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rockpainterx	inner sanctum	#41	[-]
Jul 20 07 10:39 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	DVDs are great fun!
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Butcher Benton	Re: inner sanctum	#42	[-]
Jul 20 07 11:26 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Think of it - how many other roles would Lon have been cast - astronaut? Gormet chef? Semi-pro boxer? Milk delivery man? Classic!
atenolol	Re: inner sanctum	#43	[-]
Sep 2 07 12:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I recently rewatched Weird Woman and I must say I found it one of the better Universal horrors of the forties. Chaney is quite good as the rationalist professor, although it may be a stretch to accept him as the object of lust for three different women. Anne Gwynne was a babe as his superstitious wife and gives a solid performance. Evelyn Ankers as the villian, and Ralph Morgan and Elizabeth Russell as a rival professor and his wife were really superb. All in all, a very well-acted movie. If they gave out horror academy awards for the best lead and supporting performances for each decade. Ankers would get my vote for the best lead performance by an actress in the 1940's, and Russell would be a strong contender for the best supporting actress, probably edged out only by Maria Ouspenskaya. In sum, a very fine movie with a memorable ending.
Andy Fish	Re: > Re: Inner Sanctum	#44	[-]
Sep 5 07 8:39 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	These are a lot of fun and an interesting little diversion. They usually have a pretty good cast, but the stories are VERY contrived. Worth checking out. Andy http://www.bluemonkeycomics.com/batman43.gif
nightmarekey	Re: Strange Confession	#45	[-]
Sep 6 07 2:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I only hope that Universal remembers the fact that they cleared the rights to "Strange Confession", though I can well imagine them consulting an old memo about the legal controversy and leaving it out of the Chaney box. I hope they remember as well, because Chaney's performance is every bit the equal of Claude Rains' in the earlier film on which it was based... and puts the lie to those who would say Lon Jr. lacked "dimension". Next to his 1941 WOLF MAN, STRANGE CONFESSION is his finest work for Universal.
captainmarvel1957	Re: Strange Confession	#46	[-]
Sep 6 07 3:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Huh? What did I miss? Strange Confession is in the Inner Sanctum box set.
TomWeaver999		#47	[-]
Dec 23 08 4:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< For more Inner Sanctum info than one could possibly want, check out "Universal Horrors". << aw shucks! By the way .... << Fourth time is the charm for "Conjure Wife" movie Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:58am GMT By Jay A. Fernandez LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As the saying goes, behind every successful man is a strong woman -- who casts spells on his behalf. Tom Cruise's United Artists has lined up "Breach" writer-director Billy Ray to adapt and direct a film version of the horror fantasy novel "Conjure Wife." The 1943 debut novel by noted fantasy and science fiction writer Fritz Leiber Jr., "Conjure" is about a New England college professor who discovers his good fortune has been a result of his wife's secret, magical interference. When he pressures her to cease her otherworldly meddling, dark events and even darker forces descend on the couple without her protection. UA's MGM parent is co-financing and co-producing the film with French producer StudioCanal, which shares underlying rights to the project because of a previous adaptation of the book. "Conjure Wife" has been adapted three times before: in 1944 as "Weird Woman," starring Lon Chaney Jr.; in 1962 as "Night of the Eagle"/"Burn, Witch, Burn!"; and in 1980 as "Witches' Brew," starring Richard Benjamin and Teri Garr. Ray's "Rosemary's Baby"-toned update will amp up the prurience factor as one woman's desire to take over a more ideal female body factors into the plot. He most recently finalized the script for DreamWorks' upcoming thriller "Motorcade," which will be directed by Len Wiseman ("Live Free Or Die Hard").
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specterman		#48	[-]
Dec 23 08 4:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TomWeaver999 wrote: "Conjure Wife" has been adapted three times before: in 1944 as "Weird Woman," starring Lon Chaney Jr.; in 1962 as "Night of the Eagle"/"Burn, Witch, Burn!"; and in 1980 as "Witches' Brew," starring Richard Benjamin and Teri Garr. Nah, they'll never top "Witches Brew" no matter who's in the lead role. Richard B was one of the great dramatic actors of our time, I just loved him doing Hamlet...
MD Walker	Re: Bewitched and Burn Witch Burn	#49	[-]
Apr 29 12 4:21 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've been away from these boards for a long time but glad to have found this old thread. Somewhere in my files I have the quotes from Bewitched creator Sol Saks about getting the idea from I Married A Witch. Subsequent quotes from Sak's friend and Bewitched staff writer Paul Wayne confirm that Saks admitted freely he took the idea from I Married A Witch as well as ideas from Bell, Book & Candle, which was first a play in 1950, and may have been inspired partially by Thorne Smith's The Passionate Witch (made into I Married A Witch). Hope that helps.... Michael Michael D Walker want something badly enough, you make arrangements. If you don't want it badly enough, you make excuses." Hanif Kureishi www.ThorneSmith.net
bela lugosi		#50	[-]
Apr 29 12 11:28 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I really like this film series. One of my favorite DVD purchases.
TomWeaver999		#51	[-]
Sep 15 12 2:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I didn't know (or don't remember) that the great George Turner wrote an article about the Inner Sanctum series; does anybody here have the computer skills to access and post it? http://www.questia.com/re...the-inner-sanctum-movies
Rakshasa		#52	[-]
Dec 18 12 6:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TomWeaver999 wrote: I didn't know (or don't remember) that the great George Turner wrote an article about the Inner Sanctum series; does anybody here have the computer skills to access and post it? http://www.questia.com/re...the-inner-sanctum-movies Unfortunately, they demand your credit card information for their "One Day FREE Trial". They make you choose a plan (i.e. an amount of money they can take from you for a subscription). Then and only then do you get your "One Day FREE Trial", after which they immediately take your money for a subscription. Then it's up to you to cancel your subscription. Whether or not they refund your money is something I wasn't willing to find out! Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
jplibby		#53	[-]
Dec 19 12 8:54 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	nightmarekey wrote: *Quote:* I only hope that Universal remembers the fact that they cleared the rights to "Strange Confession", though I can well imagine them consulting an old memo about the legal controversy and leaving it out of the Chaney box. I hope they remember as well, because Chaney's performance is every bit the equal of Claude Rains' in the earlier film on which it was based... and puts the lie to those who would say Lon Jr. lacked "dimension". Next to his 1941 WOLF MAN, STRANGE CONFESSION is his finest work for Universal. OK, I'm missing something, I guess. Didn't Universal already own the rights to The Man Who Reclaimed His Head? If so, then why was there legal trouble over the Strange Confession remake? Or was this just a matter of the playwright stirring up trouble and making Universal nervous?
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