Directed by: Edward A. Kull
Tarzan goes to Guatemala to find his lost friend, D’Arnot. On the way he helps Major Matling search Mayan ruins for hidden jewels and an idol containing the formula for a powerful explosive. D’Arnot and the idol are rescued, but the latter falls into the clutches of the explorer Raglan.
Runtime: 72 min
My Name is Nobody (1973)
This odd, Western comedy stars Henry Fonda and Terence Hill. If you've never seen any of the "Trinity" comedy Westerns which feature actor Hill in the title role, this is a pretty good example of one. With the added benefit of Fonda (a veteran of so many classic Westerns), and the participation from the great spaghetti Western director Sergio Leone (whose idea served as the basis for this film), this movie spoofs many of the themes from the genre. It's filled with action, many of which are accomplished with comic trick photography, and otherwise purposely ridiculous sequences.
The story is a familiar one, the aging gunfighter (Fonda) who wants to retire and not have to look over his shoulder all the time for the next hotshot that comes along wanting to challenge him. However, a crooked mine owner named Sullivan (Jean Martin) wants to silence Fonda's character, so he hires over a hundred gunslingers (a "wild bunch") to assassinate him. One of these potential assassins, and would be challenger (Hill) to Fonda's fastest gun title, actually worships the old gunfighter as his childhood hero. When they meet, Hill's character convinces Fonda's that he can cement his legendary status by taking on Sullivan's posse in a final blaze of glory. Fans of TV's Dallas will recognize Steve Kanaly in the barber scene
This lavish, big-budget blockbuster combined tales from Ernest Hemingway's life with Papa's already famous autobiographical novel of the same name. As Harry (Gregory Peck) lies wounded and delirious in an African campsite at the foot of the snow-covered slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, he recounts the story of his life in a series of flashbacks. Writing, women, and big-game hunting--these are the things that have defined and dominated his existence. In pursuit of all three, he has traveled the globe from the salons of Bohemian Paris to the battlefields of Spain to the plains of Africa. Now, in the shadow of the great mountain and his own approaching death from gangrene, he tries to make sense of his failures. Few Hemingway novels play as well onscreen as they do on paper, but under the direction of Henry King, star Peck turns in an inspired performance. Susan Hayward plays Harry's devoted beau, while Harry himself pines for the love he lost in Cynthia (Ava Gardner). The romantic, sentimental, qualities embedded in the fine script are driven home by Bernard Hermann's brilliant score. Theater operators actually feared that audiences would stay away from the film because they couldn't pronounce Kilimanjaro, but the film turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 1952.
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.
