tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post7261926205593158239..comments2024-03-23T03:57:15.055-07:00Comments on Caftan Woman: HALLOWE'EN CHUCKLESCaftan Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-70474621432215940332017-11-03T09:18:16.476-07:002017-11-03T09:18:16.476-07:00Bud and Lou Meet Frankenstein, but of course! How ...Bud and Lou Meet Frankenstein, but of course! How foolish of me not to include it on this list. I love poor Larry Talbot in this so much.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-45420539017532715842017-11-02T11:36:48.928-07:002017-11-02T11:36:48.928-07:00Of course, you can't go wrong with Abbott and ...Of course, you can't go wrong with Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein - I'm surprised this film hasn't been cited yet! Also, Scared Stiff is a very nice on for Halloween.<br />Kisses!<br />LeLêhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02419693749682458647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-75434995024430305012017-10-30T15:15:59.665-07:002017-10-30T15:15:59.665-07:00Uncle W, you are positively uncanny. Do you know w...Uncle W, you are positively uncanny. Do you know what I saw yesterday afternoon for the very first time? You'll never guess. It was Au Secours! The absurd Linders/Gance picture was the opener for Silent Revue's season opener of The Unknown. Quite a day.<br /><br />I love Young Frankenstein because it is so inventive and funny. I hate Young Frankenstein because it has ruined O.P. Heggie's gentle old hermit for me forever!<br /><br />Shame on me for forgetting The Haunted House. There It Is goes on the gotta-see-it list.<br /><br />Honors flysis, in come beezus, onchis nobis, inob keesis Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-11809569235542460032017-10-30T12:32:04.797-07:002017-10-30T12:32:04.797-07:00I'll offer three excellent haunted house short...I'll offer three excellent haunted house shorts from the silent era, followed by two talkie features. Color strictly verboten!<br /><br />The Haunted House (1921)<br />Buster Keaton in his prime - what more needs to be said?<br /><br />Au Secours! (Help!) (1924)<br />A somewhat unexpected collaboration between maverick director Abel Gance (Napoleon) and pioneering film comedian Max Linder, bizarre, goofy, eerie, oddball.<br /><br />There It Is (1928)<br />Possibly the very wildest and most inventive short by Charley Bowers, a one of a kind comedian who combined Keaton-like gags and mimickry with animation.<br /><br />Murder, He Says<br />Shameless slapstick and "hick" humor combined with magnificent special effects and all around sense of fun. An added bonus for me is seeing Fred MacMurray wrestling with two of his co-stars from the previous year's Double Indemnity, playing very different characters.<br /><br />Young Frankenstein (1974)<br />"Pardon me boy, is this the Transylvania Station?" "Ja, ja, track 29!"<br />Uncle Waldemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997141104650796480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-11919017183461703382017-10-30T11:41:59.827-07:002017-10-30T11:41:59.827-07:00Janet hasn't seen it yet. I'm hoping the p...Janet hasn't seen it yet. I'm hoping the promise of take-out pizza will get her on the couch. Hey, it worked for Blacula! She's very indulgent with her crackpot mom.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331373971294623620.post-27720690799764474902017-10-30T11:16:12.331-07:002017-10-30T11:16:12.331-07:00Good call on THE BURBS. Probably Hanks' weirde...Good call on THE BURBS. Probably Hanks' weirdest film. Can't go wrong with a Joe Dante flick on Halloween night.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.com