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The Leo Carrillo Ranch Part 3
The Summer 2008 Friday Night Film Festival
Last night Tina and I went to the Leo Carrillo Ranch in Carlsbad California to take in one of the special Friday Night Film Festival shows starring Leo Carrillo! For those that don't know who Leo Carrillo was, please see our previous blog posts by clicking Part 1 and Part 2. Last night's festivities started with a picnic dinner, (bring your own or buy a Carrillo Combo consisting of hot dog, chips and soda), then a showing of a Cisco Kid TV Show episode, and then the Grand Finale! The Cicso Kid episode last night was a humourous one, with an elephant as the main topic during the show. It was quite humourous and was an instant favorite with the crowd! The 'Grand Finale' for this Friday Night was the 1942 Film 'Escape From Hong Kong' where Leo was acting with Andy Devine, Marjorie Lord and Don Terry. Others in the cast were: Gilbert Emery, Frank Puglia, Frank Kelly, and Paul Dubov. The names might not be familar, but those that grew up watching 1950's TV Shows would recognize several of these actors! So what was this short film, (60 minutes long), about? Well, it truly was a "classic escapade filled with espionage against an Oriental backdrop" as it is reported to be! The film included a Japanese attack on Hong Kong, German secret agents, a Japanese spy posing as a Chinese rich man, and other WWII shennaigans including America's being attacked on December 7th! Tina thought it was a good that the three cowboys from the USA were in Hong Kong at the start of the War, they were like 'fish out of water' in an unusual surrounding she said. I enjoyed seeing the film, Leo played Pancho, in a role similar to the 'Pancho' that he played in the Cisco Kid TV show about ten years later. It was very interesting how the Germans and Japanese were referred to at the end of the movie, but then again this was at the start of WWII after America had been bombed at Pearl Harbor. Interesting 'historical' movie, yet entertaining. I'm not for sure how many more we will take in this summer festival period, but I am looking forward to the 'Lillian Russell' film from 1940, where Leo Carrillo also had a big role in it! BTW, We don't show films here, although we do have an occasional DVD for sale here, but we do have an ongoing Comic Con and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale! Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again! Michael "Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!" | Above is an aerial shot of just the main house, (hacienda), with the swimming pool and cabana at the bottom of the photo, and Dee's Casita at the top of the photo standing alone. The pool area is to the bottom right, and is now used for the movie concessions, which is close to where the film was shown last night under the stars! Talking about 'stars', here is a photo of Leo Carrillo in his rancher clothing taken at the ranch!
The crowd last night first started coming in at 6:00 PM even though the TV episode started at twilight time 7:30 PM. Above are several of the large crowd that showed up early to set up their little areas for good viewing!
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