Month: June 2022
The Fighting Parson(1933)
A cowboy prone to a little misbehavior masquerades as a parson but faces difficulties when a criminal recognizes him, and things get even more complicated when the real parson shows up. As is common in Hoot Gibson’s films, there’s a large element of comedy in the proceedings, as the viewer watches the cowboy squirm in …
Sunday Fun: Party Game
Funny Friday: Pass/Fail
Night Monster (Universal, 1942)
Murder stalks the guests in the sinister home of a man (Ralph Morgan) left crippled by three doctors (among them Lionel Atwill), a man whose sister (Fay Helm) fears for her own sanity as well. Can plucky Dick Baldwin (Don Porter) unravel the mysterious goings-on and protect Dr. Lynne Harper (Irene Hervey), a psychiatrist summoned …
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Sunday Fun: Just in Time
The Man with Nine Lives (Columbia, 1940)
Boris Karloff shines as usual as a mad scientist, this time one committed to cryogenic research. In fact, he himself is a beneficiary, when, after being frozen alive, he and those frozen with him are revived by a younger doctor who makes use of “frozen therapy” to treat cancer. Unfortunately, the scientist’s monomania, though it …
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