TOWER OF LONDON / Don't Come Alone! - 1962

In today's movie directed by Roger Corman, upon the death of his brother, King Edward IV, Richard of Gloucester conspires to get the throne for himself. The late King had two young sons, his heir, Edward V and the younger Prince Richard, but they are not of age and so names his other brother Richard as Lord Protector of the Realm. He soon kills his younger brother but is haunted by his ghost for what he has done. As he continues to kill those around him, Richard is haunted by those he has betrayed hearing voices and slowly descending into madness. He spreads rumors that the late King's two sons are illegitimate and therefore not eligible to ascend to the throne. He assassinates the young princes and is crowned King Richard III. However, the ghosts from his past have the final say...

This one stars Vincent (THE TINGLER) Price, Michael (BRAINSTORM) Pate, Joan (TEENAGE REBEL) Freeman, Robert (THE FLAME BARRIER) Brown and Bruce (PIRANHA) Gordon.

King Edward IV is dying, he's trusting in his brother, Richard of Gloucester, to take care of his young sons after his death. Richard looks so serious about wanting to help out... Right!

Years later, Richard lures Edward V into his wine cellar, where, he ends up ramming a sword into the king to be's back, then, dumps him into a vat.

Soon after that though, the ghost of Edward pays the murderer a surprise visit. The incident leaves Richard perplexed and ignites his paranoia...

Richard's cruelty has no bounds, he has the girl whipped, where, she dies. Well, her ghost pays Richard visit, making him even a little nuttier.

But, nothing seems to diminish his terrorism, nobody's safe from his devious ways!

Here's a vision Richard has during one of his paranoia attacks.

Then, Richard is visited by yet another ghost who tells him his future (not good). He seems to be building up a tolerance to the ghosts, he just argues with the spirits now. Love that last still, the curl on his lips is priceless!

Richard was warned, but, decides to go to war with his rivals anyway. Like the ghost said, all his troops are dead, Richard is the only survivor...

The ghosts of all his victims show up to confront Richard, he trys to fend them off with his sword, but, they're ghosts!! Richard gets on his horse to make his escape but is thrown off and falls on his sword!!

Richard takes his last breath and disappears into a pond, never to be seen again... So, check in again tomorrow when we'll unwrap another wild 'n' weird post for you and everybody else!

MY LIVING DOLL - "Boy Meets Girl" (1964)

 Here's a pretty Wild Wednesday feature for you!
"My Living Doll!"

 "My Living Doll" was a TV series that came out in 1964, and was only on for one season.

It was a show about a female robot and was filled with all kinds of innocent perversion! It's no wonder I liked it so much! This was the very first episode and it was titled "Boy Meets Girl."

 The 'star' of the show was one my favorite leading men from the 60's, Robert 'Bob" Cummings!

For me, Bob Cummings was like a better looking, not as stupid, and funnier Jerry Lewis! 

Bob's character is named Dr. Robert McDonald!

 But the person who steals the show is the absolutely stunning Julie Newmar as the robot doll!

 If my math is correct, Julie Newmar just turned 86 a couple of weeks ago. Julie is so pretty that it makes me believe there must be a God!

 On the right is Henry Beckman as a Dr. Carl Miller. The Doctor is upset and freaking out because he has lost an object called AF709, a secret project he's been working on! Bob tells him if he finds it, he will let him know! Henry Beckman is one of those special people with a line of credits as long as your arm, and he was in two "Twilight Zone" episodes, "A Thing About Machines," and "Valley Of The Shadows!" If he's got a familiar face, it's because he was also in so many cool TV shows in the 50's, 60's, and 70's that included titles like "Peter Gunn," "My Favorite Martian," "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," and "The Munsters."

 Bob sees some bare feet enter the room, and looks up to see.....

 .........This gorgeous woman who is not quite all dressed!

 She kind of talks in riddles, and Dr. Bob is a little confused until she turns to leave!

 That's when he realizes that she is AF709, the object that Dr. Miller was saying that he was missing!

 On the right is Jack Mullaney as Dr. Peter Robinson who is going to fall in love with the robot on first sight. Of course, at this point, neither of them know she's a robot! Dr. Bob calls Dr. Miller to tell him that he found his 'project' and that she is exiting the building! Jack Mullaney passed away at the age of only 52 after having a stroke, but he still managed to be in a memorable series of flicks like Disney's "The Absent Minded Professor," "Dr. Goldfoot And The Bikini Machine," "Spinout" with Elvis, and "Little Big Man!"

 Julie Newmar dressed like this is sexier than a million or more completely naked women could ever be!

 Dr. Miller tries to explain things to an unbelieving Dr. McDonald, and then asks him to take the robot home with him for a couple of days, because he needs to leave town. (He ends up being gone for a couple of months!) Bob has no idea what to think!

 Julie Newmar is still probably best remembered for her role as Catwoman!

 Out in public, the robot is creating quite a stir, and Dr. Bob thinks he better get her to his apartment A.S.A.P!

 After being shown the control buttons on her back, Bob is finally convinced that she really is a robot, so he says something to her like, "Okay, first thing is, we need to get you out of those clothes," meaning get her into something more normal. She is a subservient robot, so she complies and starts to disrobe!

As much as he would like it, that wasn't really what nice guy Bob had in mind!

 Bob doesn't even trust himself with her now, and calls his sister to come over and act as a chaperone!

 "My Living Doll" was only a half hour program, so without commercials, it only lasts 25 minutes, and gets over way too fast, but if you have Amazon Prime, you can watch all 26 episodes for no extra charge! Hell, that's worth the annual price of an account all by itself! I know a lot of people have beefs with Amazon for various reasons, but I'm sure not one of them just because of stuff like this!

Speaking of Amazon, you know it's usually all fun and games around here, but if the Brazilian government doesn't get off it's ass soon, and do something about the out of control fires burning in the Amazon rain forest, we're all going to end up living in some cheap ass Sci-Fi movie about the end of the world!
In the meantime, I'm going to watch as many episodes of "My Living Doll" as I can, and I suggest you do the same!

POPEYE THE SAILOR / "Onion Pacific" - 1940

Here's a great Popeye cartoon where him and Bluto fight it out for a railroad franchise. Will Bluto outwit Popeye, or, does Popeye kick his ass?..

It's the big day for the race and Wimpy is the MC in this epic race. Of course he wolfs down a few hamburgers before the race starts.

Get ready, set, GO!!

Olive Oyl ends up in Bluto's cab, she tries to get into Popeye's train only to be a wishbone!

Both trains get to the trestle bridge at the same time and the guys have to hold on for dear life to get across without incident!

Then, Bluto grabs the wheel gear and tosses it away, so, our hero just simply becomes the gear! Makes sense to me.

Bluto flips the track switch and Popeye, Olive and the train take a detour and crash into a water tower, destroying the old coal burner...

So, guess what time it is... That's right, it's Spinach Time!!

Popeye reassembles the pieces into a streamliner, he backs it out and floors it!

He passes Bluto by so fast that his train spins off the track and it screws into the ground, losing the race big time.

Popeye gets the franchise and a big kiss from Olive, bringing our story to a happy ending. Hey, tune in again on Wednesday when Eegah!! will have anotheer great post, just for you...