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TomWeaver999	Re: The Ape (1940)	#21	[-]
Jun 29 06 12:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< I made Tom rich and bought a copy of POVERTY ROW HORRORS a looong time ago.<< I am Tom Weaver, Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht.
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Eric Huffstutler	Re: The Ape (1940)	#22	[-]
Jun 29 06 12:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	carruthers40 That is what I thought too when I first came across this web site/forums. There are so many different versions of the same public domain titles out there that it would bust the bank and drive you crazy trying to weed through all to find the cream of the crop. Why bother when others have already paid the price doing the same and already know which versions are the best? Why keep the crap versions available for sale when you can invest in the best? Sometimes the underdog distributors such as Alpha, Platinum, etc... may have the elusive better version but not often. That is why its important to do quality check comparisons and post the results for other poverty row fans. Thanks... looking forward to your findings. Eric
IzzyVanHalen	Re: The Ape (1940)	#23	[-]
Jun 29 06 12:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"I am Tom Weaver, Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht." Only one? What happened to the other one? That 50 footer?
Renfield	Re: The Ape (1940)	#24	[-]
Jun 29 06 12:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	With deep-pockets customers like you, Izzy, clearly Tom needed more than a fifty footer. Size does matter. Joe "Renfield" Meadows HORROR-WOOD Webzine http://www.horror-wood.com
Wolfman Joe	Re: The Ape (1940)	#25	[-]
Jun 29 06 1:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I am Tom Weaver, Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht. But can you afford an early Wade Williams videotape? I think not.
Joe Karlosi	Re: The Ape (1940)	#26	[-]
Jun 29 06 4:40 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I am Tom Weaver, Millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht. *AGAIN!* ---------------------- "It's MORE ... than a hobby!"
Butcher Benton	Re: The Ape (1940)	#27	[-]
Jun 30 06 1:06 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tom, Has your yacht slipped its moorings due to the recent flooding in your vicinity?
TomWeaver999	Re: The Ape (1940)	#28	[-]
Jun 30 06 5:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Actually, it was kinda cool sailing right up to the roof of my house in my yacht. ; ) Actually, I was in Pa. at Monster Bash during the rains. By the time I got back home, you wouldn't know it had rained here at all.
carruthers40	Re: The Ape (1940)	#29	[-]
Jul 10 06 1:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The verdict is in on the Roan vs. Platinum. The Roan is clearly the nicer print, much crisper in detail. It does run darker than the Platinum, which is admittedly washed out in the grey scale a bit, another way to describe it would be gauzy, which in all honesty doesn't hurt it that badly. The sound is a tad quieter in the Roan, I've found this to be true in other Roans as well, especially on the wonderful WHITE ZOMBIE, which I have to turn up all the way in order to get a good sound. All in all, I'd say for first time viewers and those wishing to upgrade, go with the Roan.
MyDarkSide	Re: The Ape (1940)	#30	[-]
Jan 10 07 4:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Watched this again last night (Platinum Disc print) and really enjoy it. I love Karloff's portrayal of the Doctor, who was kinder that the townsfolk treated him, but was way off the mark in his madness to find a cure for the girl. And I think the Gorilla suit was one of the best ones I've seen in a Poverty Row effort....the closeups of the face of the gorilla were pretty cool for the era.
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carruthers40	Re: The Ape (1940)	#31	[-]
Jan 10 07 3:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Watching 'ol Boris totter up on that bike, then leaping off it to give that little whipper snapper a good what for...Man, I have a fun time with this movie, I'm with you DarkSide! The lengths Karloff goes to, and all with this odd Currier & Ives backdrop make it all the more sinister...the scene in the operating room with the wounded young man, as Karloff closes in...his intentions clear...creepy stuff!
Maldor	Re: The Ape (1940)	#32	[-]
Jan 10 07 9:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I believe cowboy star Ray "Crash" Corrigan played the ape. Most of his ape suit work was unbilled due to a clause in his coventional acting contract with Republic Pictures. Supernatural perhaps bologna perhaps not. Bela Lugosi the Black Cat
MyDarkSide	Re: The Ape (1940)	#33	[-]
Jan 11 07 6:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	'Currier & Ives backdrop' Heh! Good one, carruthers!
Monsterpal	Re: The Ape (1940)	#34	[-]
Jan 11 07 7:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Remember, January 31st is National Gorilla Suit Day.
captainmarvel1957	Re: The Ape (1940)	#35	[-]
Jan 11 07 11:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Damn! I've got to get mine into the cleaners! Thanks for the reminder!
GaryP11111	Re: The Ape (1940)	#36	[-]
Jan 12 07 3:04 AM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just think how much more fun this movie would be if the circus didn't have a gorilla exhibit but some other animal instead and Karloff had to skin, say a Giant Panda. GARY L. PRANGE "Sic gorgiamus allos subjectos nunc."
TomWeaver999	Re: The Ape (1940)	#37	[-]
Jan 12 07 1:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Suddenly I'm picturing Bela in the role -- and when Monogram decides a giant panda outfit would be too expensive, he ends up a trained seal!
Imhoteps Ashes	Re: The Ape (1940)	#38	[-]
Jan 15 07 12:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* and when Monogram decides a giant panda outfit would be too expensive, he ends up a trained seal! Born through the miracle of stock footage! With Angelo Rossito doubling for wide shots... "Hideous Half-Man, Half-Beast Who Terrorized Millions!" - Tagline, WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935)
MyDarkSide	Re: The Ape (1940)	#39	[-]
Jan 16 07 12:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The long lost sequel to Mesa Of Lost Women???
oldmanster	Re: The Ape (1940)	#40	[-]
Jan 16 07 4:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Another proof of evolution. If I haven't mentioned it before, I must add that I never did see this film until I joined this board. It is one of the many pleasures that have accrued over the couple of years I've been here. ... Reed
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