BLUEBEARD / PRC - 1944

PRC Tagline sez... "The most sinister love story ever told!"

Welcome to Tabonga's Wednesday Oldie Moldie Bijou Theater with an 'earrific' soundclip and rare stills from another forgotten flick from the forties... Today's is probably John Carradine's favorite role for a few reasons. He was rarely actually 'the star' in any movie, he gets to sing, and it's where he met Sonia Sorel, mother of Keith, Robert and architect Christopher. She is also the mother of actor, Michael Bowman, from her second marriage to beatnik painter, Michael Bowman!! She obviously was a very cool lady, and just passed away in 2004.

John, also known as 'The Voice,' belts out the theme "Night Train To Mundo Fine" in Coleman Francis' 1966 mind numbing, RED ZONE CUBA!

John was seen in 344 known movies or TV episodes, making him 'King Of All Actors In Appearances!' Donald Crisp comes in second, Sir Christopher Lee is number three!

Music is by Leo Erdody, he worked from 1928-48 on films like KING OF THE TEXAS RANGERS, ROMANCE ON THE RANGE, THE BOSS OF BIG TOWN, WHITE PONGO, THE FLYING SERPENT and GAS HOUSE KIDS!

Lil' mini dude, Piff The Gnat, getting another running start at big old red 'GO' button... Here he come... bzzzzzzttttttttt.. splat! ...Alright, he doodit!

Start le show!!.. SACREBLEUBEARD!!

Paris, Seine River, eighteen hundred, something-or-ruther. Ladies' bodies showing up in river, floating face down!

Gaston Morrell, marionette master, invite three gurlies to come to next performance.

They show up and are intrigued by Gaston' marionette show.

Craftsmanship of marionette... par excellence!

Gaston falling for young Lucille, played by Jean Parker. He invite her up to watch him perform...

He getting all serious an' stuff...

Gaston have models come so he can paint for studies for marionettes, and are same ladies showing up in Seine River.

French state police question Gaston about ladies, but, he know nothing! It is strange, though...

Old dude need to put eyeball back in skull!!.. Hate to see what he used to!

Tabonga learn in art class that if you going to make oversized portrait, you better do extra special good job or people gonna laugh!

Gaston on the stairs...

Sneaky gurl listening in!

Nice sets as Ludwig Stössel pay Gaston a visit. Ludwig play Jean Lamarte, dude who find the models for Gaston.

Uh, oh, now he doing portrait of Lucille!!!

...Then, something just go 'snap' an'... Well, you know.

He spill all the beans to Lucille. He not evil, just crazy!

You can definitely tell when Gaston snap his twig!

Bluebeard's fate is same as his victims, drowned in le old, cold Seine River!

Goodnight, everbloody!!

RAUMPATROUILLIE - DIE PHANTASTISCHEN ABENTEUR DES RAUMSCHIFFES ORION - Peter Thomas - "Space Patrol" (1966)

"Raumpatrouille - Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion!" The name alone commands your attention, but you gotta admit "Space Patrol" rolls off the tongue a whole lot easier!!

I hit the end of the road while searching for a copy of this series, and there are just enough snippets on Youtube to entice any diehard Sci-Fi fan into taking a European vacation, just so they can see it, because it's readily available in Germany, but you're not going to find it in the U.S except on a way overpriced VHS tape, and that's if you're lucky! It's quite the damn shame! Wirklich!!

What got me going was this trailer brought to you by IMDB and Moviemaze auf Deutschland, and you can see it right here: Raumpatrouille, and only wonder for yourself why it's not available in the states! I thought about buying a DVD player that plays Region 2 DVDs, and found out that they are not as expensive as you would think, but it seems like an extreme length to have to go, to watch a freakin' TV show, but then again, the music IS by Peter Thomas, it just might be worth it!

In this vision of the future, the human civilization had to move "Under the sea, Under the sea, Darling it's better, Down where it's wetter, Take it from me!"

So after you hear the short intro, the music kicks in for this scene where these people are dancing, and this is the main reason, I wanted to see this series! Suddenly, it does seem like the future, cause I sure as Hell don't see anyone dancing like this around here!

It's kinda like an open session of the Hokey Pokey crossed with the Tango, and anybody can just join in! Number 37, come on over !!!

D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y got some Funky Chicken thrown in the mix!!

Not even them kissin' cousin line dancers from West Virginia can hold a candle to these future people. I wish I had some better pictures for you, but at least you get the idea, go check it out on Youtube, until something better comes along!!

WANTED: BABYSITTER / France - Italy - W. Germany / 1975

Hello everbloody, welcome to last post of January, 2010... Loaded in today' breech is weird little convoluted Euro flick from 1975, 'La Baby Sitter.' Other alternate title are L. A. BABYSITTER, 'Das Ganz Große Ding,' THE RAW EDGE and SCAR TISSUE!

Rather than try to explain story as Tabonga go along, Tabonga gonna explain story now!.. Here go... Ahem... Okay... Long time ago... Wait, no... Start over... Group of loser actor with financial problem decide to kidnap boy of wealthy film producer and hold for ransom, so, they need babysitter to take care of him, so, they run ad, get it?.. Oh, yeah, some people get hurt and plan fall apart at end! Actually, the lawyer steal the money!!.. Director René Clément shock everbloody when he abruptly leave film forever, after making this one. Flick also have interesting, eclectic cast of actors.

Nice soundclip here, music by Francis Lai... Francis have 112 composing credit with flick like THE BOBO, HOUSE OF CARDS, HELLO GOODBYE, LOVE STORY, CAT AND MOUSE, STRIPTEASE and ASTROLAB 22.

On wif' da' show!.. Here, now, ready to push big red 'GO' button wonst again is Tabonga' lil' pet Tarantula, Ralphie!.. And... HE DID IT!!.. WANTED: BABYSITTER, DEAD OR ALIVE!

Not until Tabonga was doing stills a few hours ago did Tabonga realize that, this gurl here, who has hot nude scene at very beginning, is so freakin' beautiful!! Unless you already know, this is Miss Sydne Rome from Akron, Ohio. Then, Tabonga find out she born on Tabonga' birthday three year later on March 17, 1951!! OH, HELL YEAH!! She still working today in Italy!!

Ann is part of local high-falutin' acting group, who all recently living outside their means...

Ann also have angst from too much prior party fun! Camp time for Robert (TEENAGE CAVEMAN) Vaughn!

Here is Nadja Tiller being sneaky!

Here is kid riding scooter in house! Hmmm... Scooter, thing that go 'scoot' ~

Here is Maria (The Baby Sitter) Schneider eyeballing her bro' sculpture in museum.

Here is 'nother nice shot of Miss Sydne! She make Tabonga' bark curl!

Here is Sydne forcing kid to drink knock-out drop, to make kiddnapping go easier...

Tabonga just like these two pic! Both show Maria Schneider, bottom one with flooded hallway of old abandoned house she forced to babysit kid at.

Sigh!.. Yawn!.. Okay, Tabonga ready to hit the ol' sack!!

Nadja taking off her ski-mask disguise...

Maria and kid try to give neighbor a note via dog carrier.

But, Vic Morrow, ex-stuntman, see what happen and have to deep-six old neighbor lady!

Vic creep around wearing weirdest mask ever!

It kinda complicated, but, kid make it back to pops!!

Sydne not make it to end of flick, but, still look damn good!!

Sour grapes for Vic, so, he let Maria go back to her dreary life and he disappear into the woodwork!