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[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I just remember his wisecracks being better in the second one.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Yeah, the second one was definitely crazier than the first.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

 

[Deimos]

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Vincent Price... hands down, no contest. 😍

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

He did another revenge movie between the two Phibes, BTW.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

I think Boris Karloff would have been fun to meet.

 

[Deimos]

I think Boris Karloff would have been fun to meet.

Agreed. Did you ever notice how bowlegged he was?

 

[Deimos]

@Squint-eyed Southerner ...I first noticed it in the movie Bedlam.
It's so pronounced I thought he was doing it deliberately as a "character trait" in the movie.
But it's real; he had rickets really bad as a kid.

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Agreed. Did you ever notice how bowlegged he was?

No I don't think but that's interesting. I liked Bedlam, was a good movie.

 

[Deimos]

He was born in St Louis (as was moi **) in 1911, eight years before my Father (also a St Louis native) was born.
(Mother was from Des Moines).
** Moi was born and grew up in the suburbs.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I don't remember noticing it in Bedlam, either.

The Val Lewton RKO films are interesting for many reasons, including the fact that all of them, except for one or two, feature female protagonists.

 

[Deimos]

I don't remember noticing it in Bedlam, either.

The Val Lewton RKO films are interesting for many reasons, including the fact that all of them, except for one or two, feature female protagonists.

Google BK along with his being bowlegged and see how he turned to his advantage in "Frankenstein."

 

[Fingon_Findekáno]

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I would have liked to meet Lon Chaney, Sr., for his amazing character work in the silent film era as the Phantom and other roles. He was a master of disappearing into any part he was given, both physically and through his skill in makeup. ✨

Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi would be fun to meet too, though! I love their work in the early classic monster and horror films.

As an aside, I grew up knowing Vincent Price's voice as the dastardly Professor Ratigan in Disney's animated The Great Mouse Detective, so it's been interesting over this last year learning more about VP's prominent place in horror film history.

 

[Deimos]

I would have liked to meet Lon Chaney, Sr., for his amazing character work in the silent film era as the Phantom and other roles. He was a master of disappearing into any part he was given, both physically and through his skill in makeup. ✨

Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi would be fun to meet too, though! I love their work in the early classic monster and horror films.

As an aside, I grew up knowing Vincent Price's voice as the dastardly Professor Ratigan in Disney's animated The Great Mouse Detective, so it's been interesting over this last year learning more about VP's prominent place in horror film history.

"Bravo! Bravo! A marvelous performance! Although I was expecting you fifteen minutes earlier. Trouble with the chemistry set, old boy?"

For the readers of the original SH stories by AC Doyle there quite a few Easter eggs in that movie (like the one above).
It was too fuuny (but also gratifying) when I saw it in the theatre..
Every time an easter egg showed up someone from the audience would yell out "Precisely!"
The "readers" knew the significance, but a lot of the audience did not.

 

[Eljorahir]

He was born in St Louis (as was moi **) in 1911

Yep. Vincent Price's first homes were close to what would be my parents' neighborhoods (my parents being born 25-30 years after Mr. Price). A short drive from where I live now.


When I think "Vincent Price", Doctor Phibes is what pops into my mind first. A very memorable and entertaining character.

 

[Fingon_Findekáno]

I found the 1910 Thomas Edison silent film of Frankenstein!

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

I met a guy at a flea market some years ago who used to work at a retirement home where Zita Johann was living.