It Came from Outer Space (1953) - Trailer HD 1080p

Kathleen Hughes, the 1950s starlet who released the scream... heard ’round the world.... in the sci-fi flick It Came From Outer Space,  died this week.... She was 96.   

    IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE.....in 3-D, was my first Science Fiction Film Viewing......My grandmother, Flora, in reponse to my having pled with her to 'take me to the 3-D movie, playing at 'The Grand', across the street from Becker's, in Huntsville, sat through the Film with me....the first film that she had viewed on a big screen in a couple of decades....Both of us experienced 'troubled sleep', that evening......as I crawled into bed with her and my grandfather, Rufus....who laughed at our 'terror'.......He'd, probably, not been to a 'movie house'  in 30 years!   Nevertheless, i became 'hooked' on Sci-Fi movies...from then...till Now......

THE DOWNTOWN MOVIE HOUSES.....'TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF' PARENTS...AND 'PUT THE WEIGHT ON' THE KIDS....

Recalling those 'every Saturday morning' movies, movietone news, featurettes, cartoons, serials and live stage talent/costume shows that lasted for hours at The Lyric Theater, in downtown Huntsville.....for a penny and a half per hour (plus popcorn, candy and cokes/RC's/Double Colas/Dr. Peppers) boys, in jeans with rolled-up cuffs, and girls, in skirts & blouses, were 'babysat'....giving their parents some peace of mind until late afternoon........This Saturday Morning Activity was, largely, supplanted by the TV set...so that these boys could drive their parents mad with hours of loud 'kid's programming'.....Movies went 'Color', Cinemascope, Vistavision and 3-D....to divert youthful attention back to the 'big screens'.....and with 7-fold...or more... price increases....to contain these hyperactive kids in a walled room......Now.....for $35 a head, parents can, still, 'drop their kids off' for a few hours.......older kid, as hormonal changes dictated...spent more time 'hooking up' at Soda Shops, iniatiating their later weight gains....and, again, couch-potatoing in front of their 'boob tubes'....munching on candy bars and salty 'treats'....

MY MEMORIES OF ALL THOSE 'GIANT INSECT MOVIES' THAT I WATCHED ON SATURDAY MORNINGS WHEN I WAS A PRE-TEEN.....

The Matrix Was a Documentary

 

"Trivial Obsessions and Refootling Postulations" OR "Maybe, you should keep your towel under your pillow"

 

 

Make sure that 'Frank' has some toilet paper.....otherwise, don't use that towel! Don't we all know at least one 'Ralph', that will use your toothbrush, drink from your milk carton and fart on your silk-upholstered chair. And, never 'drink after' Ralph.. You never know what he's had in his mouth, minutes before. I posted this over a year ago.....in the context of Today, it seems relevant...in another way, doesn't it?