Started 9 months ago (2009-02-13 19:04:07)
by Siouxsie Sue
Chaney had half of his voicebox removed, probably late in 1968 (same procedure as Jack Klugman and much the same result), so of course he knew why he sounded
like that. He would've been undergoiing cobalt treatments at the time, and going on the DvF (filmed a few months earlier) anecdote from Graver in a
somewhat morbid
frame of mind. He did get remission but also serious heart problems, probably...
Started 2 weeks, 5 days ago (2009-10-26 02:44:00)
by MYST0
Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-09-20 20:49:10)
by catmandu7
There a great story where John wayne and
Gene Autry are sitting in a bar and the Duke says that he couldnt see how Autry was such a big Weatern Star.
You cant ride, you cant fight or rope , youre fat and balding and all you have is a nice voice.
I just dont get it.
The bar fell silent and Gene smiled and replied well Duke I guess its true I cant do those things that you say, but then again ...
Started 2 weeks, 2 days ago (2009-10-28 19:29:06)
by KAIJUG
1.Curse Of Frankenstein
2.Island Of Terror
3.Revenge Of Frankenstein where he really began to develop the character of the Baron
4.Brides Of Dracula
5.Night Creatures
6.The Gorgon
7.House That Dripped Blood
8.Tales From The Crypt
9.
Horror Of Dracula
10. Doctor Who & the Daleks
Started 10 months, 3 weeks ago (2008-12-25 23:33:44)
by Leonide
LesDaniels wrote:
Haven't got the strength to go through all these pages, but has anybody else noticed that Skelton Knaggs has a bit as a waiter about 89 minutes into THE
PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY?
Nestor Paiva and George Chandler get
dental treatment from Bob Hope in THE PALEFACE and Skeleton Knaggs merely gets a bullet as a henchman.
Vince Barnett, as a microphone ...
Started 2 weeks, 5 days ago (2009-10-25 17:35:43)
by Bill Warren
I suspect it's a major stretch. I met Kinski, and yes, he was wildly eccentric--and loved being so--but I don't think he would
have brought a gun to the set of an
American movie. A Werner Herzog movie maybe, perhaps probably.....
Started 2 weeks, 5 days ago (2009-10-26 09:37:48)
by Cadaverino
Indeed, Lionel Atwill was on television in New York in April 1931.
First horror TV series?
The Television Ghost (1931-1933), on New York's W2XAB.
Started 1 month, 3 weeks ago (2009-09-19 17:28:08)
by TomWeaver999
<< Also, both actors scored on stage as Oscar Wilde. <<
And I think Price was Jack the Ripper in Fox's radio version of THE LODGER.
They were both in at least one movie (HUDSON'S BAY); I haven't seen it since I was a kid, I wonder if they were on-screen together in it.
Started 3 weeks, 6 days ago (2009-10-18 03:35:53)
by Ladystryke
Started 10 months ago (2009-01-18 01:57:47)
by Bill Warren
Charles Gray (Blofeld,
Mycroft Holmes, etc.) provided Jack Hawkins' speaking voice in several movies, because he was known to do a
great Hawkins impression, or so I read somewhere. He was a busy actor himself, so this was more than mere courtesy--it was probably something of a financial
sacrifice.