Tonight's #movie was another one starring #BelaLugosi, 1933's The Death Kiss. It's a precode murder mystery that actually surprised us with the who the killer is. It's not bad. Kinda slow in that old-fashioned way. David Manners actually has more to do in this film than he did in Dracula. Neat that, besides Lugosi and Manners, the film also included Dracula veteran Edward Van Sloan. The movie ad is a lot more revealing than anything in the film. 😀

Tonight's #movie was 1932's Chandu the Magician. It was described by NYT at the time as "whooping entertainment for the children and a series of naïvely juvenile escapades for the grown-ups". That sums it up. We watched it for #BelaLugosi and he had fun chewing up the scenery. Would have liked to have seen more of him and his death ray mayhem and a lot less of the comic relief guy (Herbert Mundin, who played Much in Adventures of Robin Hood).

Oct 23 : #BelaLugosi film
#Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
#TheGorilla (1939) 🦍
After a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.
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Oct 23 : #BelaLugosi film
#Bales2025FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬
#TheGorilla (1939) 🦍
After a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.
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