She had a showy role and acquitted herself well in the thriller violent saturday 1955, but her career quickly lost momentum when fox didnt renew her contract in 1956. A doctor experimenting with transplant techniques keeps his girlfriends head alive when she is decapitated in a car crash, then goes hunting for a new body. The film was distributed by united artists and is based on the 1942 horror novel donovans brain by curt siodmak the story involves an attempt to keep alive the brain of millionaire megalomaniac w. Dumuzi favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite july 30, 2007 subject. In an accident, dr, loses his girlfriend but finds her decapitated head. Sure its a cheap little film but thats the fun of it. The creature walks among us 1956 the cyclops 1957 the day the earth stood still 1951. Hfuhruhurr, played by steve martin, mentions donovans brain is his favorite movie.
Its the shame they don t make movies like that anymore. Its far from being a fantastic film, but its definitely not one of the worst of the worst. Keeping comptons head alive in his lab, cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. A ukwest german coproduction also released as ein toter sucht seinen morder. His rare leaps into theatrical film include pretty boy floyd 1960, house of women 1962, p. The cat girl 1957 the colossus of new york 1958 the cosmic man 1959 the cosmic monsters aka the strange world of planet x 1957 the crawling eye 1958. The film was completed in 1959 under the working title the black door but was not theatrically released until may 3, 1962, when it was. The film was completed in 1959 under the working title the black door but was not theatrically released until may 3, 1962, when it was released under its new title as a double feature.
Youll be sorry if you dont watch it, and so will jan. Brain pretty much ended the career of costar leith, however, and the actress made a handful of tv appearances before retiring in. Bill cortner and his fiancee, jan compton, are driving t. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. The brain is a 1962 science fiction thriller film directed by freddie francis, and starring anne heywood and peter van eyck. Sultry, smokyvoiced brunette actress, a former model, who was put under contract by 20th centuryfox in the early 1950s. Donovans brain is an independently made 1953 blackandwhite science fiction horror film, produced by allan dowling and tom gries, directed by felix e. A doctor searches for a body to which he can attach his fiancees decapitated head which h. Following the kubrick film, leith signed a contract with 20th centuryfox and had leading roles in violent saturday 1955, on the threshold of space 1956, toward the unknown 1956 and a kiss before dying 1956. Unfortunately for this film, the director, joseph green, is the king of overacting and cuts that are waaaaaay too long.
The lady and the monster 1944, an earlier film adaptation of the novel. Cortner, a surgeon is obsessed with his experiments. He quit school to join the army during wwii, and later decided to act after seeing such hollywood stars as john wayne and humphrey bogart. I remember it being a very different monster film from the usual fare, and i was very young, so it. It played with invasion of the star creatures in several territories although it supported tales of terror in a seattle firstrun engagement. Excellent dont know why exactly but these type of films from late 40s the 50s and early 60s seem. In the opening scene, where the doctor is going to open the chest of the patient, he uses that knife like he cant figure where to start cutting. This lurid, lowbudget shocker is a true giant among cult movies, in which jan. Sadly, this brainless movie was her only well known film. The brain 1962 film 1962, a later film adaptation of the novel. Mgm has the original intact film elements, including the overthetop gore scene that was once a rare item. The original film is is the public domain and the 3d conversion was performed by myself. Today it is difficult to imagine how anyone could have taken the thing seriously even in 1959. Resuscitated by elviras box of horror classics series and mystery science theater 3000, the brains noname cast and lowbudget schlock are not as corny as expected.
Starring rachael perrell fosket, patrick green and robert blanche, this will be a fresh take on joseph greens 1962 film of the same name. And one of the contestants in the 2nd episode is none other than lola mason, who plays the blonde donna whatever you prescribe, ill take. The picture is excellent and definitely better than anything that has come before. Id like to give it at least 4 12 stars due to the excellent release. Se7en 1995 giving a lecture at boston university in november 2010, renowned title credit designer kyle cooper said that this film was one of the inspirations for his opening credits sequence for se7en aka seven.
Bill cortner, who after a horrendous car wreck, manages to save the severed head of his. Bill cortner and his fiancee, jan compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Please, if you could, download it and seed for everyone so that everyone else. Cooper told director david fincher that he had watched brain as a young boy and had waited and waited and waited and waited for the monster to appear. On disc 2 it contains two episodes of who do you trust.