LAW OF THE JUNGLE / Monogram Pictures - 1942

Here we go... Our story goes like this... Nona Brooks, a former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living singing at a cafe in British Rhodesia, Africa. The owner of the cafe is secretly in league with two foreign agents with the goal of making the natives restless, so, Nona escapes from the cafe into the jungle but is followed by the agents, and, unknown to her, she's carrying a report of the agent's activities. American explorer Larry Mason is in the jungle with his servant, Jeff, and Nona joins them on their safari.

Flick stars Arline (Mrs. Hotchkiss in THE CRAWLING HAND) Judge as Nona, John 'Dusty' (HAUNTED RANCH) King as Larry and Dungeon Hero Mantan (KING OF THE ZOMBIES, REVENGE OF THE ZOMBIES, SPIDER BABY) Moreland as Jeff.

Of course, Jeff shows the natives how to roll the dice and win a new pair of shoes!

Love this shot of the two foreign agents at the cafe as they receive info from the owner about creating unrest among the natives.

Nona is not having a good time as she roams through the jungle! Fortunately, she meets up with Larry and Jeff at their camp and they agree to let her join the safari.

The unrest pays off and the safari (top still) is attacked by head hunters (bottom still). It's hard to make out the turmoil, but, some interesting shots.

Larry, Nona and Jeff run like Hell and find a cave to hide in. There, they find a human skull!

Jeff decides to take a nap, and, he's having a pleasant dream until he wakes up from a push by a big old ape! This shot is for Eegah!! because of his love for simians, we used to let his squirrel monkey loose and run wild in the house when his parents were at work. I do believe his name was Scratch...

Unfortunately, in this flick, the ape gets filled full of lead and dies just before getting his furry paws on our gang, phew!!

The gang is captured by local natives and Jeff is singled out to marry the boss'es beautiful daughter! Jeff doesn't look that happy about the proposal...

Here he is in his wedding garb, talking to the very cool leader of the tribe.

Then, Larry knocks the crap out of one of the foreign agents and the mystery of who's responsible for the native unrest is solved!

So, the gang is free to leave, but, the blushing bride still wants to wed Jeff. What else, Jeff runs away and is chased by her as we bring our little tale to an end. We'll see you again tomorrow when Eegah!! does his thang, here, at The Dungeon!!

DE NACHTMERRIE - Joop Geesinw's - "The Nightmare" (19??)

 Tonight's WTF!?! Wednesday in The Dungeon is just that!

I mean like, WTF!?! I thought this was a cartoon, but it turns out that it's an advertisement, but I'm pretty sure this is the first ad I've ever seen with a title card!

 Good luck finding out anything about this version of "De Nachtmerrie," and I don't even remember how I ended up with it!

 Do a Google search for "De Nachtmerrie" and you'll probably end up some place cool like:
This Less Than Normaal Place! 

 Now suddenly I'm a big Normaal fan!

Here's their cover of the classic Lovin' Spoonful song,
"Summer In The City!" 

 So this cat is sleeping and has a nightmare about a pirate with a mirror that tells him.........

 ................He needs a good shave!!!!

 In his nightmare he's transported to this pirate ship, and a very unorthodox barber!
I could say a lot right about now, but just like this customer, I'm choosing to be mute instead!

 You're next buddy boy!!!

 The barber takes a mighty swing.....................

 .............And a miss!!!

 What a freakin' Psycho! What a Nightmare!!

 And he wakes up in a panic until he realizes it was just a dream, and he's safe and sound and will never have to worry about such things, because.........

 ..........He has a groovy new electric razor!!!

And not just any electric razor, it's the latest and the greatest,
PHILIPS "PhilipShave!" So, what do you think about that? WTF!?! or not! I say
Hell Yeah and then some!! What a sales pitch!!

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM / Cinerama Productions Corp., MGM - 1962

Here's an early sixties movie we haven't done yet, so... Here we go!! It's all about the fictionalized lives of the Bavarian story tellers, the Grimm Brothers. In the early nineteenth century, Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm are commissioned to write a family history for a local Duke, the reenactments of three of their stories, "The Dancing Princess", "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone" are showcased.

It's an all-star cast, including Laurence Harvey, Karlheinz Böhm, Claire Bloom, Walter Slezak, Barbara Eden, Oskar Homolka, Arnold Stang, Yvette Mimieux, Russ Tamblyn, Jim Backus, Terry-Thomas, Buddy Hackett, Otto Kruger, Billy Barty, Angelo Rossitto, Gene Roth and many more, wow!! Directed by Henry Levin and George Pal.

We're introduced to the Grimm Bros and the story starts to unfold. This is a 135 minute Cinerama production with an intermission...

In "The Dancing Princess" the King, Jim Backus, wants a handsome young man to follow his daughter and find out where she goes after she disappears in the middle of the night. Russ Tamblyn plays The Woodsman, who takes on the assignment.

He follows her and discovers she wants to dance with the gypsies, Russ shows off his dancing chops and the two fall in love! He must get back to the castle before the Princess is caught, he has a cloak of invisibility and catches a ride on the Princess's carriage to save time.

In "The Cobbler and the Elves" the cobbler is threatened to get his client's shoes finished in a timely manner for a change!

George Pal directed all the animated scenes in the movie, here, he puts his magic to work on the very cute elves scenes.

"The Singing Bone" has Terry-Thomas and Buddy Hackett as Ludwig and Hans, they are searching for the legendary Singing Bone. They find the entrance to a cave where the thing is supposedly hidden.

Once inside the cave, Hans discovers that the Singing Bone is guarded by a big old dragon!!

Ludwig is a big chicken and tries to elude the reptile, but, the mean old dragon uses its fiery breath to send a message to the guy hiding behind a rock!

Anyway, Hans takes on the dragon and kills it after sticking a long sword in to the monster. After the stabbing, it leaks out a ton of pink smoke... Go figure!

The end finds the brothers signing a contract for their book of fairy tales, making them very popular with the children, besides making some big bucks! Join us again Wednesday when Eegah!! haunts this space!!