#george breakston

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A monster by any other name would spook as sweet... it's THE MANSTER (1959) aka SŌTŌ NO SATSUJINKI aka THE SPLIT from directors George Breakston and Kenneth G. Crane!

An American/Japanese co-production, this schlocky-titled film is anything but as it tackles themes of masculinity and alcoholism.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 10:15; Discussion 29:07; Ranking 45:17

#podcast #the manster #soto no satsujinki #the two-headed killer #the split #george breakston #kenneth g crane #walter sheldon #ryuichi aimono #peter dyneley #jane hylton #tetsu nakamura #terri zimmern #david mason #hiroki ogawa #shaw-breakston enterprises #lopert pictures #jerry ito #shinpei takagi #classic horror #horror #masculinity #don draper

[may8chan]

The Manster - George P. Breakston & Kenneth G. Crane 1959

#The Manster #George P. Breakston #Kenneth G. Crane

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Peter Dyneley and Terri Zimmern in The Manster (1959)

#the manster #peter dyneley #terri zimmern #1959 #1950s movies #george p. breakston #kenneth g. crane #horror

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Martha Hyer-Byron Michie "Oriental evil" 1951, de George P. Breakston, C. Ray Stahl.

#Martha Hyer #Byron Michie #George P. Breakston #C. Ray Stahl

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Tracks 01 - The Harvey Averne Dozen - The Word 02 - Ella Fitzgerald - Savoy Truffle 03 - Grant Green - I Want To Hold Your Hand 04 - Stanley Turrentine - Can't Buy Me Love 05 - Sarah Vaughan - And I Love Him 06 - Herbie Mann - Come Together 07 - Joshua Breakstone - From Me To You 08 - Dianne Reeves & Javon Jackson - The Fool On The Hill 09 - Salena Jones - If I fell 10 - Nancy Wilson - Yesterday 11 - Diana Krall - And I Loved Him 12 - Grant Green - A Day In The Life 13 - George Benson - Golden Slumbers / You Never Give Me Your Money 14 - Lonnie Smith - Eleanor Rigby 15 - Joshua Breakstone - I Will

#Jazz Covers #The Beatles #The Harvey Averne Dozen #Ella Fitzgerald #Grant Green #Stanley Turrentine #Sarah Vaughan #Herbie Mann #Joshua Breakstone #Salena Jones #George Benson #Lonnie Smith #Nancy Wilson #Diana Krall #Dianne Reeves #Javon Jackson

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No Greater Glory (1934)

#frankie darro #george p breakston #jackie searl #no greater glory 1934 #16 year old darro #darrosearl

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Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff? (Blue Movie Blackmail, 1973)

"I was forced to. They blackmailed me, I swear. What can I do?"

"To start with, you can pass me the marmalade."

#Si può essere più bastardi dell'ispettore Cliff? #blue movie blackmail #mafia junction #super bitch #poliziotteschi #italian cinema #1973 #massimo dallamano #ross mackenzie #george p. breakston #ivan rassimov #stephanie beacham #patricia hayes #ettore manni #luciano catenacci #verna harvey #cec linder #giacomo rossi stuart #george murcell #morris perry #michael sheard #a bizarre collision of worlds that could have been made for me bespoke: my two major loves are old brit telly and italian genre films so to #get an italian cop film shot in london and stuffed with uk character actors... it's a special thing. actually‚ as poliziotteschi‚ this is a #bit uneven. from the sleazier end of the scale‚ it's packed with blood and brutality and nudity. Dallamano goes for excess and finds it but #i can't bring myself to be overly critical of a film which stars gialli hunk Ivan Rassimov up against a crime matriarch played by sitcom #staple Patricia Hayes. it's just too weird not to enjoy. presumably there was a decent budget behind this one bc the crew also find time to #jet off to Lebanon and a brief stopover in New York; it didn't pay off bc this isn't exactly a well known example of the genre #of interest to weirdos only (that's me) but be warned for general misogyny and a horrific gaybashing scene as well as lots more violence #oh and the image of Cec Linder in bunny ears as part of a carrot eating sex game may never leave me again. so yknow. be wary. #the literal title for this is 'Who could be more of a bastard than Inspector Cliff?' and honestly it's the most suitable name for the film

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The Manster (1959)

My rating: 6/10

At its heart, a fairly average 50s monster movie, with the rubber prostheses and the yelling and lumbering and all that, with a sort of "involuntary Jekyll and Hyde" angle, and there really was no reason to set it in Japan. But there was no reason not to, either, and the fact that they did diversified the cast quite a bit - they hired Japanese-American and Japanese actors (apart from the female lead, who was mixed-race), too, so there's no yellowface - and there seems to be a fairly earnest attempt at a respectful and accurate portrayal of contemporary Japanese culture. Not bad, for a movie called The Manster.

That little model volcano going off in the background near the end was adorable, though.

#The Manster #George P. Breakston #Kenneth G. Crane #William J. Sheldon #Peter Dyneley #Jane Hylton #Tetsu Nakamura #Youtube

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100+ Films of 1952

Film number 122: Geisha Girl  

Release date: May 2nd, 1952 

Studio: Realart Pictures 

Genre: adventure comedy

Director: George Breakston, C. Ray Stahl 

Producer: George Breakston, C. Ray Stahl 

Actors: Steve Forrest, Martha Hyer, Tetsu Nakamura 

Plot Summary: Two American GIs in Postwar Japan find themselves caught up in a plot by a Japanese criminal to rule the world with explosive tablets that are stronger than a nuclear weapon. A Tokyo cop, a spy/stewardess, and a hypnotist all help save the day. 

My Rating (out of five stars): *½  

As a Japanophile, I was both looking forward to this and dreading it at the same time. I was intrigued when I heard it was shot entirely in Tokyo, but I was worried it might be unbearably racist.  It certainly had its moments of racism, but it wasn’t as bad as I feared. Instead, I was surprised to see it try to respectfully highlight parts of Japanese culture that would have been almost unknown to most Americans at the time. Too bad everything else about the movie sucked!   

The Good: 

The film was a treasure trove of real-life locations in Tokyo in 1952. That’s gotta be one of the main reasons anyone would be interested in watching this today. It was amazing to see, especially knowing that this was only six or seven years after the war ended. 

There were long segments on traditional Japanese culture- geishas, kabuki theater, shrines and temple gardens, etc. It was mesmerizing to see what these looked like 72 years ago. The scenes were shot with deference and seemingly genuine curiosity. It sometimes played up the exoticism for Westerners a bit, but I was generally impressed with the way things were presented. 

The actress Michiyo Naoki, who played Michiko, was so beautiful I almost couldn't concentrate on anything else when she was on screen. 

The actor Tetsu Nakamura, who played Nakano, was quite good, and he spoke English with almost no accent. He actually grew up in Canada, which wasn't too surprising. 

There were no white actors playing Japanese people! Thank god! 

The Bad: 

The actors across the board were pretty awful. Although I liked Peggy the spy/stewardess, she was one of the worst offenders, performance-wise. Only Nakano and Archie gave decent performances. 

The plot was just silly nonsense. It reminded me of one of those old 2-hour TV specials where a sitcom family goes on a trip.

WTF was the magician/hypnotist named Zoro?! He wore a feathered fortune-teller’s hat and could hypnotize someone with only a glance. It was utterly ridiculous and weird.

Archie, the nerdy comedy guy. He was one of the best actors, but he was super annoying anyway. In his defense, though, I think most of the problem was the cringy script. I recognized him from both Kid Monk Baroni (as a kleptomaniac) and Something for the Birds (as a nerdy bird enthusiast).

A “comedy” scene where Rocky and Archie end up in a kabuki show was sooo unfunny I could barely watch. 

Everything, except the scenes of Japanese culture, just screamed “shoestring budget!” 

The opening and closing title cards with cartoons of Japanese people on them were shockingly offensive. It was especially jarring because one of the film’s agendas seemed to be representing Japan in a positive way. 

The movie poster is also pretty cringe- “Japanese women- they're sensational! They’re different!”  

#1952 movies #100 films of 1952

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The Manster aka The Split (1959) Director(s): George P. Breakston and Kenneth G. Crane. Starring: Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, and Tetsu Nakamura.

An American journalist stationed in Japan is given a mysterious injection by a mad scientist, turning him into a murderous, two-headed monster.

#movie posters #movie

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THE MANSTER (1959) – Episode 159 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“Hey, Doc. Tell her it’s an old American custom called smooch. And tell her she smooches good, huh? And tell her I’d like to give her some advanced lessons, huh?” Don’t you just love those old American customs? Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr – as they travel to a mountaintop in Japan; a mountaintop that provides the inconvenient lab location for the creation of . . . The Manster (1959)!

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 159 – The Manster (1959)

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An American journalist stationed in Japan is given a mysterious injection by a mad scientist, turning him into a murderous, two-headed monster.

  Directors: George P. Breakston (as George Breakston); Kenneth G. Crane 

Writers: William J. Sheldon (screenplay by) (as Walt Sheldon); George P. Breakston (from an original story by) (as George Breakston)

Music by: Hirooki Ogawa

Cinematography by: David Mason (director of photography)

Makeup Department: Fumiko Yamamoto (makeup artist)

Special Effects: Shinpei Takagi

Selected Cast:

Peter Dyneley as Larry Stanford

Jane Hylton as Linda Stanford

Tetsu Nakamura as Dr. Robert Suzuki (as Satoshi Nakamura)

Terri Zimmern as Tara

Norman Van Hawley as Ian Matthews (as Van Hawley)

Jerry Itô as Police Superintendent Aida (as Jerry Ito)

Toyoko Takechi as Emiko Suzuki

Kenzo Kuroki as Genji Suzuki

Alan Tarlton as Dr. H.B. Jennsen

Shinpei Takagi as Temple Priest

George Wyman as Monster

Fujie Satsuki as Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

“SEE THE TWO-HEADED KILLER CREATURE!” screams the tagline from The Manster, half man-half monster. The Grue-Crew follows the cast and crew to Japan for this delightfully silly, yet oddly effective, late 50’s creature feature. The results are part Jekyll and Hyde, part pre-Cronenberg body horror (RE: an eye growing out of the hero’s – or is it the villain’s – shoulder). Don’t let the title fool you, this one deserves a Saturday afternoon Monster-kid viewing. Check out what the Grue-Crew think with episode 159.

At the time of this writing, The Manster is available to stream from Amazon Prime in B&W and colorized versions, and from Tubi. 

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Daphne, is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) starring John Barrymore! This will be the Classic Era Grue Crew’s ninth journey to Silent Screamland. Yup, Chad’s going to have to read intertitles again. 

Please let them know how they’re doing! They want to hear from you – the coolest, grooviest fans: leave them a message or leave a comment on the Gruesome Magazine YouTube channel, the site, or email the Decades of Horror: The Classic Era podcast hosts at [email protected]

To each of you from each of them, “Thank you so much for watching and listening!”

Check out this episode!

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On March 6, 2020 The Manster was released on Blu-ray.

#the manster #the split #george breakston #monster movies #horror movies #horror art #cult movies #cmyk #penn and teller's monstervision #monstervision #sci fi #sci fi art #movie art #art #drawing #movie history

[may8chan]

The Manster - George P. Breakston & Kenneth G. Crane 1959

#The Manster #George P. Breakston #Kenneth G. Crane

[felicereviews]

The Manster (1959/1962)

Bruce Robinson with How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Sam Raimi with Army of Darkness, and how many others watched The Manster on Elvira’s Movie Macabre and pocketed the idea away for a future film?  One of which is #120 in the Criterion Collection.  I’ll let you guess which one.

Experiments gone wrong, an American reporter lured by a Japanese lab assistant, a determined doctor, and the inevitable end.

I don’t remember seeing this one on Elvira’s Movie Macabre, which I swear to baby jesus I watched every week.  But that was ... 40 years ago.  The horror.  Literally.

B Horror movies have long held a fascination for me.  Now I know they are the seed for other, prettier, more flushed-out storytelling.  But the start - the beginning - the genesis if you will - starts with B.

#the manster #31daysofhorror #george breakston #peter dyneley #george p breakston #elviras movie macabre #how to get ahead in advertising #bruce robinson #sam raimi #army of darkness

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No Greater Glory (1934) Frank Borzage

May 27th 2020

#no greater glory #1934 #frank borzage #george p. breakston #frankie darro #jimmy butler #jackie searl #donald haines #john qualen #lois wilson #men of tomorrow #the paul street boys #pre-code

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Play ▶ Jazzin’ The Beatles (Jazz Covers)

Tracks 01 - The Harvey Averne Dozen - The Word 02 - Ella Fitzgerald - Savoy Truffle 03 - Grant Green - I Want To Hold Your Hand 04 - Stanley Turrentine - Can't Buy Me Love 05 - Sarah Vaughan - And I Love Him 06 - Herbie Mann - Come Together 07 - Joshua Breakstone - From Me To You 08 - Dianne Reeves & Javon Jackson - The Fool On The Hill 09 - Salena Jones - If I fell 10 - Nancy Wilson - Yesterday 11 - Diana Krall - And I Loved Him 12 - Grant Green - A Day In The Life 13 - George Benson - Golden Slumbers / You Never Give Me Your Money 14 - Lonnie Smith - Eleanor Rigby 15 - Joshua Breakstone - I Will

#Jazz Covers #Beatles Covers #Various Artists #The Harvey Averne Dozen #Ella Fitzgerald #Grant Green #Stanley Turrentine #Sarah Vaughan #Joshua Breakstone #Salena Jones #Nancy Wilson #Diana Krall #George Benson #Dianne Reeves #Javon Jackson