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Fans of 1950s B-movies can celebrate as they can now get their hands on the 70th Anniversary Restored Edition of the science fiction film Robot Monster (aka Monsters From The Moon) on Blu-ray (Region Free) and DVD (Region Free) courtesy of BayView Entertainment.

Newly Restored in 3-D by the 3-D Film Archive! At last, ”can” and ”must” meet on the graph, as the most demented, delirious, and delightful 3-D film of the Golden Age arrives in this showcase edition loaded with out-of-this-world extras.

Synopsis:

A cosmic catastrophe ”has wiped out humanity, and now the last six survivors must outwit that strangely iconic alien menace, Ro-Man (George Barrows). Taking orders from the pitiless Great Guidance, Ro-Man wavers in his pursuit of human annihilation when he falls in love with a girl (Claudia Barrett). Can dashing young Roy (George Nader) save her?

Filmed in the Tru-Stereo process, Robot Monster (aka Monsters From The Moon...

A cosmic catastrophe has wiped out humanity, and now the last six survivors must outwit that strangely iconic alien menace, Ro-Man (George Barrows). Taking orders from the pitiless Great Guidance, Ro-Man wavers in his pursuit of human annihilation when he falls in love with a girl (Claudia Barrett). Can dashing young Roy (George Nader) save her? Independently photographed in less than a week on location in Bronson Canyon, the Tru-Stereo photography is comparable to the major studio 3D productions of the time. And to mark the milestone 70th anniversary of this all-time sci-fi classic, the 3D version of Robot Monster has been painstakingly and masterfully restored from complete 35mm archival 3D elements by the talented archivists at the 3D Film Archive, the leading experts in vintage stereoscopic film restoration.

Robot Monster is available on Blu-ray and DVD on July 25.

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Robot Monster Blu-ray from Bayview Entertainment

Robot Monster will be released on Blu-ray on July 25 via Bayview Entertainment. It has been newly restored in 4K from 35mm 3D archival elements with frame sequential Blu-ray 3D, anaglyphic 3D (with a pair of glasses included), and standard 2D versions.

Fans of 1950s B-movies will rejoice this July when BayView Entertainment release the 70th Anniversary Restored Edition of the science fiction film Robot Monster (aka Monsters From The Moon) on Blu-ray (Region Free) and DVD (Region Free) on 25th July 2023.

Newly Restored in 3-D by the 3-D Film Archive! At last, ”can” and ”must” meet on the graph, as the most demented, delirious, and delightful 3-D film of the Golden Age arrives in this showcase edition loaded with out-of-this-world extras.

Synopsis:

A cosmic catastrophe ”has wiped out humanity, and now the last six survivors must outwit that strangely iconic alien menace, Ro-Man (George Barrows). Taking orders from the pitiless Great Guidance, Ro-Man wavers in his pursuit of human annihilation when he falls in love with a girl (Claudia Barrett). Can dashing young Roy (George Nader) save her?

Filmed in the Tru-Stereo process, Robot Monster (aka Monsters From The Moon) boasts...

By Darren Allison

I really didn’t know too much about Paul Guilfoyle’s 1955 film, A Life at Stake, although I have always had a fondness for stark film noir. Spoiled young Doris Hillman (played by the delightful Angela Lansbury) invites struggling architect Edward Shaw (Keith Andes) to come in as her husband's partner in a lucrative real estate deal. However, when Edward becomes romantically involved with Doris, he learns that something deadly is going on. There's a life at stake, and it could be his own.

As we progress deeper into the story immediate parallels begin to emerge such as Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity (1944). However, it’s evident that A Life at Stake wasn’t afforded the same budgetary benefits as Wilder’s classic movie. That said, A Life at Stake is a brilliant slice of entertainment which is more than capable of standing on its own two feet.

It’s low-rent Noir A Go-Go: Angela Lansbury is a double-crossing femme fatale in this independent cheapie with modest charms. You can’t trust anyone these days, especially real estate developers with plans to collect Your life insurance. Lansbury is the seductive ‘motivator’ with a preference for late-night rendezvous in the high mountains, where everything is a long drop, nudge nudge wink wink. She makes with the hotcha come-ons but rugged Keith Andes is the one who goes around topless for an entire reel. One of the most obscure ’50s films noir, this one gives us a peek at an evocative Hollywood location or two.

A Life at Stake

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The Film Detective

1955 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 76 min. / Street Date September 7, 2021 / 24.95

Starring: Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglass Dumbrille, Claudia Barrett, Jane Darwell, Gavin Gordon, Charles Maxwell, William Henry.

Cinematography: Ted Allan

Set Designer: Robert Haver

Film Editor: Frank Sullivan

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Claudia Barrett, an actress whose busy television career of the 1950s was destined to be outdone in the public’s memory by her film performance alongside a gorilla-suited alien in the camp sci-fi trash classic Robot Monster, died April 30 of natural causes at her home in Palm Desert. She was 91.

Her death was announced by her family.

“Although she loved acting, by the mid 60s she realized her career wasn’t advancing, so she switched to ancillary jobs in film distribution, publicity, and PR, but was not satisfied,” according to her family-written obituary. “However, in 1981 she found her dream job at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). She worked in the division that produced the awards for scientific and technical advances, got to go to the Academy Awards Show every year, and was able to give tickets to family members in the early years.”

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Claudia Barrett, who was hounded by a post-apocalyptic alien dressed in a gorilla suit and diver’s helmet (complete with antenna) in the 1953 film Robot Monster, considered one of the worst movies ever made, has died. She was 91.

Barrett died April 30 of natural causes at her home in Palm Desert, her family recently announced.

In Robot Monster, shot in 3D and distributed by Astor Pictures, Barrett portrayed Alice, the elder daughter of a scientist and one of eight surviving humans on Earth after a creature, Ro-Man (stuntman George Barrows), invades the planet with a deadly cosmic ray. To be expected,...

Claudia Barrett, who was hounded by a post-apocalyptic alien dressed in a gorilla suit and diver’s helmet (complete with antenna) in the 1953 film Robot Monster, considered one of the worst movies ever made, has died. She was 91.

Barrett died April 30 of natural causes at her home in Palm Desert, her family recently announced.

In Robot Monster, shot in 3D and distributed by Astor Pictures, Barrett portrayed Alice, the elder daughter of a scientist and one of eight surviving humans on Earth after a creature, Ro-Man (stuntman George Barrows), invades the planet with a deadly cosmic ray. To be expected,...

A Life at Stake

Written by Russ Bender, Hank McCune

Directed Paul Guilfoyle

U.S.A., 1954

Edward Shaw (Keith Andes) spends most of his days lumped on his chair, staring out the window from his cramped little apartment room. A scorned man, he was once a star on the rise in the real estate business, that is, until a former partner swindled him. An embittered and stubbornly honest man, Edward’s hope at redemption and to improve his name in the business arrives one morning when a lawyer presents him the opportunity to pay back his debts and make new headways in his line of profession. His first order of duty involves meeting Doris Hillman (Angela Lansbury), the business-savvy wife of a successful entrepreneur, Gus Hillman (Douglas Dumbrille). Doris knows her way around in the realm of real estate, not to mention how to allure men, both young and old.