Last night I watched Clash of the Titans on TCM. (Turner Classic Movies). I love that movie starring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Clare Bloom, Burgess Meredith and a young Harry Hamlin as Perseus who has to capture the head of Medusa in order to rescue Andromeda who is chained to a rock cliff. And he does rescue her in the grand style of Greek myths by swooping in riding the winged horse Pegasus causing the monster, the Kraken, to turn to stone - all special effects by Ray Harryhausen using stop-motion camera effects before CGI.
I watched it last night thinking of Shirley. The good Shirley. In Dorchester we would snuggle up and watch countless 'B' science fiction movies. She loved them and I did too. Them, Day of the Trifids, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Creature From the Black Lagoon, etc.
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