaton looks at a photo of Lon Chaney (a publicity still for FREE AND EASY) Gary Cooper exercising off the set of SOULS AT SEA (1937) (courtesy of Everett Photo) Margaret Sullavan, Ernst Lubitsch (center), James Stewart on the set of THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (property of Photofest) Josef von Sternberg & Marlene Dietrich during the filming of THE BLUE ANGEL (1930) Producer/director Hal Roach and two of his stars (courtesy of Everett Photo) AT THE CIRCUS (1939) Groucho Marx & Eve Arden on the set George Cukor (left) with Joan Crawford on the set of A WOMAN'S FACE (1941), Melvyn Douglas in background William Castle, 1960s Shown from left: Venita Wolf, William Castle Charles Laughton & Mary Ellen Clemons on the set of THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955), courtesy of Everett Photo Sullivan's Travels (1941) Directed by Preston Sturges (on right foreground), Joel McCrea & Veronica Lake on left Boris Karloff as the Frankenstein monster & director James Whale (left) Director Edward Dmytryk (second from left), Joey Walsh, Kirk Douglas on the set of THE JUGGLER (1953) Director Sidney Lumet gag photo Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, in front of them are Julie Allred & Gina Gillespie from WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (courtesy of Everett Photo) George Raft circa 1933 Burt Lancaster on the set of THE ROSE TATTOO (1955) courtesy of Everett Photo LE NOTTI DI CABIRIA aka NIGHTS OF CABIRIA Federico Fellini & his wife Giulietta Masina (courtesy of Everett Photo) Humphrey Bogart & Teru Shimada on the set of TOKYO JOE (1949) Alfred Hitchcock & composer Bernard Herrmann Sean McClory (left) & Stewart Granger rehearse before George Sanders and Fritz Lang (seated) for MOONFLEET (1955) Jacqueline Pierreux and director Mario Bava joking around during the making of BLACK SABBATH (1963) http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/03/04/trunkers-on-speed-death-in-small-doses/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/03/04/trunkers-on-speed-death-in-small-doses/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:19:40 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=47631 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/03/04/trunkers-on-speed-death-in-small-doses/feed/ 16 morlockjeff The deadly "co-pilots" from DEATH IN SMALL DOSES (1957) Death in Small Doses lobbycard Death in Small Doses poster Mala Powers & Peter Graves in DEATH IN SMALL DOSES (1957) Peter Graves (left) and Chuck Connors in DEATH IN SMALL DOSES (1957) Death in Small Doses (1957) Directed by Joseph M. Newman Shown: Mala Powers Chuck Connors in 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974) Death in Small Doses (1957) Merry Anders & Peter Graves in DEATH IN SMALL DOSES (1957) Death in Small Doses lobbycard Merry Anders has got a killer speed freak headache in DEATH IN SMALL DOSES (1957) Peter Graves & Mala Powers in DEATH IN SMALL DOSES (1957) Mala Powers in The Unknown Terror Merry Anders & Peter Graves in DEATH IN SMALL DOSES (1957) http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/02/19/not-invited-to-the-oscar-ball-overlooked-foreign-language-film-contenders/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/02/19/not-invited-to-the-oscar-ball-overlooked-foreign-language-film-contenders/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:27:27 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=47072 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/02/19/not-invited-to-the-oscar-ball-overlooked-foreign-language-film-contenders/feed/ 12 morlockjeff The Conformist (1970) Dominique Sanda (left), Stefania Sandrelli Jean-Louis Trintignant in The-Conformist (1970) Gian Maria Volonte in INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION Dominique Sanda (left), Stefania Sandrelli in THE CONFORMIST (1970) Umberto D. (1952) Directed by Vittorio De Sica Shown: Carlo Battisti ARMY OF SHADOWS (1969); no Oscar nominations Boudu sauve des eaux (1932) Shoeshine (1946) Directed by Vittorio DeSica Gate of Hell (1953) Marcello Mastroianni in LA DOLCE VITA (1960) Pather Panchali (1955 India)Directed by Satyajit Ray Shown: Subir Bannerjee The Boys of Paul Street (1969) DOGTOOTH (2009, Greek title: Kynodontas) Viridiana (1961) directed by Luis Bunuel; no Oscar nominations Tokyo Story (1953, directed by Yasujiro Ozu) Giancarlo Giannini in SEVEN BEAUTIES (1975) directed by Lina Wertmuller Monica Vitti in L'Avventura (1960); no Oscar nominations Jean-Paul Belmondo & Jean Seberg in Breathless (1960) Directed by Jean-Luc Godard; no Oscar nominations Brigitte Mira & El Hedi ben Salem in ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL (1974); no Oscar Nominations Bruno Ganz in WINGS OF DESIRE (1987); no Oscar nominations Newsfront poster (1978) IN DARKNESS (2011) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) Ove Rud (standing), Birgitte Federspiel in ORDET (1955) directed by Carl Dreyer; no Oscar nominations http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/02/05/masks-are-powerful/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/02/05/masks-are-powerful/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:28:05 +0000 morlockjeff http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=46539 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/02/05/masks-are-powerful/feed/ 29 morlockjeff Who is the jolly person behind the mask in PARANOIAC (1963)? Booji Boy of Devo Charles Laughton (left) and one of his "creations" in ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932) Wicker Man, The (1973) Directed by Robin Hardy Games (1967) Directed by Curtis Harrington Shown: Simone Signoret Catherine Deneuve in Jacques Demy's DONKEY SKIN (1970) Vincent Price (right) in THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964) Stewart Granger & Eleanor Parker in SCARAMOUCHE (1952) Keiko Mask (1991) Legendary Panty Mask (1991) Could this be the mysterious JUDEX? A scene from Georges Franju's 1963 film. Maggie Cheung in IRMA VEP (1996) Santo vs. La Invasion de los Marcianos (1967) John Phillip Law in DANGER: DIABOLIK (1968) Leatherface posing with his favorite tool in THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN (1978) Patty McCormack in THE BAD SEED (1956) Jean Cocteau Jean Cocteau's THE BLOOD OF A POET (1932) Maria Casares as "The Princess" in Jean Cocteau's ORPHEUS (1950) Jean Cocteau's "Le Testament d'Orphee" (1960) Joseph W. Sarno's SIN IN THE SUBURBS (1964) Joe Sarno's SIN IN THE SUBURBS (1964) Tom Cruise is both voyeur and participant in EYES WIDE SHUT (1999) John Hurt in THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980) dir: David Lynch Edith Scob in Georges Franju's EYES WITHOUT A FACE Ronald Lewis (left) & Guy Rolfe in MR. SARDONICUS (1961) The Phantom of the Opera (1962) Directed by Terence Fisher Shown: Herbert Lom Hiroshi Teshigahara's THE FACE OF ANOTHER (1966) Barbara Steele prepares for a custom fitting in BLACK SUNDAY (1960) The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) A scene from Stanley Kubrick's THE KILLING (1956) The League of Gentlemen (1960) Onibaba (1964) Directed by Kaneto Shindo Groucho & Chico Marx in DUCK SOUP (1933) Fred Astaire and the many Ginger Rogers of SHALL WE DANCE (1937) A scene from THE MASK (1961) aka Eyes of Hell aka Face of Fire THE LIST OF ADRIAN MESSENGER (1963) Black Orpheus (1959) Audrey Hepburn & George Peppard in BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961) Tom Hulce as Mozart in AMADEUS Jim Carrey in THE MASK (1994) Laura Dern & Eric Stoltz in MASK (1985) Rocky Dennis and his mom (played by Cher in the film MASK) THE WICKER MAN (1973) http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/01/22/jailbirds-of-a-different-feather/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/01/22/jailbirds-of-a-different-feather/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:52:16 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=45871 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/01/22/jailbirds-of-a-different-feather/feed/ 6 morlockjeff Millionaires in Prison film poster Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room poster Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison Chester Clute (left) & Morgan Conway in MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON (1940) Thurston Hall (left) & Raymond Walburn in Millionaires in Prison (1940) Morgan Conway (on right), evil personified in MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON (1940) Truman Bradley (left) and Lee Tracy in Millionaires in Prison (1940) Experiment Alcatraz (1950) film poster Lee Tracy (left), Shemp Howard (center) in MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON (1940) The Three Stooges (Curly, Moe & Larry) in Three Little Pigskins (1934), directed by Ray McCarey Lee Tracy in MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON (1940) The Best Man film poster Raymond Walburn (left) & Thurston Hall in MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON (1940) Raymond Walburn (left) & Thurston Hall in MILLIONAIRES IN JAIL (1940) Millionaires in Prison (1940) Lee Tracy & Virginia Dale in MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON (1940) The immortal Shemp Howard - the trigamist - in MILLIONAIRES IN PRISON (1940) http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/01/07/jack-webb-drill-instructor/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/01/07/jack-webb-drill-instructor/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:43:49 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=45343 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/01/07/jack-webb-drill-instructor/feed/ 29 morlockjeff Jack Webb is THE D.I. film poster for THE D.I. (1957) The D.I. (1957) Directed by Jack Webb Shown from left: Don Dubbins, Jack Webb Jack Webb is THE D.I. (1957) Don Dubbins (left) & Jack Webb in THE D.I. (1957) The Famous Jack Webb snarl (THE D.I.) The D.I. (1957) Directed by Jack Webb Shown at center: Jack Webb The D.I. (1957) Directed by Jack Webb (The famous sand flea episode) The D.I. (1957) Directed by Jack Webb Shown: Jack Webb Monica Lewis album cover for SING IT TO THE MARINES Jack Webb and Jackie Loughery (from http://cinemastyles.blogspot.com/2009/06/jack-and-jackie.html) Jack Webb (left) with Marlon Brando in THE MEN A still from Frederick Wiseman's BASIC TRAINING (1971) William Holden (left) & Jack Webb in SUNSET BLVD. Dragnet (TV series) with Jack Webb (left) & Harry Morgan Jack Webb (left) & Peggy Lee in PETE KELLY'S BLUES Jack Webb (left) with studio mogul Jack Warner -30- (1959) Directed by Jack Webb Shown: Jack Webb Jack Webb, ca. 1960s Jack Webb relaxing in his pool Jack Webb album "You're My Girl"