Category Archives: Movies

Two Movie Posters for “. . . And God Created Woman”

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The UK poster, with art by F.W. Payne and a title without “God.” The adjusted title deprives the ” . . . but the Devil shaped Bardot!” tagline of most of its bite. The iconic French … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged And God Created Woman, Brigitte Bardot, England, F.W. Payne, Film, France, Movie Posters, movies, Rene Peron, Roger Vadim | 3 Comments

Showtune Saturday: “Everybody Wants To Be A Cat”

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: From “The Aristocats” (1970), one of Disney’s lesser-known animated features, comes this delightfully jazzy number with Scatman Crothers, Eva Gabor, and Phil Harris. It’s got some trippy color-swirling visuals, a snappy beat, some rather gulp-inducing double-entendres, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music | Tagged couldn't do it today, everybody wants to be a cat, showtune saturday, the aristocats, Walt Disney, you're a racist! | Leave a comment

Movie Poster Du Jour: “Mulholland Drive”

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged david lynch, Film, Laura Harring, Movie Posters, movies, Mulholland Drive, Naomi Watts | Leave a comment

Showtune Saturday: “Some Enchanted Evening”

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: It’s big and lush and swoony and romantic. It’s a guy telling a girl about falling in love at first sight, and not missing out on it when it happens. This is the sort of song that … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged giorgio tozzi, mitzi gaynor, rodgers and hammerstein, rossano brazzi, showtune saturday, south pacific | 2 Comments

Nightmare on Broadway

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Gold Diggers of 1935” is a pretty lame movie. Yet it includes what might be Busby Berkeley’s masterpiece: A musical fantasy sequence scored to “The Lullaby of Broadway.” Is it an exaggeration to call it one … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music | Tagged Busby Berkeley, Dick Powell, Film, Gold Diggers of 1935, movies, Musicals, The Lullaby of Broadway | 3 Comments

“Few Men Have Even Tried What He Has Tried”

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Around the time this blog launched, I wrote about enjoyably silly movie theme songs, a thing that mostly disappeared from movies in the ’70s or ’80s. I just love those kitschy tunes. I need to add a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music | Tagged Film, movies, Rankin/Bass, Richard Boone, The Last Dinosaur | 2 Comments

Two Movie Posters for “Johnny Guitar”

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: American French (art by the great Constantin Belinsky)

Posted in Commercial art, Movies | Tagged Film, Joan Crawford, Johnny Guitar, Movie Posters, movies, Nicholas Ray, Sterling Hayden, westerns | Leave a comment

Couldn’t Do It Today

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Related Sax wrote about Joe Dante here and here. I wrote about exploitation movies here.

Posted in Movies, Sex | Tagged 1970s, ah gee dad can't we wait until they plug her?, Allan Arkush, couldn't do it today, Film, Hollywood Boulevard, Joe Dante, movies, rape | 1 Comment

Manon Lescaut, Five Ways

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: She done him so, so wrong. L’Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut is a scandalous novella written in 1731 by Abbé Antoine François Prévost. Frequently banned and censored, it’s the story of a bourgeois … Continue reading →