Comments on: Lionel Atwill… the Original Super-Bad!

By: Alan K.Rode

Alan K.Rode — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:13:14 +0000

Richard: Great riff on Atwill whom I adore.You nailed it with the “Herr Baron” line. No one could deliver florid, absurd dialogue better than Lionel Atwill.

I thought he was the definitive Moriarty in “Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon” post scandal. “Drop by drop… eh, Holmes?”

An Atwill story from 1941: I remember my Mother, who grew up in Hollywood, relating to me about having a risque magazine hidden in the piano bench in one of her many homes. My Grandmother came home in a panic and threw it away saying, “Don’t you know Lionel Atwill got arrested for this sort of thing!”

By: Jonathan Lapper

Jonathan Lapper — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:45:30 +0000

I love Atwill and wished I owned more of his films but alas, most of my stuff comes through rentals. I’m pretty slack in the ownership department.

By: Medusa

Medusa — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:04:35 +0000

Oooo…interesting story there about his secret sexual proclivities. Imagine how frustrating that must be — to be a sorta perv, and being a star so you can indulge and afford it, but on the other hand, being a star so you *can’t* dare indulge.

Not that it has much to do with his onscreen activities, but it’s fascinating!

By: Steve-O

Steve-O — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:30:32 +0000

strangely enough I saw – in the last 2 weeks – Son of Frankenstein, Murder at the Zoo and Girl in 313. All featured Mr. Atwill