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Will the real Mrs Bates please swivel around?

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The Maskahuna	Will the real Mrs Bates please swivel around?	Lead	[-]
(07/01/09 12:25 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	If anyone here has been to the Cinematheque Francaise and seen this head, please verify ~ http://forums.nightowlpro.com/index.php?showtopic=33368
Bifocals		#1	[-]
(07/01/09 8:51 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	When TCM showed the documentary Henri Langlois: the Phantom of the Cinematheque there was a scene included of Langlois showing off the head & telling the story about Hitchcock donating it to the Cinematheque.
soundstage28		#2	[-]
(07/01/09 11:51 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Not to throw a fly in the ointment, but according to a post on the above link, the Cinematheque also claims to have the original Metropolis Maria robot. I'm not a Metropolis expert, but have heard more than once about it being toasted to ashes in a fire.
Bifocals		#3	[-]
(07/02/09 1:24 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	soundstage28 wrote: Not to throw a fly in the ointment, but according to a post on the above link, the Cinematheque also claims to have the original Metropolis Maria robot. I'm not a Metropolis expert, but have heard more than once about it being toasted to ashes in a fire. Yep, I've read that it was supposedly destroyed during WW2. Does anybody know if more than one Mrs. Bates prop head was prepared for Psycho? Not sure if what Langlois showed was the 'real' one just remember thinking that was about the last prop I'd expected to see. Will have to hunt up the DVD-R I recorded but the Cinematheque looked like such a jumble no telling what is stored/hidden there. Langlois seemed like the type of person that enjoyed allowing people to see some amazing things while reveling in the fact that he kept many secrets. Since my health prevents me from traveling to Cincinnati by myself much less Paris I suppose I shouldn't have posted anything just from watching a documentary but that segment has stuck in my mind.
PhantomXCI		#4	[-]
(07/02/09 11:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I recall an article about Langlois in American Film, and it did state that the Cinematheque Francais had the original Mrs. Bates head. The METROPOLIS robotrix is a recreation, as are the sets from CALIGARI (which were painted by Hermann Warm himself, based on his original 1919 designs).

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