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Post by telegonus on Nov 17, 2018 4:59:31 GMT
Two with women in the leading roles: Dime A Dance and Drive In.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 31, 2018 9:08:43 GMT
Stumbled upon one SUSPENSE episode that just so happens to be set at New Year. The Old Man (I think the suspense element is very dubious in this case-seems more like a whimsical Twilight Zone kind of plot) www.youtube.com/watch?v=niahimCeQmo
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jan 7, 2019 8:52:01 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 9, 2019 4:59:16 GMT
Two with women in the leading roles: Dime A Dance and Drive In. and the red-haired lady in Dime a Dance (another Woolrich story) is played by Lucille Ball !
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Post by telegonus on Jan 9, 2019 19:35:40 GMT
Yup. I think Nancy Kelly was the lead in the other one, not sure. It's a typically "put upon" type of role for her, but maybe not.
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Post by Nalkarj on Nov 11, 2019 14:19:04 GMT
I listened to “The House in Cypress Canyon” (Suspense; Dec. 5, 1946) last night—it wasn’t as scary as I’d been expecting (it was billed as terrifying), but it sure was a good one, with even some ambiguity at the end because of the time loop.
EDIT: My own post earlier in this thread reminded me I’d already listened to this one. I honestly didn’t remember, but maybe that’s why it wasn’t as scary to me.
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 12, 2019 2:33:33 GMT
I was surprised with House in Cypress Canyon that it was an outright supernatural story (not ghosts but something more Lon Chaneyish). Most SUSPENSE stories avoided that didn't they.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 14, 2021 5:10:53 GMT
I am listening to the first SUSPENSE episode-THE BURNING COURT. Sounds like Howard McNear was in the cast--but they didn't have famous people doing it then. Also checked out one of the last ones from 1962. THE SECOND DOOR. Same thing-no longer did celebrity announcements on their upcoming movies. Also less murder-related shows in the final year.
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Post by Nalkarj on Jun 15, 2021 21:04:43 GMT
I am listening to the first SUSPENSE episode-THE BURNING COURT. Sounds like Howard McNear was in the cast--but they didn't have famous people doing it then. Also checked out one of the last ones from 1962. THE SECOND DOOR. Same thing-no longer did celebrity announcements on their upcoming movies. Also less murder-related shows in the final year. “The Burning Court” episode is based on a book by John Dickson Carr, a favorite author of mine (and my first avatar here). The episode is all right, but 30 mins. just isn’t enough time to get into everything the book can. The Burning Court would probably make for a good film, though—Tim Burton may be an interesting director for the material.
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 2, 2021 15:01:41 GMT
SUSPENSE did expand to one hour in 1948 -- a partnership with Producer William Spear and actor Robert Montgomery.
It only lasted a few months, and then reverted back to 30 minutes.
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Post by telegonus on Jul 7, 2022 9:20:26 GMT
What other versions of Three Skeleton Key were there? I know the Vincent Price one. Most OTR fans swear by the Price, but I actually prefer the first version, done on Escape in 1949: Three Skeleton KeyI love the Vincent Price Three Skeleton Key. It's not that he's a better actor than some of the others; more like how he tells the tale. It's his vocal inflections, moments of humor, and exquisitely turned phrasing. There's no One Right Way to do these things, tell or narrate these tales. It's a combination of factors. OTR is a little like Jazz in this. The various "interpretations" are what makes some episodes play so much better than others. For the record: I've never heard a bad OTR show featuring Charles Laughton. He always draws me, and his voice was like a magnificent musical instrument, and he was master class in his use of it.
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Post by Prime etc. on Dec 12, 2022 2:31:40 GMT
Here's a Vincent Price interview around 1971 -talks about radio
My favorite Price 3 Skeleton Key is probably the last one he did--it is shorter than the previous versions but I like it somehow. They play it in this show--Price mentions in this show that he urged James Pogue to write a radio show for him. I wonder if this is the case--since the first version seems to have been quite a while before Price did it. They mention in this 1972 show that other radio actors didn't like talking about radio--I wonder who they were? I heard an interview with EG Marshall on this show--I'd like to hear of these episodes
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