Thursday, October 04, 2007

SERGEANTS 3 / THE TWO LITTLE BEARS


Proctor's screened this double-feature in February, 1963. The Rat Pack western comedy SERGEANTS 3 (1962) has yet to make its DVD debut. Neither has the family fantasy THE TWO LITTLE BEARS (1961). Not sure if either even made it to VHS.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

SEDUCTION BY THE SEA / THE LOVE ROOT


The Center Drive-in screened this Europix Consolidated double-feature back in January, 1969. SEDUCTION BY THE SEA was the US release of the 1963 West German/Yugoslavian drama Verführung am Meer, with Peter van Eyck and Elke Sommer. THE LOVE ROOT was the French/Italian comedy La Mandragola (1965). Neither film has had a US home video release.

Monday, October 01, 2007

THE SECRET SEX LIVES OF ROMEO AND JULIET, etc.


The Carman Drive-in featured this Harry Novak triple-bill in March, 1970. THE SECRET SEX LIVES OF ROMEO AND JULIET (1969) starred Forman Shane and Deirdre Nelson. THE TOUCHABLES (1961) was a gangster nudie with Claire Brennan; on VHS and DVD-R from Something Weird. THE GIRL WITH HUNGRY EYES (1967) starred Pat Barrington.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Twisted Sex Vol. 8

TWISTED SEX VOL. 8
199?, 115m22s
1. THE PINK PUSSY (Argentina/Venezuela: 1964, Cambist Films: 1966 with added scenes, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) US version of Acosada, a provocative-looking drama with rape and murder.
2. THE GIRL WITH HUNGRY EYES (1967, Boxoffice International Pictures, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) William Rotsler directs himself, and Pat Barrington shakes her fake melons at the camera.
3. THE PICK-UP (1968, Olympic International Films, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) Long trailer for this Bishop/Frost roughie features shots of the Vegas strip, lesbianism, full nudity, torture, and David F. Friedman as a gangster.
4. THE FABULOUS BASTARD OF CHICAGO (1969, Walnut International, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) John Alderman stars as the title character in this long trailer for the gangster sexploiter, hosted by Reed Hadley (!), with footage of director Greg Corarito and cinematographer Gary Graver; with full nudity and an orgy.
5. BEHIND LOCKED DOORS (1968, Boxoffice International Pictures, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) Rural thriller with rape, murder, and lesbianism.
6. THE TALE OF THE DEAN’S WIFE (1969, Perpetual Films, VHS: Alpha Blue, VCR, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) Christine Murray is the title character, with Eric Stern, campus demonstrations, whipping, acid orgies, and blackmail.
7. SOMETHING’S HAPPENING (1967, Headliner Productions, VHS/DVD: Something Weird as THE HIPPIE REVOLT/SOMETHING'S HAPPENING) Exploitive documentary with Haight footage, body painting, and "weirdies beardies whatsies."
8. HOLLYWOOD AFTER DARK (1965, Headliner Productions: 1968, VHS/DVD-R: Sinister, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) Retitling of John Hayes' exploiter WALK THE ANGRY BEACH aka THE UNHOLY CHOICE, with Rue McClanahan and Sebastian Gregory/Tony Vorno.
9. WANG WANG (1974, Headliner Productions) Obcure African mondo film; no home video release.
10. THE DEVIL’S GARDEN (1971 or 1973, Boxoffice International Pictures, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) Shot in the West Indies, Bob Chinn directed this soft X sexploiter with Sandy Carey, Debbie McGuire, toe licking, and voodoo.
11. JOHNNY FIRECLOUD (1975, Entertainment Ventures, VHS: Cinema Video Theatre as REVENGE OF JOHNNY FIRECLOUD, Prism, VHS/DVD: Something Weird, DVD: Siren [Australia]) Billy Jack-style revenge flick with Victor Mohica as an abused Indian, Ralph Meeker, Christina Hart, Richard Kennedy, and Buck Flower.
12. THE EROTIC ADVENTURES OF ZORRO (France/USA/West Germany: 1972, Entertainment Ventures Inc., VHS: Derann [UK], Video Dimensions as THE NAKED SWORD OF ZORRO, VHS/DVD: Something Weird, DVD: Siren [Australia]) Dave Friedman produced and wrote this costume send-up with Douglas Frey, John Alderman, and Bob Cresse.
13. LES PLAISIRS FOUS (France: 1977, Prochainment, DVD: Alpha France) SWV says this is titled WILD PLEASURES, a translation of the French title, but only the French title appears in the trailer; adult film with typically high European production values; Brigitte Lahaie has a part.
14. LOVE PLAY (France: 1977, distributor unknown) Dubbed soft X film with rape; copyright is for Westminster Investments & Trust UK; no home release known.
15. FANTAISIES POUR COUPLES (France: 197?, Prochainment) SWV lists this as FANTASIES FOR COUPLES, but only the French title appears on the trailer; another Jean Desvilles/Georges Fleury film, but this doesn't appear on his IMDb filmography under this title.
16. THE SWINGIN' PUSSYCATS (West Germany: 1969, Hemisphere Pictures: 1973, VHS: Something Weird) US version of Rat' mal, wer heut bei uns schläft...?, a light-hearted sex comedy that played the drive-ins for years.
17. YOUNG SEDUCERS (Switzerland: 1972, Hemisphere Pictures: 1973, VHS: Vipco [UK], DVD: Elite as SEX UND NOCH NICHT 16 [Switzerland]) US version of Erwin C. Dietrich sexploiter Blutjunge Verführerinnen 2.
18. EROTIC CARTOON FESTIVAL (1976, distributor unknown, VHS: Alpha Blue) Amazing-looking collection of X-rated cartoons.
19. FISH FOR ALL (1970, distributor unknown) Alternate title for ODDLY COUPLED (VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird), a sex comedy with gay and fat jokes.
20. NUDE SCRAPBOOK (1964, Cinema Syndicate, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) Tame-looking Barry Mahon with posing models.
21. SINS OF RACHEL (1972, R.A. Enterprises, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) Weird mess with gore and incest from gay-theme director Richard Fontaine.
22. THE CAT ATE THE PARAKEET (1972, Hampton International, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird as POT, PARENTS AND POLICE) Teen problem film with Phillip Pine and Johnny Legend.
23. MOTHER (1970, Geneni Film Distributors, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird as UP YOUR TEDDY BEAR, DVD: Troma as SEDUCTION OF A NERD) Sex comedy with Victor Buono and gorgeous Julie Newmar in a bikini.
24. PUT OUT OR SHUT UP (Argentina: 1958, Cambist Films) US version of Armand Bo's Sabaleros with Isabel Sarli, a strange-looking drama with shoreline knife fights; no home release.
25. POSITIONS OF LOVE (Argentina: 1958, distributor unknown) Alternate title for the above (#24).
26. KARAMOJA (1954, Hallmark Productions Inc., VHS: Something Weird, Woodhaven) Exploitive mondo film on a Uganda tribe.
27. 5 MINUTES TO LOVE (1963, Headliner Productions, VHS/DVD-R: Sinister, DVD: Alpha) Rerelease title for John Hayes' exploiter THE ROTTEN APPLE (VHS/DVD: Something Weird), with Rue McClanahan, Paul Leder, and King Moody.
28. THE 3 DIMENSIONS OF GRETA (UK: 1972, General Film Corp.: 1973, VHS: Moviecraft, Something Weird, DVD: Salvation) US title for Pete Walker's THE FOUR DIMENSIONS OF GRETA (VHS: Derann [UK]).
29. RENT-A-GIRL (1965, Cambist Films, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) Appears to be a 7m42s clip from the feature; models strip with narration.
30. BANG BANG THE MAFIA GANG (1971, distributor unknown, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) Rerelease of UP YOUR ALLEY, a goofy mob takeoff with Cheri Caffaro, Uschi, and Haji.
31. THE NAKED FLAME (Canada: 1964, distributor unknown) A drama set in the Canadian wilderness, written by and starring Dennis O'Keefe; no home video release.
32. THE POST GRADUATE (1969, distributor unknown) Alternate title for TALE OF THE DEAN’S WIFE (#4).
33. ONE MORE TIME (1970, distributor unknown) Alternate title for ODDLY COUPLED (see #19).
34. THE SINISTER URGE (1960, Headliner Productions, VHS: Sinister) Ed Wood's study of the smut racket.
35. RED, WHITE & BLUE (1971, Entertainment Ventures Inc., VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) The Sebastian's look at Nixon's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, with Barney Rosset of Grove Press, Uschi at a film shoot, strip clubs, and full nudity.
36. MidCentury Marriage Guide (195?), 10m59s sex ed book pitch.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

SCORPIO '70 / THE DETENTION GIRLS


This Center Drive-in double feature from May, 1971 was distributed by Sam Lake Enterprises, and both pictures featured Jennifer Welles. SCORPIO '70 (1970) was directed by Henri Pachard as "Ronald Sullivan." THE DETENTION GIRLS (1969), was a women-in-prison flick. Neither of these has surfaced to home video.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

SCARLET NEGLIGEE / HOT BLOODED WOMAN


Today it's an enticing ad for a Texas-made adult double-feature at the Center Drive-in, from January, 1969; check out those silhouette caps. SCARLET NEGLIGEE (1968) was directed by Ron Scott, and featured Byron Lord. HOT BLOODED WOMAN (1965) was directed by Dale Berry; Bill Thurman, who appears here, will be the subject of an upcoming Chateau Vulgaria career retrospective. Both films were released by Crescent International Pictures and are on VHS and DVD-R from Something Weird.

Monday, September 17, 2007

SANDRA, THE MAKING OF A WOMAN / PEDDLERS OF SIN


Here's a nice, sleazy double-feature from the Colony Art, in January, 1971. SANDRA, THE MAKING OF A WOMAN (1970) starred Monica Gayle (where are you now?) as a young woman who's left her abusive home for an erotic journey with Uschi Digard and others; on VHS and DVD-R from Something Weird. PEDDLERS OF SIN (1967) was a Mitam production with Capri; has yet to surface to home video.

Friday, September 14, 2007

ROYAL FLESH


The Colony Art screened this adult double-feature in January of 1971; wish I could make out the second movie. ROYAL FLESH was a retitling of THE UNDERCOVER SCANDALS OF HENRY VIII (1970) with Lawrence Adams, Forman Shane, and Lori Brown; no home release known.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

ROSEMARY'S BABY / BAREFOOT IN THE PARK


This bizarre double-feature played the Super 50 Drive-in back in July, 1968. Polanski's dark ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968) was a strange juxtaposition with Neil Simon's sunny BAREFOOT IN THE PARK (1967).

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

ROSEMARY'S BABY


Here's the eye-catching ad for ROSEMARY'S BABY (1968), which screened at Proctor's in July, 1968.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

ROMEO AND JULIET


The Hellman screened Franco Zeffirelli's British/Italian production of ROMEO AND JULIET (1968) in January, 1969.

Monday, September 10, 2007

THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE / THE DEADLY COMPANIONS


The Mohawk Drive-in screened this double feature in February, 1962. THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE (1961) was a romantic drama with Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty. THE DEADLY COMPANIONS (1961) was Sam Peckinpah's first feature film.

Sunday, September 09, 2007

THE ROAD HUSTLERS / THE WILD RACERS


This AIP double-feature played the Tri-City, Mohawk, and Riverview drive-ins back in May of 1968. The rare title THE ROAD HUSTLERS (1968) was a moonshine action flick with Jim Davis and Scott Brady; it's never had a home video release for some reason. THE WILD RACERS (1968) was a race car drama starring Fabian and Mimsy Farmer, and featuring some additional direction by Roger Corman and Francis Ford Coppola; I know of no home release but it has been broadcast on the Speedvision channel.

Friday, September 07, 2007

RETURN OF THE SEVEN, etc.


This rousing western triple-feature played both the Mohawk and Tri-City Twin drive-ins back in January, 1971. The US/Spanish co-production RETURN OF THE SEVEN (1966) was the first of three sequels to THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. GUNS OF THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1969) followed, with George Kennedy taking over the lead role. THE UGLY ONES was United Artists' release of the Italian/Spanish El Precio de un hombre (1966), with Tomas Milian; on German DVD as THE BOUNTY KILLER.

Thursday, September 06, 2007

THE REIVERS / WONDERFUL AUSTRIA


This double-feature played the State in Schenectady back in January of 1970. THE REIVERS (1969) featured Will Geer, Diane Ladd, and Dub Taylor. WONDERFUL AUSTRIA was a 1964 travelogue; no home release.

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

THE REIVERS / BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID


Latham's Circle Twin Cinemas screened the following in March of 1970: THE REIVERS (1969) was based on a William Faulkner novel. The hit BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969) was still playing five months after its initial release.

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

THE REIVERS / 5 CARD STUD


Here's a January, 1970 double-feature at Albany's Strand on Pearl Street (most recently an OTB). THE REIVERS (1969) was a National General release directed by Mark Rydell. FIVE CARD STUD (1968) was a Henry Hathaway western with Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum.

Monday, September 03, 2007

RAW MEAT, etc.


Back in January, 1974, when people in Upstate NY were still crazy and stoned enough to go to the drive-ins in the middle of winter, the Tri-City Drive-in had become a United Artists-owned outfit, and they screened this pair of winning exploitation bills. RAW MEAT was AIP's US title for the British horror flick DEATH LINE (1972). THE FEMALE RESPONSE (1973) was an adult film distributed by edgy AIP offshoot Trans American, featuring Harry Reems and Jennifer Welles; it doesn't seem to have ever gotten a home video release. HELLS ANGELS ON WHEELS (1967) was a decent Richard Rush biker movie, famously starring a pre-EASY RIDER Jack Nicholson. DEVIL'S ANGELS (1967), from AIP, starred John Cassavetes; has yet to apper on DVD. ANGELS FROM HELL (1968) was producer Joe Solomon's follow-up to HAOW, this time with Tom Stern in the lead, and Jack Starrett as the lawman, in a similar role to his BORN LOSERS character; also has yet to make its DVD debut.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

PSYCH-OUT, etc,


Here's an interesting pair of double-features at the late, great Tri-City Twin Drive-in, from April of 1968. PSYCH-OUT (1968) was Richard Rush's summer of love psychedelic exploitation with Nicholson. THE GLORY STOMPERS (1968) was the entertainingly square biker flick, with Dennis Hopper and a killer Davie Allan score; a DVD release is badly needed on this one. THE BIBLE (1966) was John Huston's Italian/American adaptation, with Michael Parks as Adam (!). NATURE'S HALF ACRE (1951) was a Disney short documentary on the birds and bees.

Monday, August 27, 2007

THE PRIVATE NAVY OF SGT. O' FARRELL, etc.


Today we examine a July, 1968 triple-feature at the Turnpike Drive-in. THE PRIVATE NAVY OF SGT. O'FARRELL (1968) was a World War II-based Bob Hope comedy. THE PENTHOUSE (1967) was a British thriller with Suzy Kendall and Martine Beswick; never released to home video, it's only available as a bootleg. THE HILLS RUN RED was United Artists' release of the Italian western Un Fiume di dollari (1966), with Henry Silva and Dan Duryea.

Friday, August 24, 2007

THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST, etc.


Interesting pair of triple-features at the Tri-City Twin, from July, 1968. THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST (1967; interesting spelling there) was the unique and of-its-time James Coburn vehicle. THE OLDEST PROFESSION was the Goldstone Film Enterprises release of the European anthology Le Plus vieux métier du monde (1967); no DVD release. WILL PENNY (1968) was a western featuring a great cast (Charlton Heston, Donald Pleasence, Lee Majors, Bruce Dern, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Anthony Zerbe, Luke Askew). THE HAPPENING (1967, no "s") was a Columbia hippies-vs.-mafia comedy featuring Anthony Quinn and Michael Parks; doesn't seem to have ever gotten a home video release. WILD IN THE STREETS (1968) was the Robert Thom-scripted, caustic counterculture classic from AIP. FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (1965) was the middle film in the Leone/Eastwood trilogy.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

THE POSTGRADUATE / MALE SERVICE


Here's a pair of adult films playing at Troy's Cinema Art Theatre, from January, 1971. THE POSTGRADUATE (1970) was a white-coater "documentary" from Cosmos Films. MALE SERVICE (1966) was a Mitam production directed by Arch Hudson of TORTURED FEMALES. Neither film has yet to resurface.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

THE PLAY PEN GIRLS, etc.


The Mohawk Drive-in featured this adult triple-feature back in January, 1968. THE PLAY PEN GIRLS (1967) was an obscure nudie (maybe from New York) with Janet Banzet; no home release known. THE SEX CYCLE (1966) was a Joe Sarno film with Victor Bertini, the director of THE PLAY PEN GIRLS; on VHS from Alpha Blue and Something Weird. SATAN IN HIGH HEELS (1962) was a low-budget noir known for its Mundell Lowe crime jazz soundtrack.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

PLANET OF THE APES / SOL MADRID


Here's a July, 1968 double-feature at the Carman Drive-in. Woodrow Parfrey, father of Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey, played Dr. Maximus in PLANET OF THE APES (1968). SOL MADRID (1968) was an MGM crime thriller starring David McCallum as the title character; doesn't seem to have gotten an official video release, but is available from bootleggers.

Monday, August 20, 2007

PLANET OF THE APES, etc.


Here's another pair of Tri-City Twin double-features, this one from July, 1968. Did you know Felix Silla played a baby gorilla in PLANET OF THE APES (1968)? Sinatra played a P.I. in TONY ROME (1967). DON'T RAISE THE BRIDGE, LOWER THE RIVER (1967) was a Jerry Lewis comedy. BERSERK! (1967) was a horror film starring Joan Crawford; no DVD on this one yet.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Twisted Sex Vol. 7

TWISTED SEX VOL. 7
199?, 116m44s
1. A VIRGIN IN HOLLYWOOD (1948, Sonney Amusement Enterprises Inc., VHS: Something Weird, DVD: Alpha) A mix of burlesque and comedy; the lead talks to the camera.
2. GIRLS OF THE UNDERWORLD (1940, distributor unknown) Reissue title for MAD YOUTH (VHS: Sinister, Something Weird, DVD: Alpha) A tinted, "sexsational" trailer with gang rape.
3. HOPPED-UP (1949, distributor unknown) Reissue title for THE DEVIL'S SLEEP (VHS: Sinister, Something Weird, DVD: Alpha, a bennies menace flick with Lita Grey, Tim Farrell, and John Mitchum.
4. THE VIRGIN GODDESS (1950, distributor unknown) Reissue title for PREHISTORIC WOMEN (VHS: Rhino, Silvermine, VHS/DVD-R: Sinister, DVD: Alpha), featuring amazonian cavewomen catfighting.
5. MAU MAU! (1954, distributor unknown, VHS: Something Weird) Mondo film with real footage of the Kenyan anti-colonial uprising (animals, gunfights, ritual scarring) and staged footage of naked women.
6. ECCO (Italy: 1963, Cresa Roma: 1965, VHS: Sinister, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) US title for Mondo di notte numero 3, a mondo title with martial arts, piercing, Portugese whale hunters, and a lesbian club; narrated by Paul Frees.
7. SEXY PROIBITISSIMO (1964: Olympic International Films, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) US release of Sexy proibito (Italy: 1963), Another mondo, this one featuring stripteases through the ages.
8. SWEDEN HEAVEN AND HELL (Sweden: 1968, AVCO Embassy) The US release of Szevia, inferno e paradiso, an elusive mondo flick known for its Piero Umiliano soundtrack, with a topless band, swingers, biker rape, a lesbian club, and porn; available as a Swedish-language bootleg, though a Klubb Super 8 DVD is supposed to be on the way.
9. INTERNATIONAL SMORGASBROAD (1965, distributor unknown, VHS: Something Weird) Barry Mahon film that also appears on Vol. 2.
10. CENSORED (1965, Cinema Syndicate Inc. VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) 7m54s clip of Barry Mahon's fake comp of censored scenes from his movies, all staged scenes of nude women.
11. GIRLS COME TOO (1968, Jerand Film Distributors Inc., VHS: Something Weird) Better copy of the Irving Klaw trailer that appears on Vol. 1.
12. THE ALLEY TRAMP (1968, United Pictures Organization, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) H.G. Lewis. narrates this trailer for his sexploiter, with a nympho's bedroom hijinx scored to garage rock.
13. NYMPHO--A WOMAN'S URGE (1965, Artscope, Ltd., VHS: Something Weird) A crude NY nudie with lesbianism.
14. WOMEN OF DESIRE (1968, Boxoffice international Pictures) Prostitution sexploiter; no home release.
15. COOL IT BABY (1967, Boxoffice international Pictures, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) Lou Campa/Joseph Marzano film with lesbians and S&M; "If this picture doesn't turn you on, you don't have any switches."
16. VENUS IN FURS (1967, Boxoffice International Pictures, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) Joe Marzano's b&w adaptation (the first) exhibits a crude poeticism.
17. FREE LOVE CONFIDENTIAL (1968, Boxoffice International Pictures, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) Lots of love scenes, and a beatnik club.
18. MINI-SKIRT LOVE (1967, Boxoffice international Pictures, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) Sleazy Lou Campa film with infidelity, incest, and masturbation.
19. GIRL IN A CAGE (196?) 5m53s short features a fiery, lithe dancer stripping in a cage on a jungle set, scored to intense crime jazz.
20. LE FEU DANS LA PEAU (FUEGO) (Argentina: 1968, distributor unknown, VHS: Alpha Blue, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) French-language version of sultry Isabela Sarli vehicle.
21. Drive-ln Intermission (196?) Tony's Pizza (with a talking stomach), Pepsi, Carnation Coco Supreme, James River Smithfield Barbeque, Pepsi.
22. BLOOD FEAST (1963, Box Office Spectaculars, VHS: Astra [UK], Comet, Cult, VHS/DVD: Something Weird, DVD: CMV Laservision [Germany]) Star William Kerwin reads a disclaimer for this gore landmark.
23. COLOR ME BLOOD RED (1965, Jacqueline Kay Inc., VHS: BFPI [Canada] as MODEL MASSACRE, Comet, New Star, Rhino, Video Dimensions, VHS/DVD: Something Weird, DVD: CMV Laservision [Germany]) The mush-mouth announcer says, "A blood-spattered study in the macarb [sic]"; it's only a movie...
24. AROUSED (1966, Cambist Films, VHS/DVD: Something Weird) Strong skinflick with a man killed by a group of women; trailer is tinted.
25. SATAN'S SADISTS (1969, Independent International Pictures, VHS: Marathon [Canada], Network, Super, Troma, DVD: Troma) This is the version with title cards exploiting the Tate/Manson killings over surf music.
26. THE GHASTLY ONES (1968, J.E.R. Pictures Inc., VHS: Scorpio [UK], Video Home Library, VHS/DVD: Something Weird, DVD: Siren [Australia]) Intense Andy Milligan trailer with bongos, rape, and beheading.
27. THE BODY BENEATH (1970, Nova International Productions Ltd., VHS: Western World, VHS/DVD: Something Weird, DVD: Siren [Australia]) Andy Milligan flick with female vampires; narrator speaks in a spooky whisper.
28. THE DEPRAVED (1976, Group 1 International Distribution Organization Ltd., DVD coming from Synapse) US version of Exponerad (Sweden: 1971, DVD: Klubb Super 8 [Sweden]), with the beautiful Christina Lindberg caught up in nude photos and rape; "banned in 23 countries."
29. THE SCAVENGERS (1969, Aquarius Releasing Inc., VHS: Private Screenings/Luna as REBEL VIXENS, Republic, VHS/DVD-R: Something Weird) Another sick Frost/Cresse effort, this one a western with lots of gang rape.
30. THE NINE AGES OF NAKEDNESS (UK: 1969, Manson Distributing Corp.: 1970, VHS: Media, DVD: Televista) Hard R George Harrison Marks film with male nudity and lesbianism.
31. THE DIVORCEE (1969, SCA Distributors, VHS: Nite Flight, Private Screenings/Luna as FRUSTRATION, Something Weird) Stephen Apostolof flick starring Marsha Jordan, with toe-licking and a threesome.
32. THE SENSUOUS HOUSEWIFE (West Germany: 1976, Cineworld) Dubbed Euro sex comedy; no VHS or DVD release.
33. FRUSTRATED WIVES (UK: 1973, Cineworld: 1977) US version of SEX FARM, a health resort-based comedy with full nudity and lesbianism; no home release.
34. DROP OUT WIFE (1972, SCA Distributors, VHS: Private Screenings/Luna as PLEASURE UNLIMITED, Something Weird) Hard R Stephen Apostolof sex flick with lesbianism and orgies.
35. BIBI CONFESSIONS OF SWEET 16 (Sweden: 1974, Cineworld: 1977, DVD: Retro-Seduction as GIRL MEETS GIRL) X-rated US version of Joe Sarno's Vild på sex, with his trademark group sex and masks.
36. THE SWINGIN' STEWARDESSES (Switzerland: 1971, Hemisphere Pictures Inc., VHS: Private Screenings, VCX, DVD: Ascot Elite [Switzerland]) US version of Erwin Dietrich's Die Stewardessen, one of the many softcore Hemisphere Euro pickups from the time.
37. FLY ME (Philippines/USA, 1973, New World Pictures) Cirio Santiago stewardess movie with kung fu, slavery, and Dick Miller as a cab driver; available as a bootleg only.
38. WOMEN IN CAGES (1971, New World Pictures, VHS: Charter, MCM as WOMEN'S PENITENTIARY 3, VHS/DVD: New Concorde, DVD: RBC [Australia], Umbrella [Australia]) Classic Gerardo de Leon WIP film with Pam Grier, Roberta Collins, and Sid Haig, all scored to The Cars' "Moving in Stereo" from 1978!
39. THE BIG BIRD CAGE (1972, New World Pictures, VHS: MCM as WOMEN'S PENITENTIARY 2, Warner, VHS/DVD: New Concorde, DVD: Umbrella [Australia]) Another New World WIP classic, from Jack Hill, with Haig, Grier, and Vic Diaz; trailer is cut.

PINOCCHIO / BEAR COUNTRY


The State screened this Disney package back in February, 1962. I didn't know Mel Blanc worked on PINOCCHIO (1940). BEAR COUNTRY (1953) was a short narrated by Winston Hibler.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

The Pinlighters


Jazz trio The Pinlighters (Genie Jones, Rio Galietta, Neal Stark) played the Hotel Schenectady's Pinlite Lounge way back in February, 1962.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

PERFORMANCE


Chapel Hill, NC's Varsity Theatre (still in business) screened the Cammell/Roeg classic PERFORMANCE (1970) back in March of 1971.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Paula Sydney


Here's an ad for Paula Sydney with the Jon Norman Trio, playing the Red Carpet in Albany (now home to the Water Works gay bar) in March, 1970.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

PATTON


Rensselaer's Uptown screened the biopic PATTON (1970) back in January, 1971.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

PARIS BLUES, etc.


Great ad for the Turnpike Drive-in showing a pair of triple-features for different weeks of November, 1961. PARIS BLUES (1961) was a drama based in the jazz world, featuring a Duke Ellington score; no DVD release. ROSEMARY was the Films Around the World release of the West German post-war critique Das Mädchen Rosemarie (1958); no DVD as of yet. THE TARNISHED ANGELS (1958) was a Douglas Sirk adaptation of a William Faulkner novel; no DVD. THE VIRGIN SPRING (Bergman's Jungfrukällan, 1960) was said to be the inspiration for THE LAST HOUSE IN THE LEFT. THE LAST PARADISE was the United Artists release of the Italian documentary L'Ultimo paradiso (1957), focused on the people of the South Pacific; it seems to have gotten an Italian VHS release, but that's it. VIRGIN ISLAND (1958) was a British comedy with John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier; can't find evidence of an official release, but it's available as a grey market title.

Friday, August 10, 2007

THE WONDERFUL LAND OF OZ


Somehow Barry Mahon's 1969 musical atrocity THE WONDERFUL LAND OF OZ, distributed by Childhood Productions and in "Storybook Color," made it up to the Madison for a matinee showing in January of 1970.

Thursday, August 09, 2007

THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT


The Streisand/Segal comedy THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT screened at the Hellman in January, 1971.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

OUT OF IT, etc.


This nice pair of triple-features at the Tri-City screened in January of 1970. High school drama OUT OF IT (produced in 1967, release in 1969), from director Paul Williams (NUNZIO) featured Barry Gordon and Jon Voight; no official home release, but is available from bootleg sites. NUMBER ONE (1969) was a football drama with Charlton Heston and Bruce Dern; no video or DVD release on this one. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) was, of course, the Norman Jewison southern drama. DEFIANT DAUGHTERS was the Times Films release of the Swiss/West German adolescent drama Die Schatten werden länger (1961), from Hungarian director Ladislao Vajda; no known video release. THUNDER IN DIXIE (1964) was a low-budget racing actioner. Howco's THUNDER IN CAROLINA (1960) featured Rory Calhoun and Alan Hale Jr.; no official video release but available as a bootleg.

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN / LADY IN CEMENT


The State screened this double-feature in March, 1970. The 1970 drama THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN was the last film for director George Stevens; no DVD release on this one. The Frank Sinatra/Tony Rome vehicle LADY IN CEMENT (1968) features a killer Hugo Montenegro score.

Monday, August 06, 2007

THE OLDEST PROFESSION / WILL PENNY


This July, 1968 double-feature played at both the Riverview and Mohawk Drive-ins. THE OLDEST PROFESSION was Goldtone's US version of the French/Italian/West German prostitution omnibus Le Plus vieux métier du monde (1967); no DVD release yet. WILL PENNY (1968) was a western directed by Tom Gries (HELTER SKELTER).

Sunday, August 05, 2007

NORMA / THERESE AND ISABELLE


The Center Drive-in screened this adult double-feature back in June of 1971. NORMA (1970), directed by Peter Balakoff and generally known as NORMA ISN'T QUITE NORMAL, featured Mady Maguire as the nymphomaniacal title character, along with Buck Flower and Uschi Digard; it was released on VHS by Something Weird, but has since been deleted. THERESE AND ISABELLE (1968) was Radley Metzger's sapphic US/German production, with Essy Persson and Anna Gaël.