Valley of the Dolls (TV Series 1. A fascinating soap opera loosely based on Jacqueline Susann's novel and updated for the 1. This syndicated soap (which tried to push the current boundaries for nudity on television, especially when it comes to males) was test- marketed for 1. Boston and Atlanta. The combining of the original plotline with 9. Helen Lawson, who in the movie and novel was a huge Broadway star for whom Jennifer North appeared as a showgirl is now Jennifer's mother and a movie star!) New World basically cancelled the project before it was aired, but those original 1. Of special note is that I believe this soap was the first portrayal of a functioning and healthy gay relationship between two men. Ahead of it's time, I hope this show doesn't disappear into oblivion. The Black Cat (1934) is a classic, enigmatically disturbing horror film from Universal Studios in the 1930s. It became Universal's top-grossing film of the year. The Movieclips Trailers channel is your destination for the hottest new trailers the second they drop. The Black Cat (1. Background. The. Black Cat (1. Universal Studios in the 1. It became Universal's. The visually intriguing, austere. European post- war anguish and. Edgar G. Its. theme of the horrors of war would be echoed in his later films. Who came out on top? Read the latest horror movie news, learn what horror movies are on DVD or get the best horror movie posters! JoBlo's Arrow in the Head has got you covered! Murnau (and his film Nosferatu (1. Fritz. Lang's film Metropolis (1. Art- deco. sets by art director Charles D. Hall, and stark B/W photography. John Mescall evoke the proper atmosphere. Some reviewers have considered it the first American. Satanism (devil worship), black mass orgies. Its. fantastic architectural settings, expressionistic lighting, interesting. The film has been criticized as being incomprehensible. It co- stars the two greatest masters of the horror. It marked the first of their seven joint appearances in feature. One of the themes of the film was the age- old struggle between. Bela Lugosi and. Boris Karloff - the lead stars of Universal's Dracula. Frankenstein (1. 93. Vitus Werdegast and Poelzig. 20 Best Horror-Movie Sequels. From Frankenstein's bride to Freddy's later nightmares, these scary-movie franchise flicks kept the screams coming. October 4, 2014 Living Dead Dolls Captain Spaulding Doll - Mezco Toyz - Horror: House of 1000 Corpses - Dolls - Stop clowning around and pick him up! 10-inches of terror. Photo gallery, plot outline, cast list, trivia, mistakes, quotes, user reviews, and a message board. The original screenplay by Peter Ruric, a semi- autobiographical. All that remains. Poe in the final release is the film's title and the brief appearances. Ulmer containing. English occultist Aleister Crowley and his devil- worshipping. In fact, the film was billed as: ! The Monster of Frankenstein plus the monster of Dracula. Edgar Allan Poe - all combined by the. Bakers load bread into. On board when the train departs to continue on. Eastern Europe are two excited, in- love newlyweds Joan. Jacqueline Wells) and young mystery writer Peter Alison (David. Manners). They are on their way to Gombos, a honeymoon resort near. Vizhegrad - this information is economically conveyed from their. Due to a mixup. and mistake in the reservations, they are asked if they are willing. Hungarian Dr. Vitus Werdegast. Bela Lugosi). Svelte, aristocratic and with a strong Hungarian. Werdegast makes an impressive entrance. Their honeymoon. privacy is cut short. Almost immediately, Werdegast eerily stares. Joan and then prevents his suitcase from falling down on top. After all, better to be frightened than to be crushed. Werdegast tells the couple that he is going to Vizhegrad. Eighteen years ago. I left a girl so like your lovely wife to go to war.. She was my. wife. Have you ever heard of Kurgaal? It is a prison below Amsk.. Many. men have gone there. Few have returned. I have returned. After. I have returned. Werdegast is returning home after 1. Kurgaal prison. As Werdegast explains. Russian prison camp, he sits forward, his eyes. In the middle of the night, passengers debark the train. Vizhegrad. Werdegast, his enormous mute servant Thamal. Harry Cording), and the Alisons board a rickety bus. Werdegast instructs. Poelzig had built his mansion overlooking. Fort Marmorus. - . Tens of thousands of men died here. The ravine down. there was piled twelve deep with dead and wounded men. The little. river below was swollen red, a raging torrent of blood. And that. high hill yonder where Engineer Poelzig now lives, was the site. Fort Marmorus. He built his home on its very foundations. Marmorus. the greatest graveyard in the world. The tourist bus skids on the muddy road and goes off. The coach overturns and the driver is killed in the. Joan is pulled unconscious from the wreckage and carried. Werdegast's servant. The four travelers make their way on foot. Austrian architect Hjalmar Poelzig. Boris Karloff). The lights in the interior of the modernistic, Art. Deco mansion are turned on in response to the ringing doorbell. The. camera pans to the right to glimpse the square panels, brightly lit. The door is answered by Poelzig's grouchy- faced. Majordomo (Egon Brecher). Werdegast is concerned. Poelzig be awakened. They. ascend the curved staircase. Werdegast's arrival is electronically. Poelzig's bedchamber, viewed. In silhouette, his upper. The enigmatic Poelzig lights the entire wall panel. Joan's. superficial shoulder wounds are treated by Dr. Werdegast - deeply. Peter flinches when the doctor injects. After being summoned, Poelzig malevolently opens the. He wears. a dark priestly robe and has a distinctive, jagged widow's peak on. Werdegast greets his old friend - or enemy: . The years have been kind to you. He cannot forget their common past. Poelzig. had been commander of Ft. Marmorus during its last terrible battle. World War I - and perhaps the man who betrayed the fort to the. Russians, resulting in the deaths of thousands of countrymen. Werdegast spent fifteen years at. Kurgaal, a military prison . You scurried away. Is it to be wondered that you. A masterpiece of. Those who died. were fortunate. I was taken prisoner at Kurgaal. Kurgaal, where. the soul is killed, slowly. Fifteen years I've rotted in the darkness. Where is my. wife, Karen, and my daughter? Released after many years, he learned that Poelzig. Karen and her. daughter believe that he had been killed in action): Werdegast: .. You told Karen I had been killed.. I. mean you always wanted her. In the days at Salzburg before the. You wanted Karen. America with you. I traced the two of. Spain, and to South America and finally here. It's hard to describe. It may well be an atmosphere of death. This. place was built upon the ruins of the same Ft. Marmorus that our. Herr Poelzig. commanded Marmorus during the last years of the war. He is perhaps. sentimental about this spot. Poelzig turns the dial on an art deco radio, from which. Schubert's Unfinished Symphony emanates. During the small. Dr. Werdegast is . Then he convulsively. Joan materializes in the room and glides. Then she asks Werdegast: . Werdegast's weakness. He has an intense and all- consuming horror of. Extraordinary camera work adds a sinister element to. As Joan gives a passionate kiss. Poelzig's hand reaches and grasps tightly onto. I have seen. it affect certain people very oddly. One cannot be sure. Sometimes. these cases take strange forms. The victim becomes in a sense. Peter: Sounds like a lot of supernatural baloney to me. Werdegast: Supernatural, perhaps - baloney, perhaps not! There. are many things under the sun. Poelzig: I shall show you your rooms. Peter: It's strange about the cat. Joan seemed so curiously affected. Werdegast: That was coincidence, I think. However, certain ancient. Black Cat is the living embodiment of Evil. And. if that Evil enters into the nearest living thing, it is.. Poelzig: (interrupting) The Black Cat does not die. Those same books. I'm not mistaken, teach that the Black Cat is deathless. Deathless. as Evil. It is the origin of the common superstition. You know, the. cat with nine lives. At his bedroom door, Poelzig bids Vitus (and then Peter). If I wanted to build. He strokes the fur of a black cat. Moments later, he. Werdegast is sleeping. However. because the two men have switched bedrooms, he also awakens Peter. Poelzig: Now Vitus. We have something to settle. From the adjoining room, Vitus appears.)Vitus: You were seeking me, Hjalmar? Poelzig (to Peter): I beg your pardon. I shall take you to her. At the start of the most memorable sequence in the. Poelzig motions to his adversary to take a grand tour and follow. They begin another long descent down a second flight. Ft. Marmorus, now a. Poelzig: And this was the entrance to the gun turrets. It is just as much undermined. And this is the old chart room for. The guns are gone, but the charts are still. There, in the chart room for long- range guns, staged. Poelzig flips. another light switch. They both view the perfectly preserved, glass- encased. Werdegast's wife Karen (Lucille Lund), 'stolen'. Karen is. positioned upright in the glass sarcophagus. Poelzig explains that. Werdegast temporarily loses control and threatens to attack: Poelzig: Now you see, Vitus, I have cared for her. You will find her almost as beautiful as when. She died two years after the war. Werdegast: How? Poelzig: Of pneumonia. She was never very strong, you know. Werdegast: And, and the child, our daughter? Poelzig: Dead. Werdegast (tremulously fighting back emotional tears, with his mouth. And why is she.. Why is she like this? Poelzig: Is she not beautiful? I wanted to have her beauty - always. All lies Hjalmar. You killed her. You killed her. I'm about to kill you! Werdegast refuses to believe that both Karens (wife. A black. cat enters and interrupts the attempt on Poelzig's life, paralyzing. Werdegast with fear a second time. He jumps back, crashing.
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