THE MINI-SKIRT MOB, etc.

Here's an enjoyable pair of double-features from May, 1968 at the Tri-City Twin. THE MINI-SKIRT MOB (1968) was a tepid AIP biker flick with Jeremy Slate and Diane McBain. RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP (1967, dig the spelling in the ad) was a well-liked AIP hippie exploitation piece featuring Aldo Ray and Mimsy Farmer; don't think it ever even had an official VHS release, but it's widely available as a bootleg. VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (1967) was the infamous melodrama with Patty Duke and Sharon Tate. OUR MAN FLINT (1966) was the first of the pair of James Coburn spy spoofs.

THE MIDNIGHT GRADUATE / THE EXECUTIONER

Today it's a double-feature at the immortal Center Drive-in, from March, 1971. THE MIDNIGHT GRADUATE (1970) was a Grads release featuring Uschi Digard; it's considered lost, though a trailer can be found on Twisted Sex Vol. 9. I'm guessing THE EXECUTIONER was the 1970 British espionage film with George Peppard and Joan Collins; it had a VHS release, but no DVD yet.

MELISSA: THE TOTAL FEMALE, etc.

Two ad mats from a naughty July, 1971 screening at the Center Drive-in. MELISSA: THE TOTAL FEMALE (1970) was a Canyon release; on VHS and DVD-R from Something Weird. THAR SHE BLOWS (1969) was an EVI release with Stuart Lancaster and John Alderman. THE EROTIC CIRCUS (1969) was directed by Ronald Sullivan/Henri Pachard; doesn't look like it ever got a home release. WHAT'S UP FRONT (1964) was a bra salesman comedy from the Arch Hall/Fairway family; there was a Rhino VHS release, but no DVD yet.

MARYJANE / THE MILLION EYES OF SU-MURU

AIP double-feature at the State, from February, 1968: MARYJANE (1968) was the grass exposé starring Fabian; THE MILLION EYES OF SU-MURU (1967) was a British action/spy flick starring Frankie Avalon. Don't think either film ever even got VHS releases, but they're available from bottleggers.

MARK OF THE DEVIL / SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN

Coxsackie, NY's Hi-Way Drive-in screened this Euro horror double-feature back in May, 1972. MARK OF THE DEVIL was Hallmark's infamous release of the West German Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält (1970), with Herbert Lom, Udo Kier, and Reggie Nalder; SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN (1970) was the British flick with Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, and Peter Cushing.

MARCY

The very first theater-going experience I remember took place at the Oxford in Troy, NY's Lansingburgh district; I think it was a Pippi Longstocking movie. I just remember a rear aerial shot of a kid or kids running through a field. There's a bank there now. Anyway, the Oxford here screens Joe Sarno's MARCY (1969), with Linda Boyce and Alex Mann, in January, 1971. The film is currently lost, but the trailer can be found on Something Weird's FLESH AND LACE/PASSION IN HOT HOLLOWS DVD.

A MAJORITY OF ONE

Two February, 1962 screenings, at the Plaza and the Hellman, for the 1961 Broadway adaptation A MAJORITY OF ONE (1961); no DVD yet.

MAGDALENA, etc.

The Turnpike Drive-in screened the foreign triple-feature back in July, 1960. I'm assuming, perhaps incorrectly, this MAGDALENA is the 1955 Mexican production directed by Joaquín Pardavé. CRAZY FOR LOVE was Ellis Films' release of the French Le Trou normand (1952), with Brigitte Bardot. The British TREAD SOFTLY STRANGER (1958) starred Diana Dors. No DVD release known for any of them.

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD

July, 1968 screening of John Schlesinger's FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (1967) at the Scotia Art Theatre.

LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AND HIS WIFE / STARLET

Entertainment Ventures double-feature at the Center Drive-in, from June, 1971. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AND HIS WIFE (1970), with Uschi Digard, has been MIA on video; STARLET (1969), with Shari Mann and John Alderman, told the story of an actress' rise to the top; on VHS and DVD-R from Something Weird.

LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS

Here's a January, 1971 screening of LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS (1970), with Bea Arthur and Bonnie Bedelia, at the Scotia Art Theatre.

Louise Brown

Schenectady's Paris Lounge featured singer Louise Brown back in February, 1962. Anyone know who she was?

LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY

January, 1971 screening at the Cinema Delware of Sidney J. Furie's elusive LITTLE FAUSS AND BIG HALSY (1970), available only from bootleg dealers.

THE LIQUIDATOR / THE SECRET 7

A Euro spy double-feature at Proctor's in Schenectady, from January, 1967. THE LIQUIDATOR (1965) was a British flick directed by Jack Cardiff; THE SECRET 7 was MGM's US release of the Spanish/Italian Gli Invincibili sette (1964), with Tony Russel and Helga Liné; no DVD release, and doesn't seem to be available even from bootleg dealers.

L'AVVENTURA

The Scotia Art Theatre (still going as Scotia Cinema) screened Michelangelo Antonioni's L'AVVENTURA (1960) back in February, 1962.

LADY KUNG FU, etc.

The New Forest Drive-in screened this diverse triple-feature in January, 1974. LADY KUNG FU was National General's dubbed release of He qi dao (1972), with Angela Mao and Sammo Hung. UNHOLY ROLLERS (1972) was the AIP roller derby flick with Claudia Jennings and Roberta Collins; no DVD release yet. BLINDMAN (1971) was the US/Italian western with Ringo Starr; was released on DVD in Germany, but no domestic release as of yet.

 

KONA COAST

The Colony, back in April of 1968, screened the Hawaiian action flick KONA COAST (1968). No home video release that I know of. 

KING: A FILMED RECORD... MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS

The Madison in Albany (still hanging in there) screened the Martin Luther King doc KING: A FILMED RECORD... MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS (1970) in March, 1970. Co-directed by Sidney Lumet and Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Pacific Arts released it on VHS, but it doesn't look like a DVD has happened yet.

ALL THE LOVIN' KINFOLK, etc.

Raleigh's great Center Drive-in screened this all-nighter back in January, 1971. ALL THE LOVIN' KINFOLK (1970) was a John Hayes nudie with Uschi Digard; it appears to have had a VHS release, but no DVD yet. THE MERCENARY was the US title for Sergio Corbucci's western Il Mercenario (1968), with Franco Nero and Jack Palance; on DVD as A PROFESSIONAL GUN. THE RAMRODDER (1969) was a Dave Friedman-produced nudie western with Kathy Williams and Marsha Jordan (and infamously, Manson family member Bobby Beausoleil). Friedman also backed THAR SHE BLOWS (1969), with Shari Mann.

KAMA SUTRA

The Cinema 7 in Latham, NY (now an office building) screened KAMA SUTRA back in January, 1971; it was the US version of the German Kamasutra--Vollendung der Liebe (1969); no DVD release.