Take a man with a half a century’s experience in writing with no college degree who admits he’s not that good — he just works tirelessly at his craft. Mix in a feverish imagination for all things living and beyond. The result is the legendary man with a library card named Ray Bradbury. In this 2001 Lecture entitled An Evening with Ray Bradbury, the sci-fi maverick discusses the importance of universal ideas, hard work and what can only be described as reading everything.
In this horrorfest about a mysterious barrage of screaming skulls appearing in a newly-wedded couple’s home, the protagonists are left to wonder if the culprit is a real ghost or is some just playing a cruel joke.
Watch for a chillingly hilarious voice-over wherein the films producers actually (jokingly) promise to pay for mortuary services should any viewer die of fright.
Directed by Alex Nicol
Starring John Hudson, Peggy Webber and Russ Conway
Enjoy The Screaming Skull (1958) Presented by RetroVision Theater
(Watch on a full screen).
In this short clip Blue Man Group founders Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton and Chris Wink explain and elaborate on the subtleties and more nuanced behaviors of Broadway’s famously florescent trio while showcasing a bit of their stage show in a piece called “The Feast.”
Think of New York and what comes to mind? Is it a busy sea of people rushing to make their morning trains amid a cacophony of impetuous taxi horns - the purr of bus engines and Subway trains as they collect the hurried masses with all their daily worries and concerns? Might it be the bellows the of Wall street execs willing to sell it all for a chance at the good life? Still, it might be the church bells of the faithful heard against the prayers of thousands on a single Sunday morning. Yet, all these things and more have been staples of not only today, but also have been reflected throughout time as seen in this photo montage from Magazine 13 as the website reflects back to the turn the Twentieth Century.
(View Old New York in Black and White).
Old New York… from the Outskirts.
The gang joins the Foreign Legion for but more than that, when Olie falls for a married woman, things get really silly!
Laurel and Hardy… from the Outskirts!
