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Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), Universal Horror With Bela Lugosi

October 25, 2014 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Murders in the Rue Morgue 1932 newspaper ad

Universal’s 1932 horror adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s Murders in the Rue Morgue made quite a few changes, the best of which was inclusion of Dr. Mirakle, the villain played by Bela Lugosi. Lugosi covered extensively, plus comparisons of the story to the film, and an overall positive appraisal of the movie as it was made. Except for the ape.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Agostino Borgato, Arlene Francis, Bela Lugosi, Bert Roach, Betty Ross Clarke, Brandon Hurst, Charles Gemora, D'Arcy Corrigan, Edgar Allan Poe, Edna Marion, Harry Holman, Herman Bing, Horror, Karl Freund, Leon Ames, Leon Waycoff, Noble Johnson, pre-Code, Robert Florey, Sidney Fox, Torben Meyer, Universal, Universal Horror

Crime Doctor (1943) Starring Warner Baxter with Dr. Ordway’s Origins

May 16, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Warner Baxter in Crime Doctor

The origins of the Crime Doctor are revealed in this first of ten movies starring Warner Baxter as Dr. Robert Ordway. Origins of the series from radio and possibly a previous Columbia release are also explained in this look at Columbia’s Crime Doctor (1943)

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1943, amnesia, Columbia, Crime Doctor, doctors, don costello, dorothy tree, dr robert ordway, Harold Huber, John Litel, larry darmour productions, Leon Ames, Margaret Lindsay, michael gordon, Mysteries, old time radio, otr, Ray Collins, series, Warner Baxter

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) starring Bela Lugosi and Sidney Fox

October 19, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A brief look at 1932 Universal horror film Murders in the Rue Morgue based upon the Edgar Allan Poe work and starring Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox and Erik the Ape.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Bela Lugosi, Edgar Allan Poe, Leon Ames, Leon Waycoff, Murders in the Rue Morgue, Robert Florey, Sidney Fox, Sydney Fox, Universal Horror

Lana Turner and John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

May 25, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Lana Turner and John Garfield in The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) I have to admit, I was really stunned by Lana Turner’s performance in “The Postman Always Rings Twice.” Her Cora Smith came across to me as the most natural character in the cast, which says quite a bit when she’s sharing most of […]

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1946, Audrey Totter, Cecil Kellaway, femme fatale, Hume Cronyn, John Garfield, Lana Turner, Leon Ames, murder, the postman always rings twice

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