THE SMILING GHOST (1941)
My wife and I were introduced to this 1941 Warner Bros. release several years ago and it has since become a favorite of ours ... and our son! Of course, it's played much more for laughs than chills,...
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I've never seen "SH! The Octopus!" but it looks like it would be a fun film. As a collector of vintage lobby cards, I remember years ago calling in regards to an ad Ron Borst ran. In it was the title...
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I just saw THE SMILING GHOST for the first time and loved it. What a classic example of the old dark house genre. Cool to see Alexis Smith and Alan Hale from Gentleman Jim!
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I thought the "grin" makeup for TSG was much better than the corresponding makeup in SARDONICUS.
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I loved this film as well, although I haven't seen it now in a number of years. One interesting point to me was (as far as my recollection is concerned) how closely David Bruce's "makeup" in SMILING...
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Re-watched this one the other day for the first time in years thanks to TCM's recent airing. This one does hold up very well. I always find Wayne Morris one of the most charismatic actors from this...
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tonyrivers wrote:Smiling Ghost and Mad Ghoul ....I commented elsewhere that David Bruce's Smiling Ghost reminded me of Jack Nicholson's entrance as the Joker when he comes into Jack Palance's office...
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I love this comedy/horror/mystery film. One of my favorites, I haven't had a chance to watch it from the DVR yet, but will be doing so this weekend, hopefully. Can't wait!
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I watched this one again last night and had a ton of fun with it.
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rvoyttbots wrote:Willie Best steals the film.Oh my god, there's a comedic scene with Willie Best and Alan Hale Sr. in the basement that's so racist (of course this humor was common in some films and...
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Here's the trailer, courtesy of TCM. Looks like lots of fun!http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TCM/cvp/container/mediaroom_embed.swf?context=embed
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It WAS alot of fun. So was Hidden Hand. That Warner Archive set was money well-spent. Think I still have 2 still to watch...
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MacXoftheMounted wrote:It WAS alot of fun. So was Hidden Hand. That Warner Archive set was money well-spent. Think I still have 2 still to watch...I've tried to watch FIND THE BLACKMAILER from that...
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FYI ~ Here's the Warner Archives DVD set this movie is a part of - http://www.amazon.com/WB-Horror-Mystery-Feature-Disc/dp/B00480OCXE
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Yeah, I was like I should track this down. And then it turns out I already have it. <===a sign of too many DVDs.
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I liked it, Dennis 0'Keefe and Alexis Smith....and the Mad Ghoul,David Bruce, its got that b/w atmosphere so dear to us monstakids...
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