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Post by The Herald Erjen on Mar 2, 2017 6:56:36 GMT
Lately I'm remembering a movie that I saw part of. I think it was B & W and made sometime between 1930 and 1960, but I have a feeling it was 1940's. My memory may be making up things that didn't happen in the film or I may be recalling aspects of other films.
Seems like some people went to an island in the Pacific for some reason, or maybe they were shipwrecked there. I think the natives were about to do away with them until the appearance of their local god standing on a cliff and speaking to them in a booming voice. It turns out the god is not a native of the island, but a man who uses a costume and mask to make himself look gigantic, and I think he has some kind of megaphone that makes his voice heard all over the island, so the natives take him for a god and do (or don't do) whatever he says. I cannot remember if he was the villain of the story or simply a man shipwrecked on the island years earlier and pretending to be a god only so that the natives won't kill him. The style of mask he wore looked Asian. Sorry, that's all I've got. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 2, 2017 7:01:30 GMT
Lately I'm remembering a movie that I saw part of. I think it was B & W and made sometime between 1930 and 1960, but I have a feeling it was 1940's. My memory may be making up things that didn't happen in the film or I may be recalling aspects of other films.
Seems like some people went to an island in the Pacific for some reason, or maybe they were shipwrecked there. I think the natives were about to do away with them until the appearance of their local god standing on a cliff and speaking to them in a booming voice. It turns out the god is not a native of the island, but a man who uses a costume and mask to make himself look gigantic, and I think he has some kind of megaphone that makes his voice heard all over the island, so the natives take him for a god and do (or don't do) whatever he says. I cannot remember if he was the villain of the story or simply a man shipwrecked on the island years earlier and pretending to be a god only so that the natives won't kill him. The style of mask he wore looked Asian. Sorry, that's all I've got. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942).
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Mar 2, 2017 7:09:08 GMT
That's got to be it. Thanks!
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 2, 2017 7:17:14 GMT
That's got to be it. Thanks! You're welcome!! Glad to help.
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