It's another year for me and you another year with nothing to do
Except enjoy another Film Flashback to June 26, 1969 as we check out what was playing at the movies in Murfreesboro, TN. First up is a trip to the Marbro Drive-In which brings us Blue and Villa Rides. Terence Stamp is the star of Blue and even with his British accent slipping through on occasion he is excellent in a pretty boring movie about a young American raised by Mexican bandits who has to choose sides as they make murderous raids into border towns. Villa Rides has a script co-written by Sam Peckinpah and stars Yul Brynner and Robert Mitchum while also boasting the first appearance in the same film of Charles Bronson and his wife Jill Ireland. An American aviator trapped in Mexico helps Pancho Villa lead a revolution. I could not find a trailer for that film.
Blue trailer
A couple of superstars top the bill for the other 2 movies playing. Don Knotts stars in The Love God? which is playing downtown at the Princess Theatre. Knotts is hilarious as the put upon Abner Audubon Peacock who is the publisher of a bird watching magazine that is converted into a girlie mag. Late 60's style is on full display in this comedic romp.
Of course Don Knotts is The Love God
He might not be a Love God, but Elvis was the King. The Trouble With Girls (and how to get into it) is a delightful movie and it was starting at the Martin Theatre. This period piece set in the Twenties has Elvis in the role of Chautauqua manager Walter Hale. A Chautauqua was a traveling roadshow popular back then that offered up light entertainment mixed with educational lectures. I really enjoy this movie which features a performance of "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" along with a strong performance from Marlyn Mason. The supporting cast boasts Vincent Price and Anissa Jones among others.
The Trouble With Girls trailer
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