Biography: Jeanne Bates |
Jeanne Bates had acted in stock in California when, in 1942, she was signed to a Columbia Pictures contract. So far as many horror aficionados are concerned, her most significant work under the Columbia banner consisted of a pre-credits bit as Bela... more
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Cast: Brion James
Tags: Horror Comedy Comedy Horror
Length: 95min
While investigating a bizarre series of slayings, reporter Clay Dwyer (Mark Thomas Miller) begins to suspect his tenant (Brion James) of being a vampire, and indeed, the man soon turns Dwyer's mother (Jeanne Bates) into one of the undead. Though Clay...
Tags: Art Film Surrealist Film
Length: 100min
Filmed intermittently over the course of a five-year period, David Lynch's radical feature debut stars Jack Nance as Henry Spencer, a man living in an unnamed industrial wasteland. Upon learning that a past romance has resulted in an impending...
Cast: Erich Von Stroheim Edward Van Sloan
Tags: Thriller Psychological Thriller Horror
Length: 73min
Erich Von Stroheim's bravura performance is easily the most entertaining aspect of The Mask of Diijon, though it should be noted that the film itself is better than usual for a PRC production. "The Man You Love to Hate" is cast as Diijon, a stage...
Cast: Larry Parks
Length: 60min
In this patriotic war drama, a soldier becomes quite upset when he is transferred from the highly coveted machine-gun unit to the canine corps. He begins to change his opinion when he learns that his army dog Mike was a gift from an 8-year-old whose...
Cast: John Carradine Lionel Banks Osa Massen
Tags: Spy Film War Drama Action Adventure War
Length: 68min
Two years before attaining superstardom in The Jolson Story, Larry Parks essayed the leading role the Columbia wartime meller The Black Parachute. Parks is cast as American paratrooper Michael Lindley, who drops behind enemy lines under cover of night...
Cast: George Macready
Tags: Supernatural Horror Horror
Length: 61min
Advertised as a pure-and-simple horror film, Soul of a Monster is actually an adroit variation on the "Faust" legend. George Macready plays Dr. George Winson, who is saved from the brink of death by the intervention of his loving wife Ann (Jeanne...
Cast: Charles Starrett
Length: 55min
In this wartime western, an evil Nazi and his partner endeavor to sabotage a western gunsight plant. Unfortunately, the tough plant manager has plans of his own and action ensues until the villains are vanquished. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast: Jeanne Bates B. Reeves "Breezy" Eason Jay Silverheels
Tags: Fantasy Adventure Superhero Film
Length: min
Lee Falk and Ray Moore's famous syndicated comic strip hero came to the screen in this 15 chapter serial produced by Rudolph C. Flotow for Columbia Pictures. Displaying unusually good judgment, the studio cast the still strapping former silent screen...
The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
Cast: Richard Lane
Tags: Adventure Mystery Crime Crime Drama
Length: 66min
This lively entry in the "Boston Blackie" series finds Blackie (Chester Morris) acting as spiritual leader of a group of ex-convicts. The plan is for the former inmates to redeem themselves by working in a defense plant. Only problem: some of the cons...
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