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WATER SPORTS!!! DAVY JONES' LOCKER (1934), || SINBAD JR. AND HIS MAGIC BELT: SINBAD Jr. AND THE MASTER WEAPON (~1966), || FUN ON THE RUN (1945), || Quickie Theatre presents: THE BLACK PIRATE (1926) (condensed), || BLACKBEARD'S GHOST (1968)
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* DAVY JONES' LOCKER (1934)
 While out fishing with his gal pal, Willie Whopper tangles with denizens of the deep - including a vast and menacing Poseidon figure, and a drunken pirate - Davy Jones, himself - who swills hooch while slamming his peg-leg stump on his cabin's decking. Then
Willie unintentionally hooks King Neptune himself! The King of the Sea
is none too impressed by this behaviour, whereapon adventures, on - and
below - the waves ensue. Lots of sea-creature sight gags, too - if it
wasn't another fantastic UB IWERKS cartoon, you'd be thinking TEX AVERY!
Prod Co: Celebrity Productions, Inc. Prod: UB IWERKS. Distr: P. A. Powers. Dir: UB IWERKS. Mus: CARL STALLING. Vocal Talent: JANE WITHERS (Willie Whopper). Anim: Al Eugster. 7 mins. ALC * SINBAD Jr. AND HIS MAGIC BELT: SINBAD Jr. AND THE MASTER WEAPON (~1966)
 Here's a fabulous animated cartoon from the past - featuring the son of the famed nautical adventurer (not strictly a pirate, mind you), Sinbad. Sinbad, the younger, wears an ancient belt - a magical artefact - which grants him superhuman strength - equal to that of fifty men - in addition to the power of flight. He is assisted in his high seas adventures by his first mate, and parrot pal, Salty, ( - voiced by the mighty MEL BLANC). The two sail the Seven Seas, on the lookout for adventure. SINBAD Jr. was initially produced for American International Television, but Hanna-Barbera took over production from Sam Singer in 1966. There were around 81 episodes of the cartoon, each five minutes long. Each program was half-an-hour long, made up from a mixture of the episodes. Prod Co: HANNA BARBERA. Prod: JOSEPH BARBERA, WILLIAM HANNA. Cast: Tim Matheson (Sinbad Jr. - voice), MEL BLANC (Salty the Parrott - voice). 7 mins. RM And, tonight, a double-dose of "Quickie Theatre" - presenting: * FUN ON THE RUN (1945)  Here's the fabulous quickie condensed version of BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO's "HERE COME THE CO-EDS" (1945). Molly McCarthy (Martha O'Driscoll), her brother, Slats (BUD ABBOTT), and his pal, Oliver Quackenbush (LOU COSTELLO), are taxi dancers (commercial dancing partners) at the Miramar Ballroom. As
a publicity stunt, Slats plants a newspaper item about Molly, claiming
her ambition is to earn enough money to attend staid, all-girl Bixby
College.
Bixby's
progressive Dean offers Molly a scholarship, which Molly accepts - on
the condition that Slats and Oliver, who have lost their dancing jobs,
come along too as campus caretakers. But the pompous head of the school's Board of Trustees threatens to foreclose on the school's mortgage if Molly isn't expelled.
Together,
the trio - with the help of some new friends - concocts a scheme to
raise enough money to save the school. The plan involves a bet on the
Bixby basketball team, which is playing in a game rated at 20 to 1 by
the local bookie.
But
the bookie has other plans for their dough and hires a group of ringers
to step in for the opponents. All is not lost, at least while Oliver
has the chance to turn things around for his friends - one way or
another.
HERE COME THE CO-EDS is another joyous romp by two of the best-loved comedic talents ever to appear on the silver screen. This
delightful condensed version, FUN ON THE RUN, makes it a fast-paced,
fun-filled treat for all ages, with special emphasis on the exciting
and amusing basketball match at its climax. (Interestingly, in his
youth, LOU COSTELLO played
basketball and specialized in dead-eye free-throw shooting, and pumped in many of the shots himself during the film's basketball game!) The
interesting story about these A&C Castle condensations is that they
led to a $5 million lawsuit by Bud and Lou against Universal Pictures!
The
studio had licensed Castle Films to distribute these versions of the
boys' routines - without A&C's permission or knowledge.
The lawsuit claimed that the studio made $1.25 million on the shorts, and never told the team about it.
Eventually
the suit was settled, and Universal gave Bud and Lou 50% of the profits
from the Castle releases, of which there were about twenty.
Prod Co: UNIVERSAL PICTURES. Prod: John Grant. Dir: Jean Yarbrough. Wr: John Grant. Cast: BUD
ABBOTT (Slats McCarthy), LOU COSTELLO (Oliver Quackenbush), Peggy Ryan
(Patty), Martha O'Driscoll (Molly McCarthy), June Vincent (Diane
Kirkland), LON CHANEY Jr. (Johnson, the head caretaker), Donald Cook (Larry Benson), Charles Dingle (Jonathan Kirkland), Phil Spitalny (band-leader, Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra). 9 mins. RM Plus! - * THE BLACK PIRATE,
(condensed)
(1926)
 A narrated presentation of the duels, sea battles & acrobatics (including the famous, not-to-be-missed sliding-down-the-sail stunt, which I think - tho my memory is getting fuzzy these days - used to feature in Ivan Hutchinson's movie show introduction) in THE BLACK PIRATE, the film that pioneered two-strip Technicolor™! Although
the process had not been fully perfected, DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS hoped that,
in using colour, he would capture some -thing of the spirit of piracy
found in the books of Robert L. Stevenson and the paintings of Howard
Pyle.
From a range of possibilities, Fairbanks chose sepia and the darkened tones found in old oil paintings.
Technical problems meant that plans for location-shooting had to be abandoned and almost the entire film was shot in the studio, with few close-ups. Compositions
- the grouping of bodies in the frame and the use of light and shadow -
appear to have been influenced by the old masters.
Another installment in the fabulous "History of the Motion Picture" series. Producer: DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS. Director: Alert S. Parker. Writers: Jack Cunningham, Lotta Woods, Oscar Borg, Edward Langley, Jack Holden. Photography: Henry Sharp, Design: Carl Oscar Borg. Cast: DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, Billie Dove, Donald Crisp, Anders Randolf. Based on a story by DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS (under the pseudonym of Elton Thomas). Prod Co: Gregstan Enterprises (Paul Killiam, Saul J.Turell). Dir: Saul J. Turell. 26 mins. ALC
followed by:
*BLACKBEARD'S GHOST,
(1968)
 DEAN JONES plays Steve Walker, who has recently arrived in a small New England town to take up a position as track coach for Godolphin College. While standing in the lobby of a hotel run by a group of old ladies - a harmless bunch of senior citizens led by Emily Stowecroft (Bride of Frankenstein, herself - ELSA LANCHESTER!), (- they call themselves the 'Daughters of Blackbeard', as they are the descendents of the crew of none other than Edward “Blackbeard the Pirate” Teach, himself !) - Walker accidentally bids on an old fashioned bed-warmer that was once reputedly used by Blackbeard. After Walker gets to his room in the inn, he accidentally sits on the bed-warmer and breaks the handle, in which he finds a faded piece of paper with a spell that causes the ghost of old Blackbeard to reappear. It seems that the old pirate has been cursed by his wicked wife to walk the Earth "in limbo", until such a time as some small portion of good might be found in him. But the comedic deal - as it so often is in these situations - is that Walker, alone, is the only one able see the ectoplasmic buccaneer. After that, Jones plays straight man to a hilarious Ustinov. We discover that the inn is coveted by gangster Joby Baker, who's bought the mortgage. Blackbeard and his shenanigans cause some romantic problems for Walker, when he takes an interest in Jo Anne Baker (SUZANNE PLESHETTE). What does Walker have to do to get rid of Blackbeard? Will people think that he is crazy, after being seen talking to ghost that no one else can see? In the end - in true Disney style - the old buccaneer sets everything aright and escapes the limbo to which he has been consigned.  JONES - who was Disney's major leading man at that time in the 1960s, appearing in THE LOVE BUG (1968), THAT DARN’ CAT (1965), THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK (1971), THE HORSE IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT (1968), and numerous other comedic escapades - borrows a great deal from that other actor who's career Disney rejuvenated. In fact, the similarities between BLACKBEARD’S GHOST and ABSENT MINDED PROFESSOR (1961) and SON OF FLUBBER (1963) are too obvious to be missed, with pre-eminent Disney director ROBERT STEVENSON in great form at the helm. Still those were two pretty funny films and BLACKBEARD’S GHOST resides within this great tradition. Though the movie isn't a well-known Disney “classic”, it is still most certainly a shining example of why Disney films were once so enjoyable. For Ustinov fans, this is the man at his zenith. You can see it in his face and his performance how much of a good time he was having with this part. And it is always a delight to see even the smallest performances from Splodge! favourites RICHARD DEACON, and BYRON FOULGER. This is just a masterpiece of comedy movies! In the same words as Blackbeard’s, it seems that people don't know how to have fun anymore, nowadays. I think that's the reason why we no longer see many excellent comedies of this kind. You’ll just blow your head off of laughing, from the very beginning 'til the very end! The jokes are some of the best of all time!! Every single frame of this movie is a turbulence of nonstop laughing!! I just can't find words to say something bad about this movie, I mean it.  Prod Co: WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS. Prod: WALT DISNEY, Bill Walsh. Dir: ROBERT STEVENSON. Wr: Bill Walsh, Don DaGradi. Mus: Robert F. Brunner. Phot: Edward Colman. Cast: Peter Ustinov, DEAN JONES, SUZANNE PLESHETTE, ELSA LANCHESTER, Joby Baker, Elliott Reid, RICHARD DEACON, MICHAEL CONRAD, GIL LAMB, BYRON FOULGER. 106 mins. ALC Minor programme changes may occur due to unforseen circumstances. Feature runs last; shorts order may vary from listing. * Acknowledging ACMI Inc. & National Film and Sound Archive ;) *  ************ ********* ********* ********* ADMISSION IS RESTRICTED TO MEMBERS FOR THIS PROGRAMME THIS IS A FILM SOCIETY SCREENING OPEN TO MEMBERS
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