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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/2012/05/21/searching-for-old-hollywood-part-1/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/05/21/searching-for-old-hollywood-part-1/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:11:50 +0000 Susan Doll http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=50738 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/05/21/searching-for-old-hollywood-part-1/feed/ 8 suzidoll intoleranceelephant intolerancekeyshot Intolerancecourtamber intolerancehanging intolerancegate intoleranceposter intolerancescrapbook inspired by a passage in the Histories by Herodotus - 1875 painting by the British painter Edwin Long intolerancedeteriorated http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/04/23/adventures-at-the-tcm-classic-film-festival/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/04/23/adventures-at-the-tcm-classic-film-festival/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:02:26 +0000 Susan Doll http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=49593 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/04/23/adventures-at-the-tcm-classic-film-festival/feed/ 21 suzidoll tcmopener2 tcmcrydanger tcmcrisscross tcmfallguy tcmcounsellor tcmblack tcmpinkpanther tcmsavage http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/02/14/death-is-not-an-adventure-all-quiet-on-the-western-front-1930/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/02/14/death-is-not-an-adventure-all-quiet-on-the-western-front-1930/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:20:15 +0000 R. Emmet Sweeney http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=46949 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2012/02/14/death-is-not-an-adventure-all-quiet-on-the-western-front-1930/feed/ 12 R. Emmet Sweeney all quiet3 allquietonthewesternfront1930-survival all quiet2 all quiet on the western front All Quiet all-quiet-on-the-western-front-1 http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/14/reading-into-robert-cornthwaite/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/14/reading-into-robert-cornthwaite/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:56:45 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=44363 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/12/14/reading-into-robert-cornthwaite/feed/ 10 moirafinnie Robert Cornthwaite Robert Cornthwaite shows off in The Thing From Another World (1951) Robert Cornthwaite as Carrington, looking superior Robert Cornthwaite and friend in Matinee (1993), his penultimate film appearance http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/31/the-face-of-fear-don-knotts-in-the-ghost-and-mr-chicken/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/31/the-face-of-fear-don-knotts-in-the-ghost-and-mr-chicken/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:00:39 +0000 medusamorlock http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=42460 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/10/31/the-face-of-fear-don-knotts-in-the-ghost-and-mr-chicken/feed/ 12 medusamorlock "Attaboy, Luther!" Don Knotts in "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" Vic Mizzy wrote the film's wonderfully fun score! The poster for "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" kgfmmtyd3h0amfta Yes, it's 1966 and you're watching "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" The spooky Simmons House! "Bang! Right on the head!" Hope Summers tells Don Knotts Luther tries to convince everybody Of course nobody believes Luther when he reports a murder...and the victim shows up alive Even his editor Dick Sargent isn't on his side! Luther lives at a boarding house with some old ladies and his rival Ollie, unfortunately... How could Luther resist her? Even if she IS Ollie's girlfriend... Luther decides to write the story of the Simmons House, encouraged by his friend played by Liam Redmond. Luther's boardinghouse friends bid him a tearful goodbye as he departs for the house. Maybe he's not so chicken after all, approaching a haunted house near midnight... Luther falls down a coal shute into the scary basement! A good Don Knotts scared face! At least he's got a flashlight! He sees a portrait with a pair of embedded shears -- yikes! Knotts, looking almost dashing, discovers the source of the music... It's the mysterious organ with the blood-stained keys they couldn't clean -- and they used Bon Ami! The organ is playing by itself! Yikes again! Ollie and his editor help Luther write up his incredible haunted house tale! Luther finally gets his own byline! The ladies from the local psychic society swoon over Luther and the Simmons House! His article lands Luther in court defending his story of the Simmons murder house. Mr. Chicken's going to have his way...tonight! He leads his supporters to the house where the jury will visit. After everyone leaves when he's unable to prove anything, he hears the organ music again! He peeks into the organ loft... He finds out who's behind the mysterious organ music... Luther reacts to yet another shock! The scariest part of all -- Luther gets married! And of course he gets in one more "Yikes!" look as they leave the wedding! http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/09/13/high-low-harun-farocki-and-john-landis/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/09/13/high-low-harun-farocki-and-john-landis/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:00:44 +0000 R. Emmet Sweeney http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=40555 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/09/13/high-low-harun-farocki-and-john-landis/feed/ 5 R. Emmet Sweeney Burke Burke-Hare-Isla-Fisher-and-Simon-Pegg.jpg BURKE & HARE 010BAH_Ronnie_Corbett_005 512922 5004_farocki_1 http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/24/joan-blondell-big-deal-on-the-small-screen/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/24/joan-blondell-big-deal-on-the-small-screen/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:38:39 +0000 medusamorlock http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=39777 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/24/joan-blondell-big-deal-on-the-small-screen/feed/ 13 medusamorlock Joan Blondell guests on "Bonanza" episode "The Pressure Game" Joan Blondell on "Death Valley Days" Joan Blondell on "The Lucy Show" segment "Lucy and Joan" Sheet Music for "Seattle" from "Here Come the Brides" TV series LIFE magazine from Feb. 19, 1971, with Joan on the cover, celebrating Nostalgia Joan Blondell in the credit sequence of "Banyon" Joan Blondell in "Starsky and Hutch" "Las Vegas Strangler" episode Joan Blondell in TVM "Death at Love House" Joan gives a wonderful performance on "The Untouchables"! Joan Blondell is the mother of a murdered man on "The Virginian" Joan Blondell and William Demarest on "Twilight Zone" Joan isn't happy with Demarest here, from "Twilight Zone" Joan Blondell is "Aunt Lil" to actress Kathie Browne on "Bonanza" "The Pressure Game" Blondell's a big flirt on "Bonanza" episode "The Pressure Game" High Hopes for Joan Blondell as Lucy's new comedy friend on "The Lucy Show"! Lucy and Joan getting to know each other on "The Lucy Show" Joan tries channeling Vivian Vance on "The Lucy Show" Lucy tries to impress Keith Andes as Joan urges her on in "The Lucy Show" Lucy tries to pass herself off as a stuntman, with Joan's help, on "The Lucy Show" Joan's credit card for "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." in "The Concrete Overcoat Affair, Part 1" Joan is the flamboyant wife of an aging mobster on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Joan is Mrs. Eduardo "Fingers Stilletto" Ciannelli on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Joan Blondell aka Mrs. Fingers Stilletto on "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." Joan Blondell goes to Hooterville in "Petticoat Junction" Joan shares memories with Linda Kaye Henning on "Petticoat Junction" Uncle Joe (Edgar Buchanan) is sweet on Joan Blondell in "Petticoat Junction" Joan Blondell's opening credit on "Here Come the Brides" David Soul, Robert Brown, Bobby Sherman, Bridget Hanley and Joan Blondell on "Here Come the Brides" Lottie in some Seattle chitchat with Robert Brown's Jason Bolt Lottie is the saloonkeeper, here with her pal Capt. Clancy (Henry Beckman) on "Here Come the Brides" Great onscreen chemistry between Henry Beckman and Joan Blondell on "Here Come the Brides" Sylvia Sidney and Joan Blondell co-starred in TV Movie "Death at Love House" in 1976 The beautiful and talented Joan Blondell Turns on the Charm on "Bonanza" http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/18/joan-blondell-goes-hawaiian/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/18/joan-blondell-goes-hawaiian/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:58:07 +0000 Kimberly Lindbergs http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=39425 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/18/joan-blondell-goes-hawaiian/feed/ 24 cinebeats jblondelli kcposter kc1 kc0 kc3 kcrape kc2 kc4 kc6 http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/09/lance-henriksen-not-bad-for-a-human/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/09/lance-henriksen-not-bad-for-a-human/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:00:11 +0000 R. Emmet Sweeney http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=39215 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/08/09/lance-henriksen-not-bad-for-a-human/feed/ 13 R. Emmet Sweeney Henriksen3 Henriksen bigsky1 7836-16039 med_gallery_1_3_35811 notbad http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/05/11/jackie-cooper-1922-2011/ http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/05/11/jackie-cooper-1922-2011/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 07:10:49 +0000 moirafinnie http://moviemorlocks.com/?p=35523 ]]> http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/05/11/jackie-cooper-1922-2011/feed/ 8 moirafinnie jackie cooper Jackie Cooper as Skippy (1931) Jackie Cooper's unforgettable image in Skippy (1931) Jackie Cooper with his mother, Mabel Leonard Cooper Jackie Cooper Signing a Contract with Louis B. Mayer Jackie Cooper with Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper with Wally Beery in a tender moment. Mickey Rooney, Freddie Bartholemew and Cooper in The Devil Is a Sissy Jackie Cooper with Judy Garland in Ziegfeld Girl (1941) Jackie Cooper and Claude Rains in White Banners (1938) Hennesey, one of the two series that Jackie Cooper starred in on television Katherine Ross in the television movie, Rodeo Girl Jackie Cooper in later years Jackie Cooper's Star on the Walk of Fame near 1501 Vine Street in Los Angeles g Jackie Cooper in The Champ (1931) g Jackie Cooper — (TCM Remembers) TCM Original