Sad news from England, as DOCTOR WHO has lost one of its legends. William Russell, who portrayed schoolteacher Ian Chesterton in the first season, has passed away at the age of 99. Ian was one of Susan Foreman’s (Carole Ann Ford) teachers, who followed her home for a ‘welfare inspection’,…
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Prince Sirki Calls Upon The Quintessential Movie Villain
Greetings, Friends and Fiends. Ye Olde Dragon here, unfortunately once more the bearer of mournful tidings. Sadly, a living legend lives no more. Count Dracula. Fu-Manchu. Frankenstein’s Monster. The Mummy. The Man With the Golden Gun. Saruman. Count Dooku. Some of the most vile and insidious villains in all of…
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A Very Busy Prince Sirki Closes The Hypnotic Eye, Turns Out the Bat-Signal and Deactivates IDAK!
Greetings From Beyond the Veil, Effendi. Prince Sirki has been busy the last few days, in regards to the realms of Imagi-Movies & Imagi-TV. Jacques Bergerac will no doubt be best remembered for his portrayal of Desmond, the criminal hypnotist at the center of George Blair’s THE HYPNOTIC EYE (1960)…
Sirki’s Summons – January 10: Smaug & the 1st Horror Hostesss
Greetings from beyond The Veil, Effendi. There is no doubt, that Richard Boone was best known for his TV Western roles, particularly Paladin in Have Gun Will Travel and the titular aging, surly Hec Ramsey. In working for Rankin/Bass Productions however, Boone ventured into the realm of Imagi-Movies (albeit TV…
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Prince Sirki Claims False Face
Greetings from beyond the veil, Effendi. It was released a short time ago that on this past Wednesday, March 13, veteran character actor Malachi Throne passed away at the age of 84 after a long bout with cancer. A fixture on TV shows, usually as a heavy, he’ll probably be…
A Birthday Remembrance For…
Today, April 26, 2024, marks the 114th anniversary of the birth of Tomoyuki Tanaka. For those unfamiliar with that name, Tanaka was the producer at Toho Studios, that started the GODZILLA franchise. He’s credited as one of Godzilla’s ‘Four Fathers’ – the others being director Ishiro Honda, effects master Eiji…
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Today in Imagi-Movie History : 12/23
Greetings, Friends and Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here, bringing you the happenings on this date – December 23 – as they pertain to the world of Imagi-Movies. Here are some notable Imagi-Movie release anniversaries: 1958: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Directed by: Nathan Juran Starring: Kerwin Matthews, Kathryn Grant, Richard…
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Sirki’s Summons – February 5: The Man Who Taught Kaiju How To Roar
Greetings from beyond The Veil! I’d like to tell you about a symphonic composer, who has certainly gained the majority of his fame in the Western Hemisphere for writing the scores of many Japanese monster movies. He is considered to be one of the four “fathers” of Godzilla, along with…
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Sirki’s Summons – January 11: The Original Kato
Greetings from Beyond The Veil, O worthy Friend! Today marks the day, 23 years ago, that an actor as easily recognizable by his voice as well as his face, was called upon by Prince Sirki. He played the Green Hornet’s sidekick Kato, over 20 years before Bruce Lee. He was…
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Sirki’s Summons – July 25: Creator of the Oxygen Destroyer
Greetings from beyond The Veil, O Worthy Friends! Today marks the passing of a Japanese actor, famous in his homeland for multitudes of films and roles, but best known here in the West for his roles in Japanese Monster & Science-Fiction films. Perhaps his most famous role is that of…