I'm going back through what comprised my senior year of high school and first semester of college in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Come along for the ride. New posts every day or so mixed in with other things.
October 29, 1985. It was Dracula week on Channel 17. I miss when the independent stations had theme week movies. Tonight it was Blood of Dracula's Castle starring John Carradine.
It's once again time for a Film Flashback to see what was playing at the movies in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and the date this time is: October 30, 1979. Lee Marvin and Robert Shaw (in his last performance) star in the movie Avalanche Express about a Russian spy who has decided to defect. The beautiful Linda Evans is also in the film. The trailer is odd as it almost only features still images.
Avalanche Express trailer
The Amazing Maurice would be appearing at Big K at 5:30 PM so you can catch his show and still have plenty of time to see a movie on this night.
October 30, 1979 was a Tuesday night so you could see movies at the Martin Twin for just $1.50. Dracula and Skatetown, U.S.A. were what was playing on this evening. Saturday Night Fever director John Badham helmed Dracula which starred Frank Langella, Donald Pleasance, Laurence Olivier, and Kate Nelligan. The romantic horror tale was a modest hit.
Scott Baio and Patrick Swayze are two of the many stars in Skatetown U.S.A. which was billed as "The Rock and Roller Disco Movie of the Year!" Maureen McCormick is in it which makes it a winner in my book as anything with a Brady kid is awesome. Billy Barty is in it too and he is another one of my favorite actors from the Seventies. The movie was an attempt to cash in on the roller skating disco fad, but by the time the movie came out times had changed and the interest in the film was minimal. I think it's a fun movie and a really great time capsule of that era.
