safari is a 1940 american adventure film directed by edward h. griffith and starring douglas fairbanks jr. , madeleine carroll and tullio carminati .

the screenplay concerns an ambitious young woman who goes on a safari hunt with a millionaire in the hope of convincing him to marry her , but falls in love with the chief hunter instead .

safari ( 1940 film )

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must be the most boring safari ( 1940 ) i ' ve been on . unfortunately .
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what you won’t find is a tremendous amount of action in safari . though the premise is entirely about hunting , there animals appear insanely rarely on film here and what little actual hunting takes place happens with the animals off camera . mogambo this isn’t . look at safari as a drama with a bit of hunting in it as opposed to looking at it as a safari picture with a plot and you’ll have a good time with it .
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safari sounds pedantic and plodding , but it’s actually a pretty good film - though definitely not a great film . both fairbanks and carroll do well here , though no one watching ever buys that linda isn’t falling for logan . tullio carminati is a rather flat one trick pony as the baron but that’s exactly how delmer daves wrote it .
it’s a safari of love ! burning sands . . . burning lips ! it’s night - time on the glamorous nile !
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while hatari ! came after a slew of other safari films , among them , king solomon’s mines ( 1950 , mgm ) , the african queen ( 1951 , united artists ) , the snows of kilimanjaro ( 1952 , fox ) , and john ford’s mogambo ( 1953 , mgm ) , hawks’ safari film is unlike any that came before . while early safari pictures utilized the spectacle of the african landscape to break from the film’s narrative , hatari ! does the exact opposite by using the narrative to break up the spectacle , a result of that loosely scripted production . the spectacle was made possible both technologically , by the ability to film action scenes with mobile , car - mounted cameras , and stylistically , by filming on location in another continent , away from the influences of studio financiers .
a hedonist girl goes on safari with a count , hoping to impress him into marrying her , but ends up with the chief hunter instead .
it ' s a safari of love ! burning sands . . . burning lips ! it ' s night - time on the glamorous nile !
john wayne said , “the most fun i ever had on any picture was on hatari ! ” after watching the film , a viewer will have no doubt in their mind that this is truly the case . hatari ! , howard hawks’ 1962 safari film , is an adventure ride like none other . the film features wayne and red buttons , leading a team of animal capturers for zoos around the world , when they find themselves making room for the arrival of a beautiful wildlife photographer , “dalles , ” played by elsa martinelli .
as the film’s publicity told us , “hatari” means “danger , ” and danger is definitely the selling point . when wayne’s character wrangles a rhino in the film’s final scenes and the rhino escapes , requiring recapture , that is actually the actors performing the entire scene , not stunt doubles , even when the rhino takes a swipe at wayne . when hawk’s mounts an over - the - shoulder shot from inside one of the jeeps , over wayne’s shoulder in a seat mounted on the front of the car , while he ropes a giraffe , again , that’s actually john wayne . what is achieved in hawks’ film may have technologically been impossible only half a decade earlier in the 50’s safari films , since hatari ! required mobile camera equipment to achieve many of the most adventurous and mesmerizing shots in the film .
with douglas fairbanks jr . and madeleine carroll . it’s again a good exercise to compare some of the marketing pitches against the actual film they are tied to .
safari is a pretty good if formulaic jungle film , but there is nothing torrid about it at all . if memory serves , there isn’t a single kiss in the entire film until the final , making the ‘burning lips’ tag a bit irrelevant . we are set on a river on a game hunt for most of the picture , far away from the vast seas of sand implied above . and there’s no need for a discussion on the glamorous life on the nile , as little could be further from the truth .
the film’s narrative can be found lacking by even the most casual of critical viewers , due in large part to a loosely scripted production . originally developed under jack warner with gary cooper starring , the film’s script had yet to be written when hawks announced cooper would be starring in his upcoming “africa” feature . shortly thereafter the film fell apart when cooper , who had signed on to the project conditionally with script approval , opted to drop out . jack warner subsequently dropped out as well , which resulted in the production going to paramount and the inclusion of star , john wayne . the lack of a script , however , was intentional on hawks part . the open - ended nature of the story allowed for the film to be built around the heart - thumping animal capture scenes that occupy the film , but adrenaline inducing scenes and settings were no strangers to hawks’ style .
indeed , spectacle is key to the experience of watching hatari ! , filmed on location in taganyika ( modern tanzania ) to take full advantage of the african landscape , including live animals . while the typical safari movie that had dominated the early 50’s was marked largely by actors filmed against rear - projection scenes , intercut with documentary footage to lend credibility to the african setting , hatari ! achieves an almost incomprehensible level of authenticity . hawks notably encouraged his actors to perform all the animal captures live , with wild , untrained animals . watching the film it is clear that the movie was made before the limitations of : “no animals were harmed in the making of this film , ” as none of what was filmed would be possible under contemporary rules and regulations . in fact , a contemporary film in the vein of hatari ! would need to be nearly all cgi , which is what makes it so impressive in its own right .
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hatari ! is an adventure film unlike any other . at the time it was filmed it defied conventions and broke ground for action filming . however , none of that would have been possible without hawks , a man who could challenge the studios that produced his films , and brought his own personal desires into the stories he was creating . as an action / adventure film , as a technological marvel , and as one of the last few films hawks directed , hatari ! is a unique and wild ride .
hatari ! both fits into hawks’ traditional style and departs from them in a few significant ways , namely the avoidance of complex camera work . while the shots in the film are not necessarily complex in their composition or framing , the technological achievement and the resulting spectacle of the animal capture scenes is the marvel .
logan’s friend ( think of something resembling an agent , perhaps ) and local bartender ( billy gilbert as mondehare ) finds a wealthy couple willing to pay top dollar for a safari . logan’s reluctant at first but after a first flirtatious meeting with the couple he agrees . he’ll be the guide for the arrogant and self - important baron de courtland ( tullio carminati ) and his potential fiancé linda stewart ( madeleine carroll ) .
the spectacle of live animal interaction is the film’s highlight , which features scenes of giraffes and rhinos being chased and captured by the films actors , in jeeps , throughout the rough african landscape . hawks’ car - mounted cameras follow the cast in both wide and medium shots of action that clearly puts both the actors and wild animals in the same space , bringing authenticity and danger to levels previous films never achieved . but hawks’ style for hatari ! set the bar for animal / human interaction in action / adventure films , many of the scenes obviously served as the template which could be seen again decades later in steven spielberg’s the lost world : jurassic park , though with the comfort of cgi , which didn’t put the actors in harm’s way .
i found this movie to be wonderful and not what i totally expected . i was looking for a movie about animals and was blessed with a film that fed all my senses . the scenery was breathtaking and clear . you even got an unexpected education from watching it . the actors were talented and did not take away from the scenery . it was a great blending of talent and location . this is not a documentary about animals but it could be used as a wonderful teaching tool on types of animals and how people relate to them . the movie had suspense and laughter throughout . even though was based on a time when women had a place to be and it was not in the bush country . i recommend this movie as a family movie .
finally downriver , they setup base camp . as logan preps his plane for a flight to locate big game in the area , linda decides to come along . though promising the baron that they’ll be back by dark , a combination of bad weather and poor time management cause logan and linda to stay the night by the plane . during their trip linda takes picture after picture of nearby game until logan catches on that she long ago ran out of film . assuming that her white lie is a ploy to spend more time with him , he’s flattered and moves a bit closer to her . only then does it become clear that she’s only interested in making the baron jealous . crestfallen , logan settles in for the night and they return to camp the next morning .
howard hawks developed over the course of his career a unique , yet commercially appealing and studio - friendly , style that can be traced through his illustrious and diverse set of films , featuring forty - seven official credits as director . hawks’ style has been widely influential and can be seen in films from directors including clint eastwood , martin scorsese , peter bogdonavich , robert altman , and robert zemeckis . common stylistic tropes and signatures of hawks’ work include overlapping dialogue and eye - level medium shots , and an avoidance of more complex camera - work , which hawks believed distracted from the film . beyond that , many of his films spoke to his personal lifestyle ; as a man fond of risk he came to make films such as the air circus ( 1928 ) , the dawn patrol ( 1930 ) , air force ( 1943 ) , crowd roars ( 1932 ) and red line 7000 ( 1965 ) , that expressed his interests in aviation and auto - racing .
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millionaire baron de courland and his fiancée linda stewart employ jim logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle . linda finds unplanned adventure in her sudden love for jim , . . . see full summary »
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millionaire baron de courland and his fiancée linda stewart employ jim logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle . linda finds unplanned adventure in her sudden love for jim , ultimately forsaking her future with the baron for the joys of true love .
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one of over 700 paramount productions , filmed between 1929 and 1949 , which were sold to mca / universal in 1958 for television distribution , and have been owned and controlled by mca ever since . its initial television broadcast took place in st . louis thursday 8 january 1959 on kmox ( channel 4 ) , followed by omaha 21 april 1959 on ketv ( channel 7 ) , by asheville 24 april 1959 on wlos ( channel 13 ) , by milwaukee 14 october 1959 on witi ( channel 6 ) , by minneapolis 18 october 1959 on wtcn ( channel 11 ) , by toledo 1 november 1959 on wtol ( channel 11 ) , by johnstown 20 november 1959 on wjac ( channel 6 ) and by phoenix 31 january 1960 on kvar ( channel 12 ) .
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with our rant on misleading advertising over , let’s look at the picture itself . to say it isn’t very popular is an overstatement as even an internet search reveals insanely little . douglas fairbanks jr . is logan , a tour guide who organizes safaris and hunts . but though he’s known as the best around he’s looking for a bit of a break , at least for a bit - though retirement doesn’t seem too far out of the question .
the baron is hoping to finally convince linda to marry him and hopes that in sharing the thrills of the hunt and his prowess in the jungle with her she will finally succumb to his desires . linda’s a bit of an odd duck at first glance . she flirts outrageously with logan and we can feel the tension build between them , but it doesn’t seem to lead to anything .
once on the river on the way to the jungle , the baron becomes more forceful and condescending in his demands of logan , which logan accepts as best he can . linda continues her flirtations with logan , who reciprocates to a certain extent . what we start to see is that linda is playing with logan only to make the baron jealous . with each flirtation comes a further agitated order from him to their guide .
while they’ve been away the baron’s gone off on his own in a bit of a jealous rage and shot a leopard . only injuring the animal , he leaves it to one of the manservants ( named “happy” ) to finish off the beast . only happy never returns and logan finds his body coiled with the now dead leopard . we can see that logan’s dander is now up but he continues the hunt .
along with linda and the baron , logan comes across a lion . logan cautions the baron to shoot him behind the ear , which a hunter of the baron’s skill should be able to do rather easily . the baron sneers at logan then proceeds to shoot the lion in the shoulder . now it’s logan’s turn to finish off the baron’s work and he disappears into the bush .
once out of sight we hear the lion roar and struggle . with each roar we cut to a shot of linda’s face , and it is now that we see that in spite of what she’s said in the past that she’s fallen in love with logan . with a gunshot we hear the struggle cease and logan finally emerges , badly bleeding from his arm . linda wants to run to him but restrains herself .
after lecturing the baron on intentionally botching the shot , logan cancels the hunt as he needs medical attention that’s only available back in town . one the way back linda calls things off with the baron for good , knowing that it is logan she desires . after a brief disappearance to convalesce linda finally finds him and all ends well .
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furthermore , hawks’ films were known for showcasing atypical female protagonists who defied traditional femininity with their determination and confidence , and placed them against conventional , often hyper - masculine male characters . comfortable in a man’s world , hawks’ leading ladies were sophisticated and able to hold their own , that is until they fell for the right man . given a suitable mate , his female characters , despite their self - actualized nature , would ultimately surrender toward their male counterparts . still , it is his representations of female protagonists that made for his success in the screwball comedy genre , and hatari ! draws upon these elements for its romance story .
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dick tracy meets gruesome ( also known as dick tracy meets karloff and dick tracy 's amazing adventure ( uk ) ) is a 1947 thriller film starring ralph byrd , anne gwynne , and boris karloff .

the film is the fourth and final installment of the dick tracy film series released by rko radio pictures .

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gruesome was the main villain in the 1947 feature film dick tracy meets gruesome . gruesome was played by the actor boris karloff .
dick tracy meets gruesome
was a 1947 feature film released by rko pictures . it starred
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dick tracy encounters a ruthless villain known as gruesome , who commits robberies with aid of a unique paralyzing gas .
after attempting to eliminate his cohorts to keep them from informing on him to the police , gruesome engaged in a shootout at lumber yard with dick tracy . gruesome was shot by tracy .
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in 2007 , dick tracy meets gruesome was shown on the horror hosted television series cinema insomnia . [ 2 ] apprehensive films later released the cinema insomnia episode onto dvd . [ 3 ]
dick tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas .
police detective dick tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as splitface .
though not explicitly stated , gruesome ' s back - story in the dick tracy comic strip is apparently the same as in the film , inasmuch as he was a bank robber who was sent to jail by dick tracy .
the opening night performance was attended by dick tracy and tess . from the audience , tracy recognized gruesome and summoned sam catchem using his wrist wizard . catchem arrived during intermission and confronted gruesome backstage . gruesome overpowered sam and forced him into a trunk , taking sam ' s wrist wizard .
curtis : joe and i have collected two stories which we give out at conventions . one of them is the gruesome story with boris karloff . the other is dick tracy meets the film pirates , which is silver nitrate and sister sprocket .
interesting not so serious film aimed at a forties teenage audiance . dick tracy vs cueball is superior though .
action superhero film : dick tracy meets gruesome dvd ( 1947 ) featuring boris karloff , ralph byrd , anne gwynne , edward ashley , june clayworth , lyle latell , tony barrett , skelton knaggs , jim nolan , joseph crehan , and milton parsons .
gruesome encountered dick tracy ( who had tracked him ) on top of the windmill . the two men grappled as the fire burned around them . the structure collapsed , but both men survived and gruesome was taken into custody .
like the other rko features ( and earlier serials ) , the film dick tracy meets gruesome has entered the public domain , meaning that characters from it can be used without securing permission from the original rights holders ( see also cueball and gordon tracy ) . it also available to watch online for free from several outlets .
dick tracy meets gruesome is one hour and five minutes and was released in theaters on september 26 , 1947 and of the four dick tracy ' s movies , this is the longest one of them all . also , this movie has some fun with some of the characters names like : dr . a . tomic , professor i . m . learned , and x - ray . when pat patton is in a taxidermy store , there is a sign on the wall that says y stuffem . also junior and vitamin flinthart are not in this one . the pat patton character provides some comic relief , but is not dim witted as in the last two films . basically the plot reviles around gruesome , who just escaped from prison and is hooked up with his old crime buddy melody , a piano player . to make a long story short gruesome steals with the aide of a scientist formula to freeze people for a short amount of time while they rob a bank . dick tracy finds out and tries to save the day . the in the final battle between dick tracy and gruesome is play out like one of the cliff hanger chapters in the dick tracy republic pictures serials . this movie marks the fourth and final installment of the dick tracy movies . dick tracy meets gruesome gets an aaa + + + .
staton : sometimes the tracy villains have stories going on for months before tracy shows up and gets into things .
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this saturday , kcet aired the fourth and final of its series of
dick tracy
movies , 1947 ' s
dick tracy meets gruesome .
the detective thriller features famed horror actor boris karloff as the titular adversary , a corpse - looking gangster in possession of a nerve gas that makes people as stiff as a corpse . ( yes , there ' s a lot of dead bodies going on here . )
title dick tracy meets gruesome year 1948 formats dvd , cinema distributor ( s ) wienerworld limited , r . k . o . radio pictures ltd , odeon entertainment , digiview productions l . l . c , classic entertainment classified date ( s ) 11 / 11 / 2005 main language english bbfc reference azf030081
action superhero film : dick tracy meets gruesome dvd 1947 featuring boris karloff , ralph byrd , anne gwynne , edward ashley , june clayworth , lyle latell , tony barrett , skelton knaggs , jim nolan , joseph crehan , and milton parsons . : urltoken boris karloff , john rawlins : dvd & blu - ray
what do you think the relationship is between gould and eisner and their work ? both the spirit and dick tracy are both reactive characters .
the title cards for the film dick tracy meets gruesome credit two writers with the screenplay ( robertson white and eric taylor ) and two additional writers with the story ( william h . graffis and robert e . kent ) as well as chester gould . this is why so many people are credited with
creating
the character .
on the play ' s opening night , gruesome was approached by otis , a custodian / stagehand at the theater . otis had recognized gruesome , and suspected that gruesome had hidden money from a bank robbery in the theater . otis threatened to expose gruesome unless he received a payoff . gruesome killed otis and hid the body in part of the set on stage .
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tracy tries to learn the secret of the formula from dr . tomic ' s top assistant , professor learned ( june clayworth ) , before going after gruesome and his gang . it all ends in a shootout , with gruesome shot by tracy and then back at headquarters , where tracy ends up frozen by nerve gas just as he ' s about to kiss tess .
gruesome and einstein hid in the golf course windmill , and decided to build a fire to ward off the cold . the fire soon burned out of control and attracted at the attention of dick tracy and sam catchem , who were still pursuing gruesome in a police car . gruesome abandoned einstein and attempted to escape through an access hatch that led to the windmill ' s roof .
boris karloff in dick tracy . . .
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dick tracy is one of the last remaining legacy strips , and since the two took over in 2011 , they’ve made a point of bringing other characters into the comic . they’ve had crossovers with other tribune strips that had already ended , like little orphan annie , the supporting cast of terry and the pirates , gasoline alley and snuffy smith , and they even incorporated the fearless fosdick parody of tracy from “li’l abner . ” they’ve had references to the shadow and doc savage . they got permission to use the likeness of boris karloff to introduce the character he played in 1947’s dick tracy meets gruesome to the strip for the first time .
. it was directed by john rawlins and produced by herman schlom . it was the fourth and final
dick tracy
feature film produced by rko in the 1940s .
dick tracy dilemma was not a restored version . its passible , but if you watch it you can tell its not a restored version like it says on the box .
not having read the reviews i was totally surprised by seeing boris karloff in this movie . and yes , he is not a mad scientist ! he is absolutely wonderful as
gruesome
, as ruthless as he can be . and the nerve gas ? well , dick tracy goes sci fi , why not ! maybe a bit too simple , but i enjoyed it . the actor who played dick tracy was not on the level of his predecessor .
gruesome ( played by boris karloff ) and melody , the robbers enter at the bank .
dick tracy ( ralph byrd ) is at headquarters speaking with college professor dr . a . tomic ( milton parsons ) , a scientist who suspects someone has been following him . at the morgue , tracy ' s sidekick pat ( lyle latell ) has his back turned when gruesome wakes up and knocks him out . pat describes him to tracy as looking a lot like the actor boris karloff ( a gag cribbed from arsenic and old lace ) .
a trap devised by dick tracy doesn ' t work out because of an alert young ambulance driver who disturbes the whole thing by questioning the gangsters in the most inopportune moment . . .
gruesome ( real name unrevealed ) is a criminal who has committed crimes in dick tracy ' s city . after escaping from prison , he received a back - alley operation from dr . einstein to alter his features , though he found himself left with an especially unpleasant - looking face .
american band poet named revolver , from nashville , tn , released an album called
meets gruesome
. recorded in 2007 , first released in 2008 , and reissued in 2014 by no kings record cadre , with visual references to the film . [ 6 ]
dick tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats , a possible insurance swindle and several murders , all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand .
love the dick tracy movies , wish the entire collection wasn ' t into the serial format only are a feature film format . still great entertainment no foul language . . . . . great .
on october 16 , 2014 , writer mike curtis and artist joe staton introduced a version of the gruesome character into the dick tracy comic strip . [ 4 ] they introduced a character inspired by melody ( mel o . dee ) on october 27th of that year . [ 5 ] the cartoonists carry the joke further . gruesome had had plastic surgery done to change his appearance , by a dr . einstein and gruesome gets drafted to portray jonathon brewster in a production of arsenic and old lace .
in the film , gruesome was an escaped convict who discovered a scientist ' s secret formula for a gas that induced a temporary paralysis that simulated death . gruesome used this gas to rob a bank .
this story is less gruesome than the idea of ashton kutcher playing a big screen version of ben matlock .
gruesome ' s fate in the film is ambiguous . after the lumber yard shootout , the bank robbery gang was described as having been
captured
, though it is unclear if gruesome himself survived tracy ' s gunshot . a later rogues ' gallery entry on the character indicated that he had survived and was serving a life sentence .
a master criminal called the spider puts the famous detective ' s brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against dick .
a gang of criminals , which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as ' gruesome ' , has found out about a scientist ' s secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it . when gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out , the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue , where he later revives and escapes . this puzzling incident attracts the interest of dick tracy , and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank , tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them .
gruesome received unwanted attention , due to his resemblance to monster movie icon boris karloff . however , gruesome was soon approached by sara karloff ( the actor ' s adult daughter , who was attending the convention ) , and she stated that she did not see a resemblance . gruesome was charmed by sara , and asked for permission to write to her from prison .
a gang of criminals , which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as ' gruesome ' , has found out about a scientist ' s secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it . when gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out , the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue , where he later revives and escapes . this puzzling incident attracts the interest of dick tracy , and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank , tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them . written by snow leopard
the reason this lively b - film reaches greatness is the thoroughly delicious performance by boris karloff as the vicious thug gruesome .
boris karloff as gruesome adds a genuine feeling of menace to this addition of dick tracy potboilers . i liked the way his character refers to a henchman killing a cop as a ' useless killing ' . unlike the ' worthwhile killings ' he employs when he decides to get rid of the people who stand in his way . a superb example of twisted criminal logic ! once again , the character of dick tracy is dull and goes through the motions but gets his man in the end anyway . a disappointment is that gruesome doesn ' t meet his fate in a more exciting and . . . well . . . gruesome fashion in keeping with the style of this series of films . especially as gruesome cold bloodliy shoots and kills a woman to stop her squealing to the cops ! for just over a hour , these short films deliver some fast entertainment , there ' s flaws in the plots , the budgets are low but they are fun . and that ' s fair enough for me .
at a bank where tess trueheart ( anne gwynne ) happens to be , gruesome and melody use nerve gas to incapacitate the customers and the security guard . they rob the place of more than $ 100 , 000 and shoot a cop on the sidewalk before tracy and his men arrive . gruesome demands half of the loot from x - ray . . . . or else .
the play resumed . during the second act , otis ' body was discovered by the other actors ( including dee , flintheart , and agate aggie ) . tracy realized that the actors had broken character and made his way backstage . entering from the wings , tracy was joined by sam catchem , who had escaped from the trunk . as they prepared to take gruesome into custody , gruesome detonated a cache of plastic explosives that he had hidden backstage . the set was destroyed , but the audience was largely uninjured .
filmed april 1 - late april 1947 , the last of rko ' s four classic dick tracy features , and the only one in which ralph byrd takes second billing . he would continue playing the character on television , until his untimely death in 1952 . see more »
2017 marks the eisner centennial , as will eisner would have turned 100 years old this month . to help celebrate , mike curtis , joe staton and the team behind “dick tracy” brought the spirit to the comic strip for the first ever crossover between the two iconic characters .
using this gas the mobsters rob a bank by stunning all employees and clients . only tess who was in a phone booth where the gas can ' t penetrate is able to call police inspector dick tracy . but when the police arrives at the bank the robbers are gone .
the connection to arsenic and old lace was further expanded when it was revealed that gruesome ' s associate dr . einstein ( the name of the doctor in the play ) had given him his current face in a rushed plastic surgery operation , and when gruesome was cast in a production of the play .
early in the gruesome storyline , dr . einstein addresses him as
johnny
. this may indicate his real name , or it may be an alias .
ignoring a warning not to touch anything , gruesome sniffs a mysterious test tube that paralyzes him . he appears to be dead and is taken to the city morgue .
staton : i did a little explaining of my approach to the spirit before we got into it . i was taking on the spirit from a specific earlier part of will’s strips . because tracy and denny colt have pretty similar hats most of the time , i wanted to make them a little more distinct . earlier in the run the spirit had a hat with a wider brim and a taller crown , and sometimes he had a topcoat . i was trying to make denny colt distinct from dick tracy .
gruesome went to a theater in the city seeking an old associate named mel o . dee who owed him money . he was greeted by vitamin flintheart and a director who was seeking an actor for a production of the play
arsenic and old lace
. the director thought that gruesome had the right appearance and gave him the role of jonathan .
gruesome gave his name as
christopher cushing
. this is a reference to the actors christopher lee and peter cushing , who co - starred in many british horror films ( including works based on dracula and frankenstein ) produced by hammer studios . it is unclear if this has any connection to gruesome ' s real name or if it is an entirely manufactured alias .
just out of jail , gruesome ( boris karloff ) goes to the hangman ' s knot saloon , where his old crime crony , melody ( tony barrett ) , is now playing piano . gruesome takes him to a plastics manufacturer , where x - ray ( skelton knaggs ) and a mysterious mastermind are in possession of a secret formula and hatching a sinister plot .
being an oldie myself , i enjoy some of the late 30 ' s to late 40 ' s black & whites . i like light mysteries with a twinge of humor . . . nothing too serious or dramatic . i was happy to find these old dick tracy movies on amazon prime . wouldn ' t pay for them but as a prime member , they are fun .
un gruppo di criminali , che tracy sta tenendo sotto controllo perché implicati in una serie di furti di gioielli , ha qualche problema . i banditi , infatti , vengono decimati da un misterioso killer . tracy indaga e scopre che l ' implacabile assassino è nientemeno che l ' ex boss della banda . costui si vuole infatti vendicare del tradimento subìto dai suoi uomini .
boris karloff is gruesome in this tale of a gang that uses paralyzing gas to rob banks . i uploaded this because the only other version available here was 3 . 1 gb in size .
karloff gives a fine performance here , everyone does really except ralph byrd . there are some genuinely chilling moments and all - in - all this is the best of the b - movie dick tracys .
it ' s a fun little movie and karloff has fun with the role of gruesome . the puns in the scripts are fun and i
m surprised karloff didn ' t get more gangster roles after this .
gruesome and einstein were able to sneak away from the convention with the help of rikki mortis and abner kadaver . kadaver took the men to an abandoned theme park / miniature golf course where the fugitives could hide out .
curtis : they’re both reactive characters . in the classic spirit story “ten minutes , ” the spirit shows up for three panels , i think , in the whole story . there’s a lot of tracy stories where he’s not the lead .
staton : when i signed up years ago to do “tracy , ” i had some other things i was planning . between keeping up with “tracy” and there being a boon in doing cons , i haven’t been able to concentrate on any other projects , so i’m taking off for one continuity and shelley is going to be doing the whole strip – pencils , inks and letters – and then i’ll be back on . we have no doubt that she’ll do a brilliant job .
if you liked the dick tracy comics , you ' ll love these 4 films . the first 2 on disc 1 star morgan conway , a little known actor , who does look the part . the other 2 on disc 2 bring back ralph byrd who played the role in 4 cliff hanger serials in the 30s . plus there are some nice little extras after each movie on each side of each disc . so put on your yellow trenchcoats it ' s time for some grade b mysteries of grade a caliber .
gruesome ' s appearance evolved throughout his storyline in the strip , going from a more photo - realistic look to a highly - stylized , slightly cartoonish one . some readers have commented that he eventually looked as much like abe vigoda as he did like boris karloff .
in the confusion , gruesome fled in a car driven by dr . einstein . they nearly ran down lizz , damaging their own vehicle in the process . abandoning the car , they entered a monster movie convention being held at locher auditorium , planning to lose themselves in the crowd .
curtis : the hard part was finding something that would be of interest and enough of a challenge for both dick tracy and the spirit . it’s like those “world’s finest comics” where you have to have somebody who’s tough enough to take on superman , batman and robin . i won’t give away anything in the story , but perenelle flammel , who’s the wife of nicolas flammel , is auctioning off her immortality formula . the people who are bidding to buy it are daddy warbucks , the dragon lady , the octopus , who sent mr carrion over to bid for him , and diet smith .
gruesome was played by actor boris karloff , who is well - known for appearing in various monster movies , most notably as frankenstein ' s monster in the original universal feature film and its sequel . karloff ' s daughter sara ( who has become a character in the strip ) has a friendly relationship with writer mike curtis .
staton : will’s approach to stories , and to life , was more humanistic than the gould approach . tracy keeps order , and the spirit just wanders into life and sees who’s hanging in there . they’re both crime fighters they both can take a lot of abuse , but they are from different takes on the world . there’s a little bit of that in the crossover too .
in his first in - strip appearance , gruesome mentions that a woman ( whom he claimed he was trying to help ) said that he looked like boris karloff . this is a reference to the play arsenic and old lace in which a killer ( played by karloff in the original broadway production ) explains his reason for murdering someone as
he said i looked like boris karloff
( the line was changed for touring company productions in which the role was played by bela lugosi ) .
staton : it’s no secret ; nic cuti i have the character e - man , a character that actually owes a lot to will and to jack cole . we have this new story of e - man , and it’s going to run as three parts in the charleton arrow , which handles a lot of characters from charleton , which is where i started out way back when . i’m actually working on an e - man story right now , and shelly is working on tracy
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a hideous villain uses a device which freezes people on the spot to help him commit devious , daring robberies - can the square - jawed detective thwart his evil - doing ? crime caper , with boris karloff , ralph byrd and anne gwynne .
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i enjoy some of the late 30 ' s to late 40 ' s black . . .
boris is a great bad guy , and and this is a fun thriller to watch .
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agree with bobsluckycat , this one is delightful . byrd is about as much a tough guy as ward cleaver , but he ' s having fun and so are his supporting players . karloff is terrific as the menacing gangster , convincingly though quietly murderous . the plot is just comic booky enough to maintain interest . very good b feature .
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this movie was very good and entertaining . like the comic book in many ways . you can almost imagine yourself in a theater in the 1940 ' s surrounded by . . .
riveted to this clever tale . great writing . great acting . great directing - triumvirate of good cinema all there imho . boris is such a master at . . .
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chester gould robertson white eric taylor william h . graffis robert e . kent mike curtis joe staton
boris karloff had previously appeared ( identified by his own name ) in the comic strip
li ' l abner
in october 1946 . the storyline involved the hideous
lena
, and karloff ( as an expert in horror ) was part of the group who decided in what manner the public would be allowed to see her image .
melody fools with a frozen bankteller .
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, says melody .
the robber slides his hand to take more money while the bankteller stands quiet .
in short , they’re having a lot of fun , so we contacted the pair to discuss the latest , and perhaps most unexpected pairing they’ve presented to date .
cbr : you guys ended 2016 with one character’s cancer going into remission , a rousing sunday of the characters singing “deck us all with boston charlie , ” and the arrival of the spirit . how did this happen ?
mike curtis : denis kitchen , too . basically we had talked to denis kitchen before about another crossover when we used fearless fosdick [ from “li’l abner’ ] . that went well , so we decided to go after the spirit and denis made it all happen .
you guys have had story lines with a lot of other comics characters , not to mention characters and real life people from outside comics . it feels natural to include the spirit in that sense .
staton : we’ve been doing lots of other people’s characters . annie and the supporting cast of terry and the pirates are “in house . ” the trib owns them . snuffy smith is not a trib character , but he made a short appearance — there was not a long term commitment there , so we could do what we wanted . with the spirit , the eisner estate and denis would keep an eye on us and make sure we didn’t go astray . we had to be very careful , but they were very good with what they let us do .
curtis : very much so . one thing i do want to point out is that i write the script and do roughs , then joe does pencils and shelley inks and letters it . we had been sending copies of everything to denis and the eisner estate in case they had any last minute changes – or better ideas .
i always enjoy when we have diet and warbucks together . back when we did the annie crossover , there was one daily that i really enjoyed where they were talking about time travel and warbucks is ribbing diet smith and he says , i know you have a montauk chair in there . things you have to look up like that . i think that makes it a more interesting story and a more interesting strip if the reader can enjoy it on one level , but if they want to dig a little bit , they can enjoy it more .
staton : when i came into comics , i knew that he was always called the orson welles of comics . i think it was just for him opening up possibilities beyond just six boxes on a page , both in terms of the graphics and in terms of the characterizations . the humanity of the characters . will showed that comics could be a little bit more than people generally thought they were . will is the great popularizer of the graphic novel and now graphic novels are covering all kinds of territories . will showed up there was more to be done that more could be done .
staton : somewhere along the line , i actually got an eisner for a “superman / batman adventures . ” will was giving them out that year , and was signing them all , so i have an eisner , signed on the back in gold pen by will . the funny thing is , the plaque is actually the wrong title of the comic . [ laughs ] it’s supposed to be “superman / batman adventures , ” and it says “batman and robin adventures . ” i would never turn it back in to get the correct one , because will wouldn’t have signed that one . that’s the only time i ever met will .
you guys are wrapping up the story in april , so people can go back and catch up before the finale . this is one of the longest stories you guys have done on the strip .
staton : mike will write long stories that don’t take place in one long stretch . we had a story with mr crime for a long time , and there would be other stories intervening and i have no idea how long all that ended up being .
i did want to mention the colors you guys have on the sunday strips , which really stands out .
curtis : shane fisher is our coloring guy on sundays , and on urltoken they have someone else doing the dailies .
curtis : there are five of us on the team . there’s joe and myself , shelley pleger does inks and lettering . shane is our colorist , then we have walt rymer , who’s our police advisor — he does the crimestoppers .
staton : i think so . terry beatty works pretty much on his own on “the phantom . ” sometimes i’m amazed what he can do on his own . sometimes shelly , our inker , can do most anything .
curtis : we do need to mention that shelly is going to be doing the main strip for one story while you take a break .
staton : i really like drawing the spirit . i always wanted a shot at denny colt . we bring back our character doubleup , i always like him . the dragon lady shows up . she’s much harder to draw than you would think .
staton : those are characters we made up . i thought of them and designed them and they’re certainly in the tradition of gould , but we made them up out of whole cloth .
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when a young man is found dead in a bookshop at the eastern market , phryne fisher is plunged into the diverse worlds of jewish politics , alchemy , and poison .
doña teresa makes an offer to andrés he can ' t refuse . alicia asks alaya for help with a mysterious package left for her by benjamin .
the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in california as huell visits the roton rocket , an unsuccessful yet imaginative attempt by a private company to create the first single stage to orbit space vehicle .
hoping to determine the effect of volcanoes on climate change , george heads to the island nation of vanuatu where he rappels into the fiery crater of one of the world’s most active volcanoes .