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The Colossus of New York (1958)

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Podcast Actor John Baragrey Golden Age of Radio Tribute

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Shockproof

The combination of two filmmakers as distinctive as Samuel Fuller and Douglas Sirk would have made for a much better film than SHOCKPROOF (1949, TCM, YouTube) had Columbia Pictures not softened most of the rough edges of Fuller’s script. He wrote about a parole officer (Cornel Wilde) who becomes obsessed with a murderess (Patricia Knight, aka Mrs. Wilde) under his supervision. He tries to keep her from the gambler boyfriend (John Baragrey) for whom she had killed, gets her a job caring for his blind mother (Esther Minciotti) and, when she shoots a man to protect him, goes on the lam with her., The film still has a strong sense of the forces that drive Wilde from the straight and narrow and a wonderful bit of irony at the end that I can’t reveal. But it also has a hokey ending forced on Sirk and Fuller by the studio. Sirk hated it so much he left Columbia and briefly returned to Germany.

Sirk’s influence can be seen in an opening sequence that introduces Knight by following her picture hat as she adopts a new look and goes for her first check-in with Wilde (in one L.A.’s best. locations, The Bradbury Building). He also makes Wilde’s family home another character in the film (as he did with the family homes in ALL I DESIRE, ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, THERE’S ALWAYS TOMORROW and WRITTEN ON THE WIND). He tends to favor the story’s women, getting strong performances from Knight (she gives good regret), Minciotti, Ann Shoemaker as a police psychiatrist and Claire Clarkson as Knight and Wilde’s neighbor.

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1939 Philco TV Playhouse - Pride & Prejudice

There's not a lot of information out there about this adaptation, except that it existed, and no footage remains.

Even imdb mostly only knows that Madge Evans and John Baragrey played our Lizzy and Darcy.

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The Colossus of New York (1958)

"No... No, it's inhuman."

"Inhuman? It would've been inhuman to deny the world of his genius!"

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From the Golden Age of Television

The Scarlet Letter -  CBS  -  April 3, 1950

Drama

Running Time:  60 minutes

A Presentation of Westinghouse Studio One

Stars

Mary Sinclair as Hester Prynne

John Baragrey as Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale

Richard Purdy as Roger Chillingworth 

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Film |The Colossus of New York - Review

Black & White Cinema Film |The Colossus of New York - Review #FilmFriday

Plot – A brilliant surgeon encases his dead son’s brain in a large robot body, with unintended results… Director –  Eugène Lourié Starring – John Baragrey, Mala Powers, Otto Kruger Genre – Horror | Sci-fi Released – 1958 Sure it’s very outdated in the special effects department but Colossus of New York does happen to be very up to date when it comes to the timeless debate of ethics versus…

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From Jean Yarbrough and Reliance Pictures comes THE CREEPER (1948)! While the film takes the name of his character, the film has more in common with CAT PEOPLE than Rondo Hatton (maybe, kinda, sorta). Starring Janis Wilson, Onslow Stevens, & John Baragrey.

Context Setting 00:00; Synopsis 11:21; Discussion 19:48; Ranking 47:49

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Shockproof | Douglas Sirk | 1949

King Donovan, Patricia Knight, John Baragrey

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Shockproof (1949)

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Shockproof (1949) by Douglas Sirk

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Horror on TV: Thriller 2.19 "A Wig for Miss Devore" (dir by John Brahm)

Horror on TV: Thriller 2.19 “A Wig for Miss Devore” (dir by John Brahm)

For tonight’s televised horror, we have yet another classic episode of the Boris Karloff-hosted anthology series, Thriller! In the Wig for Miss Devore, Sheila Devore (Patricia Barry) is an actress looking to make a comeback.  She’s recently been cast in a film about a real-life witch who was executed centuries ago.  Sheila’s so determined to make the part her own that she’s even willing to wear a…

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THE ACQUITTAL

1919

The Acquittal is a play in three acts by Rita Weiman. The original production was produced by George M. Cohan and Sam Harris, staged by Sam Forrest. 

The cast featured William Harrigan, son of the late entertainer Ned Harrigan. Young Harrigan was recently returned from military service overseas. 

Kenneth Winthrop is tried for the murder of his foster-father, Andrew Prentice. His foster-brother, Robert Armstrong is his accuser. Both love Madeline, who has chosen Winthrop. Armstrong alleges that Edith Craig, secretly engaged to the dead man, and Winthrop were in love, but it is not believed. Circumstantial evidence is introduced offering the time as given by a certain clock. Madeline discovers that what they took for a clock in a butcher's store window was a circular meat scale, the hand of which stays at twelve, the top of the scale, when not in use. This discovery clears her husband. A postal inspector produces a letter written on the night of the murder by Prentice, which had been stolen in a mail holdup and recovered. This letter solves the whole mystery and puts the guilt on the shoulders of Prentice, who then confesses and commits suicide. Madeline finally finds happiness with Armstrong, who has always loved her.

The Acquittal premiered in Atlantic City NJ at Nixon’s Apollo Theatre on the Boardwalk on June 30, 1919. It then traveled to Asbury Park and Long Branch.

Instead of moving directly across the river to Broadway, the play decamped to Chicago beginning September 21st. This is likely to await the availability of Cohan and Harris’ flagship theatre on the Rialto. It stayed in the Windy City until December 27, 1919. It made a quick trip to Baltimore before Broadway. 

The Acquittal opened on Broadway at the Cohan and Harris Theatre (226 West 42nd Street) on January 5, 1920. 

About the Venue: The Cohan and Harris was in 1914 as the Candler, and leased to George M. Cohan and Sam H. Harris until 1920, when they ended their partnership. Harris kept the theatre, renaming it for himself. In 1926, he sold it to the Shuberts, who lost it in a 1933 bankruptcy. It was a movie house from 1933 to 1978 and demolished in 1996. It became part of Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.

“Do any of you remember that jangly old song titled ‘Harrigan, That's Me'? If you do, you can testify that the gentleman of the piece was more than ordinarily boastful of his ability; that there was very little H A double R I G A N could not do. All of which is a prelude to our statement that ‘The Acquittal,’ Rita Weiman's new drama at the Cohan and Harris Theatre, is made by an unassuming young man of that name. William Harrigan's playing of the square, slangy, likable reporter of The Chronicle, Joe Conway, is one of the best bits of acting we have seen in some time.” ~ McELLIOTT, NY DAILY NEWS

The play closed on May 1, 1920, after 138 performances. After a short break, the play went out on tour again. Harrigan, and Chrystal Herne remained with the cast. 

During its post-Broadway tour, the play returned to Atlantic City and Nixon’s Apollo on October 4, 1920. 

In 1923, a film version was released by Universal. The film was directed by Clarence Brown starring Norman Kerry, Claire Windsor, Richard Travers, and Barbara Bedford. 

The film opened in Atlantic City at the Bijou Theatre on the Boardwalk on November 23, 1923. 

In 1953, the play was adapted for television as an installment of “Broadway Television Theatre” on WOR TV, syndicated from New York City. It starred John Baragrey and Judith Evelyn. 

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Shockproof (1949)

"Now listen: this is important in your case. You may not associate with, or correspond with, or make any contact with any individual of known bad reputation, or any present or former inmate of a penal institution -"

"Harry Wesson was never in any -"

"I know all about Harry, you don't have to tell me! He's never landed in the pen, but he's come close a dozen times. Now, I'm telling you he's the wrong sort for you, and my orders are to stay away. Disobeying my orders means you break parole. Breaking parole means you go back to jail, is that clear?"

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Gammera the Invincible (1966) Dvd

Actors: Albert Dekker, Brian Donlevy, Diane Findlay, John Baragrey.

Format: Dvd 

Language: English,  5.1 Surround Sound

Run Time: 86min 

Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide

Extras: None

Plot: When an atomic explosion awakens a giant fire-breathing turtle monster from its hibernation, the monster lays waste to Tokyo; a young boy develops an unlikely friendship with the monster, while a scientist searches for a way to destroy it.

Danger Tomorrow (1960) Dvd

Actors: Annabel Maule, Rupert Davies, Robert Urquhart, Zena Walker, Lisa Daniely

 Format: Dvd, Remastered

 Language: English,  5.1 Surround Sound

 Run Time: 59mins 

 Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide

 Extras: Theatrical Trailer

 Plot: A doctor and his wife move into an old house in an English village where he is to start a new job- over the next few days his wife begins to experience strange visions which makes her frightened that her life is in danger.

My Mom's A Werewolf (1989) Dvd

Actors: Susan Blakely, John Saxon, Tina Caspary

 Format: Dvd, Remastered

 Language: English,  5.1 Surround Sound

 Run Time: 87mins

 Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide

 Extras: None  

 Plot: After being bitten by a mysterious pet-shop owner, house-wife Leslie begins a gruesome transformation into a werewolf. Her only hope is her young daughter Jennifer who races against time to stop Leslie from turning into an animal for good.

Ask Any Girl (1959) Dvd

Actors: David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, and Gig Young.

 Format: Dvd

 Language: English,  5.1 Surround Sound

 Run Time: 98mins

 Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide

 Extras: None

 Plot: Sales girl falls for the younger of a company run by two brothers. The elder falls for her but plans to help her get his brother because he doesn't know he's in love.

Cold Heaven (1991) Dvd

Actors:  Theresa Russell · Mark Harmon · James Russo · Will Patton · Richard Bradford · Julie Carmen · Talia Shire · Diana Douglas

 Format: Dvd, Remastered

 Language: English,  5.1 Surround Sound

 Run Time: 105mins

 Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide

 Extras: None

 Plot: An adulterous woman's faith in God is tested when her husband dies and miraculously comes back to life.

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Preview in the March 20, 1952, issue of TV Guide of the upcoming issue featuring TV’s Lady-Killers, including John, and then the cover of the March 27, 1952, issue.