The Choppers (1961)

"Youngsters are the future. I know that school and church and government work hard to preserve this resource, not to mention all the efforts of mothers and fathers, but this story, it made me think." Arch Hall Sr. & Jr. Despite the B grade, the soundtrack is excellent. Link… (Bummer, no HD. Am I expecting too much of YT content?).

Slung about twice nightly

As well as the (more info) at YouTube, more about the act and others like it can be found at Palace of Variety. Link…

Entrancing

Enot

Vacuum

I told you I had the urge to do something. First rough cut.

Boby Lapointe

After reading a comment made by Wolof, I checked Boby out [YouTube]. I like what I found. Link…

Victorian Cinema

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Abd al-Aziz, Sultan of Morrocco

"One of the more unexpected enthusiasts for the cinematograph in its early days must surely be the youthful Sultan of Morocco (ruled 1894-1908). In truth cinema was but one of the foreign-made playthings in which he was interested. Encouraged by western governments, especially Britain, he imported gadgets in large numbers: according to the Times correspondent these included automobiles, grand pianos, wild animals in cages, barrel-organs, hansom cabs, false hair, and even a passenger lift destined for his one-storey palace. In amongst these items was a large amount of camera gear, including a £2,000 camera made of gold."

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Just one of the players on this interesting site, which recently added a selection of film clips (pre-1901) only. Link…

Boris Vian

On the morning of June 23, 1959, Boris Vian was at the Cinema Marbeuf for the screening of the film version of his controversial "Vernon Sullivan" novel, J'irai cracher sur vos tombes ("I Shall Spit On Your Graves"). He had already fought with the producers over their interpretation of his work and he publicly denounced the film stating that he wished to have his name removed from the credits. A few minutes after the film began, he reportedly blurted out: "These guys are supposed to be American? My ass!" He then collapsed into his seat and died from sudden cardiac death en route to the hospital. Link…

Man Ray

Le Retour à la raison - Starring Kiki.
"The film was first shown shown at the "Cœur à Barbe" evening at the Theater Michel in July 6th. The film was ill-received by the audience, partly because the film broke twice during its projection." Link…

Rama Rocks

Rama's monkey army, led by Hanuman, sings "Bolo Sabhi Jai Ram", a cheerful calypso-like number as they build the bridge to Lanka.