Comments on: Listen… do you wanna know a secret?

By: RHS

RHS — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:50:25 +0000

Dennis, let us know how your daughter liked King Kong. My 3 year-old enjoyed the Irwin Allen remake of The Lost World and concluded "dinosaurs are cool!"

By: Dennis Cozzalio

Dennis Cozzalio — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:58:03 +0000

Richard, thanks for the recommend. I had the exact same reaction as yours when I saw the Fox Horror Classics Volume 2 collection– ehhhh– especially after that John Brahm package. And I was just complaining to my wife that there’s nothing fun to write about for Halloween this year, much less see. Well, you’ve solved the second part of that problem for me. Thanks so much. I’m going to find out Dr. Renault’s secret for myself tonight! (Right after I get back from taking my six-year-old daughter to see KING KONG on the big screen at an old movie palace here in Glendale. Halloween– perhaps my favorite time of the year for movies…

By: RHS

RHS — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:43:48 +0000

Argh… stupid brain! I knew full well it was … at the Circus and yet … at the Opera is what I typed… that’s why I gave John the benefit of the doubt about his Henry Morgan/Ralph Morgan mixup, because this kind of thing is always happening to me. I’ll make the change above – not to make me look good, but for future generations – and I thank you for the quote and for the correction.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:21:34 +0000

Just between you and me, it is “Charlie Chan at the Circus” that features our buddy J. Carroll Naish cavorting as a primate, not “at the Opera”.

The movie features one of my favourite answer a question with a question exchanges:
“How did the snake get in here?”
“How did the ape get out of the cage?”
You know how it is – some things strike your funny bone and stay with you.

By: rhsmith

rhsmith — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:50:12 +0000

Actually that was Ralph Morgan as THE NIGHT MONSTER (and I'm guessing you probably know that, John, but had a senior moment) and he's pretty good in that. He played a monster of another stripe in the creaky CONDEMNED TO LIVE, which has too many unintentionally funny moments to be effective... but I still own a copy, because I'm not well, no, not well at all.

By: john august smith

john august smith — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:40:10 +0000

NIGHT MONSTER with bela lugosi as a red herring really scared me as a kid. Henry Morgan, Franks brother was the villain. I do not believe it has ever been shown on TCM! I saw the Ghoul with Karloff and was disappointed, really poor even with Richardson and Hardwicke in support.