Posted by moviegeek916 on April 1, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Frankenstein (1931) – So I have saved the best for not-quite-last (since some of the other movies I intend to watch are sequels to this one). Frankenstein is my favorite of the old Universal Monster movies. It’s also the most popular with five sequels and a crossover with Abbott and Costello. Boris Karloff and Jack … Continue reading →
Filed under Film, Old Facebook Minireviews, Reviews, The Best · Tagged with 1931, ?, Abbott and Costello, Boris Karloff, Bud Abbott, Christopher Lee, Colin Clive, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, Frankenstein, Jack Pierce, James Whale, John Boles, Kenneth Branagh, Lou Costello, Mae Clarke, Marilyn Harris, Mary Shelley, Robert DeNiro, Universal Monsters
Posted by moviegeek916 on March 31, 2012 · Leave a Comment
The Wolf Man (1941) – Creighton Chaney decided to follow in the footsteps of his father Lon Chaney, the legendary “man of a thousand faces” famous for such films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera. The studio rechristened Creighton as Lon Chaney, Jr. and he often, as in The … Continue reading →
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Posted by moviegeek916 on March 31, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Mummy (1932) – Two reviews into my retrospective of the Universal Monster films, I haven’t yet mentioned one of the people largely responsible for their classic iconography: Jack Pierce. Well, third time’s the charm. Jack Pierce was the leading make-up guy at Universal after Lon Chaney (Sr.) walked off the set of The Man … Continue reading →
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