Got my copy of Star Dust. Pretty disappointing to say the least. Not enough Mary Beth Hughes to really keep my interest, though she did look really cute when she was on screen, and she was very bitchy (she's so good at that! :P).

And the plot! It was just vile! Ugh! The main character (don't remember her name, but the actress was Linda Darnell, who I'm sure was a wonderful person/actress—don't know a thing about her other than she had a horrible untimely death) was simply vile and unlikable, but you're supposed to be rooting for her. It's hard to root for someone who steals. :(

Don't buy it unless you're a MBH completist (did I spell that right?). Ack! I hate it when I buy a MBH movie and she's barely in it! I wish I could find more complete reviews of her movies, so I could know which ones to buy and which ones to avoid (or just put off buying for now).

I really want Holiday Rhythm and Waterfront at Midnight. I just can't find copies anywhere.

That's all my whining for today! Back to watching Reno 911 and re-writing my zombie short story.

I have so many new MBH pics, but alas, I haven't had a chance to scan them and share them with the world. :( Maybe this weekend? Or something?

There was an AMAZING pic of MBH on eBay recently, but the bidding just got too high. I think it was from 1949. Maybe another one will pop up later.

I'm about to buy a real, live domain name for this blog, so watch for that. It will be a bit more graceful than http://marybethhughes.blogspot.com. Yeah, that's not doin' it for me.

I leave you now with this:

OMG! I just found out, via a really random Google search, that Mary Beth Hughes enjoyed knitting and beading (and was very good at it). That's so awesome to find out she was into crafty stuff! I read it here. It's waaaay down in the page, so use your browser's search feature (command + S on a Mac) to search for "mary beth". That should take you right to it!

I just watched Men on Her Mind for the billionth time. I really wish someone would release a clean copy on DVD. I have a VHS I bought from Nostalgiafamilyvideo.com. It's shaky and blurry and the sound is pretty awful—very fuzzy, which is a shame, because it features a lot of MBH's singing. Legend Films? Kino? VCI? Are you reading this? Release me a copy of Men on Her Mind with a clear picture and decent sound. Please?

While I'm talking about DVDs, you know what I think would be effing awesome? Legend Films should release a restored, colorized version of I Accuse My Parents with commentary by Mike Nelson. That would totally rock my world! If you don't know anything about Legend Films, you need to check them out. I have their colorized versions of Reefer Madness (it's like the I Accuse My Parents for potheads) and Plan 9 From Outer Space. They are both superb!

No MBH news today (that I know of, anyway), but I'm procrastinating and putting off doing other things, so here I am! Here's a MBH pic to justify my posting:


Screenshot from my somewhat crappy copy of Sleepers West. Hot!

That's all for now. Back to procrastinating!

Mary Beth DVD alert!

OMG! Fox is releasing a boxed set of Michael Shayne movies on March 20, 2007. You can pre-order it at Amazon.com. It includes two of the three Mike Shayne movies with Mary Beth, Sleepers West (the best one ever!) and Blue, White and Perfect! This is so exciting because they're being released by Fox, not Alpha video, so they're sure to be good quality prints. I have bootlegs of both Sleepers West and Blue, White . . ., and their quality is not the best. It'll be awesome to see better quality versions of these! Go pre-order it, now!!!!

Want to see something hot?

This:


I recently comissioned this portrait of Mary Beth from John Clark (http://johnclark.etsy.com). It's done with a Sharpie marker on an old mystery novel page. Awesome? Way. I haven't had a chance to frame it yet, but will soon. I just moved into a new apartment (a restored '20s one—awesome!), so I can't wait to get it on my wall. Visit Mr. Clark's Etsy shop for your own custom portrait. He's very fast, and as you can see, very good . . .

I have a new MBH movie on the way from eBay—1940's Star Dust. I think MBH plays one of her usual roles as The Bitchy "Other" Woman. I'll let ya know how it turns out. I won't be able to post any screen shots because it's on VHS and I don't have the equipment to get VHS screenshots right now. :(

It's late, and I'm bored, so you're gettin' a double helpin' of Mary Beth Hughes eye candy. You can't complain about that, right? Here we go.


Here she is looking all makey-outey in The Ox-Bow Incident


Another Ox-Bow shot, though this scene never appeared in the final cut, sadly.


Heh, Mary Beth can handle my gun any day . . . wait . . . I'm a GIRL! :O


A lobby card I won on eBay from The Lady Confesses. She was incredibly curvy and cute in this film. It was her last film before she took a two year break to have her only son, Donald.

Two posts in one day! Holy crap!


(this is my MBH "WTF" picture)

I think if anyone ever made a biopic about Mary Beth Hughes (like that's gonna happen, but I can dream), there's only one actress who could pull it off:



Yep, Kate Winslet. They have similar facial features, both are natural red heads, and Winslet's one of the few modern actresses curvy enough to portray Ms. Hughes. Hilary Duff might be able to pull off a teenage MBH, if she put on a few pounds. Why did Duff lose so much weight in the first place—curves are good! Argh!

I leave you now with a picture of Mary Beth kickin' some ass in Orchestra Wives.

Look at me neglect my blogging duties . . . it's nothing new.

Want to watch Ms. Hughes' piece de resistance (that is so misspelled)? For free? You can download The Great Flamarion for free (legally!) here. This is seriously one of her best movies. I'm watching it on DVD right now!

Issue #2 of Free, Blonde and 21: A Mary Beth Hughes Fanzine is pretty much done. I need to add a few more pics and make copies. That's it! I'm just being lazy about getting around to it. :( Oh, Mary Beth, you deserve better fans than I!

Wanna see something fan-FREAKING-tastic?



A '40s lipstick ad featuring the gorgeous Ms. Hughes. It's from 1945 because it mentions The Great Flamarion. See more pics of it here on my boyfriend's Flickr page. It even came with an actual vial of the lipstick. And only $8!

Some random DVD company released Rimfire on DVD as a double feature with Little Bighorn. Rimfire was made in 1949 and features a fair amount of MBH action. You can rent it from Netflix or you can buy it from Amazon. I'd recommend renting it first.

Oh, also, Tanya, one of her '70s sexploiters was released on DVD, but MBH is NOT in it! I found this out the hard way. They probably cut the movie down to make it seem more like a straight porno and MBH was in some of the scenes they cut. Lame. So if you see it, don't rent it, and especially don't buy it. It was released as a double feature DVD with some flick called Wilbur and the Baby Factory. Classy.