Conference bookie::movies

    The Martin & Lewis knockoff starred a duo billed as Duke Mitchell and 
    Sammy Petrillo.  I don't know what happened to Mitchell, but I believe
    Petrillo continued his Jerry Lewis schtick for years (not in the
    movies,  though).  The film in question carried the immortal title of
    "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" - obviously Lugosi could not be
    too choosy about his roles at this point in his career.  If memory
    serves, it was also released as "The Boys from Brooklyn".  
    
    I've been straining to come up with the name of the Vampire Western (I
    know it wasn't "Billy the Kid vs. Dracula" - that came years later).  I
    will try to remember to look it up when I get home.  One thing I do
    recall is that the vampire/gunslinger was played by Michael Pate, who
    generally played Indians - excuse me, Native Americans - in his
    Westerns of that era.  This one was released by Universal (in around
    1957), but I don't believe it's considered by very many to be one of the 
    studio's classic horror flics. 
    
    Ron D  

    Appreciate your answer. I would never have come up with the Martin &
    Lewis look a likes. I looked up Michael Pate in the Book " The
    Universal Story " and there it was: Curse Of The Undead. When I saw it
    in the Boston area it was released under another title. It's strange,
    tho. Somehow the New York Directory Of The Film doesn't give Eric
    Fleming any acknowledgement for doing the film. Perhaps they were
    trying to do him a favor. Incidently the film was made in 1959. Thanks
    again.  Bob

A definitive answer to another question from the base note:

Name: Lettieri, Al
Birth Date: 24 February 1928, New York NY
Death Date: 18 October 1975

Filmography as Actor:
  Hanged Man, The (1964) (TV)
  Night of the Following Day, The (1969)  [Pilot]
  Town Called Hell, A (1971)  [La Bomaba]
    (aka Town Called Bastard, A)
  Getaway, The (1972)
  Godfather, The (1972)  [Sollozzo]
  Pulp (1972)  [Miller]
  McQ (1974)
  Mr. Majestyk (1974)  [Frank Renda]

Couldn't find anything useful about any of the other questions.

    Another question:
    A friend of mine is trying to remember the title of a movie -
    possibly black and white - in which a murdered man in a wheelchair
    is sitting at the bottom of a swimming pool. He is discovered
    by a woman swimming in the pool. 
    Ring any bells?
    
    henrik 

    Could it be "Scream of Fear".  I think the "wheelchaired" guy also was
    in a freezer.
    
    I'm still haunted by this movie which I must have seen 30 years ago.
    
    ---Avi

    Thanks Avi. It is "Scream of fear" (British title: Taste of fear).
    Having read your reply, I could check out more info in Halliwell
    and Maltin. 
    Reading/hearing about it really made me want to see/buy it myself.
    Probably notavailable on video, though(?)...
    
    Henrik

    A belated thank you to Jon Reeves for his answer about Al Lettieri. Now
    if only I can find out what ever happened to George Matthews. I met
    Matthews a few times while attending Boston U. Didn't know him very
    well but he was a character & appeared on broadway in several plays.
    One of which was opposite Siobahnn McKenna. He also had a featured role
    in the film " The Buccaneer. "
    

    Can anyone think of a film which stared Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neilson,
    and Daniel Day Lewis?  Its a question in a UK film magazine (Empire)
    this month, and its irritating me...
    
    Thanks
    
    Mikef

>    Can anyone think of a film which stared Anthony Hopkins, Liam Neilson,
>    and Daniel Day Lewis?  Its a question in a UK film magazine (Empire)
>    this month, and its irritating me...
    
	The Bounty (also with Mel Gibson)...

    Here's an update on George Mathews (the spelling threw me off before;
    the tools have improved since then):
    
    Name: Mathews, George
    Death Date: 7 November 1984
    Filmography as Actor:
      Corn Is Green, The (1945)  [Trap Driver]
      Pat and Mike (1952)  [Spec Cauley]
      Buccaneer, The (1958)
      "Glynis" (1963)  [Chick Rogers]

    
    I'm trying to remember the name of a movie we saw a while back. It
    was your classic haunted house movie, and was of fairly recent vintage
    I believe.  I don't remember many details other than the fact that
    there was a loud banging noise which could be heard throughout the 
    house.  This ended up being the sound from a young boy banging on the
    bathtub as he was drowned by one of his parents.  They eventually find
    a wheelchair in a sealed up room somewhere in the house. Is this enough
    to spur anyone's memory of the name of this movie ?  It was actually a
    pretty good movie.
    
     Thanks, Larry
    

    Perhaps "The Changeling" starring George C. Scott?

    
    Yes!  That's the one.  Thanks a million.
    
      Larry