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Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
Behind the scenes story was even better
Tom Graeff's entire film career consisted of this one film and work editing another. He shot it for $5000, performed much of the work himself, and gave his boyfriend David Love (Charles Robert Kaltenthaler) the lead role. Graeff was 28 and Love 23 when the film was shot. Graeff died 12 years later after an apparent mental breakdown; no one seems to know what happened to Love. Amazingly, Warners paid $25,000 for distribution rights for this clunker at a time when teen audiences were eating up sci-fi movies. More bizarre details about the film, including props and locations used, are at the Daddy-O's Drive-In Dirt website.
Happy Days (1970)
Just a note
Nothing much to add to the admirably complete comments of the previous poster, except I am almost certain that Gary Owens was a regular on this show as the radio announcer, even though he is not credited as such in this listing or his own here on IMDb. That made it difficult for me to locate information on this program, since I couldn't remember the show's name, just his participation. Eventually it occurred to me that Louis Nye was also a regular. Anyone else searching for this show who remembers only Mr. Owens being on it, maybe this mention will show up in your search results.
Oh - I second the motion for a best-of compilation. It was an imaginative and entertaining series.
War Story (2001)
Sweet love story in the style of silent films
This film was screened at the 2001 DC Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. It's a sweet love story of two men who fall for each other, only to be separated by World War I, done in the style of the silent films of the era. The film beautifully captures the innocence of the films of the time, and the technique is nearly flawless. Although a bit long, it makes a lovely counterpoint to the gritty realism of so many gay short films today. The acting is broad and comic, not at all believable in today's terms, but just right for a film made in 1918. Highly enjoyable.
Tom Clay Jesus (2001)
Nicely done short, well-acted and written, worth seeing.
This is a nicely done short, well-acted and written. Saw it at the 2001 DC Gay and Lesbian Film Festival on two nights; it was interesting to see the reaction the second night of those seeing it for the first time, since there's a bit of an O. Henry twist to it. Intelligent and entertaining commentary on the superficiality and shallowness of, in this case, some people in the gay male dating scene, but could apply as well to singles generally.
Play Dead (2001)
Laughed and hated myself for it.
This is the kind of film that is so bad, so tasteless, so disturbing, you're embarassed when you laugh out loud at it--as the crowd at the 2001 DC Gay & Lesbian Film Festival did last night. The acting is somewhat amateurish, and the writing leaves a lot to be desired, but the situations, instead of stopping short as in most black comedies, keep going right past the border of good taste. And the audience was dragged along in spite of itself. As the lights went up, there was a lot of sheepish looking around as if everyone wanted to reassure themselves that they weren't the only ones who enjoyed it. Worth seeing, if only to see how depraved you really are.