Vintage Films

Death Rides a Horse

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:28:20 +0000

Make no bones about it, this is spaghetti western at it’s best. Bill Meceita, a boy whose family was murdered in front of him by a gang, sets out 15 years later to exact revenge. On his journey, he finds himself continually sparring and occasionally cooperating with Ryan, a gunfighter on his own quest for vengeance, who knows more than he says about Bill’s tragedy.

A Night Out

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:59:04 +0000

A Night Out is a 1915 Charlie Chaplin comedy short. It was Chaplin’s first film with Edna Purviance, who would continue as his leading lady for the following eight years. It was also Chaplin’s first film with Essanay Film Company in Niles, California. Chaplin’s first Essanay film, His New Job, was made in the Chicago studio, after which he moved to Niles Studios. He found Purviance in San Francisco when he was searching for leading lady for his films. A Night Out also stars Ben Turpin, Leo White and Bud Jamison.

The New Janitor

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:56:40 +0000

The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company. He is caught in the act of raiding the vault by the bank secretary (Durfee) who rings the downstairs for help. Chaplin comes to the rescue only to be misjudged by the Chief Banker as the thief. The Secretary fingers the manager and Charlie receives a just reward and a handshake for foiling the robbery.

The Rounders

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:53:34 +0000

The Rounders is a 1914 comedy short starring Charles Chaplin and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. The film involves two drunks fighting with their wives who then go out to get even drunker, and was written and directed by Charles Chaplin.

Laffing Gas

Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:48:06 +0000

Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can’t stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club. Charlie is then sent to the drug store by the dentist, gets in a fight with a man who receives a brick in the face, thus becoming another dental patient. He also pulls the skirt off of the dentist’s wife while she is outside walking. At one point Charlie pulls the wrong tooth from an unfortunate patient, using over sized pliers.

Attack of the Giant Leeches

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:06:59 +0000

Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Produced by Gene Corman
Roger Corman
Written by Leo Gordon
Starring Ken Clark
Yvette Vickers
Jan Shepard
Music by Alexander Laszlo
Cinematography John M. Nickolaus Jr.
Editing by Carlo Lodato
Release date(s) October 1959
Running time 62 min
Country United States
Language English
Budget $70,000 (estimated)

Horrors of Spider Island

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:55:41 +0000

Very attractive ladies in bikinis are terrorized by a half man half spider
Directed by Fritz Böttger
Produced by Gaston Hakim
Wolf C. Hartwig
Written by Fritz Böttger
Eldon Howard
Albert G. Miller
Starring Alexander D’Arcy
Barbara Valentin
Rainer Brandt
Harald Maresch
Elfie Wagner
Dorothee Parker
Helga Franck
Helga Neuner
Music by Karl Bette
Tony Crombie
Willy Mattes
Cinematography Georg Krause
Editing by Heidi Genée
Language English
Release date(s) 16 April 1960 (West Germany)
22 July 1960 (Finland)
March 1962 (United States)
Running time 89 mins.
Country Germany
Yugoslavia

The Giant Gila Monster

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:37:20 +0000

Giant Gila Monster wreaks havoc on a small town, need I say more?
Directed by Ray Kellogg
Produced by Ken Curtis
B.R. McLendon
Gordon McLendon
Written by Ray Kellogg (story)
Jay Simms (screenplay)
Starring Don Sullivan
Fred Graham
Lisa Simone
Shug Fisher
Bob Thompson
Music by Jack Marshall
Cinematography Wilfred M. Cline
Editing by Aaron Stell
Release date(s) 25 June 1959
Running time 74 min
Country United States
Language English
Budget $138,000 (estimated)