Now That's a Goof!

You know how sometimes you watch a movie and you notice a movie "mistake"? A quoted example: "When Doc is caught watching Marty's Videotape back in 1955 the footage starts of Doc saying "Never mind that now, Never mind that now". The thing is when Marty is filming Doc in 1985, he never films Doc saying this. Even if for some reason the camera is on, it is clearly pointing at the ground, and when Doc watches the tape he sees himself saying it."

There are four categories "slip-ups": TV, movies, books and quotes (yes, the "potatoe" is included).

http://www.slipups.com/


The Back to the Future Mistake:
http://www.slipups.com/items/11751.html

What an Awful Commercial!

The name of the blog says it all. There are all kind of television ads to view with analysis. Watch the "pinky waving" ad from Australia. It sucks indeed.

http://www.awfulcommercials.com/

Vincent Price

Vincent Price was born in May 27, 1911 in St. Louis to a rich family. He had many superb performances both on stage and the movies. He moved to London after graduating from Yale with a BA in Art History and English to continue his studies. It was in London where he debuted on the stage with Sir John Gielgud (1904-2000) in 1935. He remained on stage for a few years, but made his first movie, "Service de Luxe" in 1938. He went ahead to make further movies with great and impressive performances. During the early 1960's, Price starred in a series of horror movies that were based on Edgar Allen Poe stories. He played tv's characters too, such as the Egghead in Batman. In addition to acting, he also lent his voice. He was the voice in Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983), and the voice in the animation "The Little Troll Prince"(1985). Price's last role was in 1990 in "Edward Scissorhands" according to the TCM.

On http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001637/ there are three. One in 1991 and two in 1993. Two of them were his voice. He passed away in October 25,1993 from lung cancer. More details in these two sites:

Turner Classic Movies
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=161098

Find a Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=838


The Bat - Teaser 1959



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwHyfANiVXs
*Update 1/3/10: video removed by user


The Abominable Dr. Phibes - Trailer 1971


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8FJYwgPJV0
*Update 1/3/10: video removed by user

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney, according to his great grandson... "between 1913 and 1930 he played more than 150 widely diverse roles, frequently villainous and sometimes bizarre and macabre". He is probably most known as "Erik" the ghost from "Phantom of the Opera" (1925). Chaney was born in 1883 and died in 1930 from throat hemorrhage. Now in a real quick nutshell, As someone who met end meets, he had an interesting life. He as born to deaf parents, which influence him to mimic as he communicate in sign language with his parents. He married his sweetheart, Cleva, when she was 16 (and pregnant outside marriage). They perform on the streets as their son, Creighton, would collect the coins. His relationship with his wife, Cleva, leading her to attempt a suicide. As it became a scandal, it hurt his career and led to a divorce. His son had to be temporarily placed in a home for children of Divorce and Disaster. He soon remarriedand his son came to live with him and his step mother. Eventually, he entered the silent movies businesses where he became widely because known for his diverse roles. His biography is quite rich. So, since this is a nutshell version, I recommend, if you are interested in "expanding the nutshell", to read his great grandson narration. You can see his movie clips in YouTube.

http://www.lonchaney.com/

Find Your Cereal

Cereal Aisle is sort of a mini cereal search engine to find pictures of cereal boxes from specific companies.

http://www.geocities.com/jdegarmo/cereal_index.html
*Update 1/3/10: link expired

A LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENT

If you have visited my site before, you may have noticed minor changes. I replaced the still images of the YouTube videos with the actual videos. The reason that I didn't do that before was because I was having trouble doing so. I kinda liked the way it was before, when the pictures were clean and clearer. But, I think that having the actual videos on the blog will be easier for people who don't want to click on the YouTube links. By replacing the images, I had to tweak around a bit, but the text is all the same. So for now, I'm sticking to YouTube videos on my blog, unless someone serves me a huge petition ;-)

Cheers!
The Linkster

Who is Frankenstein?

This stamp was issues on September 30, 1997.

http://www.sites.si.edu/images/exhibits/Art%20of%20the%20Stamp/index.htm


I bet that anyone who is into horror/scary movies in general, or literature know of this movies. However, contrary to common belief, Frankenstein was not the monster, but the mad doctor who created the monster. The Monster himself has no name. Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelby.

http://www.literature.org/authors/shelley-mary/frankenstein/


This a government site is with a Frankenstein exhibition that is divided into four extensive topics:Birth of Frankenstein, The Celluloid Monster, Promise and Peril, and Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus"

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/frankenstein/frankhome.html
*Update 1/3/10: link expired


Frankenstein 1931 Trailer



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYCnNb5Iyak
*Update 1/3/10: Video removed from YouTube

Toonpedia

This is probably the one of the best source of cartoons and comics on the net. I've been using it for years. Really great stuff. They always update the characters list. FYI. the bear in the picture above is Barney Bear (1939).

http://www.toonopedia.com/

Be Silent..

Silent Era is a dedication to silent movies. They have a list of actors and actresses (I have no idea if they have every single of them). They have a great list of movies for that era. What I like about that particular list is that it includes foreign movies as well.

http://www.silentera.com/

Outer Space for Children

Space theme illustrations from children books. There are illustrations from 1883 to 1974. Also, there are non-english books, and information about the artists and the illustrators. To see the pages for the years that you are interested at, look at the links that are in front of the boy with the helmet. It's easy to over-look it. I have. According to the woman who publishes the site, she had good reviews for her site, and it was even picked as the "Yahoo pick of the week".

http://dreamsofspace.nfshost.com/index.htm