#TheIllustratedMan #1969 #DirectedBy #JackSmight @raybradburyofficial #BasedOnShortStoriesBy #ScreenplayBy #HowardBKreitsek #Composer @jerrygoldsmithonline #Cinematographer #PhilipHLathrop #Editor #ArchieMarshek #RodSteiger as Carl @clairebloomactress as Felicia #RobertDrivas as Willie #DonDubbins as Pickard #JasonEvers as Simmons @wbpictures #SevenArts @wbclassicfilms @Vidiots @americanfilminstitute @am_cinematheque @newbeverly @vista_theatre @braindeadstudiosfairfax @thefridacinema @cinegeekfilmsociety #THEmonthofMAY2024 @uclaftvarchive @nitehawkcinema @vintage_scifi
ONE-EYED JACKS (1961) ***½ Directed by Marlon Brando. Starring Marlon Brando; Karl Malden; Katy Jurado; Ben Johnson and Pina Pellicer. Screenplay by Guy Trosper and Calder Willingham; Based on The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones by Charles Neider; Produced by Frank P. Rosenberg; Cinematography by Charles Lang; Edited by Archie Marshek; Music by Hugo Friedhofer; Production Company: Pennebaker Productions; Distributed by Paramount Pictures. After robbing a Mexican bank, Dad Longworth (Karl Malden) takes the loot and leaves his partner Rio (Marlon Brando) to be captured, but Rio escapes and searches for Dad in California. ONE-EYED JACKS marked Marlon Brando’s one and only directorial effort, and his perfectionism led to the film going beyond its original budget of approximately $1.8 million to $6million. With locations set in Los Angeles; Carmel; Monterey; Big Sur and Death Valley, California the estimated two-month shoot spiralled into six months as filming expanded from 2 December 1958 through to 2 June 1959; followed by re-shoots on 14 October 1960. ONE-EYED JACKS was Paramount Pictures’ last feature released in VistaVision. #OneEyedJacks #MarlonBrando #GuyTrosper #CalderWillingham #TheAuthenticDeathofHendryJones #CharlesNeider #FrankPRosenberg #KarlMalden #KatyJurado #BenJohnson #PinaPellicer #CharlesLang #ArchieMarshek #HugoFriedhofer #PennebakerProductions #ParamountPictures #VistaVision
Fritz Lang’s MINISTRY OF FEAR [1944] #ministryoffear #fritzlang #grahamgreene #setonmiller #raymilland #marjoriereynolds #carlesmond #victoryoung #henrysharp #archiemarshek #hansdrier #halpereira #edithhead #buddydesylva #paramountpictures #spythriller #crime #drama #filmnoir #cinema #cine #filmmaking
Fritz Lang’s MINISTRY OF FEAR [1944] #ministryoffear #fritzlang #grahamgreene #setonmiller #raymilland #marjoriereynolds #carlesmond #victoryoung #henrysharp #archiemarshek #hansdrier #halpereira #edithhead #buddydesylva #paramountpictures #spythriller #crime #drama #filmnoir #cinema #cine #filmmaking
Fritz Lang’s MINISTRY OF FEAR [1944] #ministryoffear #fritzlang #grahamgreene #setonmiller #raymilland #marjoriereynolds #carlesmond #victoryoung #henrysharp #archiemarshek #hansdrier #halpereira #edithhead #buddydesylva #paramountpictures #spythriller #crime #drama #filmnoir #cinema #cine #filmmaking
LIVING IT UP (1954) **½ Directed by Norman Taurog. Starring Dean Martin; Jerry Lewis; Janet Leigh and Edward Arnold. Written by Jack Rose and Melville Shavelson; Produced by Paul Jones; Cinematography by Daniel L. Fapp; Edited by Archie Marshek; Music by Walter Scharf; Production Company: York Pictures Corporation; Distributed by Paramount Pictures. Pretty Wally Cook, a reporter for the New York Chronicle convinces her editor to let her do a series of articles on Homer Flagg, a young man from New Mexico who is believed to be dying as a result of radioactive poisoning. Living It Up was the twelfth of seventeen pictures in which the comedy duo of Martin and Lewis appeared together between 1949 and 1956. #LivingItUp #NormanTaurog #JackRose #MelvilleShavelson #PaulJones #DeanMartin #JerryLewis #JanetLeigh #EdwardArnold #DanielLFapp #ArchieMarshek #WalterScharf #YorkPicturesCorporation #ParamountPictures #doctordoom
THE FURIES (1950) ***½ “‘Til our eyes next meet.” Directed by Anthony Mann. Starring Barbara Stanwyck; Wendell Corey; Walter Huston; Judith Anderson; Gilbert Roland; Thomas Gomez and Beulah Bondi. Screenplay by Charles Schnee; Based on the novel The Furies (1948) by Niven Busch; Produced by Hal Wallis; Cinematography by Victor Milner; Edited by Archie Marshek; Music by Franz Waxman; Production Company: Hal Wallis Productions; Distributed by Paramount Pictures. A firebrand heiress clashes with her tyrannical father, a cattle rancher who fancies himself a Napoleon; but their relationship turns ugly only when he finds himself a new woman. Walter Huston appears as T. C. Jeffords in what was to be his final film, following his death in April 1950. Walter won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in his son, John Huston’s THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948), and many will remember him for his lead role in William Wyler’s DODSWORTH (1936). Filming took place on location in Tucson, Arizona with some interiors shot at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles between 9 November 1949 and 23 December 1949. Additional footage and retakes were filmed on 7 January 1950. #TheFuries #AnthonyMann #CharlesSchnee #NivenBusch #HalWallis #BarbaraStanwyck #WendellCorey #WalterHuston #JudithAnderson #GilbertRoland #ThomasGomez #BeulahBondi #VictorMilner #ArchieMarshek #FranzWaxman #HalWallisProductions #ParamountPictures “When you know what you want, why waste time.”
STREETS OF LAREDO (1949) *** “Are we out of your mind?” Directed by Leslie Fenton. Starring William Holden; Macdonald Carey; Mona Freeman; William Bendix and Alfonso Bedoya. Screenplay by Charles Marquis Warren; Story by Louis Stevens and Elizabeth Hill; Produced by Robert Fellows; Cinematography Ray Rennahan; Edited by Archie Marshek; Music by Victor Young; Distributed by Paramount Pictures. An outlaw separates from his two partners in crime when they join the Texas Rangers, and he continues to commit daring robberies. Streets of Laredo is a remake of King Vidor's film THE TEXAS RANGERS (1936), and starred Fred MacMurray in the William Holden role. Directed by British born Liverpudlian, Leslie Fenton, Streets of Laredo is probably his best work behind the camera. Fenton was also married to actress Ann Dvorak between 1932 and 1945. Dvorak is still best known for her role as Cesca, sister to Paul Muni’s Tony in Howard Hawks’ gangster classic SCARFACE (1932). #StreetsofLaredo #LeslieFenton #CharlesMarquisWarren #LouisStevens #ElizabethHill #RobertFellows #WilliamHolden #MacdonaldCarey #MonaFreeman #WilliamBendix #AlfonsoBedoya #RayRennahan #ArchieMarshek #VictorYoung #ParamountPictures #AnnDvorak
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946) ** “The road curved, but I didn’t.” Directed by Lewis Milestone. Starring Barbara Stanwyck; Van Heflin; Lizabeth Scott; Kirk Douglas and Judith Anderson. Written by Robert Rossen; Based on Love Lies Bleeding by John Patrick; Produced by Hal B. Wallis; Cinematography by Victor Milner; Edited by Archie Marshek; Music by Miklos Rozsa; Production Company: Hal Wallis Productions; Distributed by Paramount Pictures. Young Martha inadvertently causes the death of her cruel, authoritarian aunt. Martha lies to the cops, and Walter, who saw the crime, corroborates the girl’s story. Eventually, they wed out of convenience; the meek Walter is genuinely in love, and Martha thinks that her secret is safe. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers heralded the film debut of Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas. Douglas starred in classics like Jacques Tourneur’s OUT OF THE PAST (1947); Billy Wilder’s ACE IN THE HOLE (1951); Vincente Minnelli’s THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (1952); Stanley Kubrick’s PATHS OF GLORY (1957) and SPARTACUS (1960) and David Miller’s LONELY ARE THE BRAVE (1962). He died in 2020 at the age of 103. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Original Motion Picture Story (John Patrick). #TheStrangeLoveofMarthaIvers #LewisMilestone #RobertRossen #LoveLiesBleeding #JohnPatrick #HalBWallis #BarbaraStanwyck #VanHeflin #LizabethScott #KirkDouglas #JudithAnderson #VictorMilner #ArchieMarshek #MiklosRozsa #HalWallisProductions #ParamountPictures
MINISTRY OF FEAR (1944) ** Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Ray Milland; Marjorie Reynolds; Carl Esmond; Hillary Brooke; Percy Waram; Dan Duryea; Alan Napier and Erskine Sanford. Written by Seton I. Miller; Based on The Ministry of Fear (1943) by Graham Greene; Produced by Buddy G. DeSylva; Cinematography by Henry Sharp; Edited by Archie Marshek; Music by Victor Young; Distributed by Paramount Pictures. Stephen Neale has just been released from an asylum during World War II in England when he stumbles on a deadly Nazi spy plot by accident, and tries to stop it. Ministry of Fear was initially intended as a vehicle for Alan Ladd, however he had enlisted in the army before production began and so the role went to Ray Milland. Milland was a bankable star and made numerous pictures during his career including Billy Wilder’s THE LOST WEEKEND (1945) a role which he won him the Academy Award for Best Actor in a leading role, and Alfred Hitchcock’s DIAL M FOR MURDER (1954). #MinistryofFear #FritzLang #SetonIMiller #GrahamGreene #BuddyGDeSylva #RayMilland #MarjorieReynolds #CarlEsmond #HillaryBrooke #PercyWaram #DanDuryea #AlanNapier #ErskineSanford #HenrySharp #ArchieMarshek #VictorYoung #ParamountPictures
THE GLASS KEY (1942) **½ “Let’s dynamite those tracks.” Directed by Stuart Heisler. Starring Brian Donlevy; Veronica Lake; Alan Ladd; William Bendix and William Bendix. Screenplay by Jonathan Latimer; Based on Dashiell Hammett’s novel The Glass Key (1931); Produced by Fred Kohlmar; Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl; Edited by Archie Marshek; Music by Victor Young; Production Company: Paramount Pictures. A crooked political boss, Paul Madvig, falls for Janet Henry, daughter of a prospective Baltimore governor, and decides to mend his ways. However, when Janet’s no-good brother turns up dead, Madvig’s past returns to haunt him as he is a likely suspect. Following their success in Frank Tuttle’s THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942) Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd were re-teamed for this remake of Tuttle’s earlier THE GLASS KEY (1935) starring George Raft. #TheGlassKey #StuartHeisler #JonathanLatimer #DashiellHammett #FredKohlmar #BrianDonlevy #VeronicaLake #AlanLadd #WilliamBendix #TheodorSparkuhl #ArchieMarshek #VictorYoung #ParamountPictures
THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942) *** Directed by Frank Tuttle. Starring Veronica Lake; Robert Preston; Laird Cregar and introducing Alan Ladd as Raven. Screenplay by Albert Maltz and W.R. Burnett; Based on the novel A Gun for Sale (1936) by Graham Greene; Cinematography by John Seitz; Edited by Archie Marshek; Music by David Buttolph; Distributed by Paramount Pictures. When assassin Philip Raven shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he is paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who is working with foreign spies. This Gun For Hire introduced the world to Alan Ladd in a standout performance from the actor who would go on to be remembered for starring in Stuart Heisler’s THE GLASS KEY (1942); George Marshall’s THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946) and George Stevens’ classic SHANE (1953). Ladd also had a very brief, uncredited role in Orson Welles’ CITIZEN KANE (1942). #ThisGunForHire #FrankTuttle #AlbertMaltz #WRBurnett #GrahamGreene #VeronicaLake #RobertPreston #LairdCregar #AlanLadd #JohnSeitz #ArchieMarshek #DavidButtolph #ParamountPictures
Continuing the segment where I look through the @tcm schedule and pick out A Little Guy I think you’ll enjoy (always airing The Next Day to give you the heads up). What do I mean by “A Little Guy?” Please see my write-up – The Essentials? – Link in Bio. . Straight from the Original One-Sheet: “They saw the Heads of Hunted Men in Zaroff’s Trophy Room!” . ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ . First off, this Picture is unrelenting; and I don’t just mean the subject matter and how well it’s paced, I mean it’s only an hour and three minutes long. And – this may surprise you (especially if you’ve seen it but perhaps not in a while) – the “game” part when they’re out in the jungle? That doesn’t begin until 38 minutes in; and, like when he finally see Jaws in that Modern Classic, it helps. Because getting to the island, the castle, all the atmosphere as the tension builds, is genuinely great stuff. (And all in an hour!) . The quality should be no surprise considering the lauded BTS including Executive Producer David O. Selznick, ‘King Kong’ Producer Merian C. Cooper, Scorer Max Steiner (and this is a great example of his early work with Themes), the same Jungle as ‘Kong’ (which Steiner also Scored) and Editor Archie Marshek who did a bunch of great stuff into the ‘70s (including a personal favorite, Bob Hope’s ‘The Cat And The Canary’). . It’s Joel McCrea and Fay Wray (yep, she also from ‘Kong’) against Leslie Banks in one of the most adapted stories of all time (20 or so other Features, 30 or so TV Episodes, and the recent Liam Hemsworth - Cristoph Waltz version on Quibi which – I was on a Quibi Show before COVID – was genuinely entertaining). . Once more from the Original One-Sheet: “Fascinating, strange and terrible is the story of Zaroff, who hunted men like animals for a sporting thrill!” . From 1932, Co-Starring Robert Armstrong (LOT of ‘Kong’ here today!) and Noble Johnson (who’s The Zombie – that’s his Credit – in another personal favorite, Bob Hope’s ‘The Ghost Breakers’); Screenplayed by James Ashmore Creelman from the Richard Connell Short Story; Directed by Irving Pichel & Ernest B. Schoedsack … . I hope you enjoy. If you can make it til Dawn … .
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946) “Don’t look back, baby. Don't ever look back. You know what happened to Lot's wife, don't ya?” RIP Kirk Douglas . . . #kirkdouglas #ripkirkdouglas #TheStrangeLoveOfMarthaIvers #LewisMilestone #ByronHaskin #HalBWallis #RobertRossen #RobertRiskin #JohnPatrick #BarbaraStanwyck #VanHeflin #LizabethScott #KirkDouglas #MiklósRózsa #VictorMilner #ArchieMarshek #restinpeace #remembrance #kirkdouglastheatre #michaeldouglas #film #hollywood #hollywoodactor #goldenageofhollywood #oldhollywood #oldhollywoodstars #moviestar #hollywoodicon #icon #hollywoodstar
“Don’t look back, baby. Don’t ever look back. You know what happened to Lot’s wife, don’t ya?” - The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) . . . #lizabethscott #lizabethscott💎 #raspyvoice #lewismilestone #byronhaskin #halbwallis #robertrossen #robertriskin #johnpatrick #barbarastanwyck #vanheflin #kirkdouglas #kirkdouglastheatre #kirkdouglastheater #barbarastanwyckismyspiritanimal #barbarastanwyck💎 #vanheflin💎 #anndoran #judithanderson #romanbohnen #femmefatale #noir #filmnoir #miklosrozsa #victormilner #archiemarshek #noirshots #classicfilm #noir_shots #noirlover
📼 #oneeyedjacks 👔 #marlonbrando #1961 #marlonbrando #karlmalden #katyjurado #benjohnson #slimpickens #larryduran #samgilman #timothycarey #miriamcolon ✏️ #guytrosper #calderwillingham #sampeckinpah #rodserling 📖 #theauthenticdeathofhendryjones ✒️ #charlesneider 💵 #frankprosenberg #pennebakerproductions 🎵 #hugofriedhofer 🎥 #charleslang 🎞 #archiemarshek 🎬 #paramountpictures #western