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GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933

Gold Diggers Of 1933 is Busby Berkeley‘s masterwork, assisted in no small way by the astute direction of Mervyn LeRoy, who had previously directed a number of stark, socially conscious films, such as Little Caesar (1931) and I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang (1932). Like Berkeley, Leroy’s best work was at Warner Bothers and, like Berkeley, . . . → Read More: GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933

RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE (1973)

AKA Emperor Of The North

DIRECTED BY:  Robert Aldrich

FEATURING:  Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Keith Carradine

PLOT: A maniac conductor sadistically stalks hobos along his Depression era freight,

smashing their skulls with a club hammer when they try to ride the rails.  NO ONE rides his Number 19 train for free.  Evil incarnate, he exists . . . → Read More: RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: EMPEROR OF THE NORTH POLE (1973)

RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: THE OTHER (1972)

DIRECTED BY: Robert Mulligan

FEATURING: Chris and Martin Udvarnoky, Uta Haen, John Ritter

PLOT: Adapted from his novel by Tom Tryon, two enigmatic twins seem to be connected

to a community’s run of misfortune.  Could it have anything to do with a cursed family crest and a dead man’s severed finger? WHY IT . . . → Read More: RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: THE OTHER (1972)