Island of Lost Souls
What an amazing film, and one that doesn't seem to get much attention as films go. I even dug around here for a while and couldn't find much discussion about it. What prompted me to create the...
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BatJack wrote:Matuatay wrote:What an amazing film, and one that doesn't seem to get much attention as films go. I even dug around here for a while and couldn't find much discussion about it. What...
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I1, I think there are many comments in the public record about Bela's disdain for the "scarecrow," non-dialogue role of The Monster in '31. Why do you chose to discount them all? And yes, two years...
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It's interesting that a Manimal would have a Hungarian accent . . . . . . But Lugosi is tippy toledo in this, as is Laughton. Lugosi's delivery suggests a thousand sorrows, and Laughton's a thousand...
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Andy wrote:Think of Wells who also wrote War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, From the Earth to the Moon, The Time Machine!From the Earth to the Moon was penned by Jules Verne. I assume you're...
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Allen Champion wrote:It's interesting that a Manimal would have a Hungarian accent . . . . . . But Lugosi is tippy toledo in this, as is Laughton. Lugosi's delivery suggests a thousand sorrows, and...
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Allen Champion wrote:It's interesting that a Manimal would have a Hungarian accent . . . . . . But Lugosi is tippy toledo in this, as is Laughton. Lugosi's delivery suggests a thousand sorrows, and...
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I've always thought Lugosi was just great in this. He does have, as Allen so eloquently put it, a thousand sorrows in his voice. I've always sensed in him, as one of the more advanced manimals, a...
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Rick wrote:I've always thought Lugosi was just great in this. He does have, as Allen so eloquently put it, a thousand sorrows in his voice. I've always sensed in him, as one of the more advanced...
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Dear Scot,Right you are!Thank you for the gentle correction.Best regards,Andy in Vancouver.
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scotpens wrote:Andy wrote:Think of Wells who also wrote War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, From the Earth to the Moon, The Time Machine!From the Earth to the Moon was penned by Jules Verne. I...
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Allen Champion wrote:It's interesting that a Manimal would have a Hungarian accent . . . . . . But Lugosi is tippy toledo in this, as is Laughton. Lugosi's delivery suggests a thousand sorrows, and...
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This is all I came up with: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/tippy+toledo
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Oh, and this, haha! http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/reply/1094389/Best-Boris-Karloff-HorrorFantasy-movie
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I assume "tippy toledo" means "the cat's pajamas" to us youngsters.
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Maybe...?I mean... I'm pretty sure neither Lugosi or Laughton was a Race Horse in IOLS.- GJS
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The Batman of Gotham wrote:Maybe...?I mean... I'm pretty sure neither Lugosi or Laughton was a Race Horse in IOLS.- GJS And the British aren't usually into method acting, so I doubt Laughton turned...
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At that time, though, from that place, Laughton was a "proto-Method" actor. Read the terrific Callow bio, and/or see THE EPIC THAT NEVER WAS. He was incredibly intense about his work, and very...
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Very true. I haven't read Callow's book (yet), but from reading Elsa Lanchester's autobiography, it's clear that Laughton was more "method" than just about anyone who ever called himself by that...
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He spent a lot of time under the arches of Charing Cross, Who hasn't, Rick? I really recommend the Callow / Laughton BIO although it mentions IOLS only in passing and the doc that Craig mentions. Mine...
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