Aug 25th
Indestructible Man
US 1955. Allied Artists/CGK. 75m. bw

An executed criminal is brought back to life and goes on the rampage against those who incriminated him.
Cheapjack modern Frankenstein thriller with a few cliches and more than an average amount of OTT lumbering required of its star. Fair enough entertainment for the drive-ins.

Written by: Vy Russell, Sue Bradford.
Producer/Director: Jack Pollexfen.
Starring: Lon Chaney Jnr, Casey Adams, Marian Carr, Ross Elliott, Stuart Randall, Robert Shayne.
Photography: John L. Russell.
Music: Albert Glasser.

Aug 20th
One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing*
GB 1975. Walt Disney. 94m.

A civil servant sneaks out a secret formula which is pursued by the Chinese through London.
Enjoyably silly spoof adventure with prolonged action sequences but making excellent use both of familiar English places and faces.

Written/Produced by: Bill Walsh, based on the novel "The Great Dinosaur Robbery" by David Forrest.
Director: Robert Stevenson.
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Derek Nimmo, Joan Sims, Clive Revill, Bernard Bresslaw, Andrew Dove, Max Harris, Deryck Guyler, Roy Kinnear, Natasha Pyne, Richard Pearson, Max Wall.
Photography: Paul Beeson.
Music: Ron Goodwin.
Art Direction: Michael Stringer.

Preceded by:
Superman in
The Mummy Strikes**
(US 1943. Paramount/Famous Artists. 8m.; Clark Kent uncovers the story of a Mummy's ancient curse, which comes alive!; d: Izzy Sparber; voices of Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Jackson Beck.)

ONE OF OUR DINOSAURS IS MISSING. The star of the title, who also later made a guest appearance on the deserts of Tatooine.

Aug 17th
Anne of the Thousand Days*
GB 1969. Universal. 146m. Panavision

Anne Boleyn is seduced by Henry VIII into bringing him a son, then when she fails is framed for adultery and executed.
Long, stately and sometimes moving historical soap opera with slightly mannered performances, especially Burton's.

Written by: John Hale, Bridget Boland, from the play by Maxwell Anderson.
Producer: Hal B. Wallis.
Director: Charles Jarrott.
Starring: Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, John Colicos, Michael Hordern, Katharine Blake, Peter Jeffrey, Denis Quilley, William Squire (as Thomas More).
Photography: Arthur Ibbetson.
Music: Georges Delerue.
Costume: Margaret Furse.
Production Design: Maurice Carter.

Aug 2nd
Babes in Toyland**
aka: Toyland; March of the Wood Soldiers; Laurel and Hardy in Toyland
US 1934. Hal Roach. 77m. bw

Little Bo Peep and Tom-Tom the Piper's Son outwit the evil Barnaby, with a little help from two toymakers.
The stilted filming and acting are irrelevant; the tailoring of these two comics to an essentially theatrical children's operetta makes all the difference, utilising well-used comic routines to still good effect, if rather toned down from their usual brilliance. One of the most magical and child-like of the Laurel & Hardy features, distinguished further by the beautifully mounted production.

Written by: Nick Grinde, Frank Butler, based on the operatta by Glen MacDonough, Victor Herbert.
Directors: Charles Rogers, Gus Meins.
Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlotte Henry, Henry Kleinbach (later Henry Brandon), Felix Knight, Florence Roberts, William Burress.
Music: Victor Herbert.
Lyrics: Glen MacDonough.
Musical Direction: Harry Jackson.
Photography: Art Lloyd, Francis Corby.

+ the numerous title changes came about mostly because of the 1960 Walt Disney remake of the same name, whose makers removed most intact copies of the original 1934 negative. Sadly a fully intact print has yet to materialise.