CineSavant Column
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At his DVD Classics Corner on the Air podcast page, Dick Dinman’s new show is titled Warner Archive Westerns.
‘Dick Dinman and George Feltenstein Go West’ is the sub-heading for their discussion of the 2 versions of Three Godfathers (John Wayne or Chester Morris) and Anthony Mann’s Devil’s Doorway (Robert Taylor). Dick shares with CineSavant a keen desire to promote George’s good work over at the WAC.
This seemed like a worthwhile little project: there is so much good will out there for the movie producer, filmic artist and brilliant businessman Roger Corman, we thought it would be fun to assemble all of the DVD Savant and CineSavant review links for his films in one compact resource. We were never at a loss to think of something good to say about a Corman picture — those that he directed always rewarded multiple viewings.
Some of these reviews go back twenty-five years. I’ve listed the newest coverage for titles reviewed more than once. A number are reviewed by Charlie Largent. In one way or another, Corman also produced everything he directed. And he partly directed some of the titles he officially or unofficially produced (listed in red). Let’s see what we come up with …
1954
Highway Dragnet Co-Producer
Monster from the Ocean Floor Producer
1955
Five Guns West
The Beast with a Million Eyes Uncredited producer
Day the World Ended
1957
Attack of the Crab Monsters
Not of this Earth
Teenage Doll
The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent
1958
War of the Satellites
The Brain Eaters Uncredited producer
Teenage Cave Man
Night of the Blood Beast Uncredited producer
1959
Beast from Haunted Cave Uncredited producer
The Wasp Woman
A Bucket of Blood
1960
Ski Troop Attack
House of Usher
Last Woman on Earth
Little Shop of Horrors
1961
Creature from the Haunted Sea
The Pit and the Pendulum
1962
Battle Beyond the Sun Uncredited producer
The Premature Burial
The Intruder
Tales of Terror
Tower of London
1963
The Raven
The Terror
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
Dementia 13 Producer
The Haunted Palace
1964
The Masque of the Red Death
The Secret Invasion
The Tomb of Ligeia
1966
Blood Bath Uncredited producer
Queen of Blood Uncredited producer
The Shooting Uncredited producer
The Wild Angels
Ride in the Whirlwind Uncredited producer
1967
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
The Trip
1968
Targets Uncredited producer
1969
Pit Stop Uncredited producer
1970
The Dunwich Horror Producer
Bloody Mama
Gas-S-S-S – Or – It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It
1971
Lady Frankenstein Producer
Von Richthofen and Brown
1972
Boxcar Bertha Producer
1975
Capone Producer
1978
Piranha Producer
1979
The Lady in Red Uncredited producer
2008
Cyclops Producer
2010
Sharktopus Producer
Roger Corman movies we wish were available on quality discs:
The Fast and the Furious, Apache Woman, Gunslinger, The Oklahoma Woman, It Conquered the World, Not of This Earth, The Undead, Rock all Night, Carnival Rock, Sorority Girl, Machine-Gun Kelly, The Cry-Baby Killer, I Mobster, Last Woman on Earth, Atlas, The Intruder. So there.
Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson