13 Jan

Mr. Wong Phantom of Chinatown (1940) KEYE LUKE

 

 

Stars: Keye Luke, Grant Withers, Lotus Long
Director: Phil Rosen

In this prequel to the film series that starred Boris Karloff, a younger Mr. Wong, played by Keye Luke, assists the police when an Archaeologist is murdered while giving a college lecture!

 

12 Jan

Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947) RALPH BYRD

 

 

Stars: Ralph Byrd, Lyle Latell, Kay Christopher
Director: John Rawlins

Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.

 

11 Jan

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) BORIS KARLOFF

 

Stars: Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne
Director: John Rawlins

Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.

 

10 Jan

Dick Tracy (1945) MYSTERY

 

Stars: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki
Director: William Berke

Dick is faced with a series of brutal murders in which the victims, all from different social and economic backgrounds, are viciously slashed to pieces. Suspects abound but Tracy, getting a clue that there will be fifteen murders in all, must find the common thread among the victims before more are killed.

 

10 Jan

Paolo Conte – Via Con Me

 

Paolo Conte is a prominent Italian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, whose most famous works often evoke his love and admiration of classical American jazz and swing. His most famous song, and arguably one of the most internationally well-known Italian songs of all time, is “Via Con Me” (translation: “Come Away with Me”), a song about romance and runaway lovers that is at once passionate and harrowingly disenchanted.

Lyrics

Via via
Vieni via di qui
Niente più ti lega a questi luoghi
Neanche questi fiori azzurri
Via via
Neanche questo tempo grigio
Pieno di musiche
E di uomini che ti son piaciuti

It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
Good luck my baby
It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
I dream of you

Cips, cips
Doo doo doo doo doo (ci-boom, ci-boom, boom)
Doo doo doo doo doo (ci-boom, ci-boom, boom)
Doo doo doo doo doo

Via via
Vieni via con me
Entri in questo amore buio
Non perderti per niente al mondo
Via via
Non perderti per niente al mondo
Lo spettacolo d’arte varia
Di uno innamorato di te

It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
Good luck my baby
It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
I dream of you

Cips, cips
Doo doo doo doo doo (ci-boom, ci-boom, boom)
Doo doo doo doo doo (ci-boom, ci-boom, boom)
Doo doo doo doo doo

Via via
Vieni via con me
Entra in questo amore buio
Pieno di uomini
Via
Entra e fatti un bagno caldo
C’è un accappatoio azzurro
Fuori piove, è un mondo freddo

Ah, it’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
Good luck my baby
It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
It’s wonderful
I dream of you

Cips, cips
Doo doo doo doo doo (ci-boom, ci-boom, boom)
Doo doo doo doo doo (ci-boom, ci-boom, boom)
Doo doo doo doo doo

 

09 Jan

The Whistler – Mysterious Intruder 1946

 

 

The fifth entry in the film series based on the CBS radio program, “The Whistler”.

Starring Richard Dix. Directed by William Castle.

 

08 Jan

The Power Of The Whistler 1945 Crime Film

The third of eight “Whistler” films released by Columbia from 1944 to 1948.

This film series is based on the radio program “The Whistler” that aired on the CBS radio network from May 16, 1942 until September 22, 1955.

Plot : A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.

 

07 Jan

The Chase (1946) PETER LORRE

 

Stars: Robert Cummings, Michèle Morgan, Peter Lorre
Director: Arthur Ripley
Writers: Cornell Woolrich (book)

A nightmarish maelstrom erupts after a war veteran takes a gig as the chauffeur for a vicious gangster. He flees to Havana with his boss’ wife, hounded by a stiletto-wielding henchman, and wanted by the authorities for murder!