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  • Walk of Fame: All-American Co-Ed and Frances Langford

    Johnny Downs and Frances Langford in All-American Co-Ed.
    Noah Beery Jr and Johnny Downs in All-American Co-Ed.

    I watched this movie a month ago but forgot to do the review & poster thing for it- probably because I didn’t care for it.

    The plot: a women’s horticultural college named Mar Brynn (gee, where did they get that name?) decides to boost their flagging enrollment by forbidding frat boys from Quinceton (gee, where did they get that name?) from coming on campus. Luckily for the Quinceton boys, they just did a drag show on campus, so they send Bob, one of their members, in drag to infiltrate the school. A boy acting like a girl? CRAZY! Then the hi-jinks start, and don’t end until the school puts on a big musical number and the boy and the lead girl fall in love. Along the way, Jim Rockford’s dad tries to hook up with the boy while he’s cross-dressing, and the Skipper from Gilligan’s Island carries a small plant.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Frances Langford's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Frances Langford.

    Frances Langford (1500 Vine Street) is Virginia, the girl Bob falls for. She was a popular singer who also did a ton of USO shows with Bob Hope. I wish I’d seen her in a better film.

    And I wasted a good original poster on this thing.

    A fake poster for All-American XCo-Ed mimicking the poster for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
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  • Movie Pass Adventures: Reflection in a Dead Diamond

    A disembodied eye and section of face from Reflection in a Dead Diamond.
    Yannick Renier in Refection in a Dead Diamond.

    Classic James Bond meets grindhouse meets art film. It’s not always easy to follow, but it sure is pretty. Also: somebody watched Danger: Diabolik!

    Also, pretty much the opposite of a 1970 dramedy based on a play about a bunch of gay guys throwing a birthday party. Which brings us to today’s fake poster:

    A fake poster for Reflection in a Dead Diamond mimicking the poster for The Boys in the Band.
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  • Walk of Fame Movies: Picture Snatcher and Alice White

    James Cagney in Picture Snatcher.
    Patricia Ellis and James Cagney in Picture Snatcher.

    Jimmy Cagney sure made a lot of tough guy action comedies.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Alice White's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Alice White.

    Alice White (1511 Vine Street) plays the bad woman trying to cheat on her boyfriend with Cagney. White’s real life sounds like it came out of one of these Cagney movies: her career was derailed when she and her boyfriend were accused of hiring someone to beat up her ex. She ended up leaving acting and becoming a secretary. It sounds like she didn’t miss it; her quote at MUBI on her filmography page is “I wouldn’t be a movie star again for all the tea in China.”

    What do you get when a movie has very few available decent images and the title contains a word from a movie with a very simple poster? You get this:

    A fake poster for Picture Snatcher mimicking the poster for Snatch.
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  • Walk of Fame Movies: The Divorce of Lady X and Binnie Barnes

    Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon in The Divorce of Lady X.
    Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier in The Divorce of Lady X.

    Very odd to see the leads of Wuthering Heights in a goofy rom-com. Fun, though!

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Binnie Barnes's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Binnie Barnes.

    Binnie Barnes (1501 Vine Street) had a 50 year run on screen. She had dozens of roles, but don’t expect any of those parts to be a frail and fainting weakling. She once said “One picture is just like another to me, as long as I don’t have to be a sweet woman.” Good for her!

    Today’s poster is from a movie about a different lady.

    A fake poster for The Divorce of Lady X mimicking the poster for Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

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  • Movie Pass Adventures: Fackham Hall

    The cast of Fackham Hall.
    The cast of Fackham Hall.

    This was funny, but I’m guessing I would have found it at least ten percent funnier if I lived in the UK. More than once when no one was laughing I thought “oh, I can tell there’s a reference here that we don’t know.”

    Today’s fake poster references a movie about a different Hall, and a different set of creepy family relations.

    A fake poster for Fackham Hall mimicking the poster for Annie Hall.
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  • Walk of Fame Movies: Libeled Lady and Jack Conway

    William Powell, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, and Spencer Tracy in Libeled Lady.
    Myrna Loy, William Powell, Jean Harlow, and Spencer Tracy in Libeled Lady.

    One of the best things about this Walk of Fame project is seeing classic actors do things I didn’t know they did. I’ve seen William Powell do a bunch of suave & sophisticated parts, but I’d never seen him do broad physical comedy. Watching him try to fish was a whole new experience.

    Composite picture. On the left, a mockup of Jack Conway's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On the Right, a black and white portrait photo of Jack Conway.

    Before Jack Conway (1500 Vine Street) started directing, he was a silent film actor. Most of his parts were in Westerns, which explains his cowboy outfit in this picture.

    Today’s fake poster is based on one for a movie that as far as I can tell has zero connection to this one.

    A fake poster for Libeled Lady mimicking the poster for Paranormal Activity.
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  • Really Long Movie Adventures: Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.
    Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.

    When this was two movies, the pacing of the second one always seemed strange, and it’s even stranger as one big movie. The first half spends a huge amount of time building up The Bride and O-Ren Ishi, and their final battle feels earned.

    Then intermission hits, and the second half moves at a much slower pace. We learn more about Bill, but it’s almost all from other people talking about him. The final battle is more of a conversation than a fight. I like that in theory, but as it’s done here it feels anti-climactic.

    Today’s fake poster is based solely on the other movie also having a rhyming title.

    A fake poster for Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.mimicking the poster for The Bling Ring.
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  • Flop House Movie Adventures: Zardoz

    The giant stone head of Zardoz in red, yellow, and black.
    Sean Connery in Zardoz

    I’ve been meaning to watch this for decades, but never got around to it until The Flop House did it on Flop TV. It takes itself very seriously, which is impressive for a movie that features a hairy Scottish guy in a red diaper. But I didn’t hate it!

    Today’s fake poster is a really strong copy of the poster for Harper. Too bad pretty much no one (including me) remembers seeing the original. I like that it looks like the movie is about some guy with a drawn-on goatee.

    A fake poster for Zardoz mimicking the poster for Harper.

  • Retro Movies: A Bucket of Blood

    Stylized image of a statue/corpse from A Bucket of Blood
    Dick Miller and Antony Carbone in A Bucket of Blood.

    I’m pretty sure plaster doesn’t work like that.

    What’s weirder than a 1959 Roger Corman movie about a busboy at a beatnik bar becoming a celebrated artist by murdering people and coating them in plaster? A 1995 nearly shot-for-shot remake starring Anthony Michael Hall and a busload of character actors you’ll recognize. I didn’t watch the remake, but everything in the trailer happened in the original movie (but with less nudity).

    Today’s fake poster comes from a different movie that mixes art and murder.

    A fake poster for A Bucket of Blood mimicking the poster for Natural Born Killers.
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  • Retro Movie Adventures: The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

    Miloš Kopecký as Baron Munchausen in The Fabulous Baron Munchausen.
    Two figures lit by moonlight against a night sky in The Fabulous Baron Munchausen.

    I like this eighty times more than Terry Gilliam’s movie. It’s easily my favorite Czech fantasy story based on a German story about the fictionalized adventures of a real human.

    I had to look up how I used to do fake cross-hatching for this poster. It’s not quite right, but I did it last night when I should have been sleeping so I’m calling it good enough.

    Today’s fake poster comes from a different movie about people going on crazy adventures.

    A fake poster for The Fabulous Baron Munchausen mimicking the poster for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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