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George Slv 5th Apr 2016		Cinema Carry On Follow That Camel (Carry On In The Legion) (1967)	Carry On is not part of the title, just Follow That Camel.
George Slv 5th Apr 2016		Cinema The Shadow Of The Cat (1961)	Review In this "old dark house" in England an old woman is murdered and her cat witnesses it. The "cat knows" who did it. Then commences a cat and mouse game where the killers are afraid of the cat and the cat seeks revenge on them. Written by George Baxt, Hammer at first was not interested in filming it. Then when they needed an extra film to pair with Curse Of the Werewolf they asked BHP to make it for them. BHP was a short-term partnership including Baxt and Jon Penington. BHP used Hammer's personnel and Bray location, but they owned the rights to it. It was not unusual for other production companies to make films for Hammer, Hammer usually getting the rights for them. Two years later when BHP closed the rights were passed to Hammer. I find the film very satisfying. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 2nd Apr 2016		Cinema The Hunt For Red October (1990)	They made a big mistake in not differentiating the crews of the American and Russian subs. Both spoke English, neither had distinctive clothing. What a mess trying to follow the story. They should have used different color uniforms.
George Slv 28th Mar 2016		DVD The Island Of Adventure - Oracle Home Entertainment	Not to be confused with the 1996 Australian TV filming. There is a VHS of that one. This 1982 only has a DVD that is scarce. In my opinion this production is miserable. Some of the cast is very poor or unpleasant. Acting is minimal. Photography does not look impressive. Go for the 1996. Norman Bowler here as Bill Smugs looks just like Gareth Hunt as Bill Cunningham in Castle Of Adventure (1990). I wonder if he changed his name.
George Slv 28th Mar 2016		VHS The Castle Of Adventure - Tempo Video	The length was cut from something like 2:30 to 1:58. The full TV show cannot be found. This was a standalone production. Turned out good, captured the mood of the book. I can't play PAL so I could sell my copy.
George Slv 23rd Mar 2016		78 RPM Teresa Brewer - Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes / Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now	It's Amazon.com.
George Slv 22nd Mar 2016		78 RPM Teresa Brewer - Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes / Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now	xiphophilos, I don't have the record or anything further. I normally wouldn't see German ebay, see it now with two of those. I might process and upload the ebay image, but this is why I mention the US seller.
George Slv 22nd Mar 2016		78 RPM Teresa Brewer - Roll Them Roly Boly Eyes / Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now	There's a 78 on sale now at Amazon.com. Might not sell outside US. Put the other label online. This is rare.
George Slv 21st Mar 2016		Cinema The Two Faces Of Dr. Jekyll (1960)	In the US the film ended up in American-International's hands. They first renamed it Jekyll's Inferno, and then House Of Fright after making cuts for sexual content. Posters with the first title are not hard to find. I found one online with the House Of Fright tacked on the bottom. I seem to recall a newspaper ad for this, with the title and subject not being clear. It did not lead me to go see it.
George Slv 21st Mar 2016		Cinema The Devil Rides Out (1968)	This is one of those films that just had no effect on me. Did not create an atmosphere of suspense or fear or interest. Just moved from one scene to the next in pedestrian fashion. I'm very put off at Christopher Lee and have to rate him as a poor actor because of it. In what should be a sca-a-a-ry movie, he shows up at the start and just commences to reel off his lines in a careless disinterested manner. No sense for the plot or atmosphere.
George Slv 20th Mar 2016		Cinema The Ugly Duckling	The first film I know that used the concept of a Hyde more attractive than Jekyll. Then next year Hammer used the theme in the serious The Two Faces Of Dr. Jekyll (retitled House Of Fright in US). If you are looking for Jerry Lewis's inspiration for The Nutty Professor, it would be House Of Fright. This film is hopelessly unavailable, and is on all the Hammer wishlists. Bernard Bresslaw is said to have been good in both roles. Some who recall seeing it say it was entertaining, others say it was not.
George Slv 16th Mar 2016		Vinyl Album Elvis Presley - The Sun Collection	Some RCA Sun collections are duds. In the sense that the original masters were not used. The single masters that had the Sun reverb. Or else something else was done to lose it. On this LP the back cover says Sun Sessions while the cover and label say Sun Collection.
George Slv 2nd Mar 2016		TV Taking The Falls (1995 - 1996)	Review Two females run a private investigation company in Niagara Falls (Canajun side). Another valiant attempt to self-produce Canadian content, from Alliance which created some fantastic work in general. Cynthia Dale (of Street Legal) is the ex-cop PI, while Sandra Nelson is the lawyer half. The show is classed as a comedy-drama because, well ... how can females be serious in this kind of stuff. The Niagara Falls setting raised some hopes, however, umm, they never showed the Falls during the episodes or used the scenic environment. It was just studio work in Toronto. Uhhhh. It had none of the romance or vista or excitement you might hope for. Focused on the SEAMY side of life in this town, which ordinary people don't think about. Prostitution, underworld, sex slavery ... Just failed to capture the concept it should have. Actually hurt people's vision of this grand tourist attraction and wonder of the world. Could just as well have been Taking Hamilton. It was okay, that's all. Lasted 13 episodes, and not renewed. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 2nd Mar 2016		12" Single Martha Reeves - Skating In The Streets	[YouTube Video] Skating In The Streets YT from wattstax1972.
George Slv 2nd Mar 2016		DVD Horror Of Dracula - Warner Bros.	On the back cover for this 1958 movie, the female shown is Stephanie Beacham from Dracula AD 1972.
George Slv 1st Mar 2016		Cinema Canadian Mounties Vs. Atomic Invaders (1953)	A serial.
George Slv 29th Feb 2016		CD Album Teresa Brewer - Music! Music! Music!	Her vocal on Major Bowes, with a comparison to Ella Fitzgerald. [YouTube Video] YT video from GSilverWorld. That audio is from the 1960 LP "Original Amateur Hour 25th Anniversary Album".
George Slv 29th Feb 2016		CD Album Teresa Brewer - Music! Music! Music!	Review Released in UK when these songs became public domain after 50 years. Restored from the original records. One disc filled to maximum. Includes her earliest recordings of 1949 on London. Also her 1938 radio appearance on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour at age 7, which includes her interview with him, the Strutters vocal, and the sound of her tap-dancing to Sing Sing Sing on piano. She won that episode. The CD finishes at 1954 with Coral recordings. The Thing is full length at 2:22. Music! Music! Music! is of course the original London label hit. Here is the correct page for this one at Amazon.com. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 29th Feb 2016		TV Amerika (1987)	Rated 7/10 Oh yes, anti-Communism. You know what's coming next. How many will there be on this site who will express disdain for it and for "McCarthyism" and such? To the rest of you: patriotic Americans succeeded in convincing the ABC network to run something to counter the constant pro-communist propaganda in the media. This was one mini-series, quite extended. The ratings were okay, but not spectacular, maybe because it was drawn out. So of course fodder for political commentators. But to make a long story short, soon after, the Disney Company bought ABC, and made sure nothing like that would ever be shown on TV ever again. That's how it works. The story showed how Russians came in and stormed Congress and massacred it. Kristofferson is the hero, who is first seen in prison, and when released gets involved in resistance. No there was not a victorious ending ... but for some that is a happy ending. Now you can be happy about Obama and things like the assassination of Chief Justice Scalia. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 25th Feb 2016		Cinema Sea Wife (1957)	I watched this video, and wondered what the point of the movie was. Seems like much ado about nothing. Joan Collins in her early years was still getting leading roles. Four people in a lifeboat showing various attitudes and concocting various dramas to fill the time. Joan is supposedly tempted by some of the men but doesn't go along. At the end we find out why. But so what?
George Slv 24th Feb 2016		Cinema Sunburn	Rated 2/10 Does someone actually need to know things like "Richard Sarafian credited as Richard C. Sarafian"? This independent production would never have passed thru a major studio. An amateurish attempt at passing some time, for who knows what. A collection of actors who couldn't find work elsewhere. Farrah Fawcett-Majors had been black-listed for quitting her Charlie's Angels contract. Who would have wanted Charles Grodin for anything? A story that is nonsense after nonsense. If you want glimpses of some of the stars, take a look out of curiousity. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 24th Feb 2016		Vinyl Album Andy Williams - Canadian Sunset	Not an exact reissue. I Like Your Kind Of Love and Butterfly were dropped. There's a story here about Andy buying the Cadence catalog himself for the very purpose of suppressing these rock and roll oriented songs of his, which he hated. I'm not sure of the timing. Columbia had the catalog here and reissued it. As time went on I assume it was Andy who was responsible for Cadence reissues like the Everly Brothers on Barnaby etc.
George Slv 23rd Feb 2016		Cinema Land Of The Pharaohs (1955)	It's a good film of the ancient history genre. Had been shown on TV, and is on DVD. Released by Warner Bros, the widescreen was 2.55. Joan Collins beginning to be a major star in Hollywood, she defied "amorous advance" ultimatums by studio bigwig creeps, and then did not receive major starring roles after that. She tried out for Cleopatra. But if you haven't seen it, DO NOT view the Youtube video that shows the burial ending. And please don't post it here.
George Slv 21st Feb 2016		Vinyl Album Teresa Brewer - Songs Everybody Knows	Four songs from her two singles of the time included here were A2, A4, A5, B3. She also recorded Anymore on the Philips album Gold Country.
George Slv 19th Feb 2016		Vinyl Album Various Artists - 20 Original Winners, Vol. 3	The back cover was either a standard contents description or a listing of all the LPs in the Golden Goodies series. Teen Angel by Dion And The Belmonts is not the same song as Mark Dinning's.
George Slv 19th Feb 2016		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Golden Goodies Vol. 19	The back cover had a listing of all the LPs in the series. So now you can know and post every one. You can also download my larger image.
George Slv 18th Feb 2016		Vinyl Album Ella Fitzgerald - Verve's Choice!	A Tisket A Tasket is not the original 1940 hit, but a Verve rerecording with a Latin beat. I don't know how many of these were singles.
George Slv 18th Feb 2016		Vinyl Album Ella Fitzgerald - Sweet Songs For Swingers	Review These are sweet ballads, but they do swing. Frank DeVol devised hard jazz arrangements, and in fact it may seem humorous when you consider how this anomaly works so well. In other recordings I'd call a few of these ballads a lame waste of time, but none of these are boring. Hey yas gotta hear what he done to Out Of This World [YouTube Video] Youtube 1959 recording from Universal Music Group International. (She also made a different recording of this song for another album.) 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
George Slv 16th Feb 2016		Vinyl Album The Staccatos And The Guess Who - A Wild Pair	A Coca-Cola mail order promotion.
George Slv 10th Feb 2016		78 RPM Teresa Brewer - The Thing / Guess I'll Have To Dream The Rest	The video of the Thing here is from my US 78. The UK Jasmine CD "The Original Sound" has a copy that curiously omits the second last verse about St. Peter, and is under 2 min. So that was the UK release?

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