The Vanishing Legion │ Frankie Darro

 

Here is a blast from the past, a golden oldie if you will.  Frankie Darro was the greatest child actor of the 1930s, to the 1940s.  What made him so unique though was that he did all of his own stunts.  He came from a circus family.  His parents did a high flying trapeze act, so Frankie learned to be rather adept from a very young age at performing aerial acrobatics.  Most of you will probably remember Frankie as the voice of Lampwick in Walt Disney's "Pinocchio".  In 1931 he starred in a serial called "The Vanishing Legion".  This serial is two-hundred and twenty minutes long, and Frankie is in about 95% of all the scenes.  In other words he owns this serial.  He also starred in "The Phantom Empire".  In the video clip presented below, notice how Frankie does a flying leap to get on his horse.  It is quite remarkable.  Get ready for some amazing action with Frankie Darro by clicking on the video widget below.  Safe journeys to all the fans of Endyr's Movie Theater, wherever you may be.

Robot Monster │ Gregory Moffett

In this edition of Endyr's Movie Theater I am featuring "Robot Monster".  It's a movie that is so bad, that it is good.  In fact, "Robot Monster" has been voted to be the worst science-fiction movie ever made.  I can heartily agree with that, but what makes the movie so cool is Gregory Moffett who stars as "Johnny".  He adds a freshness and life to an otherwise dull plot.  I find it amazing though, that Elmer Bernstein, the late-great master film composer, wrote the music for "Robot Monster".  Bring out the popcorn, soda, and candy for some incredible Sci-Fi entertainment.  Safe journeys to all the fans of Endyr's Movie Theater, wherever you may be.

 

Special Intermission Featurette │ Valentin, Rémi, Madeleine, Enzo, and Oliana

 In this special edition of Endyr's Movie Theater I am featuring one of the most beautiful songs in the whole world.  It's called "L'Envie d'aimer (The Desire To Love), and it is from the incredible French musical, "Les Dix Commandements (The Ten Commandments)".  This song was composed by Pascal Obispo, and Lionel Florence who have had several number one hits in France, and Patrice Guirao.  "L'Envie d'aimer" is one of the biggest selling singles of all time in France, and was also a hit in other Western European countries.  Valentin, Rémi, Madeleine, Enzo, and  Oliana who were the finalist from the first season of Ecole des Stars, were invited back to the program to perform this magnificent encore during the finale of the show.  I can listen to this song over and over again and it still brings tears to my eyes.  Safe journeys to all the fans of Endyr's Movie Theater, wherever you may be.