Underground Favorites Mirroring the Impact of Wild Waves and Women: Cult Guide

Dir: Frank Griffin

Where could you find a more toothsome trio to start a movie with than Henry Hash, Stephen Stew and Peter Pye? And where could you find an easier place to start something than at the crackshaft of a Ford ? And now all you have to do is to add three "his wives" and "Moon-struck" Mike, for spice, and things are moving nicely. If you've never had a lion in your front yard or in your library, try a Ford Lizzie. Enter, a private picnic, led by the romantic Mike - he, of the moonstruck soul. Having asked a damsel to ride with him on the speedway, he is turned down cold, whereupon an officer and a "big hippopotamus" give a lively tum to the action.

Dir: Frank Griffin

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Devilish Romeo perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Taking a henpecked husband, an indolent wife and a squalling baby, there is some household comedy in the beginning. Then the handsome villain, a former lover, comes along with a plot to destroy the domestic bliss of the home. He convinces the sheriff that hubby is a dangerous criminal who is "wanted for forgery, bootlegging and spitting on the sidewalk." But hubby finally gets good and sore, breaks out of prison and permits the comedy to end in a chase.

Dir: Frank Griffin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Frank Griffin

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Ship Ahoy perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Frank Griffin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Frank Griffin

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Aero Nut perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A good-for-nothing hired hand and a kitchen girl are fired by a farmer after scandalously being caught together in her bedroom. Just as they leave, a telegram comes telling of her inheriting a department store, which the hand tricks her into signing over to him. The farmer and his wife also find out, and all meet at the store to wreak havoc throughout.

Dir: Frank Griffin

A young Irish immigrant gets a job as a conductor on a streetcar and fights off an attempt by crooks to take over the company, all the while pursuing the boss' beautiful daughter.

Dir: Frank Griffin

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Where Love Leads perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A doughboy tries to spend some quality time with the wife, without success.

Dir: Frank Griffin

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.