Friday, October 9, 2020

GOODBYE, GENE CORMAN...


Like your brother, Roger, you were prolific to the astounding hilt, having produced an explosion of exciting entries. 

Your astute execution graced such titles as "Night of the Blood Beast"; "Beast from Haunted Cave"; "The Premature Burial"; "Attack of the Giant Leeches"; "Private Parts"; "The Tower of London '62"; "Hot Car Girl"; "The Intruder"'; "You Can't Win 'Em All"; "Tobruk"; "I Escaped from Devil's Island"; "Avalanche Express"; "I Mobster"; "Beach Ball"; "The Girls on the Beach"; "Ski Party"; "The Big Red One"; "The Secret Invasion"; "Hit Man"; "Target: Harry"; "The Cat Burglar"; "F.I.S.T."; "Blood Ties"; "Valley of the Redwoods"; "Blood and Steel"; "Von Richthofen and Brown"; "The Slams"; "Darktown Strutters"; "A Woman Called Golda"; "Cool Breeze"; "Vigilante Force"; and "The Secret of Purple Reef".

You mingled with the most noted performers as a result, giving some their starts and embellishing what many had already founded, including Sylvester Stallone; Tony Lo Bianco; Ray Milland; Vic Morrow; Ingrid Bergman; Charles Bronson; Tony Curtis; Patrick McGee; Linda Evans; Maximillan Shell; Robert Shaw; Lee Marvin; Mark Hamill; Robert Carradine; Bernadette Peters; Kris Kristofferson; Jan Michael Vincent; Jim Brown; Ed Nelson; Angela Green; Michael Forest; Vincent Price; and William Shatner. 

You made entertainment all the more entertaining, Mr. Corman. Thanks for bringing the best of the best into our lives, and leaving a body of accomplishments that film fans will revisit for centuries to come. 

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