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alandhopewell

September 20, 2013, 03:46:20 PM Last Edit: October 10, 2013, 12:49:51 PM by alandhopewell
     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.
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BoyScoutKevin

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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.

JPickettIII

#2
September 26, 2013, 11:18:57 PM
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:
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LilCerberus

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September 27, 2013, 12:06:55 PM
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.
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#4
September 27, 2013, 04:01:25 PM
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!

JaseSF

#5
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.
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Flangepart

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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.
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alandhopewell

#7
October 08, 2013, 03:06:29 PM
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.
If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.

Flangepart

#8
October 08, 2013, 05:28:51 PM
True, but they did it with such style...ya just didn't mind.
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Allhallowsday

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October 08, 2013, 06:55:18 PM Last Edit: October 08, 2013, 06:57:47 PM by Allhallowsday
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)
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alandhopewell

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October 09, 2013, 01:54:09 PM
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
If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.

ChaosTheory

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October 09, 2013, 02:18:55 PM
Through the darkness of future past
The magician longs to see
One chance opts between two worlds
Fire walk with me

Rev. Powell

#12
October 09, 2013, 05:15:45 PM
I'll take you places the hand of man has not yet set foot...

major jay

#13
October 10, 2013, 11:37:46 AM
He does a great job as the bongo playing moron in VOODOO MAN.

alandhopewell

#14
October 10, 2013, 12:52:04 PM
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.



     I'd forgotten that one....of course, Bela Lugosi and George Zucco added to the mix.
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If it's true what they say, that GOD created us in His image, then why should we not love creating, and why should we not continue to do so, as carefully and ethically as we can, on whatever scale we're capable of?

     The choice is simple; refuse to create, and refuse to grow, or build, with care and love.
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