Before our feature presentation, ACME would like to start the evening with another Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny cartoon, the 1958 Now Hare This, directed by Robert McKimson.
(very sorry about the quality of this - it's the only version I could find
The Big Bad Wolf and his nephew would later appear in False Hare, the final Bugs Bunny short from the original theatrical era.
Before the start of our feature presentation, ACME Eagle Hand Soap is trying to help out a new product get into your local supermarkets
Remember, it's the Only Ice Lolly to bring the temperature down. Demand that your grocer start stocking them immediately in their frozen dessert aisle.
And look for those trading cards!
We've picked another entry from the excellent reference book, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die by Steven Jay Schneider. Today's choice is Allan Dwan's 1954 under rated western, Silver Lode, starring John Payne, Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Dolores Moran, Harry Carey Jr., and Stuart Whitman. This B-movie is very much influenced by the classic western High Noon - a respected citizen is arrested on his wedding day by US Marshals for murder and theft, he denies the charges and searches for the real culprit, even as the townsfolk start abandoning him. The film is one of the most succinct and explicit anti-McCarthy statements ever made in Hollywood. The ACME Eagle Hand Soap Radio Hour would like you to join us in watching Silver Lode. So push away from the table, get comfortable and enjoy the film.
The director, Allan Dwan (1885–1981), was one of the oldest working directors in Hollywood. He began his career in 1911, and had nearly 407 director, fifty-three writer, and forty producer credits. Surprisingly given the overt political message in the film, neither he nor any of the leads (John Payne, Lizbeth Scott, Dan Duryea, or Dolores Moran [married to producer Benedict Bogeaus at the time of production]) had any run-ins with congressional investigating committees or private investigating firms.
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