MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: The Klansman (1974)
Directed by Terence Young and written by Millard Kaufman and Samuel Fuller, The Klansman had its film rights bought by black film producer William D. Alexander who spent a year putting the movie together. The movie was put together by Bill Schiffrin, Fuller’s agent, and he said the movie was a mess from when Terence Young […]
Spagvemberfest 2023: The Unholy Four (1970)
Ciakmull L’uomo della vendetta (Ciakmull the Vengeful Man) was directed by Enzo Barboni, the director of They Call Me Trinity, Trinity Is Still My Name and Even Angels Eat Beans. He replaced Ferdinando Baldi, who was fired by the producer Manolo Bolognini because they fought over Baldi wanting Annabella Incontrera to play Sheila, the role that went to […]
MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: Katherine (1975)
Katherine is based on Diana Oughton of the Weather Underground, a radical who died in 1970 when a bomb she was building accidentally exploded and Patty Hearst, who was kidnapped by and then joined the Symbionese Liberation Army the same year this movie aired on ABC. Director and writer Jeremy Kagan also made Conspiracy: The […]
MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: Jory (1973)
Robby Benson is Jory in a movie about a kid in the West. Yes, he’s a fifteen-year-old boy who joins a horse drive after his father Ethan (Claudio Brook) is killed by a drunk who is killed by Jory. What a happy little film! The young man gets hired by Roy Starr (John Marley), has […]
MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: Jane Eyre (1970)
This movie had its theatrical debut in the United Kingdom in 1970 and was released on television in the United States in 1971 where it won John Williams an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition. Jane Eyre (Susannah York) is the kind of classic heroine you read about in high school whose best friend […]
MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: James Dean (1976)
This movie was directed by Robert Butler, who also directed the pilots for Star Trek, Hogan’s Heroes, Batman and Hill Street Blues as well as four Kurt Russell Disney movies — Guns in the Heather, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The Barefoot Executive and Now You See Him, Now You Don’t — and also Night of the Juggler and […]
Spagvemberfest 2023: Shango (1970)
Anthony Steffen, born Antonio Luiz de Teffé von Hoonholtz and also known as Antonio Luigi de Teff, was born at the Brazilian embassy in Rome in what is known as the Pamphilj Palace. His noble family came from Prussia, with his great-grandfather being the Great Baron of Teffé and his father Manoel being a Formula […]
MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: Hustling (1975)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jennifer Upton is an American (non-werewolf) writer/editor in London. She currently works as a freelance ghostwriter of personal memoirs and writes for several blogs on topics as diverse as film history, punk rock, women’s issues, and international politics. For links to her work, please visit https://www.jennuptonwriter.com or send her a Tweet @Jennxldn Chances are if […]
MILL CREEK THE SWINGIN’ SEVENTIES: How Awful About Allan (1970)
Along with What’s the Matter With Helen?, this movie is one of the two collaborations between writer Henry Farrell and director Curtis Harrington. It was the ABC Movie of the Week on September 22, 1970 and has stood the test of time as one of the better TV movies. And there’s some stiff competition for that. […]
BRING YOUR BEST DANCE MOVES TO THE DIA LATE MOVIE!
This Saturday at 11 PM EST, Bill and I will be watching Renato Polselli’s The Vampire and the Ballerina. You can join us on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages. You can watch this movie on YouTube. Every week, we watch movies, discuss them, look at the ads for them and have a drink that goes […]
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