 208 - LOST CONTINENT (8/17/1951; NR; 86m)Ad: "Rocket 180,000,000 Years into the Unknown!"  Plot: In search of a lost missile, a crack government team do a lot of rockclimbing and encounter dinosaurs. Exec Prod: Robert L. Lippert Major Joe Nolan / Cesar Romero* Trivia: This movie's spaceship scenes are from 201-ROCKETSHIP X-M. Manhattan-born, romantic Latin actor CESAR ROMERO (1907-1994) had a long, distinguished career in Hollywood. His grandfather, Jose Marti, is recognized by communists and expatriates alike as the Founding Father of Cuba. Though Romero's best known as the Joker on TV's Batman, he had a varied film career spanning the good (1934's The Thin Man; 1939's The Little Princess starring Shirley Temple), the fun (Weekend in Havana with Carmen Miranda), the bland (1940's The Cisco Kid and the Lady), to the campy (1985's Lust in the Dust co-starring Tab Hunter and Divine). He appeared as a guest star on dozens of TV programs from the 1950's to the 1980's. A bachelor throughout his life, somehow Romero was never pressured by studio heads to marry as were other leading men of his era who were suspected of being gay. Given the nickname Butch, he frequently was the handsome escort to many leading ladies at various events. In later interviews, he openly discussed the experiences and problems being a gay man in an Hispanic family and in Hollywood, but ever the gentleman, refused to answer questions regarding his affair with fellow actor Tyrone Power or anyone else. Before hitting paydirt as Ward Cleaver on TV's "Leave It To Beaver", HUGH BEAUMONT (1909-1982) starred in many pictures (mostly B's) including: Objective Burma (1945); The Blue Dahlia (1946); and Phone Call from a Stranger (1952). MSTes also know him from 420-THE HUMAN DUPLICATORS and 803-THE MOLE PEOPLE. Contrary to what's reported in the MST3K Amazing Colossal Episode Guide, Hugh Beaumont was NOT the narrator of 602's short A DATE WITH YOUR FAMILY.
You can see character actor CHICK CHANDLER in the movies Mr. Moto Takes A Chance and Alexander's Ragtime Band. Chandler also played the fem angel Wilbur in the short 701S-ONCE UPON A HONEYMOON made in 1956. Last Updated: 6/20/1999 Movies by Year | Titles by Experiment # | Titles by Alphabetical Order Performers and Production Crew
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Affectionally known as "Monkey Boy" to the Brains and MSTies
alike, character actor SID MELTON did few movies after finding success
on various TV programs. Besides many guest appearances, he was a regular
on four TV series: Make Room for Daddy a.k.a. The Danny Thomas
Show (as agent Charlie Helper; starring Danny Thomas); Green Acres
(as carpenter Alf Monroe); Captain Midnight (as Ichabod Mudd); and
It's Always Jan (starring Janis Paige). Melton's films include: 1948's
Close-Up; 1950's 
