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^^I have never seen You'll Find Out, although I've of course heard of it. On your recommendation, I'll check it out.
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Poll: Bela Lugosi's 40's, Poverty Row Films
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^^Oh, a teaser...
Hey, Bowery at Midnight got a vote; I actually think that it is quite grisly at points.
Hey, Bowery at Midnight got a vote; I actually think that it is quite grisly at points.
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You want the whole movie now?! I know you just want to see Ginny Simms more. :eyebrows: I could understand that.
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Yeah, "Plan 9 From Outer Space" I think it was? Featured a fella by the name of Zontar,...from Venus? And I also seem to recall that Zontar's adherents had a cabbage leaf stuck to the back's of their necks?? :laugh:There is no Plan 9 to vote for.
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Nominated for an Oscar in 1941. I can see why. :eyebrows:
Nominated for an Oscar in 1941. I can see why. :eyebrows:
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Given the topic, it seemed appropriate to bring a dead thread back to life...
I may get blasted here, but I think Lugosi's Poverty Row films are better than his earlier work. Don't get me wrong, I love Dracula and White Zombie and all that, but later films like The Corpse Vanishes and Devil Bat just have a certain charm to them that always makes me pull one of the those out over anything he did with Universal.
I may get blasted here, but I think Lugosi's Poverty Row films are better than his earlier work. Don't get me wrong, I love Dracula and White Zombie and all that, but later films like The Corpse Vanishes and Devil Bat just have a certain charm to them that always makes me pull one of the those out over anything he did with Universal.
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Well, it's been said before that it is the Poverty Row horror films that fans will watch over and over again, unlike the "A" products like Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, and so on...There is a certain "charm" about them (discontinuity, incredibly unbelievable plots, over-the-top performances, terrible sets and lighting) that "endear" them to us. If you haven't yet, get and read a copy of Tom Weaver's Poverty Row Horrors!
And I'm glad to see that you're another Devil Bat fan!
And I'm glad to see that you're another Devil Bat fan!
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^^The graphic comes out as a question mark. What is it?
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Hmmm... I can see it. It is The Gorilla.
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^^The Gorilla is marginally considered to be a (comedy) horror movie, although it wasn't produced by a Poverty Row studio (20th Century-Fox).
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It's a coincidence this thread should reappear. Ghosts on the Loose was screened on free to air tv a few days ago. It wasn't bad, interesting to see a very young Ava Gardner & nice to see Bela not playing a vampire for a change.
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^^When that movie (which is really Z-grade) premiered, Ava Gardner was publicized as Mrs. Mickey Rooney...
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There is no Plan 9 to vote for.
That wasn't even poverty row. I think poverty row pictures owned some of their set, but they didn't steal it.
Ed Wood's props were....uh..."borrowed."
We've got the Ed Wood box set, yes there is one!
It's a shame too, Lugosi was making a comeback if it weren't for Wood's inability to bring his ideas to film.
Then again who would Roger Corman and Burt I Gordon have to follow in their footsteps?
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My vote has to go to 'The Ape Man', simply because I have an original poster (from Belgium) on the wall beside my bed.
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That wasn't even poverty row. I think poverty row pictures owned some of their set, but they didn't steal it.
Ed Wood's props were....uh..."borrowed."
We've got the Ed Wood box set, yes there is one!
It's a shame too, Lugosi was making a comeback if it weren't for Wood's inability to bring his ideas to film.
Then again who would Roger Corman and Burt I Gordon have to follow in their footsteps?
Below Poverty Row eh? Skid Row films. They beg borrow and steal to make a film.
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Good to have some discussion here...An original poster from Belgium? What's the story behind that?? (When it comes to the Ape Man, though, while it is high camp, I think Return of the Ape Man [not a sequel] is better.)
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Ed meant to give these things back, but he forgot...Below Poverty Row eh? Skid Row films. They beg borrow and steal to make a film.
Too much time planning his next film, to pay for the one he just made.
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