Here is one case, darlings, where the movie is better than the poster.
"The Black Scorpion," made in 1957, is not at all cheesy, because the special effects in this film were done by Willis O'Brien, of "King Kong " fame--1933, of course! It is important historically because it was the last film O'Brien worked on, so this achievement, which shows off his work spectacularly, is a fitting tribute to this gifted artist.
Also, this film has one of the Fifties dark haired beauties--Mara Corday. When a gorgeous brunette was needed for this type of film, it seems she, Faith Domergue, or Allison Hayes would be called. Can one blame anyone? They are all gorgeous, and, being the Fifties, Mara dresses impeccably, as folks did back then. The budget might have been blown on special effects, but the wardrobe never suffered.
So, join us all this evening, as "Svengoolie" ushers in August with a goody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You will never view scorpions the same way again, girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how was it?!!
ReplyDeleteYes, we definitely knew how to dress back then.
Even as very young girls we all wore dresses, hats, white gloves, patent leather shoes, white ankle socks with the lace trim.
we’d change into our “play clothes” to go outside
Victoria, It was pretty frightening and intense, Shots of the scorpion dripping venom were used throughout. One of the better giant monster movies of the Fifties. And, yes, even on a low budget, folks were better dressed here than what is seen today.
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