USA UP ALL NIGHT: Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Bowery Blitzkrieg was on USA Up All Night on September 21, 1990. The East Side Kids were the scrappy, wise-cracking antidote to the polished studio system, and Bowery Blitzkrieg (released in the UK as Stand and Deliver) is a pivotal entry in that rough-and-tumble canon. Directed by Sam Katzman, this is the flick that officially […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: Invisible Ghost (1941)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Invisible Ghost was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, November 16, 1968 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, June 17, 1972 at 1:00 a.m. Joseph H. Lewis directed low-budget movies, but he made great ones. Gun Crazy, So Dark the Night, this movie…he went above and beyond the money that the movie cost. Dr. Charles Kessler (Bela Lugosi) is […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Devil Commands (1941)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Devil Commands was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, September 2, 1967 at 11:20 p.m. Director Edward Dmytryk is best known for his film noir movies, winning Oscars for directing Crossfire and The Caine Mutiny and being named as one of the Hollywood Ten. This group of blacklisted film industry professionals refused to testify to […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
July 28 – Aug 3 Screwball Comedy: Just imagine, the Great Depression is raging and you’re getting less than a fin a week at the rubber boiling factory, but it only costs two bits to go to the movies all day, so let’s watch some quick-talking dames match wits with some dopey joes! Mr. & […]
Sizzlin’ Summer of Side-Splitters 2025: Topper Returns (1941)
July 28 – Aug 3 Screwball Comedy: Just imagine, the Great Depression is raging and you’re getting less than a fin a week at the rubber boiling factory, but it only costs two bits to go to the movies all day, so let’s watch some quick-talking dames match wits with some dopey joes! The third […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Wolf Man (1941)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Wolf Man was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, September 18, 1965 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, May 13, 1967 at 11:20 p.m., Saturday, April 13, 1968 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, March 29, 1969 at 1:00 a.m., Saturday, November 6, 1971 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, February 17, 1973 at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, January 19, 1974 […]
CHILLER THEATER MONTH: The Black Cat (1941)
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Black Cat was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, January 4, 1975 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, August 28, 1976 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, July 23 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, June 11, 1983 at 1:00 a.m. Cat lady Henrietta Winslow (Cecilia Loftus) lives in what looks like a haunted house. But that’s where […]
The Black Cat (1941)
Cat lady Henrietta Winslow (Cecilia Loftus) lives in what looks like a haunted house. But that’s where he family must go to hear the reading of her will. She plans on leaving half of her money to her niece Myrna (Gladys Cooper), the other half to her granddaughter Margaret (Claire Dodd) and the estate to […]
MILL CREEK THRILLERS FROM THE VAULT: The Devil Commands (1941)
Director Edward Dmytryk is best known for his film noir movies, winning Oscars for directing Crossfire and The Caine Mutiny and being named as one of the Hollywood Ten. This group of blacklisted film industry professionals refused to testify to the McCarthy-led House Un-American Activities Committee and as a result served time in prison for contempt of […]
MILL CREEK NIGHTMARE WORLDS: Emergency Landing (1941)
William Beaudine made movies in almost every genre and not only that, he made tons of them. His career started in 1909 and ended in 1966 with Billy the Kid Versus Dracula and Jesse James Meets Frankenstein’s Daughter. He made 75 movies in the forties and Emergency Landing also known as Robot Pilot is one of seven he made in […]
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