Francis (1950)
Jun 14, 2002Talking Mule Comedy
This was the first in a series of excruciating comedies that pairs hapless Donald O'Connor with Francis, a talking mule. Six sequels followed
Patricia Medina
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
Dec 22, 2015Edgar Allan Poe Adaptation/Trained Killer Ape
A version of Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue that was made for the original 3D fad. That is to say, it is more a case of some elements of the story having been shuffled around into a new story with Karl Malden as a mad zookeeper using a hypnotised ape to kill women
Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961)
Nov 30, 2009Idiots Enact a Fairytale
The Three Stooges are transplanted into a retelling of the fairytale, although their slapstick inanity feels drowned out amid the maudlin banality and Cinemascope spectacle