Aug 29, 2025
Like Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday, Margaret Sheridan is the only female on an all male work crew in The Thing (1951)
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Like Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday, Margaret Sheridan is the only female on an all male work crew in The Thing (1951)
Some of the cast from The Thing From Another World (1951). This shot was used for posters and lobby cards for the film.
Actor Robert Cornthwaite, who played Dr. Carrington (on the left, the bearded fellow holding the flashlight) was arguably the best character out of a film filled with nothing but great characters. TIL he was in his early 30s when he made this film; that's a fantastic make-up job.
Also TIL the tall fellow in the back on the right is John Dierkes. He was a former FBI agent who originally went to Hollywood as a technical advisor. He got the acting bug and quit the Bureau.
What I already knew: the gentleman holding the carbine that obscures most of his face is Paul Frees. Even if you could see his face you might not recognize him, but you would as soon as you heard his voice. Frees worked for decades as a voice actor for radio, animation, and dubbing foreign films. Some of his credits include Boris Badenov from The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, Ben Grimm/The Thing from Hanna-Barbera's Fantastic Four cartoon (his is the voice I hear in my head when I read Ben Grimm in the comics, especially when he says "It's Clobberin' Time!"), Burgermeister Meisterburger from the perennial holiday special Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, and the French radio reporter from the American dub of Destroy All Monsters who describes Baragon (really Gorosaurus) destroying the Arc de triomphe.
As for the other guys in the photo: I'll do a separate post soon on Kenneth Tobey (from, with the axe) and Dewey Martin (the airman with the handgun) and their involvement in the film.
As for the blonde guy in the back with the pickaxe, I got no idea. I think he's a stand-in for James Young, who played Tobey's co-pilot Eddie Dykes. Please lemme know if anyone has any info.
Screenwriter and producer Jack Pollexfen gives horror another go with DAUGHTER OF DR JEKYLL (1957)! Tapping director Edgar G Ulmer will go a long way to making your movie look good... but is it enough?
The film stars Gloria Talbott, John Agar and Arthur Shields.
Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 22:24; Discussion 35:22; Ranking 53:43
WATCHING
After many years of curiosity about this movie I finally watched it!
12.1.19
Fort Petticoat 1957
The Comancheros - Action packed Wayne Adventure
As is usual with most John Wayne films, they seem ‘sort of familiar’, as we’ve likely encountered part of them on some western channel or classic movie channel at some point in the past. Last night we watched this Michael Curtiz production, and it was no different, the wife was sure we’d seen at least part of this one before.
After a seemingly unrelated bit of backstory involving Stuart Whitman (in a duel, getting mixed up with a girl on a river boat) John Wayne shows up as a texas ranger who arrests Whitman to take him back to Kentucky to answer for the ‘murder’ (outcome of the duel). He escapes, but then they cross paths again when Wayne is posing undercover as a gun dealer. They team up to deal with a gang of Comancheros selling guns and supplies to the Comanches, and of course the girl from the boat returns for some complications near the end. A big exciting wham bang finish that may or may not have influenced such films as ‘The Road Warrior’ and ‘Mad Max Fury Road’, and a fun colorful performance by Lee Marvin in an all too short a role.
3.5 stars out of 5
Released 1961, First Viewing May 2017