Sad news in the acting world as Joan Benedict Steiger has passed away at the age of 96. A family spokesperson confirmed the actress died at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles this past June 24. Her cause of death was complications from a stroke.
“General Hospital” Star Joan Benedict’s Legacy
Benedict initially studied dance but changed her career direction to acting. She started in the 1950s by appearing on series like Candid Camera and The Steve Allen Show.
Roles on Fantasy Island and The Incredible Hulk followed, and Benedict also appeared in films, working on movies like Perfect Victims and The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington.
When it came to the land of soap operas, Benedict made an impact. She had recurring and regular roles on Days of Our Lives (Dool), as well as the Capitol, and General Hospital (Gh). She played the character Edith Fairchild on Gh. Benedict...
“General Hospital” Star Joan Benedict’s Legacy
Benedict initially studied dance but changed her career direction to acting. She started in the 1950s by appearing on series like Candid Camera and The Steve Allen Show.
Roles on Fantasy Island and The Incredible Hulk followed, and Benedict also appeared in films, working on movies like Perfect Victims and The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington.
When it came to the land of soap operas, Benedict made an impact. She had recurring and regular roles on Days of Our Lives (Dool), as well as the Capitol, and General Hospital (Gh). She played the character Edith Fairchild on Gh. Benedict...
- 7/9/2024
- by Dorathy Gass
- Celebrating The Soaps
Joan Benedict Steiger, who was part of the original stock company for Candid Camera and later became the wife of actor Rod Steiger, died June 24 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke. She was 96.
Her death was announced by a family spokesperson.
As Joan Benedict, she got her start on TV during the medium’s early days, appearing in the 1950s on Candid Camera and The Steve Allen Show. She would go on to score dozens of TV credits with guest appearances in the 1970s on such series as The Smith Family, Apple’s Way, The Incredible Hulk and Fantasy Island, among others.
Later TV and film credits include The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington, Hotel, The Trials of Rosie O’Neill and Dollhouse. She recurred on soap General Hospital as the character Edith Fairchild, and also appeared in Days of Our Lives and Capitol.
Born July 21, 1927, in Brooklyn,...
Her death was announced by a family spokesperson.
As Joan Benedict, she got her start on TV during the medium’s early days, appearing in the 1950s on Candid Camera and The Steve Allen Show. She would go on to score dozens of TV credits with guest appearances in the 1970s on such series as The Smith Family, Apple’s Way, The Incredible Hulk and Fantasy Island, among others.
Later TV and film credits include The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington, Hotel, The Trials of Rosie O’Neill and Dollhouse. She recurred on soap General Hospital as the character Edith Fairchild, and also appeared in Days of Our Lives and Capitol.
Born July 21, 1927, in Brooklyn,...
- 7/8/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Joan Benedict, who starred on the original Steve Allen Show and Candid Camera and portrayed the tyrannical hotel queen Leona Helmsley in a one-woman stage show, has died. She was 96.
Benedict died June 24 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke, a family spokesperson announced.
Benedict was married to actor John Myhers, who played personnel man Bert Bratt in the 1967 film adaptation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, from 1962 until his 1992 death and to Oscar-winning actor Rod Steiger (On the Waterfront, In the Heat of the Night) from 2000 until his death in 2002.
She then had a relationship with actor Jeremy Slate (Hell’s Angels ’69, One Life to Live) until he died in 2006 from esophageal cancer at 80.
“Both of my husbands, and my lifetime partner, Jeremy, were wonderful men who respected me as an actress,” she said in 2016. “They all died from different forms of cancer,...
Benedict died June 24 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke, a family spokesperson announced.
Benedict was married to actor John Myhers, who played personnel man Bert Bratt in the 1967 film adaptation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, from 1962 until his 1992 death and to Oscar-winning actor Rod Steiger (On the Waterfront, In the Heat of the Night) from 2000 until his death in 2002.
She then had a relationship with actor Jeremy Slate (Hell’s Angels ’69, One Life to Live) until he died in 2006 from esophageal cancer at 80.
“Both of my husbands, and my lifetime partner, Jeremy, were wonderful men who respected me as an actress,” she said in 2016. “They all died from different forms of cancer,...
- 7/8/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There is a twist with the latest offering from the now-decade-old Monsterverse, a franchise that has featured Kong and Godzilla in their own movies and then in 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong battling each other to the death. (These monsters never really die. But you knew that). The twist this time is there an even greater threat for these iconic giant creatures to each other and the world, so instead of being on opposite sides of the ring, they team up against an evil new villain, a batshit-crazy ape on steroids named Skar King, in order to save not just Hollow Earth — where most of the action takes place in a dense rainforest — but just about everyone else.
Returning for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire from the 2021 film is Kong expert Dr. Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall) and the orphaned Iwi girl Jia (Kaylee Hottle), who speaks only in sign language...
Returning for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire from the 2021 film is Kong expert Dr. Ilene Andrews (Rebecca Hall) and the orphaned Iwi girl Jia (Kaylee Hottle), who speaks only in sign language...
- 3/28/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Conny Van Dyke, a singer-songwriter signed to Motown Records who starred in such films as “W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings” and “Framed,” has died. She was 78.
Van Dyke died on Nov. 11 at her home in Los Angeles due to complications of vascular dementia, her son Bronson Page told Variety.
The Detroit native was a longtime colon cancer and stroke survivor. She got her start in the entertainment industry when she was just 15 and a student in high school, making the film “Among the Thorns” with Tom Laughlin, Bill Wellman Jr. and Stephanie Powers. During that time, Van Dyke also worked as a songwriter for Wheelsville Records in Detroit.
In 1961, Van Dyke signed with Motown Records, making her one of the first white recording artists on the label. Her first two singles, “Oh, Freddy,” written by Smokey Robinson, and “It Hurt Me Too,” previously written and recorded by Marvin Gaye, were...
Van Dyke died on Nov. 11 at her home in Los Angeles due to complications of vascular dementia, her son Bronson Page told Variety.
The Detroit native was a longtime colon cancer and stroke survivor. She got her start in the entertainment industry when she was just 15 and a student in high school, making the film “Among the Thorns” with Tom Laughlin, Bill Wellman Jr. and Stephanie Powers. During that time, Van Dyke also worked as a songwriter for Wheelsville Records in Detroit.
In 1961, Van Dyke signed with Motown Records, making her one of the first white recording artists on the label. Her first two singles, “Oh, Freddy,” written by Smokey Robinson, and “It Hurt Me Too,” previously written and recorded by Marvin Gaye, were...
- 11/11/2023
- by Valerie Wu
- Variety Film + TV
Movie star John Wayne found one of the most recognizable characters in his career with True Grit‘s Rooster Cogburn, who has plenty of iconic quotes. A 14-year-old girl named Mattie Ross (Kim Darby) seeks out Rooster to get revenge on Tom Chaney (Jeff Corey) after he murdered her father. Rooster has plenty of sharp, witty quotes, but here are the six most iconic ones.
‘True Grit’ lead Rooster Cogburn confronts four outlaws on the field John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn | John Springer Collection/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images
The first of the Rooster quotes involves him finally confronting Robert Duvall’s Ned Pepper. He asks, “What’s your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?”
Cogburn responds, “I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker’s convenience. Which’ll it be?”
Ned then says, “I...
‘True Grit’ lead Rooster Cogburn confronts four outlaws on the field John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn | John Springer Collection/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images
The first of the Rooster quotes involves him finally confronting Robert Duvall’s Ned Pepper. He asks, “What’s your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?”
Cogburn responds, “I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker’s convenience. Which’ll it be?”
Ned then says, “I...
- 3/11/2023
- by Jeff Nelson
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It’s time for a new episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and in this one we’re looking back at the 1992 sci-fi horror movie The Lawnmower Man (watch it Here) – which was initially marketed as being an adaptation of a short story by Stephen King, until King sued to have his name taken out of the marketing materials because the movie “bore no meaningful resemblance” to his story. To find out all about it, check out the video embedded above!
Directed by Brett Leonard, who also wrote the screenplay with producer Gimel Everett, The Lawnmower Man has the following synopsis: The eccentric Dr. Lawrence Angelo puts mentally disabled landscaper Jobe Smith on a regimen of experimental pills and computer-simulated training sequences in hopes of augmenting the man’s intelligence. In time Jobe becomes noticeably brighter and also begins to fare much better with the opposite sex.
Directed by Brett Leonard, who also wrote the screenplay with producer Gimel Everett, The Lawnmower Man has the following synopsis: The eccentric Dr. Lawrence Angelo puts mentally disabled landscaper Jobe Smith on a regimen of experimental pills and computer-simulated training sequences in hopes of augmenting the man’s intelligence. In time Jobe becomes noticeably brighter and also begins to fare much better with the opposite sex.
- 3/3/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Hello, everyone! We’re back with a brand new batch of home media releases, and this week’s assortment is an eclectic group. Code Red is showing some love to The Dead Pit and Arrow Video is keeping busy with their latest Giallo Essentials set and the 2-disc limited edition release of Mill of the Stone Women. Other titles headed home on December 14th include Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Amityville Vampire, Alone in the Woods, The Spanish Chainsaw Massacre, and Chicken’s Blood.
The Dead Pit
Dr. Ramzi (Danny Gochnauer), a deviant who enjoys torturing his patients, is killed by a fellow doctor and buried in the basement of a mental health facility. Twenty years later, the hospital is up and running again and a “Jane Doe” (Cheryl Lawson) arrives at the institute with amnesia. Upon her arrival, a major earthquake rocks the building and unearths the now undead Dr.
The Dead Pit
Dr. Ramzi (Danny Gochnauer), a deviant who enjoys torturing his patients, is killed by a fellow doctor and buried in the basement of a mental health facility. Twenty years later, the hospital is up and running again and a “Jane Doe” (Cheryl Lawson) arrives at the institute with amnesia. Upon her arrival, a major earthquake rocks the building and unearths the now undead Dr.
- 12/14/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
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William Holden commands a newly formed commando group in “The Devil’s Brigade,” available by Kino Lorber on Blu-ray. On the heels of the successful “The Dirty Dozen” from the previous year, “The Devil’s Brigade” is based on the 1966 book by Robert H. Adleman and Colonel George Walton. It chronicles the true events of the 1st Special Service, a joint American and Canadian commando unit assigned to the United States Fifth Army. Inspired by true events, the movie follows the standard tropes of this type of action adventure men- at -war movie. A rag-tag group of soldiers are brought together for a mission, they initially mistrust each other, get into a fight, train together, get into another fight this time working together against another group, graduate from their training and then deploy on their mission to fight the enemy.
By Doug Oswald
William Holden commands a newly formed commando group in “The Devil’s Brigade,” available by Kino Lorber on Blu-ray. On the heels of the successful “The Dirty Dozen” from the previous year, “The Devil’s Brigade” is based on the 1966 book by Robert H. Adleman and Colonel George Walton. It chronicles the true events of the 1st Special Service, a joint American and Canadian commando unit assigned to the United States Fifth Army. Inspired by true events, the movie follows the standard tropes of this type of action adventure men- at -war movie. A rag-tag group of soldiers are brought together for a mission, they initially mistrust each other, get into a fight, train together, get into another fight this time working together against another group, graduate from their training and then deploy on their mission to fight the enemy.
- 7/3/2020
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
1976: Search for Tomorrow's Eunice died after Jennifer shot her.
1978: Dallas' Sue Ellen told J.R. she was pregnant.
1981: Sid Fairgate died on Knots Landing.
2009: James Franco debuted on General Hospital."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1957: On The Edge of Night, Mike Karr (John Larkin) Mike convinced Da Thompson to withhold the Harper's involvement with Clayton Pike, so that Mary and Roger Harper could make peace first.
1974: On Another World, Alice Matthews Frame (Jacqueline Courtney) agreed to see Rachel (Victoria Wyndham) after Rachel arrived at the Matthews' home insisting theythey talk.
1976: On Search for Tomorrow,...
1978: Dallas' Sue Ellen told J.R. she was pregnant.
1981: Sid Fairgate died on Knots Landing.
2009: James Franco debuted on General Hospital."The best prophet of the future is the past."
― Lord Byron
"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.
On this date in...
1957: On The Edge of Night, Mike Karr (John Larkin) Mike convinced Da Thompson to withhold the Harper's involvement with Clayton Pike, so that Mary and Roger Harper could make peace first.
1974: On Another World, Alice Matthews Frame (Jacqueline Courtney) agreed to see Rachel (Victoria Wyndham) after Rachel arrived at the Matthews' home insisting theythey talk.
1976: On Search for Tomorrow,...
- 11/19/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
If you enjoyed Scott Drebit's It Came From the Tube column on Wes Craven's Summer of Fear, then you were likely excited when Music Box Films' Doppelgänger Releasing announced a Collector's Edition Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release for the 1978 TV movie earlier this summer, and now the special features for the new home media release have been revealed, along with the official release date.
Arrow in the Head recently unveiled the following list of special features that will be included on the Summer of Fear Blu-ray when the witchcraft film is released on October 10th, the same day it will be released on DVD, Amazon Instant, Google Play, iTunes, YouTube, and Vudu:
Exclusive new interview with Linda Blair Director commentary by Wes Craven Poster and still gallery Original trailer
For more details, we have information from the previous press release below, along with the official cover art (via Blu-ray.
Arrow in the Head recently unveiled the following list of special features that will be included on the Summer of Fear Blu-ray when the witchcraft film is released on October 10th, the same day it will be released on DVD, Amazon Instant, Google Play, iTunes, YouTube, and Vudu:
Exclusive new interview with Linda Blair Director commentary by Wes Craven Poster and still gallery Original trailer
For more details, we have information from the previous press release below, along with the official cover art (via Blu-ray.
- 8/30/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Bloody Disgusting is excited to reveal that Music Box Films’ Doppelgänger Releasing will be unleashing Wes Craven‘s 1978 Summer of Fear on Blu-ray and Digital HD Oct 10, 2017, for the first time ever. Starring The Exorcist‘s Linda Blair, Lee Purcell, and Jeremy Slate, a teenage girl’s life is turned upside down after her cousin moves […]...
- 7/21/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
If you enjoyed Scott Drebit's recent It Came From the Tube column on Wes Craven's Summer of Fear, then you'll be pleased to know that Music Box Films' Doppelgänger Releasing has announced a Collector's Edition Blu-ray, DVD, and VOD release for the 1978 TV movie, with plans to unleash the movie's dark magic sometime this summer.
Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on this home media release, including the cover art and release date, and check out the official press release for more details:
Press Release: Chicago, Il (June 1, 2017) – In the early Seventies, he convinced us that The Hills Have Eyes…In the Eighties, he plunged audiences into A Nightmare on Elm Street…In the Nineties, he made audiences Scream…
This summer, Master of Horror Wes Craven returns with his 1978 cult favorite Summer of Fear, also known as Stranger in Our House, starring Linda Blair, Lee Purcell,...
Stay tuned to Daily Dead for more updates on this home media release, including the cover art and release date, and check out the official press release for more details:
Press Release: Chicago, Il (June 1, 2017) – In the early Seventies, he convinced us that The Hills Have Eyes…In the Eighties, he plunged audiences into A Nightmare on Elm Street…In the Nineties, he made audiences Scream…
This summer, Master of Horror Wes Craven returns with his 1978 cult favorite Summer of Fear, also known as Stranger in Our House, starring Linda Blair, Lee Purcell,...
- 6/2/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Sometimes, TV horror is the perfect medium for a particular kind of story. Perhaps a story that doesn’t rely on effects or sensationalism to affect the viewer; a tale that works in a simple, straightforward way, dealing with all too common emotions experienced by the regular teenage mind. To wit, Summer of Fear (1978) Aka Stranger in Our House, a chiller directed by the late legend Wes Craven based on the bestselling Ya novel of the same name by Lois Duncan (I Know What You Did Last Summer). It’s a breezy thrill ride that also shows Craven could successfully work in the mainstream.
Originally airing Halloween night on NBC under the Stranger title as one of their The Big Event titles, its toughest competition was ABC’s Three’s Company/Taxi/Starsky and Hutch dynamo. But no worries, if you needed a horror fix on Halloween night, this is what you were watching.
Originally airing Halloween night on NBC under the Stranger title as one of their The Big Event titles, its toughest competition was ABC’s Three’s Company/Taxi/Starsky and Hutch dynamo. But no worries, if you needed a horror fix on Halloween night, this is what you were watching.
- 4/9/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
“If we can give a couple of people some nightmares, I’ll go to bed a happy man.” Executive producer/writer Jeremy Slater and actress Geena Davis discuss Fox’s The Exorcist TV series in a new behind-the-scenes video.
“Exec. Producer Jeremy Slate and star, Geena Davis, tease the forces of darkness that have descended upon the Rance family.
Widely regarded as the greatest horror movie ever made, “The Exorcist” broke box office records and terrified audiences around the world. Now, more than four decades after the Academy Award-nominated film, The Exorcist returns as a TV series.
Directed by Rupert Wyatt (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), The Exorcist is a propulsive psychological thriller following two very different priests tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession. Father Tomas Ortega (Alfonso Herrera, “Sense8,” “The Chosen”) is the new face of the Catholic Church: progressive, ambitious and compassionate. He...
“Exec. Producer Jeremy Slate and star, Geena Davis, tease the forces of darkness that have descended upon the Rance family.
Widely regarded as the greatest horror movie ever made, “The Exorcist” broke box office records and terrified audiences around the world. Now, more than four decades after the Academy Award-nominated film, The Exorcist returns as a TV series.
Directed by Rupert Wyatt (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”), The Exorcist is a propulsive psychological thriller following two very different priests tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession. Father Tomas Ortega (Alfonso Herrera, “Sense8,” “The Chosen”) is the new face of the Catholic Church: progressive, ambitious and compassionate. He...
- 8/10/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
‘Saw’ Returns With ‘Predestination’ Directors, Jaume Collet-Serra Expands ‘The Commuter’ Cast & More
After his ocean-set, one-location thriller with Blake Lively, director Jaume Collet-Serra is returning to his male muse Liam Neeson with The Commuter, and he has now expanded the cast further, Deadline reports. Sam Neill, Elizabeth McGovern, and Breaking Bad favorite Jonathan Banks have all been added to the action thriller in an ensemble that also includes Vera Farmiga and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. The film, which finds Farmiga’s character proposing a dire but enticing offer to Neeson’s character, hits theaters October 13th, 2017.
In related Lionsgate news, Variety reports that the infamous talking puppet Jigsaw is back for a new entry in the Saw franchise, the first one since 2010’s Saw 3D aka Saw: The Final Chapter aka Saw: We’re Just Kidding. The untitled film will be directed by brothers Michael and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers, Predestination). Nothing else is known about the film, but one can be assured it features torture,...
In related Lionsgate news, Variety reports that the infamous talking puppet Jigsaw is back for a new entry in the Saw franchise, the first one since 2010’s Saw 3D aka Saw: The Final Chapter aka Saw: We’re Just Kidding. The untitled film will be directed by brothers Michael and Peter Spierig (Daybreakers, Predestination). Nothing else is known about the film, but one can be assured it features torture,...
- 7/14/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Violence, torture, voyeurism, gang-rape, murder, nudity, and epic levels of misogyny…..it must be time for another Late Night Grindhouse!!!
At The Hi-Pointe Theater (1005 McCausland Ave, St. Louis) this Friday and Saturday nights (February 7th and 8th) at Midnight, the guys at Destroy the Brain are presenting a 35mm print of Centerfold Girls, a remarkably skanky gem from 1974. Andrew Prine, decked in saddle-shoes, a hideous leisure suit, and a shag haircut, stars in Centerfold Girls as Clement Dunne, a kooky puritanical nerd who sets out to murder a year’s worth of centerfold girls from a nudie mag. His motive is altruistic: He wants to save them from a life of posing naked, but his method, ‘saving’ them by slicing them to ribbons with a straight razor, won’t get him into heaven. The film itself is kind of an anthology, divided into three acts, each concerning one of the...
At The Hi-Pointe Theater (1005 McCausland Ave, St. Louis) this Friday and Saturday nights (February 7th and 8th) at Midnight, the guys at Destroy the Brain are presenting a 35mm print of Centerfold Girls, a remarkably skanky gem from 1974. Andrew Prine, decked in saddle-shoes, a hideous leisure suit, and a shag haircut, stars in Centerfold Girls as Clement Dunne, a kooky puritanical nerd who sets out to murder a year’s worth of centerfold girls from a nudie mag. His motive is altruistic: He wants to save them from a life of posing naked, but his method, ‘saving’ them by slicing them to ribbons with a straight razor, won’t get him into heaven. The film itself is kind of an anthology, divided into three acts, each concerning one of the...
- 2/3/2014
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Top 10 Ryan Lambie 14 Jan 2014 - 06:26
Our occasional series of journeys back into the weirder films of the past continues with 1992's Vr horror thriller, The Lawnmower Man...
As a document of the early 1990s, The Lawnmower Man serves as a colourful time capsule. Aside from its big shirts, tight jeans and unaccountably buoyant hair, it's also a snapshot of the era's technology and fascination for virtual reality.
At a time when the media was gripped by images of people wearing cumbersome headsets and gloves pawing eerily at the empty air in front of them, virtual reality was widely considered to be the emerging technology which could transform life as we know it. And while this may yet come to pass - Oculus Rift has recently seen Vr back in the news - we're no nearer to having our daily lives transformed by it than we were 20 years ago.
The Lawnmower Man,...
Our occasional series of journeys back into the weirder films of the past continues with 1992's Vr horror thriller, The Lawnmower Man...
As a document of the early 1990s, The Lawnmower Man serves as a colourful time capsule. Aside from its big shirts, tight jeans and unaccountably buoyant hair, it's also a snapshot of the era's technology and fascination for virtual reality.
At a time when the media was gripped by images of people wearing cumbersome headsets and gloves pawing eerily at the empty air in front of them, virtual reality was widely considered to be the emerging technology which could transform life as we know it. And while this may yet come to pass - Oculus Rift has recently seen Vr back in the news - we're no nearer to having our daily lives transformed by it than we were 20 years ago.
The Lawnmower Man,...
- 1/13/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Beginning Wednesday, May 1st at 8pm et/pt, Encore Will Feature Classic Films Starring Elvis Presley Including King Creole, Jailhouse Rock, Viva Las Vegas, Live a Little, Love a Little, Girl Happy and More! Encore Will Also Air the Docu-drama, This Is Elvis, Starring Elvis Presley, David Scott, Paul Boensch III and Johnny Harra Encore presents .The Elvis Collection: Whole Lotta Elvis. featuring 24 uncut Elvis Presley films, including one documentary, starting Monday, May 1st at 8pm et/pt only on Encore, throughout the month. Encore kicks off the month-long celebration of The King of Rock and Roll with the fan favorite, Girls! Girls! Girls! (starring Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens and Jeremy Slate). Directors Malcolm Leo and Andrew Solt recreated...
- 4/24/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
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By Harvey Chartrand
Mr. Lucky: The Complete Series is now available for the first time ever as a 4-dvd box set from Timeless Media Group… all 34 episodes, with a running time of about 840 minutes. Mr. Lucky– created by writer/director Blake Edwards (Peter Gunn) – ran for only one season (from 1959 to 1960), even though it was a hit with viewers.
This adventure/crime drama is a sort of Peter Gunn Lite, featuring a lush, organ-powered theme song by Henry Mancini (a bonus CD of Mr. Lucky’s soundtrack is included in the set), an assortment of shady characters aboard a floating casino, and competent acting by series regulars John Vivyan (as suave professional gambler Mr. Lucky), Ross Martin (as his sidekick and business partner Andamo), Pippa Scott (as Mr. Lucky’s girlfriend Maggie Shank-Rutherford) and Tom Brown (as Lieutenant Rovacs, Mr. Lucky’s...
By Harvey Chartrand
Mr. Lucky: The Complete Series is now available for the first time ever as a 4-dvd box set from Timeless Media Group… all 34 episodes, with a running time of about 840 minutes. Mr. Lucky– created by writer/director Blake Edwards (Peter Gunn) – ran for only one season (from 1959 to 1960), even though it was a hit with viewers.
This adventure/crime drama is a sort of Peter Gunn Lite, featuring a lush, organ-powered theme song by Henry Mancini (a bonus CD of Mr. Lucky’s soundtrack is included in the set), an assortment of shady characters aboard a floating casino, and competent acting by series regulars John Vivyan (as suave professional gambler Mr. Lucky), Ross Martin (as his sidekick and business partner Andamo), Pippa Scott (as Mr. Lucky’s girlfriend Maggie Shank-Rutherford) and Tom Brown (as Lieutenant Rovacs, Mr. Lucky’s...
- 2/15/2013
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
By Chris Wright, MoreHorror.com
“Dead Pit” (1989)
Directed By: Brett Leonard
Written By: Brett Leonard & Gimel Everett
Starring: Danny Gochnauer (Dr. Ramzi), Cheryl Lawson (Jane Doe), Jeremy Slate (Dr. Swan), Stephen Foster (Christian Meyers), Geha Getz (Sister Clair), Joan Bechtel (Nurse Kygar), Mara Everett (Nurse Robbins)
“Dead Pit” turned out to be a pleasant surprise in the zombie genre. Generally not well known, this flick adds a surprisingly good supernatural flare to a traditional zombie movie.
I’ve seen a lot of painful zombie films but was pleased I didn’t have to add this one to that list! It received positive reviews from critics at the time. It has been released on VHS and DVD.
The plot starts us off twenty years in the past to a former Doctor Ramzi (Danny Gochnauer) torturing his patients. He is murdered, buried, and sealed in the basement to be forgotten entirely.
The...
“Dead Pit” (1989)
Directed By: Brett Leonard
Written By: Brett Leonard & Gimel Everett
Starring: Danny Gochnauer (Dr. Ramzi), Cheryl Lawson (Jane Doe), Jeremy Slate (Dr. Swan), Stephen Foster (Christian Meyers), Geha Getz (Sister Clair), Joan Bechtel (Nurse Kygar), Mara Everett (Nurse Robbins)
“Dead Pit” turned out to be a pleasant surprise in the zombie genre. Generally not well known, this flick adds a surprisingly good supernatural flare to a traditional zombie movie.
I’ve seen a lot of painful zombie films but was pleased I didn’t have to add this one to that list! It received positive reviews from critics at the time. It has been released on VHS and DVD.
The plot starts us off twenty years in the past to a former Doctor Ramzi (Danny Gochnauer) torturing his patients. He is murdered, buried, and sealed in the basement to be forgotten entirely.
The...
- 5/18/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
As we enter our 8th year of publishing, we'd like to thank each of our loyal readers for helping us keep the dream alive. It's not easy maintaining a magazine in the age of the internet, but we continue to thrive thanks to our many readers throughout the world. A very special thanks to those of you who subscribe to Cinema Retro. Frankly, there is no greater way of helping us out (unless you have a few million bucks laying around that you'd like to donate). Every subscription goes a long way to ensuring that we'll be able to maintain the high standards you've come to expect- with a minimum amount of advertising. We've also been able to maintain our pricing without a single increase in eight years, despite soaring costs for printing and mailing. Every issue will continue to be a limited edition collector's item. In fact with the...
- 11/16/2011
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
John Wayne.s Oscar-winning performance in True Grit gets a Blu-ray upgrade in time for the arrival of the Coen Brothers. big screen remake of the western. While it might not be completely faithful to Charles Portis. novel, there is no denying the powerhouse performance from its drunken, one-eyed fat man Rooster Cogburn. Directed by Henry Hathaway (who handled Wayne in 1965's The Sons of Katie Elder) with a screenplay from Marguerite Roberts, True Grit also featured a brilliant performance from Kim Darby (one of the few women to put Wayne in his place on screen), Glenn Campbell, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Jeremy Slate, Jeff Corey, and Strother Martin. The film follows 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Darby) as she heads...
- 12/21/2010
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Starring: John Wayne, Glen Campbell, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate
Director: Henry Hathaway
The Scoop: (1969) Just in time for the Coen brothers’ remake, this release of the classic Western stars Wayne as ornery, one-eyed lawman Rooster Cogburn tasked by the willful teenage girl Mattie Ross with tracking down her father’s killer. Many fans of the original novel felt this version was watered down for mainstream audiences, but critics didn’t seem to agree; Wayne won his first and only Oscar for the role.
Special Features: Commentary, featurettes, trailer
Rated PG, 128 min. | Watch the trailer...
Director: Henry Hathaway
The Scoop: (1969) Just in time for the Coen brothers’ remake, this release of the classic Western stars Wayne as ornery, one-eyed lawman Rooster Cogburn tasked by the willful teenage girl Mattie Ross with tracking down her father’s killer. Many fans of the original novel felt this version was watered down for mainstream audiences, but critics didn’t seem to agree; Wayne won his first and only Oscar for the role.
Special Features: Commentary, featurettes, trailer
Rated PG, 128 min. | Watch the trailer...
- 12/14/2010
- by NextMovie Staff
- NextMovie
Original Belgian release poster One of our favorite westerns of the 1960s is Henry Hathaway's The Sons of Katie Elder starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, Michael Anderson Jr and Earl Holliman as four estranged brothers reunited for their beloved mother's funeral. They soon learn that there was a scandal attached to her death and their efforts to uncover the mystery puts their lives in danger. A great supporting cast includes Dennis Hopper, George Kennedy, Paul Fix, Martha Hyer, Jeremy Slate and James Gregory. The film is so entertaining that you forget the absurdity of Wayne (who was in his fifties at the time) being cast as Michael Anderson Jr.'s brother! (Anderson was 22 when he shot the film). In addition to Hathaway's expert direction, the movie is enhanced tremendously by Elmer Bernstein's rousing score. Click here to view the trailer. Click here to order The Sons of Katie Elder...
- 5/3/2009
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
The King and co-star Jeremy Slate in Girls! Girls! Girls! (To read the late Mr. Slate's reflections on working with Elvis, see Cinema Retro issue #6 for his final interview)
The official annual Elvis cruise is scheduled for November 12-16, leaving out of Tampa, Florida for ports of call in Mexico. As usual, the cruise will attract fans from all over the world as well as musicians and co-stars from The King's films. For details click here...
The official annual Elvis cruise is scheduled for November 12-16, leaving out of Tampa, Florida for ports of call in Mexico. As usual, the cruise will attract fans from all over the world as well as musicians and co-stars from The King's films. For details click here...
- 2/2/2009
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
At Last - A Magazine Devoted To The Classic And Cult Films Of The 1960's And 1970's
"Cinema Retro Is A Must For Fans Of Movies Of The 1960S And 1970S- And They Didn't Have To Pay Me To Say That!"- Sir Roger Moore, K.B.E.
Fed up with reading those glossy film magazines, which contain endless pages of advertising for DVDs and promote the latest product placement-infested film appearing at a cinema near you?
Do you remember the days when cinemas showed 'Double Bill' programmes, Road Show films with intermissions, and sold souvenir brochures?
Do you long for those days when you could read great film magazines like ABC Film Review, Photoplay and Showtime?
You Do?
Then you must remember that the 60's and 70's were probably the greatest period ever for the film industry - an era that brought the cinemagoer a choice of several classic movies released every week,...
"Cinema Retro Is A Must For Fans Of Movies Of The 1960S And 1970S- And They Didn't Have To Pay Me To Say That!"- Sir Roger Moore, K.B.E.
Fed up with reading those glossy film magazines, which contain endless pages of advertising for DVDs and promote the latest product placement-infested film appearing at a cinema near you?
Do you remember the days when cinemas showed 'Double Bill' programmes, Road Show films with intermissions, and sold souvenir brochures?
Do you long for those days when you could read great film magazines like ABC Film Review, Photoplay and Showtime?
You Do?
Then you must remember that the 60's and 70's were probably the greatest period ever for the film industry - an era that brought the cinemagoer a choice of several classic movies released every week,...
- 1/1/2006
- by [email protected] (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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