'The Beginning or the End' 1947 with Robert Walker and Tom Drake. Hiroshima bombing 70th anniversary: Six movies dealing with the A-bomb terror Seventy years ago, on Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb over the city…
Forbidden Planet (1956)
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Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis, Robby the Robot, Forbidden Planet. When one thinks of 1950s science-fiction films, one thinks of the sort of schlocky black-and-white B movies that were parodied on the old Mystery Science Theater 3000 television show. Yet, while…
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Anne Francis (minus beauty mark) in Henry Koster's Elopement, with William Lundigan. Anne Francis, best known for sporting a futuristic mini-skirt in Fred M. Wilcox's classic sci-fier Forbidden Planet (1956, right with Robby the Robot) and for her tough, smart…
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When most people think of Leslie Nielsen, they think of comedy spoofs – of varying degrees of box office success – such as Airplane! (1980), The Naked Gun (1988), Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), and Wrongfully Accused (1998). Perhaps…