Thursday, November 26, 2009

Karloff: Giving Thanks to a Legend

This week, Frankensteinia: The Frankenstein Blog has been hosting The Boris Karloff Blogathon

I planned to take part, but I have been trying to write and complete a novel for this year's NaNoWriMo.

But no excuses. I wanted to post something, and what better day than Thanksgiving to give thanks for the great body of work left to us by such a versatile, talented actor as Boris Karloff!

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From the site: From the Official Jack Pierce DVD, this is the excerpt from the November 20, 1957 episode of THIS IS YOUR LIFE featuring Pierce coming on the show to meet his friend and colleague, Boris Karloff.

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From the site: A vintage TV commercial from the late 1960's with a gleefully menacing Boris Karloff applying various torture techniques to his Ronson Comet lighter! If only Bela Lugosi had survived to co-star and have Boris light his cigar!

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The trailer for one of my favorite Karloff pics, "The Body Snatcher". Boris is GREAT as Cabman Gray. Such an awesome actor.

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Karloff as Cabman John Gray

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Karloff not only gave us great film roles, he also narrated this holiday masterpiece!

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For Halloween Month, I showcased the eerie uploads at the YouTube channel of "monster4josh" - Tales of the Frightened with Karloff!



Check out more HERE!

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Click the pic below for more Karloff!





and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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8 comments:

  1. He really set the bar didn't he. Amazing name!

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  2. karloff was amazing! great tribute wings! hope you and yours have an amazing thanksgiving!

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  3. Hah! I was unaware Karloff was the narrator of the animated Suess classic.

    Sweet. Or, rather... Sueet!

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  4. Excellent selections Wings, and good luck with the continued writing!

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  5. Yes a real legend!Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving!:)

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  6. Happy turkey day to my favorite yankee doodles...miss talking to you all.

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  7. ha! i told my sister that Karloff narrated The Grinch and she thought it was "some other old dude". she owes me $5.

    thanks for the clips and I hope yer Tday was a nice one, bro!

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  8. well, that was indeed Startlingly Shocking

    loved the lighter ad too.

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