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MikeTheMook	A Question About MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)	Lead	[-]
Jan 22 06 11:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	About halfway through this movie, Hazel Court is in a sort of hallucinatory trance, and she envisions several different men dancing about her, and waving knives or swords at her. I guess it was a kind of "dance of death", foretelling her own. Anyway, the fourth man who dances in this vision is a black man. Now, I have a cheap vhs copy of this, so I can't be totally sure, but I'd swear that this black man (who we see only briefly in this one scene) is Greg Morris of MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE fame. I tried to freeze frame his face up close, and even on my grainy video, it does look like him. Can anyone either verify or discount this? There is nothing on IMDB in his credits about this film.
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TomWeaver999	Re: A Question About MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)	#1	[-]
Jan 22 06 1:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Since MASQUE was made in England, it seems like a long shot, but ... after seeing Ben Welden (the dopey bald SUPERMAN TV baddie) in lots of British films of the 1930s, I'd say ANYthing's possible!
Bill Warren	Re: A Question About MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)	#2	[-]
Jan 22 06 3:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's possible but unlikely. The IMDb says Morris was in a couple of movies shot in Hollywood in 1964; as Tom says, anything's possible (Ben Welden, born in Ohio, seems to have begun his movie career in England; John "Cliff Claven" Ratzenberger's in THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK), so that might be Greg Morris--but I doubt it.
carl2000	Re: A Question About MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)	#3	[-]
Jan 23 06 9:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I wish the camerawork wasn't so obscured in that sequence, so I could get a better look at Hazel Court in that nightgown.
BijouBob8mm	Re: A Question About MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)	#4	[-]
Jan 24 06 5:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If you look the film up on IMDB, then click on "more" at the bottom of the cast list for full credits, it lists all the dancers, but Morris isn't listed among them.
yendor1152	Re: A Question About MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)	#5	[-]
Jan 25 06 12:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here's another question about Masque--when Prince Prospero first goes to the peasant village and orders the two men killed, Esmerelda pleads on their behalf. She says "mercy, in the name of..." Then there's a very confusing and fast jump cut, and suddenly she's on the ground. It sounded to me like something had been edited out at that very moment. Can anyone verify this? And am I the only one who found that little ballerina with the sultry female voice distinctly disturbing? It's obvious she was a very young girl, maybe 6 or 7, and to hear this Mae West-ish voice emanating from her struck me as incredibly odd. Odder still that her paramour was a very mature man. Also, watch the scene where Hopfrog (or Hoptoad) splashes brandy on the dude hanging from the chandelier. Is it my imagination, or does the film suddenly speed up at that moment, so the "splashing" takes on the appearance of an (gasp) ejaculation? Rod
BijouBob8mm	Re: A Question About MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)	#6	[-]
Jan 25 06 12:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I think she originally asks for "mercy in the name of God," but can't recall if she throws herself on the ground to plead, or if she was knocked down.
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thehorrorboy	Re: A Question About MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)	#7	[-]
Jan 25 06 4:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've heard that MGM's "Midnite Movie" DVD of MASQUE is cut. Anyone have any details?
yendor1152	Re: A Question About MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)	#8	[-]
Jan 25 06 7:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I saw that particular scene when TCM ran Masque last week and thought the cut looked odd. So I got out my Midnite Movies dvd, and the cut is in there, too. It's almost as if Esmerelda did indeed say "in the name of God," but the editor cut it right before "God," which results in a jarring jump cut. Rod
Imhoteps Ashes	Re: A Question About MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1964)	#9	[-]
Jan 29 06 10:41 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The edit might not be so jarring if there was a much louder sound when the guard knocks her to the ground. The later scene with the tiny ballerina had this mistake. In fact, old films have this problem in general. In HORROR OF DRACULA, when Peter Cushing slaps Olga Dickie, the sound is ludicrously loud. Movies just hadn't refined the fine art of slapping. And I think that my favourite Vincent Price line might come at the end of that scene: "This is your day of deliverance," followed by the sharp drawing of the curtain. I've found a renewed appreciation for MASQUE. I still think that HOUSE OF USHER was astounding, especially considering that Corman and Co. had had no practice with such a big budget, but MASQUE follows (at least) very close behind. "Hideous Half-Man, Half-Beast Who Terrorized Millions!" - Tagline, WEREWOLF OF LONDON (1935)
TomWeaver999	Who wants cake?	#10	[-]
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Feb 14 12 12:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Be the first on your block to have an authentic CREEPING UNKNOWN cake.
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