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Dec 16 09 12:02 PM
Dec 16 09 1:20 PM
zogstar67 wrote: Surely someone has a dug up a copy of that "Tampa High School" yearbook to get a better copy of that pic. Are there very many good quality, pre-acro pics of Rondo out there?
Dec 16 09 2:46 PM
Jacque Lecotier wrote: For those interested, UNA LUZ EN LA VENTANA was shown in the US in 1947, via a "Star Film Corp.", according to the New York State Censors' Archives. I assume it was in Spanish only.
CreepingBride wrote: ...ok, so what horror movie parts did Rondo play without make-up before 25 July 1939? Or is that "Ripley's BoN" column simply the wishful thinking of a movie agent's publicity plant?
Dec 16 09 3:05 PM
doctor kiss wrote: The Ripley piece seems to coincide with the filming of THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, possibly the sole reference point for the 'horror parts without make-up' claim, being played up for potential publicity here imho.
doctor kiss wrote: This seems to suggest that acromegaly was relatively well-known as a potential source of disfigurement during the period, and that the Argentinian movie may not necessarily have been a direct influence on THE MONSTER MAKER; which isn't to dismiss the possibility entirely, merely to suggest that acromegaly already had some general 'currency' anyway.
Dec 16 09 6:10 PM
doctor kiss wrote: TomWeaver999 wrote: When MONSTER MAKER was made, nobody except his neighbors and a few folks in a few studios knew Rondo Hatton from a hole in the wall. He was the next thing to an extra. As far as the local or national press is concerned, the only exception to this, which surely no-one would have remembered, was in Ripley's nationally syndicated newspaper column of 25th July 1939. It's bizarrely 'out of its time', though, presenting Rondo as a horror movie actor half-a-decade before this really became the case.
TomWeaver999 wrote: When MONSTER MAKER was made, nobody except his neighbors and a few folks in a few studios knew Rondo Hatton from a hole in the wall. He was the next thing to an extra.
Dec 16 09 7:14 PM
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Dec 17 09 1:14 AM
An Argentine friend sent me a vhs of UNA LUZA EN LA VENANA quite awhile back. It's a typical "old dark house" movie: mad scientist, sinister servants, lots of shadows and even a terrified sidekick for the hero. The "monster" is very sympathetic and doesn't go through with the experiment that would cure him but cost the life of another; instead, he commits suicide (though the scene is so low key it's not easy to tell what's happening). Nice performance by Menta. who was a great admirer of Lon Chaney. It's a shame his television versions of classic horrors like PHANTOM OF THE OPERA seem to have vanished. Henry Nicolella
Dec 17 09 11:50 AM
hnicolella wrote: An Argentine friend sent me a vhs of UNA LUZA EN LA VENANA quite awhile back. It's a typical "old dark house" movie: mad scientist, sinister servants, lots of shadows and even a terrified sidekick for the hero. The "monster" is very sympathetic and doesn't go through with the experiment that would cure him but cost the life of another; instead, he commits suicide (though the scene is so low key it's not easy to tell what's happening). Nice performance by Menta. who was a great admirer of Lon Chaney. It's a shame his television versions of classic horrors like PHANTOM OF THE OPERA seem to have vanished. Henry Nicolella
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Dec 18 09 6:06 PM
WadeVC wrote: Has anyone seen or remember this little-known "Mad Scientist"-type movie from the '40's? Our mad scientist infects/injects our hapless victim (a concert pianist) with a disease* that disfigures him in a horrendous way. The mad scientist also has a cure for the disease...but what is his price to fix the ailing victim? No too bad...I doubt it was considered for an Oscar or any other awards of note, but not a bad flick...or at least not a bad way to spend an hour or so. *The disease mentioned in this film: Acromegaly, is an actual medical condition that can cause disfigurement and death.
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Rick wrote: I agree absolutely, todmichel. I was just being a noodge. ("Noodge: noun, slang; nerdy pain-in-the-butt.")
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TomWeaver999 wrote: That's THE BRUTE MAN (1946).
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