Friday, January 09, 2009

Crash Flagg, R. I. P.

I learned about this from Ivan's comment on another passing. Ivan's tribute is here.

Ray Dennis Steckler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Ray Dennis Steckler (January 25, 1938 - January 7, 2009),[1] [2] widely known by the pseudonym Cash Flagg, was a American film director, born in Reading, Pennsylvania.

He served briefly during the late 1950s in the Army, then began working with cinematography in the Los Angeles area. He directed Wild Guitar and appeared under his onscreen name Cash Flagg. In 1963 he produced The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?, which was later lampooned in 1997 on Mystery Science Theater 3000. His wife Carolyn Brandt appeared in the film.

He continued to produce a number of low-budget films which soon attained cult status, including Rat Pfink a Boo Boo (a spoof of Batman) and Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters (an homage to The East Side Kids films). He also directed the video for Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit.' In his 1969 film Body Fever, Steckler created a bit part for destitute fellow director Coleman Francis, who, by coincidence, also achieved belated fame via Mystery Science Theater 3000."

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