The City of the Dead (John Llewellyn Moxey, 1960)

Mar

3

Nan Barlow (Venetia Stevenson), exploring. DP: Desmond Dickinson.

– Burn witch, burn witch, burn!

– Dig that crazy beat, man.

#FilmDuJour #March #JohnLlewellynMoxey #DouglasGamley #DesmondDickinson #VulcanFilms #horror #witches #mystery #ChristopherLee #VenetiaStevenson #UK #1960s ★★★★☆

The World's Greatest Sinner (Timothy Carey, 1962)

Mar

1

eggs

Clarence “God” Hilliard (Timothy Carey) sitting at a round dinner table talking to his wife who's leaning against a counter holding a carton of eggs and crockery. DPs: Frank Grande, Robert Shelfow, Ray Dennis Steckler & Edgar G. Ulmer.

“Let's be different. Let's not hate anyone.”

– Clarence “God” Hilliard

#FilmDinner #TimothyCarey #TitusMoede #FrankZappa #FrankGrande #RobertShelfow #RayDennisSteckler #EdgarGUlmer #politics #drama #religion #cult #comedy #breakfast #eggs #USA #1960s ★★★☆☆

I fidanzati [The Fiancés] (Ermanno Olmi, 1963)

Feb

29

leftovers

Giovanni (Carlo Cabrini) in a restaurant. It's near closing time. Cooks scape the pans. DP: Lamberto Caimi.

“If an old man can't even have a glass of wine, what's left to live for?”

#FilmDinner #ErmannoOlmi #AnnaCanzi #CarloCabrini #GianniFerrio #LambertoCaimi #romance #drama #satire #carnival #Sicily #Italy #1960s ★★★★½

Dwaj panowie 'N' [Two Gentlemen 'N'] (Tadeusz Chmielewski, 1962)

Feb

29

Elzbieta Brylska (Joanna Jedryka) and Sgt. Jan Dziewanowicz (Stanislaw Mikulski). DP: Jerzy Stawicki.

#FilmDuJour #February #TadeuszChmielewski #JoannaJedryka #BoleslawPlotnicki #StanislawMikulski #AdamWalaciński #JerzyStawicki #birthday #LeapDay #LeapYear #Poland #1960s

First Man Into Space [Satellite of Blood] (Robert Day, 1959)

Feb

28

1958

A newspaper headline for February 28, 1958 reading THE HIGHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. DP: Geoffrey Faithfull.

“The conquest of new worlds always makes demands of human life. And there will always be men who will accept the risk.”

#FilmDuJour #February #RobertDay #BillEdwards #BuxtonOrr #GeoffreyFaithfull #drama #SciFi #horror #UK #1950s ★★½

Even: As You and I (Roger Barlow, Harry Hay + LeRoy Robbins, 1937)

Feb

27

A film editor struggling with a long strip of celluloid. DP: Hy Hirsh.

#FilmDuJour #February #RogerBarlow #HarryHay #HyHirsh #LeRoyRobbins #SilentFilm #ShortFilm #surrealism #satire #comedy #USA #1930s ★★★☆☆

Les scélérats [The Wretches] (Robert Hossein, 1960)

Feb

26

canapés

Maid Louise (Perrette Pradier) holding a platter with canapés at a black tie party. Observing her is the master of the house, Jess Rooland (Robert Hossein). DP: Jacques Robin.

#FilmDinner #canapés #RobertHossein #FrédéricDard #MichèleMorgan #PerrettePradier #AndréHossein #JacquesRobin #drama #romance #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★½

破戒 [Po jie / Broken Oath] (Chang-hwa Jeong, 1977)

Feb

24

noodles

A large man at an eatery gulps down bowl after bowl of delicious noodles. He's at number seven with bowl eight ready to go. DPs: Tieh Wang & Yung-Lung Wang.

#FilmDinner #noodles #ChangHwaJeong #AngelaMao #SammoKamBoHung #FrankieChan #TiehWang #YungLungWang #action #MartialArts #revenge #drama #HongKong #1970s ★★★½

The Whole Shootin' Match (Eagle Pennell, 1978)

Feb

23

dinner with dad

Father and son at a small messy dinner table in a small kitchen. The dad, Frank (Sonny Carl Davis) is going on about something while the kid, T. Frank (David Weber), licks his finger. DP: Eagle Pennell.

#FilmDinner #EaglePennell #LouPerryman #SonnyCarlDavis #DorisHargrave #EricHenshaw #DavidWeber #SueDahlman #ChuckPinnell #drama #comedy #USA #1970s ★★★★½

Murders in the Zoo (A. Edward Sutherland, 1933)

Feb

20

Eric (Lionel Atwill) and Evelyn Gorman (Kathleen Burke). DP: Ernest Haller.

“You don't think I sat there all evening with an eight-foot mamba in my pocket?”

– Eric Gorman

#FilmDuJour #February #AEdwardSutherland #LionelAtwill #KathleenBurke #RudolphGKopp #JohnLeipold #ErnestHaller #horror #comedy #animals #PreCode #USA #1930s ★★★☆☆