DER MÖRDERCLUB VON BROOKLYN - Peter Thomas - "The Body In Central Park" (1967)

Welcome to The Saturday Night Special in The Dungeon 2016 style!

Woe be the day we run out of Jerry Cotton movies! I think we only have two left after this, but let us rejoice since we still have those two to look forward to, which is a small light in an otherwise dark and somber world! 

(This is a great poster by the way, I love that abstract painting in the background! It literally screams 1967!!)

Personally, I think that the literal "The Murderers Club Of Brooklyn" is a much more descriptive title!

Just like every other Jerry Cotton film I've seen so far, this film is whack! For instance it starts off with this scene of a bunch of gangsters waiting inside Jerry Cotton's apartment in New York to ambush him! They're playing with his slot cars on his home slot car track! Slot cars were the rage back in the sixties. Mine was a little hot rod painted purple and chartreuse! It flew off of many a quality track!

Once the credits start, the movie turns to colour!

As you will see, cinematographer Franz X. Lederle had a penchant for these kind of peek a boo shots! Sometimes what's going on in the background is more fun and interesting than what's in the foreground!

"Aw Shit! We kidnapped the wrong girl!"

So you want a million dollars or you'll kill my daughter?

What do you think it will be, "okay or go fuck yourself?"

This shot is the epitome of a degenerate 1967! Cigarettes, candy, horse racing, and a screwdriver!

How about this shot?

Normally the green screen in these Jerry Cotton movies is beyond reproach! This is the first one I've seen where they slacked off and allowed shots like this!

I'm pretty sure every scene that has a window in the background was green screened too!

Bauhaus New York!

As Jerry makes his way across the dance floor, it's as good a time as any to tell you that one of my favourite composers Peter Thomas is once again responsible for the music in the "Murderers Club Of Brooklyn!" Here's a short sample for your enjoyment!

In 1967 a shot like this was probably considered avant garde, but in 2016, it would just be called a photo bomb!

AAAaaahhhHHHH!!!!

"Don't know where I been, cause I been drinkin' Gordon's Gin!"

Kind of self explanatory!

Here's a decent shot of Jerry's cool red Jaguar!

Here's another scene where they flubbed the green screen!

Here's yet another one of those wunderbar shots!

 Suave Jerry Cotton, bikini babes and a space background!

It just doesn't get much better than that!

Here's a nice definitive shot of George Nader as Jerry Cotton!

Mucho danke schöns to my olde pal Lord Litter in Berlin for turning me on to the whole Jerry Cotton Phenomena! You can check out his wild and weird genius RIGHT HERE!
You can find Jerry Cotton films at Sinister Cinema for pretty much a steal, just in case you want to treat yourself to an awesome late Xmas present!

PEPITO AND THE MONSTER / Cinematográfica Roma - 1957

Here's a rare little flick about a young boy who witnesses the disposal of a body by a magician and his brutish assistant, but the police do not believe his story. So, he seeks to find the evidence on his own. Pepe Romay was a popular child actor who appeared in several movies as the character of Pepito. The monster is the magician's brutish assistant and even appears in a gorilla suit at one point.

I have a sound clip with some creepy and swinging sounds for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our monster cave, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's... PEPITO AND THE MONSTER!

Anyway, Pepito is a little busy-body who sneaks into a theater to catch a magician's act.

Lo and behold, Pepito is chosen from the audience to participate in a very special trick!..

And, gets sawed in half to the delight of the crowd (and, Tabonga).

Another magician shows up to find out why his tricks were being used in the act, and, gets a dagger in the back for his effort. The brutish assistant takes him away.

You'd scream like a little girl, too...

If this guy was chasing you around with that big knife!

Pepito's family's a bunch of amateur sleuths who dress a little on the weird side...

The swinging tunes in the sound clip are being swung to by these teens. The band responsible for the music in this scene is 'The Rockets.'

In order to solve the mystery, Pepito decides to go undercover and so dresses up like a mysterious Asian Prince!

Again, what the Hell's up with fifties Mexican fashion?!.. Holy cow, Batsman!!

Pepito searches for the monster's whereabouts and ends up spending some time with him! Notice the decapitated head in the top photo.

Here, the monster and Pepito's friend have a tug of war over him, wonder who wins this match?.. Eegah!! will be here tomorrow with another treat, jus' fer ya'll... Yee-Hah!!

SYMPHONY IN SLANG - Tex Avery, Fred Quimby, Scott Bradley (1951)

Well, it's raining cats and dogs outside, so it's a perfect time to examine some of the strange expressions in the English language that we all take for granted!

Some are so strange, they're not even used anymore! That's why this cartoon is called "Symphony In Slang!"

"Symphony In Slang" is all about words and phrases that don't adhere to the conventional definitions commonly attached to them! Today, a perfect example would be the word fuck! How often is it actually used in every day language to describe fornication? Not very often!

Here's something I don't do often enough, and that's to give a big shout out to the animators, Walter Clinton, Michael Lah, Grant Simmons, and Tom Oreb, cause isn't this beautiful?

Open up them pearly gates!

Just for the record, in 1932, there was an Australian documentary made called "Symphony Of Steel" that is lost forever, and is on The Australian National Film and Sound Archive's most wanted list! In 1948, there was a cartoon made starring guess who called "Symphony In Spinach," and in 1949 there was short film featuring the Duke Ellington Orchestra called "Symphony In Swing!

 So this hep cat dies and goes to heaven, and he's trying to explain to St. Peter why he's there, but St. Peter can't understand anything that he's talking about, and refers him to Noah Webster who is equally puzzled by this stranger's vocabulary! From there it turns into a series of gags and ludicrous imagery Tex Avery style!

 To start with, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth!

 He had a job, but wasn't able to cut the mustard!

 He met a girl and she gave him the goose bumps!

 He was all thumbs!

 She wore a dress that fit like a glove!

 And she had her hair in a bun!

 She finally gave him a date!

 They went out for cocktails!

 He found himself in a pickle when he wrote a check that bounced!

 The Proprietor drew a gun on him!

He ran off into the foothills!

In prison he found himself up against it!

His buddies were just hanging around!

The girl of his dreams had a hot date with an old flame!

There's a little more to the story, but you get the general idea!

Funny stuff, Tex!