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. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:14:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://moviemorlocks.com 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/ 22 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" http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/25/the-perfect-mix-of-schmaltz-schmerz-and-schmutz/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/25/the-perfect-mix-of-schmaltz-schmerz-and-schmutz/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:37:16 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=44801 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/25/the-perfect-mix-of-schmaltz-schmerz-and-schmutz/feed/ 15 morlockjeff Fred MacMurray & Barbara Stanwyck in REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) Remember the Night (1940) Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck (right) Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray in a scene that DOES NOT appear in REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray (right) in REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) Darker sides of Fred MacMurray & Barbara Stanwyck are revealed in DOUBLE INDEMNITY Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray (left) discuss the scrip with director Mitchell Leisen on the REMEMBER THE NIGHT set Publicity photo of screenwriter-director Preston Sturges Barbara Stanwyck & Beulah Bondi in REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) Barbara Stanwyck & Fred MacMurray on a road trip in REMEMBER THE NIGHT (1940) (from left) Beulah Bondi, Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Elizabeth Patterson in REMEMBER THE NIGHT DVD cover of REMEMBER THE NIGHT http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/11/things-fall-apart/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/11/things-fall-apart/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:28:33 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=44148 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/11/things-fall-apart/feed/ 16 morlockjeff The Big Caper (1957) James Gregory, Rory Calhoun & Mary Costa in THE BIG CAPER (1957) The Lionel White paperback of THE BIG CAPER Mary Costa & Rory Calhoun in a publicity photo for THE BIG CAPER (this scene doesn't appear in the film) The Fantastic Film Music of Albert Glasser Mary Costa & James Gregory in THE BIG CAPER Mary Costa & Rory Calhoun in THE BIG CAPER (1957) The Big Caper (1957) The Big Caper (1957) publicty shot Directed by Robert Stevens Shown: Mary Costa Corey Allen & James Gregory in THE BIG CAPER (1957) Paul Picerni, second from right in the TV series The Untouchables lobby card from THE BIG CAPER (1957) James Gregory & Florenz Ames as "Dutch" in THE BIG CAPER (1957) The Big Caper (1957) publicity shot Directed by Robert Stevens Shown: Rory Calhoun The Big Caper (1957) publicity shot Directed by Robert Stevens Shown: Mary Costa The Big Caper movie poster Robert H. Harris (right) in How to Make a Monster sheet music for love theme from The Big Caper (1957) http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/11/27/toxic-love-a-la-milanese/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/11/27/toxic-love-a-la-milanese/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:36:19 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=43493 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/11/27/toxic-love-a-la-milanese/feed/ 2 morlockjeff Raro Video DVD cover for DELITTO D'AMORE (1974) Stefania Sandrelli in DELITTO D'AMORE (1974) Giuliano Gemma in DELITTO D'AMORE (1974) COL1_500x269 Giuliano Gemma & Stefania Sandrelli in DELITTO D'AMORE aka Crime of Love Italian DVD cover for DELITTO D'AMORE Stefania Sandrelli (center) in factory dressing room in DELITTO D'AMORE (1974) Giuliano Gemma (far right) in DELITTO D'AMORE (1974) Stefania Sandrelli, Brizio Montinaro & Giuliano Gemma in DELITTO D'AMORE Giuliano Gemma & Stefania Sandrelli in DELITTO D'AMORE (1974) Stefania Sandrelli at work in DELITTO D'AMORE (1974) Giuliano Gemma & Stefania Sandrelli in the pastoral countryside of Milan in DELITTO D'AMORE Stefania Sandrelli (right) in DELITTO D'AMORE (1974) Giuliano Gemma & Stefania Sandrelli in CRIME OF LOVE Stefania Sandrelli in DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE Giuliano Gemma (from http://www.giulianogemma.it/attore.htm) Italian director Luigi Comencini Adua and Her Friends on DVD from Raro Video Italian film poster for DELITTO D'AMORE http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/11/13/nuns-stepin-fetchit-and-philip-glass/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/11/13/nuns-stepin-fetchit-and-philip-glass/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:58:21 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=43045 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/11/13/nuns-stepin-fetchit-and-philip-glass/feed/ 9 morlockjeff Inquiring Nuns (1968 documentary) Sister Campion (left) and Sister Arne - THE INQUIRING NUNS Chronicle of a Summer - French documentary Stepin Fetchit Inquiring Nuns (1968) Inquiring Nuns Inquiring Nuns Gordon Quinn filmmaker (http://gapersblock.com/ac/gfx/features/20090506_Quinn/quinn.jpg) http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/30/scarred-by-the-hypnotic-eye/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/30/scarred-by-the-hypnotic-eye/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:15:40 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=42361 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/30/scarred-by-the-hypnotic-eye/feed/ 18 morlockjeff One of the victims of THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) The Hypnotic Eye (1960) Directed by George Blair Shown: Lobby card men under the influence in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Detective Dragnet magazine Flame on, it's a crazy feeling..... (from THE HYPNOTIC EYE, 1960) Jacques Bergerac reveals THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) The Hypnotic Eye (1960) Merry Andrews after her acid face bath in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) A photo of a victim commanded to blind herself in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Doctor my eyes - Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) Merry Andrews after her acid face bath in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Ginger Rogers & Jacques Bergerac several years before THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) The Great Imposter starring Tony Curtis as Fred Demara The Jayne Mansfield dartboard in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Beatnik poet Lawrence Tipton (far left) & bongo player Eric "Big Daddy" Nord in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Merry Andrews levitated by Jacques Bergerac in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Allison Hayes & Marcia Henderon at the climax of THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Jacques Bergerac & Allison Hayes in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Jacques Bergerac & Guy Prescott in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Joe Patridge is clueless about Marcia Henderson's zombie-like behavior in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Jacques Bergerac in THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) Stare if you dare at THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960) http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/16/better-older-than-younger/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/16/better-older-than-younger/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:55:04 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=41744 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/16/better-older-than-younger/feed/ 25 morlockjeff Dick Powell in the '30s, Powell in CORNERED, Shelley Winters in the '40s, Winters in ALFIE Shelley Winters & Ronald Colman in A DOUBLE LIFE Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters & Elizabeth Hartman in A PATCH OF BLUE Shelley Winter's character in THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, immortalized as a doll Dick Powell in 42nd Street Pitfall (1948) Piper Laurie in LOUISA (1950) & with Paul Newman in THE HUSTLER (1961) Piper Laurie in CARRIE Christopher Reeve & Morgan Freeman in Street Smart Morgan Freeman in a Dracula sketch on THE ELECTRIC COMPANY Morgan Freeman in Se7en Nurse Betty DVD cover Deborah Kerr in The Adventuress & From Here to Eternity (publicity still) Deborah Kerr & Burt Lancaster in FROM HERE TO ETERNITY Deborah Kerr in THE INNOCENTS Dirk Bogarde in the '40s & in DESPAIR (1978) Sylvia Syms & Dirk Bogarde in VICTIM The Servant film poster Charlotte Rampling in Georgy Girl & Under the Sand Charlotte Rampling in THE NIGHT PORTER Charlotte Rampling & Woody Allen in STARDUST MEMORIES Swimming Pool film poster Randolph Scott in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (publicity photo) & Ride the High Country Randolph Scott (left) in Comanche Station Decision at Sundown film poster Randolph Scott & Joel McCrea in RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/02/letting-it-all-hang-out-at-the-nude-restaurant/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/02/letting-it-all-hang-out-at-the-nude-restaurant/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 15:06:51 +0000 morlockjeff http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=41244 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/02/letting-it-all-hang-out-at-the-nude-restaurant/feed/ 2 morlockjeff Taylor Mead (center) and Viva on left in THE NUDE RESTAURANT (1967) Andy Warhol on the set of Lonesome Cowboys Taylor Mead & Viva in THE NUDE RESTAURANT (1967) Superstar by Viva (paperback) Andy Warhol on the set of THE NAKED RESTAURANT (1967) with Taylor Mead & Viva Taylor Mead in THE NAKED RESTAURANT (1967) Ingrid Superstar The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone with Vivien Leigh & Warren Beatty Allen Midgette & Viva in THE NUDE RESTAURANT (1967) Louis Waldon & Andy Warhol in 1964 (photo by Billy Name) Taylor Mead & Viva Louis Waldon in THE NUDE RESTAURANT (1967) Raro Video DVD cover of THE NUDE RESTAURANT (1967) Viva in The Nude Restaurant (1967) Stargazer by Stephen Koch Taylor Mead circa 2011