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weirdlookindog · 6 months

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Vincent Price and Elaine Edwards in The Bat (1959) - Danish program

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disease · 11 months

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THE BAT [1959] dir: CRANE WILBUR

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gatutor · 1 month

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John Russell-June Havoc "The story of Molly X" 1949, de Crane Wilbur.

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movie-titlecards · 8 months

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The Bat (1959)

My rating: 6/10

Rather a pleasant little whodunit somewhat reminiscent of the German Edgar Wallace movies that were released around the same time, I thought, though it could've used significantly more Vincent Price - although, is there a movie where this isn't the case?

#The Bat #Crane Wilbur #Mary Roberts Rinehart #Avery Hopwood #Vincent Price #Agnes Moorehead #Gavin Gordon #Youtube

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screamscenepodcast · 1 year

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Third time's the charm... your hosts tackle THE BAT (1959, Wilbur), a remake of the 1926 silent film and of the 1930 sound version.

This time 'round, we have Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead and Gavin Gordon starring, but will it make a difference for this old fashioned flick?

THE BAT (1926, West) was previously covered in Episode 16. THE BAT WHISPERS (1930, West) was previously covered in Episode 23.

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 28:24; Discussion 41:18; Ranking 57:10

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schlock-luster-video · 1 year

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On November 16, 1960 The Bat debuted in Turkey.

Here's a new portrait of Vincent Price!

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cultfaction · 2 years

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#Agnes Moorehead #Crane Wilbur #Darla Hood #Gavin Gordon #The Bat #Vincent Price

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outoftowninac · 2 years

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THE UNSEEN HAND / THE OUIJA BOARD

1920

The Ouija Board (previously known as The Invisible Hand) is a play in three acts by Crane Wilbur. It was originally produced by A.H. Woods and staged by W.H. Gilmore starring Alma Belwin and Mr. Wilbur (above).

The supernatural themed play was billed as a “play of the seen and unseen.” This was Wilbur’s first play on Broadway as a playwright. Rehearsals began in late January 1920.

About the Title: A Ouija board, also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with the letters and numbers along with various symbols and graphics. It uses a planchette (small heart-shaped piece of wood or plastic) as a movable indicator to spell out messages during a séance. Participants place their fingers on the planchette, and it is moved about the board to spell out words. "Ouija" is a trademark of Hasbro, but is often used generically to refer to any talking board.

The play takes place in the library in Henry Annixter's house and a room in Gabriel Mogador's house in a large manufacturing town in the upper part of New York State.

A woman who is left too much alone deserts her husband for another man, who in turn deserts her. Her husband condones her fault and she returns to him, but lives only a short time, leaving a little boy, the father of whom betrayed her. Her betrayer finally lands In prison, and after his release disguises himself as a spiritualistic medium and starts swindling the people of a large town by purporting to receive communications from the dead. Among his victims is the man whom he has wronged, and who believes he can communicate with his dead wife through the writing stunt. The mind of the faker becomes so unsettled that he Imagines he sees the woman's spirit and unconsciously reveals his identity In the writing. His patron becomes enraged and plunges a dagger in his back, killing him. When discovered, the dead man's hand is resting on the pad, and the message of the dead helps to solve the second crime, that of the killing of the man who killed the medium. The perpetrator of the latter tragedy is none other than the medium’s son, a dope fiend, who expected to marry the daughter of his benefactor, who inherited her father's fortune.

As The Unseen Hand, the play opened in Atlantic City at the Globe Theatre on February 16, 1920.

It was next seen at the Lyceum in Paterson NJ on March 26th and 27th.

After this engagement, producer Woods changed the play’s title to The Ouija Board, despite it having a very small part in the action of the play.

The Ouija Board opened on Broadway at the Bijou Theatre (209 West 45th Street) on March 29, 1920.

About the Venue: The Bijou Theatre was built in 1917. In 1935, it became New York's first all-cartoon cinema, beginning a rotating cycle during which the house alternated between legit and movie presentation (except when it was dark from 1937 to 1943). In 1959, the adjoining Astor was renovated and acquired a large chunk of the Bijou's space. It reopened as an art cinema in 1962. Intermittent legit productions followed until the theatre was demolished in 1982, making room for the Marriott Hotel.

“One of the devices of the play which surprised but did not altogether please us was an electrical device installed n a phonograph by which anybody who played "Fair Harvard' would be shot in the chest. It served to kill one character in the play and another barely escaped. We would have found it more pleasing and convincing as well, if he had died from ‘Boola Boola’ or ‘Old Nassau.’“ ~ HEYWOOD BRAUN

The play ran 64 performances at the Bijou closing on May 23, 1920. On Monday, May 25th the play decamped to Boston’s Plymouth Theatre where it quietly departed this theatrical world after a brief run.

#The Ouija Board #The Unseen Hand #Crane Wilbur #Broadway Play #Broadway Theatre #Atlantic City #Supernatural #1920 #Theatre #Plays

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perfettamentechic · 6 months

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18 ottobre … ricordiamo …

18 ottobre … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2022: Robert Gordon, cantante, musicista e attore statunitense. All’età di nove anni, fu fortemente ispirato dalla canzone di Elvis Presley ” Heartbreak Hotel ” trasmessa alla radio e decise di intraprendere la carriera di musicista rock and roll già in giovane età. Gordon fece il suo debutto discografico all’età di 17 anni nel 1964 con un gruppo chiamato Confidentials. All’età di 19 anni si…

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otakunoculture · 2 years

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Crane Wilbur's "The Bat" and Clinging to the Classics

@thefilmdetective's The Bat is out and away from the Belfry to swoop to #homevideo as it's been restored! Worth watching for how Crane Wilbur is considered an early #horror #movie pioneer! Article and #dvdreview.at:

Available to order on Amazon USA The Film Detective During the Silent Film era, Crane Wilbur was well known for his wide variety of works, namely The Perils of Pauline. But for horror enthusiasts, he’ll always be remembered for House of Wax. But before this film was ever made, he worked with Vincent Prince on The Bat, a crime-thriller. The mini-documentary included in this release is a love…

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#Agnes Moorehead #Blu-ray Review #Crane Wilbur #Crime #Horror #The Film Detective #Thriller #Vincent Price

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weirdlookindog · 2 months

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#the bat #the bat 1959 #1950s horror #1950s movies #1959 #crane wilbur #odh #horror #mystery #movie trailer #horrorgifs #gif #my gifs

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letterboxd-loggd · 2 years

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Navy Spy (1937) Joseph H. Lewis & Crane Wilbur

September 3rd 2022

#navy spy #1937 #joseph h. lewis #crane wilbur #conrad nagel #eleanor hunt #judith allen #don barclay #howard lang #jack doyle #crauford kent #phil dunham

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gatutor · 8 months

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Marilyn Maxwell-Richard Besehart "Outside the wall" 1950, de Crane Wilbur.

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movie-titlecards · 1 year

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The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

My rating: 6/10

Fully expected this to turn into "Evil Foreign Type uses his Heathen Ways to trick the poor innocent widow", but it never really went there, instead being a really rather solid thriller with some really fun plot twists. What a pleasant surprise.

#The Amazing Mr. X #Bernard Vorhaus #Crane Wilbur #Muriel Roy Bolton #Ian McLellan Hunter #Turhan Bey #Lynn Bari #Cathy O'Donnell #Youtube

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youmustfixyourheartt · 1 year

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i love you messy vocals, i love you whining into the mic, i love you moaning into the mic, i love you soft voice cracks, i love you loud voice cracks, i love you messy vocals, i love you desperate and frustuated singers, i love you sincerity, i love you sighs, i love you wails, i love you deep lyrics, i love you messy and heartbroken lyrics, i love you crying into the mic, i love you working out emotions and crisis through song, i love you yearning, i love you lost innocence, i love you i love you i love you

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schlock-luster-video · 1 year

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On January 30, 1961 The Bat debuted in Denmark.

#the bat #the bat 1958 #crane wilbur #vincent price #horror art #horror movies #horror film #horror #cult movies #movie art #art #drawing #movie history

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