Thank you for joining us today.
Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Bugs Bunny (and Elmer Fudd) Merrie Melodies cartoon, the 1947 Slick Hare, directed by Friz Freleng.
The song that the Carmen Miranda character sings to a excerpt from Conga Del Fuego Nuevo is nonsensical and includes three names that Miranda sung under when she was in the U.S.A., as well as the names of three popular varieties of Samba.
Once again, ACME would like to wish everyone a Horrific Halloween with another special Drive-In double-feature tonight. The programming department has put together a double feature revolving around alien invasions, a very current topic indeed. Tonight we have the 1957 film Enemy From Space (AKA Quatermass 2, purportedly the first film to denote that it was a sequal in the title,) and the 1951 film, The Man from Planet X. So we would like you to relax (quick, find the most comfortable seat on the sofa,) get a snack (perhaps, some popcorn,) and a beverage and join The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour in watching the first film in today's double feature, Enemy From Space.
In between takes Brian Donlevy's toupee was accidentally blown off by the aeroplane engine wind machines used during the film's climax.
I'm guessing that we could all use a break, right about know. As you run into the kitchen and get a beverage refill or run into the bathroom and replenish the eco-system, we here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour want to watch the the 1930 Fleischer Studios Bosco cartoon, Swing You Sinners!
This is one of the most surreal pre-code cartoons ever made, even for the Fleischer Brothers, who were pretty out there sometimes.
Our second feature tonight is the 1951 film, The Man from Planet X. So please join us here at The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour and sit back, get comfortable and enjoy watching our second feature this evening.
Filmed in six days, director Edgar G. Ulmer did rewrites, designed the moon and spaceship and glass paintings to expedite the production and cut down on expenses.
Demand Euphoria!
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