The Expedition Going Back In 4/4 Time Secret Words, Secret Voices Tales Of Frankenstein (1957)
Nov 26, 2011 · 8 Comments »

The Expedition

We assembled in the usual room at the usual time, a couple of dozen in number and counting the minutes before we’d begin the march.  Called to attention, the excited...

Oct 14, 2011 · 6 Comments »

Going Back In 4/4 Time

It’s been said that smell can trigger memories better than anything else. I’m sure that can be linked to the animal portion of our brains – some survival mechanism whose...

Oct 7, 2011 · 3 Comments »

Secret Words, Secret Voices

Last September (2011) an unnamed collector payed over $208,000 at auction for an Enigma machine once used by the German military to encode and decode secret messages. Well, not as...

Aug 2, 2011 · 4 Comments »

Tales Of Frankenstein (1957)

Tales Of Frankenstein was to be a series produced for television by Screen Gems, in connection with the famed Hammer Films.  Hammer had released The Curse Of Frankenstein that same...

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The Expedition

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