7 FACES OF DR. LAO - Leigh Harline - "The Circus Is In Town" (1964)

It's Saturday night, and the circus is in town, that is, "The Circus Of Dr. Lao!" And this ain't no ordinary spectacle of wonder, this is a one-man freak show, and that one man is Mr. Tony(Felix Unger)Randall who in real life, actually fathered his first child at age of 77!! Jeez, as evidenced by this film, he was very talented, and quite a busy guy!!

I'm not sure anyone else would be willing to take on 8 different characters in full makeup in one film, but Tony Randall seems to do it effortlessly in the adaptation of this Charles G. Finney novel, his first and most famous, written in freakin' 1935!

As an Asian in the old west, Dr. Lao was almost invisible, despite his uncanny and supernatural powers, because, how can you notice something if you're always, and only, thinking about how important you yourself are?

It's pretty hot out in that there desert, and Barbara(I Dream Of Jeannie)Eden as Angela Benedict is raising the temperature even higher!

And the sexy bits don't stop there!!

Yippee!! The circus is in town! The circus is in town!!

Tony Randall also gets credit for the Abominable Snowman character, but it was really George Pal's son, Péter, inside the suit!!

Cartoon genius George Pal produced and directed "The 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao" and would enlist the help of cartoon genius composer Leigh Harline to do the music. Leigh Harline not only composed music for cartoons and Disney classics, but also had some titles like "The Wayward Bus," "The Girl Can't Help It," "Teenage Rebel," and "Black Widow" under his belt!!

Pretty dang weird, but this movie could have even been darker and creepier if you think about it, and it wouldn't surprise me if Tim Burton redid it with Johnny Depp in all the roles some day!!

In this scene, we have Tony as Apollonius of Tyana, a blind man who can't see in the present, but can see into the future!

Spinster Mrs. Howard Cassin played by the awesome Lee Patrick, doesn't like Apollonius's vision of her lonely unmarried future! Among some of Lee's many accomplishments, she was Leo G. Carroll's wife, Mrs. Henrietta Topper in 39 episodes of one of my favorite 50's TV show, "Topper," and was Effie Perine in the classic Bogart film, "The Maltese Falcon.

Prim and proper widower Angela Benedict is completely worn out after her sensual romp with Pan, "The God Of Joy!"

I'm pretty sure that Chubby Johnson on the left, was in every cowboy TV show and movie that was ever made, and record producer and musician Kim Fowley's Dad, the great Douglas Fowley, has the role of "the toothless cowboy!"

The Flying Burrito Brothers steel guitarist, "Sneaky" Pete Keinow is just one of the many stop-motion animators and special visual effects artists who worked on this movie. Besides being a fantastic musician, Pete had worked on "Gumby," "Davey & Goliath," "Terminator," "Return Of The Living Dead" and so very much more!

Everybody knows you do not look into the eyes of Medusa, that's why they teach Mythology in high school, so people can avoid situations like this!

Tony Randall even takes a moment to be himself as nothing special, just a member of the audience. Tony had shaved his head for the role of Dr. Lao, so they had to fix him up with a wig for this quick shot!!

Even passed out, the mug of John Doucette is unmistakable. You might not have known his name, but after some 268 character acting roles, you are bound to recognize that face! Dal McKennon on the left hosted and created his own 50's TV kids show in L.A. called "Space Funnies!"

Dal and John screw up, and have to deal with the giant sea monster. The other stop animation artist working on this film was Jim Danforth, who also worked on "Gumby" and "Davey & Goliath," and such films as "Equinox" and "Journey To The Seventh Planet," and was in charge of special photographic effects on 24 episodes of "The Outer Limits!"

Dr. Lao's "Rainmaking Machine" saves the day!

Bye Ya'll, see you on Wednesday with some real honest to goodness weirdness!

THE FURY OF THE WOLFMAN / Spain - 1972

Hello everbloody and welcome to Friday Night Drive-In here at The Dungeon, with Tabonga and lil' pet helper Tarantula, Ralphie! Tonight's feature is a wild and crazy horror thriller starring one of our favorites, Mr. Paul Naschy!!

Here's the original Spanish 1 sheet from Paul's 5th outing as Waldemar Daninsky, The Wolfman!

Plot from the back of a DVD case... "While traveling in the mountains, a man is attacked by a mysterious creature that promptly departs, leaving no trace of its presence. Unbeknownst to the man, he has been attacked by a werewolf and now he's inherited the curse associated with such creatures. He must race against time to rid himself of this dreadful affliction before the next full moon."

The music was done by Ángel Arteaga and Ana Satrova. Ángel ended up with 89 to Ana's 10 composing credits from 1964-84, neither of them did many horror movies but their stuff sounds quite good as you will soon hear for yerself!

And, here to press the big red 'GO' button is our good lil' Dungeon fiend, Ralphie, the freaky 4-Eyed Tarantula with a copter beany... He's oldschool!

Squeek, squeek!..

You're welcome!.. So, without further adieu, here tonight's Eariffic Earclip... THE PLYMOUTH FURY OF THE WOLFMAN!

And, when the moon is full...

A man turns into a wolf!

I love this still!!

Here's Paul taking a nap between takes!

What?..... WHAT?!!

Lots of interesting characters, here's Pastey Face!

In this flick, the gurls call all the shots!

Tabonga will tell you straight up, Perla Cristal as Dr. Ilona Elmann is one effing ROYAL BITCH!! Here she whips the tar out of Paul, who's chained up and can't defend himself!

Two very cool shots of The Wolfman!

...IT'S A MADHOUSE!!

Actually, it's a house full of freaks!

Dr. Elmann has plans for Paul's... Anyway, Tabonga think you can figure it out!

Paul don't really wanna be a daddy at this time in his life!

Paul attacks the doctor, but she shoots him right where it hurts the most!

What's the point?..

I know, we've seen a lot of bad stuff here, but, let's just try and forget about it, okay?..

Oh, look! What a beautiful day it is!!

PS - Make sure and check out the next 2 weeks of Friday Night Drive-In!! Next Friday Night is THE KILLER SHREWS in Color, then on the following Friday Night, THE GIANT GILA MONSTER in Color! Oh, hell yeah!.. Be there or be square!!