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Plundering the Genre: A Halloween Tribute to Horror in Cinema Part 2

The following montage is compiled from a selection of motion pictures that have included some noteworthy moments of horror throughout the years. None of the entries are repeats of last year's montage here. This year, the net has been cast a little wider. Not all of the films referenced are as highly recommended as those in Part 1, although there are some truly remarkable entries like The Innocents and Wake in Fright. The music from Dracula (1992) is by Wojciech Kilar. The list of stills selected is printed below in the order they are presented. The sum of both parts is still far from definitive. *Note: Some of the images may be disturbing.

A link to Part 3 is here.

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Capturing a Golden Moment #12: Monkey Business (1931)

In this series I'd like to present some exceptional scenes inspired by cinema's most gifted artists of yesteryear.

 

Monkey Business (1931)

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Scene: "Punch and Judy Show"

Harpo is one of the Marx Brothers, all of whom are cruise ship stowaways running from the authorities. His exuberant infiltration of a puppet show fits right in with its slapstick nature, and increases the children's enjoyment, judging by their rambunctious response. Notice their adorable "waves goodbye" as Harpo makes his exit.

 

 

Monkey Business is available on DVD along with four other Marx Brothers' movies here:

Sterling Silver Dialogue #18

 

Sterling Silver Dialogue From The Movies:  

Do you know where they're from?

 


(to her grocer) "What do you have in the way of steaks?"

(reply) "Nothing in the way of steaks, I can get right to them."

 

(checking his watch) "This sun dial is ten minutes slow."

(his wife) "Yes, the sun is wrong, but your watch is right. Of course."

 

 


(a barber) "Would you like to have anything before lunch?"

(reply) "Yes, breakfast."

 

"I don't like this innuendo."

(reply) "That's what I always say: love flies out the door when money comes innuendo."

 

"Nice old piece of melodrama, kidnapping a girl. You've been reading too many dime novels."

 

 

"Why don't you go home to your wife? I'll tell you what, I'll go home to your wife, and outside of the improvement she'll never know the difference."

 

"Dad, let me congratulate you. I'm proud to be your son."

(reply) "My boy, you took the words right out of my mouth. I'm ashamed to be your father. You're a disgrace to our family name of Wagstaff, if such a thing is possible."

 

"I married your mother because I wanted children. Imagine my disappointment when you arrived."

 

 

(predicting what kind of "dish" a mob wife is before meeting her) ”Sixty-cent special. Cheap, flashy. Strictly poison under the gravy.”

 

 

 

"You know that because you’re perfectly sane."
(reply) "I’d rather be insane and alive than sane and dead."

 

 

"Well, could I get in touch with you?"

(reply) "You've touched enough already!”

 

 

"Alright, get lost. Take a couple of drop dead pills."

 

 

"She is beautiful as well as interesting, isn't she?"

(reply) "She's beautiful - that's always interesting."

 

"Well, what did you think of the picture?"

(reply) "Oh, it was fine. It was just a little long - about an hour and a half."

 

"Well, you see how it is: fools get away with the impossible."

(reply) "That's because they're the only ones who try it."

 

"They tell me you killed Ferraro. How did it feel?"

(reply) "He didn't say."

 

 

“When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.”

(reply) “I notice when you get to DISlikin' someone, they ain't around for long neither.”

 

 

"A little earlier I gave some thought to stealin' a kiss from you, although you are very young... and you're unattractive to boot. But now I'm of a mind to give you five or six good licks with my belt."

(reply) "Well, one would be as unpleasant as the other."

 

 

"Whenever you want sanctuary, babe, here's where you'll find it...(taps thumb to chest) right here, in the ol' temple."

(reply) "Don't tap your heart, you'll break your finger. And if you're sanctuary, I'll take whatever else is lying around."

 

Answers to Sterling Silver Dialogue #18 are here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End Credits #33: Cinema's 2015 Lost Treasures Coleen Gray

Guest blogger Bob DiMucci has provided another of his informative and entertaining tributes. This time he's honoring Coleen Gray and her cinematic accomplishments. My sincerest thanks. (A.G.)

 

Coleen Gray's is a name of which I have a vague familiarity, but not one that I associate with any particular films. Let's take a look at her career.

The Films of Coleen Gray

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