No, not cabbages and kings, but the mysterious Russian actor who shows up in just about every creaky murder mystery in Alpha's catalog.
He's always on the edges, eager to please (or murder), like some Dwight Frye dry run before the real monsters came. He seems a horror star who never quite caught fire, at least in the genre.
He's in everything from JUST IMAGINE to THE MONSTER WALKS, SINISTER HANDS, even DRUMS OF JEOPARDY and HOLD THAT GHOST! And yet he's almost unknown today.
I recall the briefest of discussions many years ago at the old AOL boards, but his name is a mere whisper in this new century.
As Joe Franklin would say, 'Mischa Auer, any anecdotes, any memories?'
david
'Franklin Paints, my friends...'
He's always on the edges, eager to please (or murder), like some Dwight Frye dry run before the real monsters came. He seems a horror star who never quite caught fire, at least in the genre.
He's in everything from JUST IMAGINE to THE MONSTER WALKS, SINISTER HANDS, even DRUMS OF JEOPARDY and HOLD THAT GHOST! And yet he's almost unknown today.
I recall the briefest of discussions many years ago at the old AOL boards, but his name is a mere whisper in this new century.
As Joe Franklin would say, 'Mischa Auer, any anecdotes, any memories?'
david
'Franklin Paints, my friends...'
