FLIP THE FROG In "Room Runners" - 1932

Here's a Flip The Frog cartoon where he's trying to sneak out of an hotel without paying the bill. This one is special for one reason, and you'll see why as you scroll down this review!..

Here's the Grand Slam Hotel where Flip is staying... You can see the security cop on his beat.

Flip has packed his bag and is trying to sneak out of the place in the cover of darkness. On his way out, he gets a sneak peek at this gal in a see through nightie going back to her room!

The desk clerk, an old biddy, is sleeping, but Flip makes a bunch of noise and conks her on the head with a spittoon that he gets his foot stuck in. She gets furious when she sees who it is, and reminds him that he still owes the hotel $42! He runs back to his room...

He comes up with plan B and ties his bed sheets together, then tosses them out the window. Then he drops his bag, which lands directly on the cop's head!!

The desk clerk looks through the keyhole to see what Flip's up to. She flips out (ha-ha) and tries to get the door open. When that fails, she resorts to running at the door to break through but the door opens up and she streaks into the room!..

And busts her head through a painting of a nude!!.. Oh, how embarrassing!

The old biddy is at his window, screaming, and the cop is on the sidewalk below, just waiting for him to come down. Looks like he's caught between a rock and a hard place!

So, Flip simply goes through an open window on the middle floor!.. This blows my mind a little, but, Flip decides to see who's in the shower, and just walks right on in!

As short as Flip is, I'm sure he got a good look at her.... Anyway, I'd say that it was well worth a little embarrassment, right Flip?

The cop's looking for Flip, but he seems to be easily distracted from his job. Flip tells him to look through the keyhole, which he does...

Heaven through a keyhole! But, after the gal figures out what's going on, she pokes the cop's eye with a long nail and he makes a hasty retreat!

While chasing Flip, the cop ends up riding a banister down a flight of stairs. He rams the girl's big butt with his feet and it transfers into big boobs, which makes her very happy!

Flip decides to duck out of the hotel during the mayhem. But, he gets hit in the head by a flying telephone, falls onto the arm of the slot machine, and hits the jackpot!

Check out that walk, looks like lots of comic artists later copied that move!

Before he can leave though, the desk clerk wants the money for the bill. So, Flip gives her a spittoon full of coins. She gladly accepts!

Then the cop steps in, he wants a coin too. Flip has no more coins so he does a little magic trick and produces a cigar instead. Flip lights it for him and after a few seconds, the place blows sky high!!

We end with Flip and a guy who needs a tooth pulled (from earlier in the toon) in that gal's room yet again! She gets pissed and takes a swing at Flip, he ducks, and she hits the guy with dental problem in the mouth, knocking the tooth out...

This was obviously made before the censors stepped in. Tune in tomorrow when we'll have something special for you'se... Here, at The Dungeon!..

50 YEARS OF CHEAP ASS ROBOTS!

Here's a list I've put together of some of the freakin' goofiest, silliest, and stoopidest robots in film history. Let me know if you disagree!

Technically, "Robot Monster" is too good of a movie to be on this list, but it really was the first of the worst! After 47,000 gorilla movies, in 1953, they decided to bump it up a notch! 

 Want to get lost for a couple of hours? Search for the word robot on this blog. I knew there were a lot of mummies, vampires, and werewolves, but the robots rule the roost no doubt. I think this is a real vision of what the future has in store, artificial intelligence will either save us or kill us! If this series of robots is a good example, then I think we're going to be all right! 

From the 1953 "Adventures Of Superman," here's "The Runaway Robot."

 

"Target Earth" from 1954 is the other movie that is also too good to be on this list, but you gotta admit, what's up with that codpiece and those shoulder pads?

Also in 1954, there was this gem called Gorag in "The Bowery Boys Meet The Monsters."

From the 1955 classic "Ucan Daireler Istanbulda" aka "Flying Saucers Over Istanbul," this cardboard robot always looked like a woman with curlers in her hair to me!

 In 1958, they dragged Gorag back out, and slightly changed his appearance for the "Adventures Of Superman" episode titled "The Gentle Monster."

 South of the border, also in 1958, they came up with this tin can for "The Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy."

In 1959, the Egyptian movie "Journey To The Moon," featured this guy who looks like he was built in some farm shop! I'm guessing the coils are a cooling device! This dude has like a stick for one hand, and a hook for the other

 I love "Ship Of Monsters" from 1960, but there's just no way to compare this thing to Robby The Robot!

 In the 1965 Mexican flick, "Little Red Riding Hood And The Monsters," they dragged out the robot from "The Robot Vs. The Aztec Mummy" for another round!

 

 This super scary robot was in "Yilmayan Seytan" also known as "Copperhead Vs. Dr. Satan" in 1973! Apparently robot technology didn't advance much from the 50's to the 70's!

 Now this robot is quite a bit more sophisticated, but it still looks likes a giant robotic Pillsbury Dough Boy! This guy is looking to duke it out with the Super Red Baron robot in 1973 Japan.

 1973 was a boom year for funky looking robots as is evidenced by this thing from "3 Supermen and Mad Girl!" I don't think it's supposed to necessarily look like it has a mustache, but that's what I see!

 Just for KD, here's Moguera from 1957's "The Mysterians," who I have always liked because I thought he looked like a gigantic Woody The Woodpecker robot!

30 years later, somebody finally had enough class to make Styrofoam robot box heads as an upgrade to cardboard and tinfoil!  From our very own 50 cent production in 2003, here's a shot from "Silver Angel Vs. The Death Zombies!"
There's been lots more robots from the 1921 "Mechanical Man" to "Iron Man" and beyond, but the eras of cheap ass robots, just like 4-track tapes, Beta-Max tapes and the like, will all soon be forgotten by most, if they're not already!

CARNIVAL OF SINNERS / La Main Du Diable - 1943

Here we go with another week of new posts, we'll begin with this very interesting movie from France made during WWII. It goes like this... Roland Brissot pays a nickel for a talisman that will give him love, fame and wealth. The talisman is a freaking left hand, and, it does change his life as an artist, bringing him everything he desired. But of course, nothing is free in this world, and after one year, the devil shows up and asks for his due...

It stars Pierre Fresnay as Roland, Josseline Gaël, Noël Roquevert, Guillaume de Sax and Palau as the Devil.

It starts with Roland, disheveled and missing his left hand, appearing at an inn in the mountains. The people there are all staring at him, he seems a bit insane to them. Annoyed, Roland has a few choice words!

He sits down with the guests and starts telling the story of what has happened to him...

He tells of buying a talisman that was supposed to bring him fame and fortune. But on the way to his friend's room to see the talisman, an unknown person tells him not to buy the thing!

After paying his successful friend a nickel for a box with a left hand in in it, his luck changes. But he's warned, he must sell the hand within one year or face the consequences.

Everything's falling into place, now, his dream girl Irene wants to marry him!

Well, time flies when you're rolling in the dough. Buyers are lining up to buy his paintings now, instead of painting dogs, his left hand is magically turning out dark visions of Hell, intriguing the public!

Then it happens, a year passes and who shows up? Right, the Devil, aka The Small Man...

Roland didn't sell the hand, so, he's required to pay a fee the next day of 200,000 francs. The Devil speeds up time and Roland is 8 francs short. So, he will owe 400,000 the following day as it doubles every day! Roland's an idiot!

Roland goes to a casino and has amassed a tidy sum only to lose it all on one bet...

Roland's life is surreal, he pays a visit to these costumed people only to find out that they have also possessed the hand and they are all part of a chain of cursed souls...

In performances that made him rich, he realizes that he was delving into unnatural acts.

The curse of the Devil hangs over him...

Then as the Devil is closing in on Roland, the spirit of the actual owner of the hand gives our poor Roland a way out of his predicament, return the hand to the owner's grave!

Everyone is enthralled by Roland's story. He has saved his soul, but is afraid the Devil is plotting to kill him for revenge. There's a sound outside and they find the Devil's hand print burned into the door! Roland runs out of the inn and chases his nemesis...

You can see Roland at the top there, beating the crap out of the Devil... He tries to descend the hill and falls to the ground when he slips!

Roland is dead, the people from the inn have come to see if they can help. They find the box, but, the hand is not in it! Then, they find the grave of the man Roland says he needed to return it to, breaking the chain. Yes, a very complicated story, definitely a film you need to see if you haven't! Tune in Wednesday as we keep on trucking down that stormy old Dungeon trail...