This week on SVENGOOLIE...

[LiamCasey]

And for the rest of the month...

12/10: Creature with the Atom Brain (1955) w/ Richard Denning and Angela Stevens

12/17: Invisible Agent (1942) w/ Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre, Sir Cedric Hardwick, J. Edward Bromberg, John Litel, Albert Basserman and Keye Luke

12/24: Abbott and Costelloe Meet the Invisible Man (1951) w/ Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Adele Jergens, Arthur Franz, William Frawley and Sheldon Leonard

21/31: Earth vs the Spider (1958) w/ Edward Kemmer, June Kenny and Gene Persson

[EP Millstone]

On Svengoolie tomorrow, December 3, 2022:
The Raven (1935)

The Raven is the first of the Karloff-Lugosi collaborations in which Bela had the meatier role and was truly the star of the movie*, despite Boris' top billing. He attacked his role as the insane Dr. Richard Vollin . . .

"NO! I am the sanest man who ever lived!"

. . . with gusto and gave a hilariously over the top performance that -- depending on one's taste -- either lifts or sinks The Raven

Reports that The Raven was responsible for the hiatus on horror film production -- because of a ban by the British Board of Film Censors -- are greatly exaggerated and untrue, according to the Spooky Isles report The Horror Film Hiatus of 1936-1938.

* In Son of Frankenstein, Bela Lugosi also outshone his better paid, more highly regarded (by Universal Pictures) "rival" as the crafty Ygor.

[Bronxgirl48]

Boris: "Maybe if a man is ugly, he does ugly things..."
Bela: "You...are...saying...something...profound"

[EP Millstone]

I like the lips of Lugosi.

I sense the makings of a song . . .

(To the tune of Bette Davis Eyes)

He's got Bela Lugosi Lips . . .

[jamesjazzguitar]

I like the lips of Lugosi.

I sense the makings of a song . . .

(To the tune of Bette Davis Eyes)

He's got Bela Lugosi Lips . . .

This is a true story, and I don’t tell many of these, but I never paid much attention to lips on a man, some are thin and some are thick. It is how you smoke a cigarette and drink a drink. So, my third or fourth day on the job as front desk clerk at the hotel one of the maids comes up to the desk and tells me, with conviction, looking me straight in eye, and says, “Thompson, you have murderer’s lips.”

Are you saying you don't tell many stories, or, are you saying you tell many stories, but just not many true ones?

[EP Millstone]

This is a true story, and I don’t tell many of these, but I never paid much attention to lips on a man, some are thin and some are thick. It is how you smoke a cigarette and drink a drink. So, my third or fourth day on the job as front desk clerk at the hotel one of the maids comes up to the desk and tells me, with conviction, looking me straight in eye, and says, “Thompson, you have murderer’s lips.”

. . . and did she plead, "Kiss Me, Deadly!"?

[TikiSoo]

Don't know if I've ever seen this one scheduled this Saturday:



"Creature With The Atom Brain" sounds like a real stinker...but I'll give it a try...

[jamesjazzguitar]

This is a true story, and I don’t tell many of these, but I never paid much attention to lips on a man, some are thin and some are thick. It is how you smoke a cigarette and drink a drink. So, my third or fourth day on the job as front desk clerk at the hotel one of the maids comes up to the desk and tells me, with conviction, looking me straight in eye, and says, “Thompson, you have murderer’s lips.”

Are you saying you don't tell many stories, or, are you saying you tell many stories, but just not many true ones?

Yes, not many true ones. The true ones don’t seem as true as the made up ones. Love your avatar of Cagney, I didn’t know about his hobby. He frets that Martin like a pro.

I haven't heard Cagney actually play. I really wonder what type of songs he would play. I love the old jazz standards; music from the era when Cagney was playing and making movies. But he was an old Irish soul so maybe he just played mostly Irish folk tunes.

[LawrenceA]

[TikiSoo]

This week the treat came during the 6p-8p THREE STOOGES shorts before Svengoolie-

They aired the 1934 musical novelty THE WOMAN HATERS featuring the absolutely adorable Marjorie White.

It was the first of the Stooges appearances without Ted Healy and featured a lot of hand slaps-even from the gal! The entire short is spoken & sung in verse and was incredibly charming.
A real treat to see all three Stooges so young (approx 30 y/o) and rather arresting to see Curly with hair, still very short.

I slept through the Svengoolie movie.

[jamesjazzguitar]

This week the treat came during the 6p-8p THREE STOOGES shorts before Svengoolie-

They aired the 1934 musical novelty THE WOMAN HATERS featuring the absolutely adorable Marjorie White.

It was the first of the Stooges appearances without Ted Healy and featured a lot of hand slaps-even from the gal! The entire short is spoken & sung in verse and was incredibly charming.
A real treat to see all three Stooges so young (approx 30 y/o) and rather arresting to see Curly with hair, still very short.

I slept through the Svengoolie movie.

I watched the Stooges and I saw that musical The Woman Haters. A good film and Marjorie White was a peach.

[ziggy6708a]

[TikiSoo]

I was surprised to find that this movie was new to me. Sadly, I fell asleep and missed the entire thing. That's OK, it'll repeat in another few months.

[ziggy6708a]

does this mean the dumb**** Sventoonie is GONE!??

[ziggy6708a]