And a helluva series, I just knew them Cubs would come out of their century long hibernation. Shameless self back-pat of the day, check. Now time to get reelin' in the years, gruyeres too, the aulder the better. And what optical odysseys am I taking you on this day you say?
And get ready for another knees up in my speakeasy, we have a nice Paramount Prohibition picksha for you this evening, and how! Chap of chaps Charles Laughton and Carole Lombard, who are surely not your average cast buddies - star in this nifty number, none too keen on the title, personally but its the only one it's got,
White Woman (1933)
Now Mario Bava, for he's a giallo good fellow - had a son who followed in papa's bloody footsteps - Lamberto Bava. And here is an impressive entry, considering it was the early 80s, when giallo took a turn towards being less about the substance and more so about the sordidness, some of the films even bordered on the pornographic. And Lucio Fulci, I cannot chirp enough praises for him but towards the end of his cannon it kind of felt like I was being shot out of one. Bava Junior here opted for an elaborate locked - room mystery and went easy on the guts spilling and it is absolute magia. A Blade in the Dark (1983)
Heres the - Hidden Hammer Hour and when black was the new black it's The Man In Black (1950) Sid James stars in this from Hammer's exclusive Exclusive and elusive days naturally. They could noir it with the best of 'em and here is a bona fide goodie from Francis Searle who was Ronnie's older brudda was all the celluloid rage in the early 1950s
And Harlow can you go, the platinum pixie in one of her most memorable roles as one of the flaxen trio, Three Wise Girls, and you better believe it McGee, she (Jean Harlow) was the wisest of the lot. And this has got the mark of William Beaudine all over it, I mean what didn't, that man turned out more pickshas than you've had eggs for breakfast. A pre-code with profound panache from the year 1932.
And now it's time for some Bollywood Swingin. A coming of age story from 1972 - Shriman Prithviraj, inspired by the parallel cinema movement; this inspiring Bengali release achieved cult status.
Directed by Tarun Majumdar who brought the precociously talented actress and dancer Mahua Roychoudhury to light, Roychoudhury was an up and coming superstar who tragically died in a fire at the age of 27.
And the British did bad 80's movies too and replete with titles that are equally as ludicrous. This beaut's moniker is Party Party. Not so much the 24 hour people, more like the 16, it took a good 8 hours of teasing and hairspray to lovely up all those locks. Directed by Terry Winsor who would go on to helm the higher esteemed Essex Boys in 2000, starring Sean Bean.
