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Bloodlust!
''Bloodlust!'' is a 1961 American horror thriller film written, directed and produced by Ralph Brooke and starring Wilton Graff, June Kenney, Joan Lora, Eugene Persson, and Robert Reed. It is based on Richard Connell's 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game." It was produced by Robert H. Bagley. Its plot follows four young adults who visit a tropical island only to become prey for a sadistic hunter. It was filmed in 1959 but not released until 1961, when it was the second film on a double feature with ''The Devil's Hand''. Plot Two couples- Betty and Johnny, and Jeanne and Pete - vacation at sea together. When the ship's captain passes out drunk, they decide to go to a nearby jungle island. As they depart, Capt. Tony awakens and calls out, warning them not to. As they explore the island, Johnny falls into a pit. While pulling him out, the others look up to see Dr. Balleau and two servants. Balleau orders the servants to help get Johnny out. That night at his house, Balleau t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilton Graff
Wilton Graff (born Wilton Calvert Ratcliffe; August 13, 1903 – January 13, 1969) was an American actor. Early years The son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Graff, he was born Wilton Calvert Ratcliffe in St. Louis, Missouri, US. He graduated from West Hartford High School in 1921. Career Before he became an actor, Graff worked for newspapers, including ''The Hartford Times'', '' The Springfield Republican'', and the ''Paris Herald''. Graff debuted on Broadway in ''Fantasia'' (1933). His last Broadway appearance was in ''Gabrielle'' (1941). He began working in movies in the 1940s and eventually appeared in dozens, usually as a professional man or an authority figure, such as a military officer. He starred in only one film, ''Bloodlust!'', playing against type as an obvious, deranged villain. Most of his work in the last 10 years of his career was on television. In 1956, he guest starred on James Arness’s TV Western Series ''Gunsmoke'', as “Troy Carver”, in the episod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lilyan Chauvin
Lilyan Chauvin (; ; 6 August 192526 June 2008) was a French-American actress, television host, director, writer, and acting teacher. A native of Paris, Chauvin began her career performing on French radio and onstage in England. She relocated to the United States in 1952 to pursue an acting career, and was initially cast in minor television parts before making her film debut in 1957. Chauvin's career in American films spanned over 60 years, and largely consisted of supporting roles. Some of her credits include ''The Other Side of Midnight'' (1977), '' Private Benjamin'' (1980), the slasher film ''Silent Night, Deadly Night'' (1984), ''Predator 2'' (1990), and Steven Spielberg's ''Catch Me If You Can'' (2002). She also had a prolific career in television, and guest-starred in such television series as ''The X-Files'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', ''Friends'', ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''Alias'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', '' McCloud'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Reed
Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama '' The Defenders'' from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as the father Mike Brady, opposite Florence Henderson's role as Carol Brady, on the ABC sitcom ''The Brady Bunch'', which aired from 1969 to 1974. He later reprised his role of Mike Brady on several of the reunion programs. In 1976, he earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his guest-starring role in a two-part episode of '' Medical Center'' and for his work on the miniseries '' Rich Man, Poor Man''. The following year, Reed earned a third Emmy nomination for his role in the miniseries ''Roots''. Early life Reed was born John Robert Rietz Jr. in the northern Chicago suburb of Highland Park, Illinois, the only child of Helen (née Teaverbaugh) and John Robert Rietz, who were high-school sweethearts and married at 18. Reed attended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Kenney
June Claire Sebastian ( Kenney; July 6, 1933 – June 25, 2021) was an American actress known for her work in B movies in the late 1950s. Early life June Claire Kenney was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the only child of Frederick Kenney, a builder and plumber of Irish descent, and Edna (née Deslauriers), a homemaker of French-Canadian descent. She lived in suburban Malden, Massachusetts during her childhood. Kenney started singing and dancing when she was four. Her appearances on Boston area radio attracted the attention of talent scouts looking for the next Shirley Temple. She signed with Warner Bros. and appeared in several musical shorts. The studio wanted to send her to Hollywood, but her father did not let her go as he wanted to keep the family together and not abandon his construction business. Ultimately her parents decided to move west to escape the cold New England winters. The Kenneys relocated to Southern California around 1949, first to Gardena, California, before s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crown International Pictures
Crown International Pictures (CIP) was an independent film studio and distribution company formed in 1959 by Newton P. Jacobs. History Jacobs was a branch head of RKO Pictures until 1947, when he formed Favorite Films, an organization which released films acquired from the studios which had originally produced them, long after their first run release. CIP became one of the first franchise distributors for American International Pictures (AIP) product. Like AIP, Crown International is primarily known for low-budget genre films, including; grindhouse cinema, biker films, exploitation films, and B-movie drive-in fare. Crown International began releasing both low-budget films as ''Bloodlust!'' and ''The Seventh Commandment'', by American producers, as well as foreign films such as ''First Spaceship on Venus'' and ''Varan the Unbelievable'' (released as a double feature in 1962) which Crown was able to acquire inexpensively, due to the US dollar's strength. Crown began producing its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Devil's Hand
''The Devil's Hand'' (a.k.a. ''Witchcraft'', ''The Naked Goddess'', ''Devil's Doll'' and ''Live to Love'') is a 1961 American Independent film, independent horror film. It was produced by Alvin K. Bublis and directed by William J. Hole Jr. The film stars Linda Christian, Robert Alda, Ariadna Welter and Neil Hamilton (actor), Neil Hamilton. The movie was made in 1959 by Rex Carlton Productions, but not distributed until 1961 by Crown International Pictures. It follows the activities of a group of modern-day Los Angeles, Los Angelenos who are members of a cult that worships Gamba, the Great Devil God. Plot Rick Turner (Robert Alda) has a problem. He awakens night after night seeing visions of a beautiful woman in a negligee dancing in the clouds. The visions disturb him. One night he gets up, goes walking and is drawn to a doll shop. In the window he sees a doll that is the exact image of the woman in his visions. He takes his girlfriend Donna Trent (Ariadna Welter) there the next d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Persson
Eugene Clair "Gene" Persson (January 12, 1934 – June 6, 2008) was an American actor, theatrical and film producer, best known for his work as the co-producer and co-creator of the original 1967 production of the Broadway musical comedy, ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'', as well as the show's 1999 Broadway revival, which won two Tony Awards. Early life and career Gene Persson was born in Long Beach, California the son of Oscar Persson and Leah Krascoff. He began his career in entertainment as a child actor on radio, television and film, including one of the kids in ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' (1949) and two of its followups. He returned to acting after having served in the United States military during the Korean War, appearing in B movies, including Paramount Pictures' ''The Party Crashers'' (1958), as well as ''Earth vs. the Spider'' (1958) and '' Bloodlust!'' (1961). Producer Persson married actress Shirley Knight in 1959. He soon began switching his career focus from ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Brooke
Walter Brooke (born Gustav William Tweer Jr., October 23, 1914 – August 20, 1986) was an American actor. Career Brooke's film career stretched from ''You're in the Army Now'' (1941 to '' Jagged Edge'' (1985). One of his best-remembered roles was that of Mr. McGuire, a friend of Benjamin Braddock's parents in ''The Graduate'' (1967), who confides one sacred word to young Benjamin: "Plastics." Brooke portrayed District Attorney Frank Scanlon in the television series ''The Green Hornet''. He also played Clarence Johnson in ''The Waltons'', Walter Montgomery in '' Paradise Bay'', Billy Herbert in ''One Man's Family'', and Judge Howe in '' The Lawyers''. Brooke appeared in three episodes of ''The Incredible Hulk'' as Mark Roberts, an editor for the fictional ''National Register''. (The Character of Mark Roberts first appeared in the Season 2 episode "Stop the Presses" and was played by actor Richard O' Brien.) He played several naval officers in ''McHale's Navy'' and an unnamed dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Persson
Eugene Clair "Gene" Persson (January 12, 1934 – June 6, 2008) was an American actor, theatrical and film producer, best known for his work as the co-producer and co-creator of the original 1967 production of the Broadway musical comedy, ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'', as well as the show's 1999 Broadway revival, which won two Tony Awards. Early life and career Gene Persson was born in Long Beach, California the son of Oscar Persson and Leah Krascoff. He began his career in entertainment as a child actor on radio, television and film, including one of the kids in ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' (1949) and two of its followups. He returned to acting after having served in the United States military during the Korean War, appearing in B movies, including Paramount Pictures' ''The Party Crashers'' (1958), as well as ''Earth vs. the Spider'' (1958) and '' Bloodlust!'' (1961). Producer Persson married actress Shirley Knight in 1959. He soon began switching his career focus from ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Wilson (actor)
Harry Wilson (22 November 1897 – 6 September 1978) was a British character actor who appeared in over 300 films from 1928 to 1965 and proudly proclaimed himself "Hollywood's ugliest man". Slide, Anthony: Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players and Stand-Ins, Univ. Press of Mississippi, , p110 His distinctive facial features and voice (often said to be the result of acromegaly, a disorder of the pituitary gland, although they do not fully meet the criteria) often led to him being cast as various henchmen, thugs, convicts and brawlers. His best-known roles include a Winkie Guard in '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939); the female monster in ''Frankenstein's Daughter'' (1958); and together with Mike Mazurki, the henchman of George Raft's "Spats Colombo" in '' Some Like It Hot'' (1959). In 1961, in a credited role, he appeared as a townsman in the TV Western series ''Bat Masterson'' (S3E18 "The Prescott Campaign"). For over fifteen years Wilson was a stand-in for W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier's
''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Collier's: The National Weekly'' and eventually to simply ''Collier's''. The magazine ceased publication with the issue dated the week ending January 4, 1957, although a brief, failed attempt was made to revive the Collier's name with a new magazine in 2012. As a result of Peter Collier's pioneering investigative journalism, ''Collier's'' established a reputation as a proponent of social reform. After lawsuits by several companies against ''Collier's'' ended in failure, other magazines joined in what Theodore Roosevelt described as "muckraking journalism." Sponsored by Nathan S. Collier (a descendant of Peter Collier), the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability was created in 2019. The annual US$25,000 prize is one of the large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
