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!!

25 GOOD REASONS TO WATCH OLDE MOVIES Part 03

  #51 - Britt Ekland - "The Wicker Man" "The Man With The Golden Gun"

 #52 - Diana Dors - The Siren of Swindon, The English Marilyn Monroe!

 #53 - Elizabeth Campbell - "El Planeta De Las Mujeres Invasoras" "Las Luchadoras Contra El Médico Asesino" etc.

#54 - Gianna Maria Canale - "Lust Of The Vampire" "Colossus And The Amazon Queen"

 #55 - Jane Birkin - "Blow-up"

 #56 - Joi Lansing - She probably should have been the first one on the first list! Just because!!

#57 - Julie Adams - "Creature From The Black Lagoon"

#58 - Kathryn Grant - "The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad"

#59 - Martha "Two Guns For" Hyer"

#60 - Milicent Patrick was not only a beautiful actress, she also gets the mind-blowing credits for creating "The Creature From The Black Lagoon" mask, the Mr. Hyde mask in "Abbott And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde," the mutant mask in "This Island Earth," and the Xenomorph in "It Came From Outer Space!" Now that's sexy!!!!

#61 - Mylène Demongeot is just too cute!

She was Hélène in the three "Fantomas" films!

#62 - Nancy Kwan - The World of Suzie Wong" "The Wrecking Crew"

#63 - Patti Chandler - "Ski Party" "Bikini Beach" "Dr. Goldfoot"

#64 - Peggy Cummins - "Gun Crazy" "Curse Of The Demon"

#65 - Raquel Welch - "Fathom" "Bedazzled" "Bluebeard"

#66 - Sherry Jackson - "Make Room For Daddy" "Star Trek" "The Monitors"

#67 - Veronica Lake - Been in love with that coif since I was a little boy!

#68 - Yvette Mimieux - "The Time Machine" "Three In The Attic"

#69 - Martine Beswick - "From Russia With Love" "Thunderball"
 

#70 -  Jennifer Jayne - "The Crawling Eye" "Hysteria" "They Came From Beyond Space"

#71 - Marie-Pierre Castel - "La Vampire Nue"

72 - Sheila Carol (Sheila Noonan) - "Beast From Haunted Cave" "Bucket Of Blood"

#73 - Mary Ann Mobley - Miss Mississippi 1958 and Miss America 1959.
She was originally cast as "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E." and Batgirl too, but was replaced both times!

#74 - Leigh Christian - "Beyond Atlantis" "The Doll Squad"
 

#75 - Jill St John - "The Lost World" "Diamonds Are Forever" "Batman"
So that's it for this go round, I think there will still be at least 25 more which will make it an even hundred! We've all been blessed for years! Thank-you to them all!!