I got a new print over the weekend of ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, from a gorgeous MCA negative. I hadn't seen this picture in some time. Wow, it really is incredible. Lugosi is outstanding as the Sayer of the Law. Laughton is, of course, brilliant. And Richard Arlen continues to impress me as an undeservedly underrated actor.
I also think it was great having Stanley Fields play the bully ship's captain. You really got the sense that there was not a lot of evolutionary time passed between the beasts of the jungle and this brutish character.
I'm sure some demented film programmer out there has double-billed this one with THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME!!!
I also think it was great having Stanley Fields play the bully ship's captain. You really got the sense that there was not a lot of evolutionary time passed between the beasts of the jungle and this brutish character.
I'm sure some demented film programmer out there has double-billed this one with THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME!!!
