It's about time this distinguished actor was celebrated for his body of work....not for his A-list pictures like THE OX-BOW INCIDENT or THE GRAPES OF WRATH, not even for such late-night staples as HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN or BLUEBEARD, but such MOVIE 5-worthy flicks as....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVT-KZ3l5JE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Mars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRmgJzwe2M8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_Island
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbnzmCH6n60
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_of_Dracula%27s_Castle
Add your own faves, if you will.
For my money, he made every film he appeared in, from his best to his worst, just a little bit better.
Quote from: BoyScoutKevin on September 20, 2013, 04:25:36 PM
For my money, he made every film he appeared in, from his best to his worst, just a little bit better.
Agreed. :cheers:
I thought he had a good radio voice.
There's this scene in the Petrified World where he's explaining why his bathysphere didn't work, & his voice really seems to dominate the microphones.
I just watched The Black Sleep again yesterday and he's one of the small highlights in that film. Spices it up near that chaotic ending. Rest in peace, Long John!
I was always happy to see him in a movie and consider him a horror movie actor icon but admittedly there's many films even he couldn't really help all that much.
Quote from: JaseSF on September 27, 2013, 06:58:18 PM
I was always happy to see him in a movie and consider him a horror movie actor icon but admittedly there's many films even he couldn't really help all that much.
Yeah. He had the seasoned pro attitude to his own role, like Cushing and Lee. Even if everyone else gets hammy, he stays kosher...so to speak.
Quote from: Flangepart on September 30, 2013, 05:23:18 PM
Quote from: JaseSF on September 27, 2013, 06:58:18 PM
I was always happy to see him in a movie and consider him a horror movie actor icon but admittedly there's many films even he couldn't really help all that much.
Yeah. He had the seasoned pro attitude to his own role, like Cushing and Lee. Even if everyone else gets hammy, he stays kosher...so to speak.
Actually, in their own ways, all three of them could chew the scenery with the best.
True, but they did it with such style...ya just didn't mind.
JOHN CARRADINE may be the most memorable character in STAGECOACH (1939) which is high praise; it's a great movie. Of course, he's more typically the villain in JESSE JAMES (1939) another great performance.
It's JOHN CARRADINE's voice as the Tramp in THE MOUSE AND HIS CHILD (1977)
Quote from: Flangepart on October 08, 2013, 05:28:51 PM
True, but they did it with such style...ya just didn't mind.
My point exactly. 4-X, what's more fun than watching Vincent Price turn into Turbo-Vincent in some of his films?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeSqaeEeX4c
*ahem*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3kU0ebnAE
Quote from: ChaosTheory on October 09, 2013, 02:18:55 PM
*ahem*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3kU0ebnAE
Ah, to be blessed with an instrument like that!
He does a great job as the bongo playing moron in VOODOO MAN.
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/tcrine_photos/c3d77bf6-7055-421f-ba8c-8816ec54a8cd_zps89aac658.jpg) (http://s177.photobucket.com/user/tcrine_photos/media/c3d77bf6-7055-421f-ba8c-8816ec54a8cd_zps89aac658.jpg.html)
Quote from: major jay on October 10, 2013, 11:37:46 AM
He does a great job as the bongo playing moron in VOODOO MAN.
(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w234/tcrine_photos/c3d77bf6-7055-421f-ba8c-8816ec54a8cd_zps89aac658.jpg) (http://s177.photobucket.com/user/tcrine_photos/media/c3d77bf6-7055-421f-ba8c-8816ec54a8cd_zps89aac658.jpg.html)
I'd forgotten that one....of course, Bela Lugosi and George Zucco added to the mix.
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John Carradine makes any movie good! Though my favorite Long John role is in the GRAPES OF WRATH-I enjoy seeing him in POLICE WOMEN,ASTRO ZOMBIES,,and anything by Al Adamson!
and,of course,VAMPIRE HOOKERS (1978)!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDpCcTOqPdk