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Tired old queen at the movies
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Dracula & The Wolf Man
Halloween shakes and shudders settle in as TOQ salutes two Universal horror classics; Todd Browning's Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi and George Waggner's The Wolf Man, starring Lon Chaney Jr. Lugosi had played the vampire on Broadway, where he was considered a matinee idol because of his on stage sex appeal as the evil count.
Although he played everything in horror movies from a hunchback to the Frankenstein monster, it was Dracula that influenced and stunted Lugosi's career. The yak hair for Cheney's werewolf make-up took six hours to apply and itched him constantly. Chaney came from a background of horror. His father was the legendary Silent Screen star Lon Chaney. Though he'd made a huge impression as Lenny in the film version of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (1939), once Lon Jr. played a werewolf, there was no turning back. Both films
feature terrific supporting casts; Everett Van Sloan as Dr. Van Helsing, Dwight Frye as the maniacal Renfield in Dracula, and in The Wolf Man, Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers, the best screamer in horror movies and the great Maria Ouspenskaya as the gypsy fortune teller who knows too well the werewolf's fate. So, carve a pumpkin, grab a crucifix and curl up with a warm monster... of some sort.
Steve Hayes
Although he played everything in horror movies from a hunchback to the Frankenstein monster, it was Dracula that influenced and stunted Lugosi's career. The yak hair for Cheney's werewolf make-up took six hours to apply and itched him constantly. Chaney came from a background of horror. His father was the legendary Silent Screen star Lon Chaney. Though he'd made a huge impression as Lenny in the film version of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (1939), once Lon Jr. played a werewolf, there was no turning back. Both films
feature terrific supporting casts; Everett Van Sloan as Dr. Van Helsing, Dwight Frye as the maniacal Renfield in Dracula, and in The Wolf Man, Claude Rains, Ralph Bellamy, Evelyn Ankers, the best screamer in horror movies and the great Maria Ouspenskaya as the gypsy fortune teller who knows too well the werewolf's fate. So, carve a pumpkin, grab a crucifix and curl up with a warm monster... of some sort. Steve Hayes
SEVENTEEN
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Marvin Henry, 17, has become the seventeenth teenager to be murdered in London this year.
He was shot in Mill Hill, north London, earlier today. It's less than a week since 16-year-old Samuel Adelagun was shot in Newham, east London.
Note: Don't Die Before You've Lived is a series of ongoing entries recording the murders of teenagers in London. Although not necessarily GBLT-related, the desperately premature loss of these young boys deserves our full attention. Take a minute, read the names, look at their faces, and spare a thought for these kids who really did die before they lived. ka-os|theory is a London-based blog.
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This (top left) is 16-year-old Samuel Adelagun. He is the sixteenth teenager to be murdered in London this year.Adelagun was shot dead in Plaistow, East London, on Saturday.
In September, Rio McFarlane was shot in Peckham, South London. Fourteen other teenagers have been shot or stabbed in the capital this year.
In 2009, a total of fourteen teenagers were murdered.
Tired old queen at the movies
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
G
ene Tierney and Rex Harrison portray star crossed lovers living in different worlds in one of the most romantic ghost stories ever filmed; Joseph L. Mankiweicz's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.
Set in Cornwall at the turn of the Twentieth Century, a young widow rents the cottage of a dead sea captain, only to discover that his spirit is still very much alive. This produces a battle of wits and wills, that eventually turns to love thanks to a brilliant cast, marvelous direction, shimmering cinematography and a luscious score by Bernard Herrmann. It's the perfect picture to warm up a cold autumn night.
Steve Hayes
Set in Cornwall at the turn of the Twentieth Century, a young widow rents the cottage of a dead sea captain, only to discover that his spirit is still very much alive. This produces a battle of wits and wills, that eventually turns to love thanks to a brilliant cast, marvelous direction, shimmering cinematography and a luscious score by Bernard Herrmann. It's the perfect picture to warm up a cold autumn night.
Steve Hayes
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