Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Windsor Productions etc.

July 12, 1961

I honestly don't know the genre because nothing happened the first quarter hour but ironically I'll have to go with "Action"

DVD

C-

Nothing happens in the first quarter hour, except for drippy "clever" dialogue and overuse of the word "Congressman," but at least there's Peter Lorre training a shark, and Barbara Eden dancing to Frankie Avalon's trumpet.  Irwin Allen directed and co-wrote.

The Last Time I Saw Paris

The Last Time I Saw Paris

MGM

November 18, 1954

Romance, Historical Drama

DVD
D+

Kind of dull love story between Johnson and Taylor, just after World War II (and thus a historical drama even nine years later).  This is based on the Fitzgerald short story "Babylon Revisited," and directed by Richard Brooks, who co-wrote and would direct Taylor in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof four years later.

Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet

MGM

March 23, 1956

Sci-Fi

DVD
C-

Leslie Nielsen meets Robbie the Robot on a planet that looks like a Yes album cover.  And, yes, this is based on The Tempest.  Fred M. Wilcox directed.

Dark Command

I guess it's a romance, too.

Dark Command
Republic Pictures
April 15, 1940
Western
DVD
C

This isn't bad for a Western, with humor (including a W.C. Fields-like scene of a dentist and a female patient) and somewhat interesting characters.  I didn't want to keep going, but I've certainly watched more unpleasant first quarter-hours lately.  This is based on the W.R. Burnett novel and directed by Raoul Walsh.