Biker Movie Reviews: Vol. 2 By: Jim Dugger “THE REBEL ROUSERS” This months flick is “The Rebel Rousers”. It is chocked full of soon to be stars, Cameron Mitchell as Paul Collier, Bruce Dern as J.J. Weston, Diane Ladd as Karen, …
Biker Movie Reviews: Vol 1 by: Jim Dugger Exploitation films come in many different genres, one of the most popular is biker films. The roots of the biker film genre derive from the Hollywood hit “The Wild One” starring Marlon Brando. This 1954 hit introduced us to the bike riding rebel which appealed to the …
The first known motorcycle in the United States was said to be brought to New York by a French circus performer, in 1895. It weighed around 200 lb and could go up to 40 mph on a level surface. That year, an inventor from the United States E.J. Pennington demonstrated a motorcycle of his …
It wasn’t just the illustration that caught my attention, it also was the date of the newspaper –1896. The front page of the December 12th issue of the Scientific American was devoted to two illustrations of a sophisticated two-wheel vehicle that were identified only as a “motor cycle using benzine.” My curiosity was piqued. Joel …