Film Flashback Bonus May 9, 1968

It's a special Saturday Film Flashback today as I look back at what was playing in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on May 9, 1968 which happened to be a Thursday then. I've only seen one of them and since it's the reason for this bonus post I'll save it for last.

The Princess Theatre downtown is showing Where Angels Go...Trouble Follows which stars Rosalind Russell and Stella Stevens. Susan Saint James and Milton Berle also feature in this sequel to The Trouble With Angels. It's a campy road comedy about nuns on a cross country trip according to IMDB and the trailer looks like the movie would be fun. I will have to watch it sometime. As of this writing the whole movie is up on YouTube.

The Marbro has The Incident and The St. Valentine's Day Massacre!. The Incident is about a couple of hoods taking over a subway car in New York City. It features Tony Musante, Martin Sheen, Beau Bridges, Ruby Dee, and Ed McMahon (yes, the Tonight Show's Ed McMahon). The film was shot in black and white and the trailer has a kinetic appeal. This one is definitely going on my to watch list. 

Roger Corman directed The St. Valentine's Day Massacre! so you know it's going to have that Corman touch. Jason Robards makes an unlikely Al Capone, but it might be worth viewing.

The Incident

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre!

Now for the reason for this bonus Film Flashback: Planet Of The Apes begins playing on this date at the Martin Theatre. I didn't see this movie in the theatre. Heck, I was only 18 months old and lived in Memphis, but I would see this movie on television in the early 70's and it would go right to the top of my favorite movies list. If you happened to drive by our house circa 1976 when we lived on Lynn Street and saw a kid run into the front yard and then fall down for no reason it was because I was pretending to be trapped in the nets of the apes. No other film has ever totally captured my imagination like this one. Astronauts, desert, Nova, apes....what more does one need for a great movie. The special effects are stellar and Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, and Maurice Evans are fantastic. Franklin J. Schaffner's direction is really underrated. Jerry Goldsmith's score is especially evocative during the "Forbidden Zone" scenes. This movie gave birth to a whole franchise of movies, television shows, toys, and future pop culture references. 

I wanted these toys so badly, but never got any of them. 

That does it for this bonus blog post. A regular Film Flashback is coming next Friday where we are planning on visiting one of my favorite years: 1979. Hope you make sure to bookmark and subscribe to this blog.