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A gloomy old mansion, a fog-covered swamp, a household of suspicious servants, and a crippled millionaire with a grudge against his doctors.... what more could one ask for in a good old-fashioned murder mystery? Throw in a mysterious Hindu mystic who can materialize objects out of thin air and a hid read more

Margaret Rutherford, the intrepid actress best known for portraying the medium Madame Arcati in Blithe Spirit and Jane Marple in the Murder She Said series had, in 1967, earned an Academy Award for her performance in The V.I.P.s and was awarded the title Dame Commander of the Order of the British Em read more

Now this looks like a dark and eerie scene from a dark and eerie picture... or are we just throwing you off the trail? If you want some more difficult screenshots to identify, check out our post from 7 years ago (!!) of the Halloween edition of The Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie Game whic read more

On February 1964, Walt Disney's The Wonderful World of Color aired the first of their three-part series titled "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh" based on the story of Dr. Syn (Patrick MacGoohan), the English pastor who masqueraded as the fearsome Scarecrow at night to lead a band of smugglers and, lik read more

Squire Trevenyan (Peter Cushing), a magistrate in 18th century Cornwall becomes entangled with a dangerous gang of shipwreckers led by the brutal Black John (Bernard Lee). In attempting to stop the wreckers one evening, his son Christopher (John Fraser) kills one of the men. He feels that his testim read more

Hasbro is one of the largest toy and game manufacturers in the world today, but when they first started (back when they were labeled the Hassenfeld Brothers) they were primarily known as a toy maker and barely dabbled in the gaming industry. The few games that they did release met with little succes read more

Off the southern coast of California is a rugged string of islands known as the Channel Islands. On one of these - Anacapa Island - stood a lighthouse built in 1932 that shone its light to warn passing ships of the jagged rocks surrounding the island. This island was manned by the not-so-lonely ligh read more

Margaret Rutherford made four wonderful Miss Marple mysteries in the 1960s and, of them all, Murder at the Gallop (1963) is the best. This one takes place at a riding establishment and features a delightfully eccentric lot of suspects including Robert Morley, Flora Robson, and Katya Douglas. In read more

This month's Film Album is the soundtrack from the classic Walt Disney film Pete's Dragon, released in 1977. This family musical was notable for combining an animated Elliott the Dragon into a live-action film and the result was truly lovely and memorable. It was, and still is, a childhood favorite read more

I've heard of money growing on trees, but never shoes! This little boy evidently found the motherload - although I doubt he would want to wear heels! As always, if you are not familiar with the rules to the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize, click here. read more

A young couple (Molly Bee, Ben Cooper) planning to elope get picked up by Woody Watts, a retired train conductor (Edgar Buchanen), and spend the morning in his chartreuse-colored caboose which is his home. The couple are enroute to Denton, where the soon-to-be bride's sister is waiting with the prea read more

Bob Hope stars as AJ Niles, a world-renowned author of a series of books examining the lifestyle, eating habits, and sex life of the Europeans. His research keeps him busy all across the continent and his books have made him over a million in revenue. However, when he returns to the States after a 1 read more

Is that Vivian Vance?? It certainly is! And she is standing besides none other than Charles Laughton. Jane Wyman has an expectant look on her face which, if you have seen the film, you probably know why.... personally, I have not watched the film yet, so I don't know what this scene is about but it read more

In The Girl Most Likely, Jane Powell stars as Dodie, a young woman who dreams of marrying a millionaire and living "the life." Her current steady Buzz (Tommy Noonan) loves her dearly and vows to give her the high life as soon as he makes it big in real estate so Dodie accepts his proposal of marriag read more

This is a fun album! It not only boasts that great album cover with the director's clapboard and all the titles listed, but the sound is fantastic - Rene Touzet mixes the musical style of Les Baxter with Peter Nero to get a uniquely Touzet sound. Rene Touzet was a Cuban bandleader and pianist s read more

This man talked so fast, it was hard to get a non-blurry image of him - but here he is! Doesn't he look familiar? Possibly....possibly not, depending on if you saw this movie...As always, if you are not familiar with the rules to the Impossibly Difficult Name that Movie game or the prize, click here read more

"Dive! Dive!" Film producer/director Irwin Allen let audiences dive deep into the waters of adventure with Voyage of the Bottom of the Sea, his second of three feature films that he made at 20th Century Fox studios in the early 1960s. Prior to gaining a reputation as "The Master of Disaster" becaus read more

Watch that coffee, stewardess!! Evidently, Jane Wyman didn't watch Flight from Ashiya otherwise she would have known not to bring coffee into the cockpit! Oh wait, that movie wasn't released until thirteen years after this film, I guess she is excused.  Three Guys Named Mike is exactly what you read more

We all know Frankie Avalon and Fabian made beach movies, but who would have guessed that Bobby Vinton "The Polish Prince", made a beach movie? Believe it or not, he was a pretty good actor, too.... definitely a notch above Fabian. Surf Party follows the adventures of three young women who trave read more

Most film albums feature a variety of themes from different films and title their album with the key theme, such as "Theme from the VIPS and other Film Hits".... but this album struck me as unique because Ferrante and Teicher decided to focus strictly on the music of Cleopatra (1963). Or so one woul read more