Vandor Large Tin Tote, Wizard of Oz
Vandor Large Tin Tote, Wizard of Oz
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- Features Wizard of Oz Characters
- Features Dorothy Sleeping
- 3-1/4-Inch deep for extra storage
- Snap closure with handle
- Dimensions 7 by 10 inches
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Go retro with this adorable large tin lunchbox featuring Wizard of Oz from Vandor. Collect all of your favorite characters or give as a gift to a friend. Put it to good use and pack your lunch for school or the office.
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The Amazing Mr. X: The Spiritualist – Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari and Cathy O’Donnell (1948 Movie)
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org The Amazing Mr. X, also known as The Spiritualist (1948) is a film noir directed by Bernard Vorhaus with cinematography by John Alton. Like Nightmare Alley (1947), this film tells the story of a phony spiritualist racket. The film is prominently featured in Alton’s book on cinematography Painting with Light (1949). The film stars Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O’Donnell, and Richard Carlson. Eagle-Lion Films signed a contract with Carole Landis for the part played by Bari, but Landis committed suicide a few days before shooting began. Two years after her husband’s death, Christine Faber (Lynn Bari) thinks she hears her late husband (Donald Curtis) calling out of the surf on the beach one night. She meets a tall dark man named Alexis (Turhan Bey) who seems to know all about her. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and her younger sister (Cathy O’Donnell) become enmeshed in the strange life of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper cruelness than he had in mind. At preview screenings, audiences found some parts of the film to be funny, and therefore drew unintended laughs. Turhan Bey (born March 30, 1922) is an American actor of Turkish and Czech descent. Bey was active in Hollywood from 1941 to 1953. He was dubbed “The Turkish Delight” by his fans for his exotic handsome looks. After his return to Europe, he pursued careers as a photographer and stage director. Returning briefly to Hollywood to receive an …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
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Dolls (1987)
Article by Ray Crowe
After Re-Animator, cult director Stuart Gordon experienced a brief surge in popularity and was able to make From Beyond and Dolls virtually back to back. Though it received a very limited theatrical release in 1987, Dolls has since gained an impressive reputation among horror fans and remains one of Gordon’s very best films. At once whimsical and creepy, the film creates in the viewer a sense of child-like wonder and makes one feel as though they’re seeing the bizarre events of the film through the eyes of 9-year-old star Carrie Lorraine. The movie was actually shot before From Beyond in 1986 and used the very same sets, but there was so much post-production work needed to be completed due to all the doll effects that it didn’t meet audiences until 1987.
The plot of Dolls revolves around precocious preteen Judy Bower (Lorraine), who ends up stranded along with her expasperated father David (Ian Patrick Williams) and aloof stepmother Rosemary (Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, the director’s wife who was also great in Re-Animator and From Beyond) one rain-filled night in the woods when the family car becomes stuck in the mud. The drenched family comes across a sprawling but decrepit house in the middle of the woods and decide to give it a shot and see if the house occupants would be hospitable enough to put them up for the night. The house does indeed turn out to be inhabited by kindly toymaker Gabrielle Hartwick (Guy Rolfe) and his patient wife Hillary (Hilary Mason), and the charitalbe older couple just happen to have some spare rooms. Trouble is, the house is littered with wicked dolls, all of which were once human beings and are being punished by Rolfe for possessing immoralities and twisted souls, trapped within the porcelain bodies of intricately designed toys.
The entire cast gives standout performaces. Screen veteran Guy Rolfe (Ivanhoe, King of Kings, and Mr. Sardonicus) and is just terrific as Gabrielle, as is Hilary Mason (best remembered as the blind psychic in Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now) as Mrs. Hartwicke. There’s great makeup effects, and I can see why it took so long to release Dolls. There’s a really creepy scene where the dolls grab and attack punk rocker Isabel (Bunty Bailey) and repeatedly ram her head into the wall, and her best friend Enid (Cassie Stuart) gets it when she’s fatally shot by an army of gun-toting nutcrackers. Bitchy Rosemary is terrorized by the little demons when they accost her in the bedroom and start sawing on her arms with a miniture handsaw, and she ends up jumping out of the second-story window just to escape the infernal toys. Stephen Lee also appears to great effect in this film as Ralph and is determined to stop the evil monsters. At a scant 74 minutes, the film is extremely brisk and great fun! The musical score is haunting and will stick with you, and the set design is often jaw-dropping. Nowadays Dolls would probably be given a PG-13 rating as opposed to its original R-rating, but that doesn’t mean it’s only for kids. There’s no sex or nudity, but there is some unsettling violence and a decent amount of gore.
Though it spawned no direct sequels, Dolls did have an influence on several killer doll films that followed, such as Child’s Play, Puppet Master, Demonic Toys, Dollman, Dolly Dearest and Pinocchio’s Revenge. I enthusiastically rate Dolls an 8 of 10 and recommend it to all horror buffs.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read my review of Dolls, which can also be found at http://dolls1987.blogspot.com. Please feel free to visit my blog profile page at http://www.blogger.com/profile/17200139233458760872 for my other reviews of classic horror, suspense and fantasy films!
Question by Rose: I think my friends’ fiance might be gay, should I say anything?
Best answer:
Answer by Leslie
2 years and only 3 kisses..wow, yeah I am sure she knows and she is ignoring the flags, he may not be gay he just may not really be ready for marriage yet specially if they argue so much now.
But you should stay out of it, telling her something about his sexuality w/out any proof can cause more harm than good and if the relationship breaks up because of something you said you may actually lose your friend. now if you catch him kissing another guy well….
Answer by entitledtoanopinion
She probably has suspicions already. Only bring it up if you want to end your friendship because a woman will take the side of her man all the time – until he dumps her and then she’ll need you. Sure it sounds like he’s having trouble dealing with his own sexuality. Maybe he hasn’t yet had an intimate physical homosexual experience so isn’t even sure himself. In any case, the best you can do is be a friend and introduce her to a lot of very macho guys at every opportunity so she can do some comparisons on her own.
Answer by Epic Proportions
With all do respect, this is none of your business. Yes, you should, as you put it, ‘keep your mouth shut’.
If you respect your friend, then let her navigate her relationship on her own. It’s natural for a friend to ‘complain’ to another from time to time. She feels safe venting to you. I’m sure she doesn’t expect you to cast judgment! She expects you to listen, give her a hug when she needs it and to keep her confidence. Whatever issues she has with her fiancé, she will address them before she gets married. There is nothing wrong (or indicative of sexual preference) with appreciation of the fine arts. Theater and music included.
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