Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
 

This is the one from the 1930s with Tod Slaughter playing Sweeney Todd, and it is different from the other film versions. In this version, he pulls a lever to have the floor beneath the chair his victims are sitting on flip to have his victims fall from the chair to their deaths on the basement hard floor far below. There are also a couple of poor soldiers from poor soldiers who are engaged to the daughters of the town mayor, but he does not approve of because they are poor. Sweeney Todd secretly has the hots for one of his daughters and wants to be the one marrying her, eventually swindles the man to where he can either give his daughter her hand in marriage or to be ruined, thickening the plot. The poor soldier eventually falls victim to Sweeney Todd, but survives and escapes, then eventually teams up with that father who previously disapproved of him, to find proof on the killings Sweeney Todd is doing to have him stopped and put away, once and for all. Tod Slaughter really has a dark, unique, and evil look and personality throughout this film, and really plays the role perfectly. It also has the perfect funny ending to it that I won't describe to avoid any spoilers for those who never saw this version. This one is highly recommended for both fans of that character and for fans of the vintage black and white horror genre. ::cool::

THE LEOPARD MAN (1943). A Black Leopard, due to the interconnecting selfish and stupid acts of three people has escaped into a small town with murders occurring, even after the Leopard is found.
Fantastic camera work and shadow usage cannot properly help the film from running out of gas relatively early, with really no effort in guessing the mystery. HOWEVER, there is a scene here that is justly famous for being one of the most frightening ever filmed that makes TLM worth seeing, but not much more than once. **1/2

I don't think I've ever seen this. directed by Jacques Tourneur (famous for The Cat People). Which scene? maybe it's on youtube.

Hey Sculpt,
It is on YOUTUBE and scene starts at the 7 minute mark

That was sharp! Thanks!

You're Welcome...it is a cool scene.


SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933). Mae West film that saved a bankrupt Paramount studios has Mae as "Lou" who owns a saloon with plenty of songs, Men trouble, sniffing out malfeasance and lots and lots of Double entendres and innuendo.
While I applaud MW for being her own woman and really not giving a damn what other people thought (Very curvaceous in comparison to other actresses of the time and openly showing her enjoyment of Sex/thumbing her nose ...I wonder if Madonna was a fan?), I found this all but impossible to finish. Perhaps it's many impersonations over the years or hearing how good it is, but even as this stage, She was almost a caricature and maybe if almost every line wasn't an attempt to be witty, might have liked this. A very young Cary Grant (even prettier than Mae at this stage) and Mary Gordon (SHERLOCK HOLME'S series) are in it. Worth seeing if interested in it or her, but that's about all I can recommend. *

CITY LIGHTS (1931). Charles Chaplin film that for some sound effects and score is silent. The Little Tramp falls in love with a Blind Flower Girl (Virginia Cherrill, the first Mrs Cary Grant) and tries to raise money for an operation that will restore her sight. He worries though, that she will see him as He really is and not the Man of Means she thinks he is.
Well made film that has some truly humorous scenes (particularly the Boxing match). but some truly slow spots. Still worth seeing and truly one of the BEST, most Heartwarming finale of any film. ***

Godzilla Raids Again (1958)

What'd ya think? You watch the english dubbed version, or english subtitles?
I was just watching the first 30mins of it. Pretty funny wacky dialogue about the origins.

Horror of Dracula (1958)
Dracula Has Risen From the Grave (1968)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
House of Frankenstein