Stuff I like
On January 12th, 1940, The Invisible Man Returns was released nationwide in the US. It is a sequel to The Invisible Man (1933).
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| The Invisible Man Returns |
Starring Vincent Price, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nan Grey and John Sutton.
Screenplay by Curt Siodmak.
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| Nan Grey and Vincent Price |
John P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown and William Hedgecock we’re all nominated for and Oscar for Best Special Effects, but lost to the Thief of Bagdad.
Phantom of the Opera saw an initial premiere on January 7th, 1925 in Los Angeles, California. The audience didn’t react well. A rewrite and reshoot with a different director was received even less favorably the following April. A third and final version was released the following November.
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Rocky production was originally directed by Rupert Julian and stars Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin. Adapted from the Gaston Leroux 1910 novel.
Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin Lon Chaney’s make-up work
The Mummy was released nationwide on December 22nd, 1932.
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| The Mummy (1932) |
Directed by Karl Fruend and starring Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Bramwell Fletcher and Arthur Byron.
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| “Karloff the Uncanny” |
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| Make-up artist Jack Pierce |
On November 23rd, 1887, Boris Karloff was born in Surrey, England.
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| Boris Karloff (1887-1969) |
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| Frankenstein’s monster |
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| With Dwight Frye and Edward Van Sloan in Frankenstein (1931) |
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| The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) with Colin Clive, Elsa Lanchester and Ernest Thesiger |
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| The Mummy (1932) with Bramwell Fletcher and Edward Van Sloan  |
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| Scarface (1932) |
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| Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) with Angelo Rossitto |
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| Narrator and Voice of Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) |
On November 13th, 1933, The Invisible Man was released in US theaters. There was a sequel in 1940 entitled The Invisible Man Returns starring Vincent Price.
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| Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart |
Elsa Lanchester was born on October 28th, 1902.
Although her credits span 50 years of film and television, she is most well known for her role as the bride in The Bride of Frankenstein also starring Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger (dir. James Whale 1935).
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| Elsa Lanchester (1902-1986) |
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| The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) with Colin Clive, Boris Karloff and Ernest Thesiger |
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| Waxwork Records THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Music by Franz Waxman
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