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"Stark Fear" movie...

Posted by Mike Slater <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Mike+Slater' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 27, 2021, 3:50 pm

I just watched an old black and white B movie on you tube called "Stark Fear" from 1962. It stars actress Beverly Garland. At the very beginning of the film, Beverly comes home with a bag. She takes out an LP she just bought and it's Jim's album "According To My Heart". If you blinked during this scene, you would miss it, but you can see the cover very clearly for about a second. She then takes the record out of the sleeve and puts it on her record player. When the record plays, however, all you hear is easy listening instrumental music, not Jim. I guess if they actually featured Jim singing in the movie, they would have had to pay him. After all, Jim was still alive when this film was made...

Re: "Stark Fear" movie...

Posted by Robert Wagner <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Robert+Wagner' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 29, 2021, 7:13 pm, in reply to ""Stark Fear" movie..."

Nice catch.

Just watched it about 4 minutes in depending on which posting you view.

Album is very clearly discernable.

You are just as enthusiastic as I am about Jim.

Re: "Stark Fear" movie...

Posted by Mike Slater <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Mike+Slater' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 30, 2021, 10:06 am, in reply to "Re: "Stark Fear" movie..."

Thank you, Robert. I certainly am. It's always nice when anything about Jim pops up unexpectedly. I just wish they had used the actual recordings from the LP in the movie instead of instrumental music...

Re: "Stark Fear" movie...

Posted by Roy Zinck <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Roy+Zinck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on April 30, 2021, 7:04 pm, in reply to "Re: "Stark Fear" movie..."

Mike ....What are the odds of first, watching an obscure movie that was not well known, and then be able to recognize what was in the bag. The second or two that Jim's record was visible is almost impossible to catch, but you did.

Interesting comment about the visibility of the album and whether or not back in 1962, there was such a thing as a "product placement agreement", as is the cast these days. If so, Jim would have been paid I assume, just from what appeared on the screen without the audio.

Again Mike ... Nice find and thanks for sharing.

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