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"HIGH BARBAREE" drama. Van Johnson is a WW2 pilot shot down in the Pacific.
He and a comrade are the only survivors and are lost at sea. $40.00.
"FOLLY TO BE WISE" British Ealing comedy. Alastair Sim was a fine actor who made some
very good comedy films. In this he is a frustrated and befuddled Royal Army chaplain and newly
appointed entertainment officer for the troops, and whatever can go wrong - does. The humour is
mostly in situations, the best being during the 'Brains Trust Show" when the Reverend (Sims)
becomes so befuddled that he causes chaos in a battle of the sexes. The cast are fine in their roles
with Roland Culver, Martita Hunt, Miles Malleson, & Colin Gordon. $45.00
"VOODOO TIGER" Directed by the 'King Of The Serials' Spencer Bennett. Jungle Jim gets
involved with a Nazi fugitive and his gang of hoodlums in a hunt for (U.S) $2,000,000. 09 in art
works. Jim also has his hands full with a voodoo jungle cult and a crazed witch doctor who
worship the magical voodoo tiger, and did I fail to mention the shapely blonde jungle girl?
$60.00
"STANLEY AND LIVINGSTONE" Spencer Tracy, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Greene,
Nancy Kelly. 'Halliwells': A prestige picture which played reasonably fair with history and still
managed to entertain the masses. They also gave it a 3 star rating, which is WOW!. $60.00
"ROAR" C/scope and colour (holding well). There's nothing fake about this film. It's shot
beautifully, on real locations. Tippi Hedren and Melanie Griffith head a talented and fearless cast,
who literally throw themselves in the jaws of the beasts over and over again. The picture has a
terrific rhythm and is fun to watch but you cannot help dwelling upon how dangerous a film it
must have been to make. Opening titles 'surfacey', with some thin running scratches in the first
few minutes mainly down right hand side of pic. $80.00
"BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE" Goldie Hawn. A delightful 1972 film adaptation of the
Leonard Gershe play about a young man who has been blind from birth (Edward Albert)who
moves into his own apartment and almost instantly falls in love with his kooky next door neighbor
(Goldie Hawn), a flighty free spirit who has trouble with anything resembling commitment,
which he turns a blind eye to but is picked up immediately by his clingy, over-protective mother
(Eileen Heckart). This breezy comedy still holds up pretty well for a film that's 49 years old.
Colour is pink with yellow. $30.00
"THE 12 CHAIRS" Mel Brooks. This movie has a lot of comedy, but it actually has a lot of
humanity in it as well. There are many moments throughout that give real insight into the
characters, and ourselves. If you watch carefully, you will find that many scenes are bitter sweet.
Within Brooks classic framework of his films, this one has the most true drama. And it's full of
cheeky humour. The print is in excellent condition, but red. $10.00
Contact: Alan Vogt (Vic.)
EMAIL: alanvogt@bigpond.com
Phone: (03) 9725-4618

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