Cinema Retro
Entries from Tuesday, June 29. 2021
HIGHLIGHTS OF ISSUE #30
INCLUDE:
- Mark
Mawston lands
a rare exclusive interview with A Hard Day's Night director Richard
Lester, who recalls the making of the iconic film on its 50th
anniversary- with insights from former United Artists production
head David V. Picker, who brought the film to the screen.
- Denis
Meilke looks
at the legacy of the Steve Reeves Hercules films and the
spin off Italian sword and sandal flicks in "Blood, Sweat and
Togas".
- Nicholas
Anez compares
the John Wayne/Howard Hawks classics Rio
Bravo and El Dorado in the concluding part of
his essay.
- Matthew
Field provides
the moving and informative final interview with legendary
cinematographer Oswald Morris, who shot such diverse
films as Fiddler on the Roof, Oliver!, Death Wish and The
Guns of Navarone.
- Lee
Pfeiffer on the
legacy of the late, great Eli Wallach.
- Brian
Davidson pays
tribute to the short, tragic career of 1960s glamour girl Francoise
Dorleac.
- Tim
Greaves celebrates
the guilty pleasures of Warlords of Atlantis
- Gareth
Owen's tribute
to legendary Gerry Anderson and his work at Pinewood
Studios
- Brian
Davidson revisits
the kinky, British cult thriller Fright starring Susan
George and Honor Blackman
- Howard
Hughes concludes
The Oakmont Story with a look at their last production, Hell
Boats starring James Franciscus.
- John
M. Whalen explores
the strange tale of One-Eyed Jacks starring and directed
by Marlon Brando
- Sergio
Leone's A Fistful of Dollars- the 50th anniversary of the Clint
Eastwood classic
- Raymond
Benson's
10 best films of 1989
- Plus
the latest film book, soundtrack and DVD reviews
HIGHLIGHTS OF ISSUE #29 INCLUDE:
- Lee
Pfeiffer interviews
director William Friedkin about the restoration of his
controversial film Sorcerer starring Roy Scheider
- Don
L. Stradley looks at how horror films saved the careers of veteran
actresses such as Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Shelly
Winters
- Nicholas
Anez compares
the John Wayne/Howard Hawks classics Rio
Bravo and El Dorado
- The
Wicker Man 40th Anniversary- Mark Mawston interviews the
film's director Robin Hardy
- Lee
Pfeiffer interviews
actress Nancy Kwan about breaking racial barriers in
Hollywood
- Howard
Hughes covers
the forgotten WWII flick The Last Escape starring Stuart
Whitman
- Cai
Ross pays
tribute to the supporting actors of All the President's Men: Jason
Robards, Jack Warden and Martin Balsam
- Harvey
Chartrand on Mary
Rose, Alfred Hitchcock's aborted thriller.
- Gareth
Owen's tribute
to legendary James Bond cinematographer Alec
Mills
- Lee
Van Cleef in Sabata and Death
Rides a Horse
- Mike
Siegel on Sam
Peckinpah's cult classic Bring Me the Head of Alfredo
Garcia
- Roland
Schaefli visits the German film locations of the Steve
McQueen classic The Great Escape- then and now.
- Paul
Sutton: "Meeting Malcolm McDowell"
- Plus
the latest film book, soundtrack and DVD reviews
HIGHLIGHTS OF ISSUE #28 INCLUDE:
- Sheldon
Hall's 13 page spectacular tribute to the 50th anniversary of Zulu starring
Stanley Baker and Michael Caine. Rare behind the scenes photos and
international movie posters.
- Dave
Worrall takes on you on a locations "now and then" tour of
where Goldfinger starring Sean Connery was filmed at the
legendary Pinewood Studios.
- Ray
Morton's exclusive interview with cinematographer Richard Kline, who
shot King Kong (1976), Death Wish, Star Trek: The Motion
Picture and Camelot.
- Dean
Brierly looks at classic American crime movies including The
Killers (1974), The Driver, Point Blank, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo
Garcia and The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.
- Brian
Hannan tells the fascinating story of Elizabeth Taylor's
BUtterfield 8, the film she did not want to do but won an Oscar
for!
- Tim
Greaves looks at the short but exotic career of Victoria
Vetri, star of Hammer Films' When Dinosaurs Ruled the
Earth- and provides some rare provocative photos!
- Illustrated
tribute to movie comic book tie-ins from the 1960s and 1970s.
- Howard
Hughes continues his history of Oakmont Productions with The
Thousand Plane Raid starring Christopher George.
- Harvey
Chartrand tells the fascinating story behind Mary Rose, the
dream project that Alfred Hitchcock never filmed.
- Trevor
Chapman remembers the glorious Gaumont Theatre, one of Britain's Cinerama
gems.
- Gareth
Owen looks at Pinewood Studios in the 1970s and 1980s.
- Raymond
Benson's top ten films of 1987
- Plus
the latest film book, soundtrack and DVD reviews
LOW STOCKS!
HIGHLIGHTS
OF ISSUE #27 INCLUDE:
- Don L. Stradley
examines the dramatic life and career of Lolita star Sue
Lyon
- John Exshaw's
unpublished interview with screen legend Peter Cushing
- Adrian Smith
interviews Hugh Hudson, director of Revolution and Greystoke:
The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
- Dean Brierly
looks at classic Japanese crime movies
- Stephen C. Jilks
celebrates the Hammer horror flick Curse of the Werewolf
- David Savage
examines Liz Taylor's little-seen, late career bizarro cult
movie The Driver's Seat
- Howard Hughes
continues his history of Oakmont Productions with Submarine
X-1 starring James Caan
- Paul Thomson
provides in-depth coverage of the Amicus Edgar Rice Burroughs film
adaptations The Land That Time Forgot, At the Earth's Core and The
People That Time Forgot and reviews the long-forgotten electric
rock Western Zachariah
- Remember Ray
Harryhausen
- Raymond Benson's
top ten films of 1986
- Lee Pfeiffer's
Take Two column looks back on The Valachi Papers starring Charles
Bronson
- Burt
Reynolds underrated
dark comedy The End is re-evaluated by Tim Greaves
- Gareth Owen's
Pinewood Past column features Reach for the Sky starring Kenneth
More
- Plus the latest
film book, soundtrack and DVD reviews.
HIGHLIGHTS OF ISSUE #26 INCLUDE:
- Sam
Peckinpah's Straw Dogs: Mike Siegel provides in-depth
coverage of the legendary director's controversial 1971 classic starring
Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. Includes extensive rarely seen behind the
scenes production photos and rare international ad campaigns.
- Lee
Pfeiffer interviews comedy genius Mel Brooks, who
reflects on his long career in TV and feature films.
- Howard
Hughes examines the 1969 spaghetti Western classic The Five Man
Army starring Peter Graves, Bud Spencer and Tetsuro Tamba
- Dean
Brierly pays tribute to the great French crime films of the 1960s and
1970s
- David
McCallum recalls
the making of Oakmont Studio's 1969 WWII film Mosquito Squadron
- Cinema
Retro attends the 40th anniversary cast and crew reunion of Bob
Fosse's Cabaret and gets interviews with Joel Grey,
Michael York, Marisa Berenson and Robert Osborne of Turner
Classic Movies. Plus we cover the "re-premiere" at New York's
Ziegfeld Theatre, attended by Liza Minnelli herself.
- Don
R. Stradley looks at Sextette, the bizarre cinematic swan
song of Mae West
- Raymond
Benson's ten best films of 1985
- Gareth
Owen examines the making of the 1969 spy flick The Chairman (aka The
Most Dangerous Man in the World) starring Gregory
Peck
- Dave
Worrall covers the new restoration of the Hammer horror classic Dracula (aka Horror
of Dracula)
- Remembering
the brilliant, cynical comedy of Paddy Chayefsky in The
Hospital starring George C. Scott and Diana
Rigg
- Plus
the latest DVD, soundtrack and film book reviews
HIGHLIGHTS OF ISSUE #25 INCLUDE:
- James
Bond at 50: Cinema Retro interviews Daniel Craig,
producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G.
Wilson and Skyfall director Sam Mendesabout the screen
legacy of Agent 007.
- Dr. No cast
and crew reunion at Pinewood Studios, England: Gareth Owen reports
- Matthew R.
Bradley covers the Blofelds of screen and literature in The Importance of
Being Ernst: Part 2
- Major coverage
of Hammer Films events: convention report, Hammer horror film
locations then and now and coverage of the latest Blu-ray releases.
- In-depth look at
the new restoration of David Lean's masterpiece Lawrence of
Arabia and exclusive interview with Sony's Grover Crisp, the man who
spearheaded the restoration process.
- Best-selling
author Robert Sellers provides a fascinating look at the life and career
of the ultimate "bad boy" of British cinema, Oliver Reed.
- Dean Brierly
looks at the best Italian crime movies of the 60s and 70s.
- Tribute to the
creator of master of British film posters, artist Tom Chantrell.
- Michael Davey
interviews British sex symbol Liz Fraser
- Sands of the
Kalahari starring Stuart Whitman and Susannah
York: Lee Pfeiffer revisits an underrated classic adventure
- Nicholas
Anez pays tribute to Burt Lancaster's controversial The
Swimmer
- The"B"
British war film Attack on the Iron Coast starring Lloyd
Bridges- part one of Howard Hughes' history of Oakmont Studios
- Raymond Benson's
top ten films of 1984
- Plus the latest
DVD, soundtrack and film book reviews
ISSUE #45 (September, 2019)
Highlights of Cinema Retro #45:
Mark Mawston provides a rare
interview with actor John Richardson
Gareth Owen interviews another
John Richardson, the SFX genius about Raise the
Titanic
Dave Worrall presents an
in-depth, 26-page analysis of the 1969 WWII epic Battle of Britain
Brian Davidson steals a look at James
Coburn's pickpocket comedy Harry in Your Pocket
Gareth Owen takes us behind the
scenes with The Heroes of Telemark starring Kirk
Douglas and Richard Harris
Julien Comelli's interview with Hubert
Frolich, the locations manager for On Her Majesty's Secret
Service
Our "Girl Power" issue
celebrates female screen heroes of the 1960s and 1970s!
Dawn Dabell examines the phenomenon unleashed by Emmanuelle, a
breakthrough in eroticism from a female perspective. Diane A. Rodgers looks back on two female secret agent heroines of the
1960s: Monica Vitti as Modesty Blaise and Raquel Welch as Fathom. Lee Pfeiffer's exclusive interview with Stefanie Powers about her
title role as The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Mike Siegel provides a rare, exclusive interview with Marianne Koch, who
recalls filming Leone's A Fistful of Dollars
Glamour model Pamela Green recalls her role in the notorious Peeping
Tom Hayley Mills is the target of gigolos Oliver Reed and Noel
Harrison in Take a Girl Like You Olivia de Havilland is terrorized by thugs led by James Caan in
the chilling Lady in a Cage Gareth Owen celebrates the career of pioneer female producer Betty
Box Dolores Hart, Pamela Tiffin and Lois Nettleton are
"stewardesses" seeking love on land and in the skies in Come Fly
with Me.
ISSUE #43 (January, 2019)
Highlights of Cinema Retro #43:
Tribute to the 50th anniversary of the James Bond classic "On
Her Majesty's Secret Service" starring George Lazenby:
a five-page photo feature packed with rare images, some never published before.
"Mackenna's Gold"- a look back fifty years on at
the much-hyped big budget fiasco that has a fascinating back story behind it.
This major article by Dave Worrall and Lee Pfeiffer is the
most comprehensive ever written about the troubled production that starred Gregory
Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas and an all star
cast.
Cai Ross provides an exclusive interview with director Peter
Medak, who recalls the little-seen Peter Sellers
pirate comedy "Ghost in the Noonday Sun" and relates
the maddening experience of working with the volatile comedy genius.
Dawn Dabell covers the 1966 British coming-of-age comedy "The
Family Way", which allowed Hayley Mills her
first adult role in a scathing comedy about coming of age during the sexual
revolution.
Brian Davdison looks back on the controversial "Assault",
which is regarded as Britain's only true giallo.
Nick Anez analyzes director Robert Aldrich's
bizarre-but-gripping Depression era crime drama "The Grissom
Gang".
Gareth Owen examines the clues in the making of "Sleuth"
starring Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine
at Pinewood Studios
Brian Davidson pays tribute to actress Virginia
Maskell, whose career and life were tragically short, but very
impressive.
John V. Watson takes a nightmarish journey back to 1971 to
examine the release of numerous high profile films that were extremely violent.
Among them: "A Clockwork Orange", "Get Carter",
"Villain", "Dirty Harry", "Straw Dogs" and
"The Devils".
Plus Raymond Benson's "Cinema 101" column, Darren
Allison's news about the latest soundtrack releases and our extensive
reviews of new Blu-ray and DVD releases.
THIS ISSUE SHIPS FROM OUR UK OFFICE, AS IT IS SOLD OUT IN THE U.S.
LAST REMAINING ISSUES!
ISSUE #36 (SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016) OF CINEMA RETRO MAGAZINE:
Highlights of this issue include:
*Dave Worrall and Lee Pfeiffer celebrate the 50th
anniversary of "The Professionals" starring Burt
Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Claudia Cardinale, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode and Jack
Palance.
*Mark Mawston with a rare exclusive interview with 70's sex
siren Linda Hayden
*Cai Ross takes a bite at covering the underrated 1979
version of "Dracula" starring Frank Langella and Laurence
Olivier
*John LeMay uncovers the top secret story of the unfilmed
"Romance of the Pink Panther" that was to have starred Peter
Sellers.
*Peter Cook continues his celebration of matte painting
artists
*Tim Greaves uncovers the fascinating career of British
"Sex Queen" Mary Millington
*Mark Mawston concludes his interviews with legendary stills
photographer Keith Hamshere, who recalls shooting "Indiana Jones
and the Temple of Doom" and the James Bond films
*Lee Pfeiffer's personal tribute to the late Euan Lloyd,
producer of such films as "The Wild Geese" and "Shalako"
*Brigitte Bardot and Jeanne Moreau burn up
the Old West in "Viva Maria!"
Raymond Benson's Ten Best Films of 1955
*Darren Allison's latest soundtrack news
*Gareth Owen's "Pinewood Past" column
ISSUE #35 (2016) OF CINEMA RETRO MAGAZINE:
Very few copies left!
HIGHLIGHTS OF ISSUE
#35 INCLUDE:
- Extensive coverage of Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon".
- Exclusive interview with actor Ian Ogilvy
- The art of matte painting
- Caroline Munro's "B" movie classic "Starcrash".
- Plus: "When Eight Bells Toll" and "The Friends of Eddie Coyle"
ISSUE #34 (JANUARY 2016) OF CINEMA RETRO MAGAZINE:
HIGHLIGHTS OF ISSUE
#34 INCLUDE:
- Steven Jay Rubin presents part 2 of the remarkable
story about the making of The Bridge at Remagen and gets
insights from stars Robert Vaughn, George Segal & Bradford
Dillman .
- Legendary stills photographer Keith Hamshere shares
insights from his remarkable career and provides rare images from the
filming of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Bestselling author Robert Sellers presents the in-depth
story behind the making of The Three Musketeers and The
Four Musketeers with exclusive archival comments from producer Ilya
Salkind and cast members including Michael
York and Sir Christopher Lee.
- James Bond mania! Matthew
Field returns to Piz Gloria, the Swiss mountaintop location of "On
Her Majesty's Secret Service" for a celebration of the film
with star George Lazenby; Gareth Owen recalls the 007
40th anniversary production kick-off of "Die Another
Day" at Pinewood Studios and Cinema Retro attends the London
royal premiere of "Spectre".
- Dawn Dabell examines three WWII films that featured
women in the starring roles.
- Tom Lisanti interviews Dean Martin's Matt
Helm Slaygirl Jan Watson
- Tim Greaves celebrates the Amicus horror classic Dr.
Terror's House of Horrors starring Peter Cushing,
Christopher Lee and Donald Sutherland.
- Brian Davidson's tribute to the guilty pleasure British
sexploitation film Au Pair Girls
- Howard Hughes covers the Blu-ray release of the obscure
spaghetti Western "Cemetary Without Crosses"
- Plus Raymond Benson's top ten films of 1953, Darren
Allison's soundtrack reviews and the latest movie book and DVD/Blu-ray
releases
Cinema Retro Issue #52 (2022)
Highlights of this issue include:
- "The Sand Pebbles"- James Sherlock explores the trials and
tribulations behind the filming of Robert Wise's epic film which gained
Steve McQueen his only Oscar nomination.
- "Dr. Syn: Alias the Scarecrow"- Dave Worrall's in-depth
history of the character in film and literature, concentrating on the
evolution of the Walt Disney three-part TV episodes starring Patrick
McGoohan which would later emerge as a feature film.
- "Tarzan's Greatest Adventure"- Nick Anez argues it's the best
Tarzan film ever and his analysis might convince you to agree with him.
Gordon Scott starred as the King of the Jungle and the gang of villains
included young Sean Connery.
- "The Pink Panther"- John LeMay presents the fascinating history behind the first film to showcase Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau.
- "The Golden Lady"- Tim Greaves shines the spotlight on the
little-seen and little-remembered spy flick that featured a female James
Bond-type character- with Desmond Llewelyn in the supporting cast!
- "The Bad News Bears"- Robert Leese celebrates the hit comedy with the unlikely teaming of Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal
- "The Crimson Kimono"- Lee Pfeiffer covers director Sam Fuller's controversial and underrated crime thriller that was packed with racial conflicts.
- Plus regular columns by Raymond Benson, Gareth Owen, Darren Allison and Brian Hannan.
It's hard to believe that a half-century has gone by since the opening of director Gordon Parks' "Shaft" starring newcomer Richard Roundtree. The film's impact on the industry, pop culture and society was felt immediately and ushered in the era of the so-called Blaxploitation movies. Writing on the Digital Bits web site, Michael Coate provides a 4-page tribute to the film that contains some fascinating information and culminates on page 4 with a round table format discussion of the film's legacy with Cinema Retro's Lee Pfeiffer, author Josiah Howard and Chris Utley, who provides the viewpoint of a "Shaft" superfan. Click here to read.
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