VAL GUEST DIRECTS 'CONTEST GIRL' JANETTE SCOTT & IAN HENDRY

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_uKPaf7x_C55KlkgpEswDAgkOyriycI0HTtMdKz8fU9LfgFRDqIhewPCKJrG22AZhbUDCnjv_uCXKcGYHj8ziI-Jic-__wWmU5NtSIwFiopm8OoXJr-K6536ZXQlFROp6DE6PRZiTNLnCM5B_W9-YeNVd96b37HC_1ZIxzPdw4B9J6Rg0fGNKxUK6wTI/s1612/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-22%20at%2010.33.56%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1612" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_uKPaf7x_C55KlkgpEswDAgkOyriycI0HTtMdKz8fU9LfgFRDqIhewPCKJrG22AZhbUDCnjv_uCXKcGYHj8ziI-Jic-__wWmU5NtSIwFiopm8OoXJr-K6536ZXQlFROp6DE6PRZiTNLnCM5B_W9-YeNVd96b37HC_1ZIxzPdw4B9J6Rg0fGNKxUK6wTI/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-22%20at%2010.33.56%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE BEAUTY JUNGLE aka CONTEST GIRL Year: 1964 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After nearly a decade of Hammer science-fiction, war and film noir... from QUATERMASS to HELL IS A CITY... director Val Guest returns to his comedy roots for THE BEAUTY JUNGLE aka CONTEST GIRL... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But that's only the breezy first-act when handsome journalist Ian Hendry meets the girl of his dreams in London typist Janette Scott, initially building her up as an underdog against experienced (and jaded) pros... </p><p><span></span></p>

drama, ian hendry, jacqueline jones, janette scott, janina faye, kay walsh, norman bird, ronald fraser, sidney james, sixties, val guest

VAL GUEST DIRECTS 'CONTEST GIRL' JANETTE SCOTT & IAN HENDRY

Title: THE BEAUTY JUNGLE aka CONTEST GIRL Year: 1964 Rating: **** After nearly a decade of Hammer science-fiction, war and film noir... from...

OLIVER REED IN HAMMER FILMS 'PARANOIAC' WITH JANETTE SCOTT

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vWBjLr6HLNf3xFljqHl-WVo5Zw5cf3FRQhm-4715QwEeuhE6cmwfQOCRhocb224e2DYp59jAveE9Rbnp2iyTocsSRRSoVYM_xuraQz4KJSPrQ-X2KuHzmxwwOufUeWNitCfBLIIlUArXmK8T729zUE0Xc862abcJcUXOfR5qauu4r7TjSnu-C9bodw/s1932/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-29%20at%207.33.54%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="1932" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vWBjLr6HLNf3xFljqHl-WVo5Zw5cf3FRQhm-4715QwEeuhE6cmwfQOCRhocb224e2DYp59jAveE9Rbnp2iyTocsSRRSoVYM_xuraQz4KJSPrQ-X2KuHzmxwwOufUeWNitCfBLIIlUArXmK8T729zUE0Xc862abcJcUXOfR5qauu4r7TjSnu-C9bodw/w400-h288/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-29%20at%207.33.54%20PM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Poster for PARANOIAC Year: 1963 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>If Terence Fisher was the <i>Universal Classic Monsters </i>version of England's HAMMER FILMS then Freddie Francis was their Hitchcock, and PARANOIAC one of Hammer's best psychological thrillers, providing stock actor Oliver Reed a grand performance, showcasing what would become his two signature traits: moody brooding and overboard intensity: He's the brother of troubled, haunted ingenue Jeanette Scott, set to inherit a bundle (strictly overseen by an aunt and family lawyer), holed up in the family's sea-cliff estate, but not if Reed (with moll Liliane Brousse) can help it...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And while mostly working alone, he's <i>not</i> alone in agenda: The leading man is a con artist, which we learn soon enough for PARANOIAC to not quite reach Mystery-genre status: But those fifteen minutes when handsome Alexander Davion may or may not be her adored prodigal brother are the most intriguing: After which, coinciding with the kind of quick-split editing wherein everything beforehand meant only how the scene abruptly ends, Reed and his boisterous persona takes over, making this a frantic game of wits using creative camera angles within a shadowy B&W aesthetic that'd perfectly suit Film Noir... and it's only five years shy of being one — for then it'd get a lot more praise and attention beyond the lot of We the faithfully dedicated/eternal Hammerheads.  </p><p><span></span></p>

alexander davion, british new wave, hammer films, horror, janette scott, liliane brousse, oliver reed, sixties, suspense, thriller

OLIVER REED IN HAMMER FILMS 'PARANOIAC' WITH JANETTE SCOTT

Poster for PARANOIAC Year: 1963 Rating: **** If Terence Fisher was the Universal Classic Monsters version of England's HAMMER FILMS then...

JOCELYN LANE & JANETTE SCOTT ARE HOT IN 'THE GIRL SWAPPERS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcTy4-gRmHWTAVjeiP_b1kqK_sbzesZYIQjomWf-PISXqbk54AF4mhqpl0znTKRo3IBR7iEWLNj3nQWhUDJ0SpnYhvDyr8xza-_DwYdtFkVgYOTNIRgt5QbymNUDhamkycfcvaYNnIGqQJST57mgyviDn4regdp7rXJm8MBrVI1d8XMv95iUaCW2bbjA=s951" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="951" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjcTy4-gRmHWTAVjeiP_b1kqK_sbzesZYIQjomWf-PISXqbk54AF4mhqpl0znTKRo3IBR7iEWLNj3nQWhUDJ0SpnYhvDyr8xza-_DwYdtFkVgYOTNIRgt5QbymNUDhamkycfcvaYNnIGqQJST57mgyviDn4regdp7rXJm8MBrVI1d8XMv95iUaCW2bbjA=s16000"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Jocelyn Lane and </u><u><u>Alfred Lynch</u> in THE GIRL SWAPPERS aka </u><u>TWO AND TWO MAKE SIX  Year: 1962 Rates: ***<br></u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>American playing Canadian military rogue George Chakiris and British mama's boy Alfred Lynch ride motorcycles and for some reason aren't content with the gorgeous girls they're with, and each has a problem most men would die for... </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Because of a pivotal mix-up in a hurried rush to leave an English diner, they wind up with each other's girls: Chakiris, a womanizing airman on the run after striking an officer, is with good/honest blonde Janette Scott, who couldn't be cuter until brunette bombshell Jocelyn Lane was cast, now saddled with Scott's whiny fella, Brit actor Lynch...</p><p><span></span></p>

action, alfred lynch, british, comedy, gary cockrell, george chakiris, janette scott, jocelyn lane, romance, sixties

JOCELYN LANE & JANETTE SCOTT ARE HOT IN 'THE GIRL SWAPPERS'

Jocelyn Lane and Alfred Lynch in THE GIRL SWAPPERS aka TWO AND TWO MAKE SIX  Year: 1962 Rates: *** American playing Canadian military rogue...

DANA ANDREWS ATOMIC UNDERGROUND 'CRACK IN THE WORLD'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuAeIkJd-5Lqk7eAq7N2SBYP36Z7UBRC9F6bSvfm73KyhCaZ-oZg7H0sadb8ZM_eya5goUOls0mk-1XkSVSnBm8zvh1XhXR_eAfOCslYzE_jqDgaoJSwmgNC8jNt_qZpxP1_Jiw4JD-3VbwPtoLF8JXR4LarE5ntFGFqsvuiJCJAPRSMkzKwJNJY-2Q/s1686/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-22%20at%201.07.46%20AM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="1686" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBuAeIkJd-5Lqk7eAq7N2SBYP36Z7UBRC9F6bSvfm73KyhCaZ-oZg7H0sadb8ZM_eya5goUOls0mk-1XkSVSnBm8zvh1XhXR_eAfOCslYzE_jqDgaoJSwmgNC8jNt_qZpxP1_Jiw4JD-3VbwPtoLF8JXR4LarE5ntFGFqsvuiJCJAPRSMkzKwJNJY-2Q/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202023-05-22%20at%201.07.46%20AM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dana Andrews in CRACK IN THE WORLD Year: 1965 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Not really a mad scientist but more an impatient one, with a soft yet distinguished voice, Dana Andrews is surprisingly secure and relaxed... And perhaps that fits, since brilliant, hard-driven, stubborn, important men don't know they're going a little off-kilter, and his Dr. Stephen Sorenson is only driven by a lack of time...<br> <br> Dying of a blood disease, he wants to put his experiment beyond the testing stage, a great risk in the eyes of younger British scientist Kieron Moore as Dr. Ted Rampion, the older doc's student turned antithesis who'd actually make a better fit for Dana's young trophy wife – another scientist, Maggie, played by gorgeous blond-haired  b-starlet Janette Scott (Moore and Scott <i>did</i> play husband and wife in THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, and she's the real life wife of Dana's THE FEARMAKERS co-star, Mel Torme)...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

alexander knox, dana andrews, disaster, janette scott, kieron moore, nuclear, race against time, science-fiction, sixties

DANA ANDREWS ATOMIC UNDERGROUND 'CRACK IN THE WORLD'

Dana Andrews in CRACK IN THE WORLD Year: 1965 Rating: **** Not really a mad scientist but more an impatient one, with a soft yet distingui...