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Hello, ladies and gentlemen, Damond O'Haren.

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Welcome to Camp Kaiju Monster Movie Podcast.

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I am your co-host, Vincent S.

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Hanum, with Matthew Cole Levine.

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And together each month, we cover a couple of movies from the annals of monster movie

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dumb. And what we love to do is cover all kinds of movies from all kinds of decades

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that fall within the scope of the weird. The science fiction, the supernatural creature

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features, space invaders, traditional Kaiju.

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Really, anything that is a strange beast is welcome here at Camp.

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And in that spirit, we have been featuring a short segment on season four of Camp Kaiju,

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Rest in Peace, called Silent but Deadly.

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I'll let you think about what that means, but now I'll actually tell you, it is where

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we explore silent horror movies.

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Some of these feature more traditional monsters like The Lost World or Dr. Jackal and Mr.

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Hyde.

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Some of these are more thrillers, more horrory type movies because the monster movie, as

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we know it today, as we typically think of it, wasn't established until really the 30s.

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And in the early 1930s, you had King Kong, you had Frankenstein and Dracula, those two

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from Universal Studios.

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But in the preceding decade, you really had a lot of films laying in the groundwork.

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We're talking Lon Cheney's pictures such as The Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of

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Notre Dame. We're talking about the great German expressionist films from Germany in

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the 1920s, F.W. Mernals, Nosferatu, Faust, and many other movies.

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Some of which we cover on Silent but Deadly.

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And our host for this segment is the one and only Peter Lorre.

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Yes, once thought dead, maybe still dead, but either way, resurrected from his grave.

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And here on Camp Kaiju, Matthew and I are very proud to be working with this screen icon,

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this legend of celluloid Peter Lorre, who himself started many a horror flick and suspense

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thrillers from the days of Fritz Lang all the way to Roger Corman.

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So before I introduce Peter Lorre here to talk about our new segment for season five

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and what he has in store, I do want to make amends.

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I want to say sorry on behalf of Camp Kaiju Monster Movie Podcast, Matthew and I did

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bring Peter Lorre back unwillingly and we do admit fault to that.

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And we humbly beg the forgiveness of Peter Lorre and all you listeners.

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And we hope that despite our reconciliation that it's never forgotten that it was our

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bad and we're sorry.

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Mr. Lorre, how are you?

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Hello Vincent.

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I'm a little sick.

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I'm a little under the weather.

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My voice usually doesn't sound like this but you know how it goes.

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You get put into a box and then you have to sound the same way forever.

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Well, I do want to thank you and I do accept your apology.

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As I said at the end of my last segment that before the earthquake took me that I am actually

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quite proud and feel accomplished with my new broadcasting skills.

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I have now had my rest and I am ready to get back in the recording booth.

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Well, wow, that's really great to hear Mr. Lorre.

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Gosh, you know, I was going to wait a little bit but what the heck?

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I know Matthew's not here but he's not going to mind.

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I know last time we hadn't heard from Pierre and for those of you listening Pierre was

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a little mouse friend that Mr. Lorre had in his booth and Mr. Lorre and us did not have

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contact with each other except for Pierre who would ferry messages back and forth and

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bring Mr. Lorre his meals.

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How were those fish heads Mr. Lorre?

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Well, you know, I actually kind of enjoyed them by the end.

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As a revenant, as a living corpse, I don't have much need for fruits and veggies so I'm

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okay with the fishes.

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Well that's swell.

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So without further ado Mr. Lorre, here is your gift for season 5.

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Pierre the Rat.

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Oh my goodness, get him away from me.

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No, no, no, Mr. Lorre, Mr. Lorre, it's fine.

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We stitched him together.

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He is smiling at you.

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We made that a permanent feature and I know you buried him in the floorboards with a cleaver.

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Not sure what that was for but we've taken the cleaver away.

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Oh, oh Pierre, oh, oh, well, uh, uh, how are you?

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How you doing, okay?

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Oh my goodness, Vinci, what have you done?

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You've stitched him back together like a Frankenstein monster.

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His little rat hands and his little vermin tail and his, hell, and his rodent neck all

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sewn together and that, that smile, oh my goodness, that, that is simply diabolical,

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that, that permanent fixture that the rodent who would not frown.

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This is, this is heinous, this is horrible, this is grotesque and horrifying.

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I love it.

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This is wonderful.

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Pierre, come here and give, give your old friend Peter a hug.

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Oh, thank you Pierre.

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I forgive you too.

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Will you forgive me?

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Oh, that's very nice of you to hear.

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I would love to hear your jokes anytime you have them.

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I'm sure we can fix something up.

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Well, that just warms your heart, doesn't it listeners?

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And we are going to get on with our special episode here, Silent but Deadly, the on-core

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presentation.

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This is a stitched together presentation of all the Silent but Deadly segments Mr. Laurie

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hosted for us.

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And before we get into that, Mr. Laurie, would you and Pierre, would you please introduce

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our new segment for 2025, Season 5 of Camp Kaiju Monster Movie Podcast?

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Are you Vincent?

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I would love to.

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Listeners of Camp Kaiju Monster Movie Podcast, be prepared.

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We are moving out of the silent era and we are moving into the 1930s and 40s with what

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is known as Poverty Row Horror Movies.

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Poverty Row Studios were those studios on the outskirts of the Hollywood mainstream.

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We're not talking about Universal and Metro Golden Mare, no, no.

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We are talking about Monogram and NNPRC and Republic Pictures.

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Movies that were built, the engine, the lifeblood of these studios were cheap quickies.

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The movie would be an honorific title for these films that often portrayed mad scientists

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and monster apes and zombies of the voodoo nature.

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These movies often starred Bela Lugosi who could continue to rot in his box.

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This podcast is mine, Bela.

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You stay away.

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Pierre, go.

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Go, Pierre.

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Sick yourself on the vampire Bela Lugosi that old.

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Pierre, Pierre, Pierre.

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No, no.

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Mr. Lory, Mr. Lory.

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Bela Lugosi and us, we're on good terms.

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The contract fell through but that's okay.

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We gave this to you because we thought we appreciate you and we honor you, not because

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we do not like Mr. Lugosi.

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Mr. Lory, please.

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Where was I?

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Okay.

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Yes.

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So the Poverty Row Movies.

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These are wonderfully underground films that I can't wait to cover on season five of Camp

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Kaiju.

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And a new segment titled The Poverty Row Picture Show.

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So we join you listeners to listen to this segment.

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Leave your comments.

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What are you excited about?

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How do you feel about Mr. Lugosi?

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Sorry.

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How do you feel about Pierre?

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How do you feel about my movies?

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Tell me how sexy and sultry I sound.

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I'm back, baby.

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And I'm ready, ready to talk about some horror movies that I personally love.

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So thank you for your time, for your listenership, for your followership.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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And without further ado, I give you the encore presentation of Silent or Deadly.

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Here.

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Yeah, this is Peter Lorre speaking.

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I couldn't resist the temptation to call you.

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I just read of your new picture that you ought to make.

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Oh, that's very nice of you.

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Thanks for your interest.

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Oh, I thought you were magnificent in M's.

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And just the other night, I saw your new picture, just the man in you too much.

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What character are you going to play in?

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Oh, it's the most unusual story.

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You know it's a great love drama.

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I am to be a half-mad scientist.

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I, a poor peasant, have conquered science.

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Why can't I conquer love?

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He shall be shut up when it's I who am mad.

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But nobody knows that.

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Yes.

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Each man kills a thing he loves.

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He lives.

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knocked the screens, the movies were no less monstrous.

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These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and danced in the macabre moonlight.

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Oh, they laughed, they cried, they fooled the sensibilities of honest, decent folk.

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In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out to the savage

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humanity that took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

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For in the silence, no one can hear you scream.

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My name is Peter Lorre, and I have been resurrected from my grave recently by Matthew and Vincent

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to discuss silent monster movies.

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You may know me from such films as Casa Blanca and The Raven, directed by Roger Corman.

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I have been long dead, but I wish Roger the best and hope that he is alive and well.

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I have just been informed that Roger Corman is no longer among the living.

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Perhaps I will see him on the other side, but I have been dragged back to the land of

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the living to talk about something called Camp Kaiju Monster Movie Podcast, with a segment

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called Silent but Deadly.

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Each week I will be forced to talk about a movie from the 1920s, starring actors like

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Conrad Weidt, Lon Cheney, directors like F.W.

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Murnau, Todd Browning, and movies like Metropolis, Nosferatu, and The Phantom of the Opera.

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We will start the segment with The Phantom in July.

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Until then, I will try my best to find my way back to the land of the dead.

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It's time to get out of here.

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Before Gharloth and Legosi stalked the screens, the movies were no less monstrous.

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These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and danced in the macabre moon lights.

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Oh, they laughed, they cried, they fooled the sensibilities of honest decent folk.

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In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out for the savage

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humanity that took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

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For in the silence, no one can hear you scream.

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Indeed the silent screen was full of silent screams.

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Hmm, I am Peter Lorre.

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You may know me from such movies as The Maltese Falcon and The Beast with Five Fingers.

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Matthew and Vincent have disturbed my eternal rest and given me a microphone to talk about

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silent movies, and while I adore these pictures, I do not take kindly to this abuse.

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Well, but what can I do?

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They have promised my return to the grave should I help them celebrate the monster movies

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of the 1920s.

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Welcome to Silent But Deadly.

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This week we discuss The Phantom of the Opera from 1925.

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Produced by Universal Pictures and starring Lon Chaney, the movie tells of a masked madman

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living under the Paris Opera House who was believed by many to be merely a ghost.

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However, this Phantom is soon all too real when he falls in love with Christine, the

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young Anjan who of the company.

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The Phantom soon captures Christine, wantonly destroys a chandelier and murders dozens of

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those who would laugh at him.

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Now bringing the Phantom to life is Lon Chaney known as the man of a thousand faces.

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Chaney was a star at this point in his career, renowned for his talents with makeup, physical

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dexterity, and the ability to imbue his characters with a sympathetic humanity.

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The Phantom of the Opera is a tremendous example of Chaney's reputation.

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Chaney makes an indelible impression but more subconsciously the movie reflects the anxieties

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of post-war audiences of the 1920s.

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This was a time when many veterans of the First World War were living with ghastly disfigurements,

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often wearing masks much like the Phantoms.

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The movie asks us to reflect on how society treats the physically disabled among us.

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The Phantom of the Opera was a smash for Universal helping establish the studio's reputation

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for horror and cementing Lon Chaney's status as a legend for the ages.

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Next time on Silent But Deadly we will feature an underrated movie by Todd Browning called

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The Mystic, and I will be one movie closer to escaping this podcast and resting my weary

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bones in the confines of my beloved grave.

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Before Karloff and Lugosi stalked the screens, the movies were no less monstrous.

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Most frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows of dance in the macabre moonlight.

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They laughed, they cried, they fooled the sensibilities of honest decent folk.

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In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out for the savage

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humanity that took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

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In the silent, no one will fear his reign.

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But on this podcast I know you can hear me shouting for help!

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Help!

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Help me!

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Oh, how I suffer the interminable pangs of resurrection.

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I am Peter Lorrie, you may know me from such movies as M. and Mad Love.

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Matthew and Vincent have summoned me from beyond the grave to help them shine a light

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on silent monster movies.

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They call their segment Silent But Deadly.

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Indeed, the more of this script I read, the more I endure a second death!

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Lass I persist for the sooner I finish, the sooner I may return to the afterlife.

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This week we discuss a 1925 movie called The Mystic from Metro-Goldwyn-Mare.

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The movie is directed by Todd Browning.

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He tells the story of a clan of Hungarian circus folk composed of cutthroats and swindlers.

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When a dashing American con man enters their camp, he persuades them to bring their nefarious

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talents to the United States.

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There, the beautiful and mysterious Zara ingratiates herself into high society with

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a phony psychic routine, tensions mount as Zara's kinfolk navigate their own jealousies

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and ruthless ambitions.

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Director Todd Browning is best known for directing Universal's Dracula in 1931, but in the silent

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era he helmed a series of hits exploring the seedy underbelly of society, crime and horror

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where his trademark genres and the mystic adds a touch of mystery to these elements.

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A standout scene involves the elaborate machinations of Zara's communication with the spirit world.

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As two detectives look on, they are unable to decipher just how Zara summons a wailing

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ghost.

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Browning achieves a simple yet remarkably effective visual by placing our characters in a pitch

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black room and having the spirit blaze brightly as the only source of light in the frame.

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For my own spiritual conjuring, as impressive as this.

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Interestingly, the mystic mirrors the fascination with psychics that was popular in the 1920s.

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Some celebrities, like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, were ardent believers in connecting with the

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spirit world.

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Others, like Harry Houdini, were determined to expose mediums as charlatans who only took

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advantage of grieving individuals.

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Overall, the mystic is an entertaining if conventional melodrama.

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Nevertheless, the film foreshadows more ambitious movies by Browning such as The Unknown and

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Freaks.

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And since The Unknown is a silent movie, we will discuss it next time on Silent But Deadly.

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And I will be one week closer to breaking this intolerable curse under which I find myself.

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And if you can hear my pleas for help, do something, anything, help me, help me!

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Before Carloff and Lugosi stalked the screens, the movies were no less monstrous.

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These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and danced in the macabre moonlight.

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They laughed, they cried, they booed the sensibilities of honest, decent folk in the age of silent

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pictures.

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These gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out with a savage humanity that took the breath

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from all those who witnessed the devilish delights.

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For in the silence, no one can hear you scream.

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Or if you are me and this infernal podcaster.

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I am Peter Laurie, you may know me from such movies as The Raven, and Ossnick, and Old

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Lace.

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You may be wondering how on God's green earth you are hearing my handsome voice when I have

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been dead these 60 years.

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Let me tell you about a couple of red bastards named Matthew and Vincent who have unilaterally

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decided I would be the perfect host for this segment.

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I am flattered, but not raced.

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The sooner I fulfill my audio obligations, the sooner I may return to the afterlife.

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So welcome to Silent but Deadly.

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This week we discuss...

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Oh, what is this?

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Oh, how thoughtful.

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Thank you, Pierre.

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Ladies and gentlemen, I have just been visited by my only friend I have in this insufferable

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recording boot in which I live out the pangs of my resurrection.

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He has given me a note from my tormentor that reads, Silent but Deadly is brought to you

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by the mysterious old radio listening society, a podcast dedicated to suspense, crime, and

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horror stories from the golden age of radio.

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How nice.

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Another spot, sir.

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Will no one save me?

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This week we discuss another talk browning picture called The Unknown from 1927.

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This movie stars the man of a thousand faces, Lon Cheney, in a trademark story of physical

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deformity.

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Cheney plays Alonzo the armless, a circus performer without arms who falls in love with

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Ninon played by Joan Crawford, who has an aversion to the physical touch of men.

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That plot thickens when it is revealed that Alonzo does indeed have his arms and is a

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murderer on the limb and if that weren't enough, he has killed Ninon's father.

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The only clue tying Alonzo to the murder is his double thumb which has left its telltale

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print on the dead man's neck.

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In a fix, Alonzo has his limbs actually amputated before Ninon can learn the truth and hoping

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she may love a man who cannot hold her.

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Doesn't work out for Alonzo?

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Oh, positively not.

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Ninon overcomes her fear of masculine embrace and falls for the strong man of the troop.

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Devastated and now without arms, Alonzo meets his tragic end.

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The Unknown was a weaning collaboration between Browning and Cheney with both men playing

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to their strengths.

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The Unknown foreshadows themes of the outcast scene in Browning's 1932 film Freaks and Cheney

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delivers another memorable portrayal of a sympathetic villain.

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Perhaps however, it is Joan Crawford who delivers the most poignant performance.

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We are only left with our own perceptions as to the nature of a dramatic relationship

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with men.

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Overall, the Unknown is a far less famous movie than other Browning and Cheney pictures,

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but it is indeed worthy of our attention.

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Next time on Silent But Deadly, we will discuss another long Cheney movie called He Who Gets

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Slapped.

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I'm about to slap a baby if this segment goes on much longer.

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Oh, Pierre, you know, perhaps you might send a note to the outside world.

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Casablanca, city of hope and despair located in French Morocco in North Africa.

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The meeting place of adventurers, fugitives, criminals, refugees lured into this dangerous

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webtoasis by the hope of escape to the Americas.

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But they're all trapped, for there is no escape.

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Against this fascinating background is woven the story of an imperishable love and the

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enthralling saga of six desperate people, each in Casablanca to keep an appointment

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with destiny.

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I was willing to shoot Captain Rhino and I'm willing to shoot you.

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All right, Major, you ask for it.

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You knew how much I loved you, how much I still love you.

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I know a good deal more about you than you suspect.

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I know, for instance, that you're in love with a woman.

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It's perhaps a strange circumstance that we both should love the same woman.

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What do you want for Sam?

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Don't buy and sell human beings.

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It's to bear this Casablanca's leaving commodity.

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You can ask any price you want, but you must give me those letters.

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I tried to reason with you.

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I tried to...

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Now I want those letters.

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Come closer.

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I want to talk to you.

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I'm going to tell you an astounding story, the story of the Maltese Forkhan.

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Six hundred years the Forkhan has carried the mystery of a fabulous wealth under its

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grotesque wings.

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I could tell you a thousand tales of the men and women who have hunted this evil bird.

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But every story has the same ending.

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Murder.

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Listen to these incredible people, all consumed by their passionate greed for the Maltese

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Forkhan.

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What have you ever given me besides money?

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Have you ever given me any of your confidence, any of the truth?

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Haven't you tried to buy my loyalty with money and nothing else?

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What else is there I can buy you with?

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I'll tell you who loves who, I won't play the sap for you.

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I'm lived a good life.

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I've been bad.

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Worse than you could know.

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We were talking about a lot more money than this.

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There are more of us to be taken care of now.

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Well, that may be, but I've got the Forkhan.

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You may have to Forkhan, but we certainly have you.

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I've taken all the writing from you I'm going to take.

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Get up and shoot it out.

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Stop it, the police will be here any minute now.

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Talk.

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Oh, how can you accuse me of such a thing?

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This isn't the time for that schoolgirl act, we're both sitting under the gallows.

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Look.

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More Karloff and Legosi stalked the screens.

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The movies were no less monstrous.

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These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and danced in the macabre moonlight.

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They laughed.

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They cried.

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They fooled the sensibilities of honest, decent folk.

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In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome rules nonetheless cried out with a savage

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humanity that took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

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For in the silence, no one can hear you scream.

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But I, Peter Lorre, will be heard.

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Welcome to Silent But Deadly, where I am forced to review silent monster movies in exchange

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for my soul's eternal rest.

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You may know me from such radio dramas as Suspense and Mystery in the Air.

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This week we discuss the 1924 movie He Who Gets Slapped starring Lon Chaney.

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Oh, enough with the scripted pleasantries, ladies and gentlemen.

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Tonight with the help of Pierre the Little Mouse, who keeps me company, I will send a

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note to the authorities alerting them to my entrapment.

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Pierre!

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Pierre!

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Hurry, take this note.

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Take it to the police.

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Yes, that's it.

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Good, good, Pierre.

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Now run, run, my little vermin savior.

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Run like the wind.

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I am feeling good about this.

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And while I wait, allow me to review one last movie.

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He Who Gets Slapped tells the story of a doctor whose scientific thesis has been stolen

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along with his wife by his benefactor.

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Strangely the doc finds solace in the circus as a clown alter ego named He.

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Over time, He becomes famous for his signature act in which other clowns slap him for saying

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absurd things.

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Life goes on for He until his old benefactor turns up yet again to steal away the girl

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with whom He is now in love with.

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In revenge, He lays a trap for the benefactor in which a caged lion is released into his

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room, mauling the man to death.

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He himself is mortally wounded in the event.

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Now the film is directed by Swedish director Viktor Seestrum who imbues the film with a

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dreamy off-kilter atmosphere.

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This permeates the picture with a subtle unease that never subsides.

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As for Chaney, his sad clown would become the standard for such characters.

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Altogether the film is essential viewing for fans of Lon Chaney.

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Cinefiles will also be interested in knowing that He Who Kitslapped was the first picture

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for a Metro-Goldwyn Mare to feature their famous lion logo.

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Next time on Silent But Deadly, I was supposed to discuss the man who laughs starring Conrad

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Vite.

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But that was before Fortune favored my weary soul.

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Before soon, I will welcome the police, led by Mighty Pierre, and will soon escape this

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confounded podcast.

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The sport Carloff and Lagosie stocked the screens, the movies were no less monstrous.

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These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and danced in the macabre moonlight.

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Oh, they laughed, they cried, they fooled the sensibilities of honest, decent folk.

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In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out with a savage

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humanity that took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

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For in the silence no one can hear you scream.

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And I am not feeling so well.

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Since our last meeting, I have sunk once more into the mire of misery.

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Pierre, my little rodent compatriot, did not succeed in his quest to alert the authorities

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of my podcast purgatorio.

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As it turns out, policemen are none too eager to trust a rat with a note declaring the legendary

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actor, Peter Laurie is trapped in a recording studio.

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No, no Pierre, you have done all you can, and I must now fulfill my unholy bargain with

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Matthew and Vincent, who have requested I review silent monster movies in exchange for a return

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to terminal dreamland.

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As it turns out, policemen are none too eager to trust a rat with a note declaring the legendary

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actor, Peter Laurie is trapped in a recording studio.

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No, Pierre, I do not yell at you, you have done all you can.

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I must now fulfill my unholy bargain with Matthew and Vincent, who have requested I review silent

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monster movies in exchange for a return to terminal dreamland.

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This week we discuss The Man Who Laps from 1928.

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The Man Who Laps tells the story of Gwyn Plain, a boy who was exiled from the court of King

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James II of England, and then disfigured with the carving of a large smile onto his face.

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As Gwyn Plain ages, he does what anybody with a permitting grin would do.

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He joins a band of carnies and falls in love with a blind woman.

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However, Gwyn Plain's relatively stable life is soon turned upside down when the aristocracy

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discover his noble roots and pull him back into the duplicitous world of the royal court.

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The Man Who Laps is produced by Universal Studios and is based on a novel by Victor Hugo.

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Direction is by the German expressionistic master Paul Lenny, making his U.S. debut.

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Gwyn Plain is played by German actor Conrad Weidt, known for the cabinet of Dr. Caligari,

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and the blind woman Dia is played by Mary Philbin, known for the Phantom of the Opera.

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In fact, Universal had intended Gwyn Plain for Lon Cheney after his memorable performance

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as Victor Hugo's other tragic character, that hunchback of Notre Dame.

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Nevertheless, Weidt proved masterful as this sympathetic clown, and the movie was another

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stepping stone in Universal's growing reputation for Gothic horror.

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In fact, Universal monster makeup artist Jack Pierce cut his teeth on The Man Who Laughs.

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His makeup for Gwyn Plain would even inspire that for Batman's arch nemesis, The Joker.

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Perhaps if I carve a smile onto my face, then I will strike fear into the hearts of all

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those who refuse to help me.

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Perhaps I'll find the humor of the situation of this ridiculous state of affairs in which

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I find myself...yes, yes, next time on Silent but Deadly we will discuss a tale of terror

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called the Golem.

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It is a positive riot.

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Ha ha ha ha ha.

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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

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The motion picture screen explodes with unprecedented power as the two masters of imagination,

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Jules Verne and Walt Disney, join to bring you a shattering new experience in entertainment.

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Read by countless millions, translated into 18 languages, this classic adventure is a

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story of measureless scope, fraught with fantastic beauty and danger.

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Four great stars give the spark of life to its leading characters in a series of inspirational

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performances.

465
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:14,040
Kirk Douglas as the master harpooner, Ned Land.

466
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,840
God, we love a tale to tell you lies.

467
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:20,680
The whale of a tale or two, about the flaccid fish and the girls outlawed.

468
00:41:20,680 --> 00:41:22,920
The night's like this with the moon on top.

469
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:30,680
We love a tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo.

470
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:35,680
James Mason as Captain Nemo, who held the destiny of the world in his hands.

471
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:41,880
The real story of the ocean depths begins where you left off.

472
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:46,400
Wonders that defy my powers of description.

473
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,960
The secrets that are mine alone.

474
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:52,960
Paul Lucas as Professor Aranax of the Paris Institute.

475
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:56,480
I asked you to leave, Professor.

476
00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:01,920
You also asked me, to show me man's inhumanity to man.

477
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:02,920
Why?

478
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:08,920
To justify this, you are not only a murderer, you are a hypocrite.

479
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:12,400
The proof lies out there.

480
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:14,400
You call that murder?

481
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,400
Peter Lorre as Conceal.

482
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,800
Sure, we're friends.

483
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,520
Go ahead, hit me.

484
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:22,520
Hit me.

485
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:23,520
You mean that?

486
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:25,520
Sure, go ahead, you can't miss it.

487
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:30,920
Now, dear friend.

488
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:35,400
The most vivid scenes from the novel become unforgettable on the screen.

489
00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,280
The luxurious interior of the submarine.

490
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:41,360
The revelation of the hidden mysteries of the deep.

491
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,240
We do our hunting and farming here.

492
00:42:43,240 --> 00:42:44,240
Under water?

493
00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:47,440
The sea supplies all my wants.

494
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:58,680
The mighty harvests of the ocean kingdom.

495
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:04,480
And the strange creatures that menace the intruders on the ocean floor.

496
00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:07,880
And after a safe return, the memorable dinner party.

497
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,800
It's remarkable, this tastes like veal.

498
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:12,400
The flavor deceives you.

499
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,280
That is fillet of sea snake.

500
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:19,520
I guess this isn't lamb.

501
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:23,960
That is brisket of blowfish with sea-squared dressing, basted in barnacles.

502
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:25,960
What is it?

503
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:35,600
It's a recipe of my own, a study of unborn octopus.

504
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:40,480
And to stay in your memory as the most thrilling sequence ever photographed in motion picture

505
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:47,480
history, the terrifying battle with the giant squid.

506
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:15,480
Before Carloff and Lagos, he stocked the screens.

507
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:18,480
The movies were no less monstrous.

508
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:25,480
These frightful figures lurked in the expressynistic shadows of dance in the macabre moonlight.

509
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:27,480
Oh, they laughed.

510
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,480
They cried.

511
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:33,480
They fooled the sensibilities of the modest decent folk.

512
00:44:33,480 --> 00:44:38,480
In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless pride out.

513
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:44,480
The savage humanity that took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

514
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:50,480
Or in the silence, no one can hear you scream.

515
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,480
Wah.

516
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:58,480
Who?

517
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,480
Who is there?

518
00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:02,480
Is that you Pierre?

519
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,480
Matthew?

520
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,480
Viencint?

521
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:09,480
Oh, I am so woozy.

522
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:10,480
What?

523
00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:12,480
What is the time?

524
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,480
How long have I been out?

525
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,480
Hmm.

526
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:24,480
The last thing I remember was, was attempting to carve a smile onto my face when I...

527
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:29,480
I must have blacked out.

528
00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:33,480
Well, where do we go from here?

529
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:43,480
I turn to the agreement of my indentured servitude on Camp Kaiju in which I am to review monster movies from the silent era of motion pictures.

530
00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:51,480
Only upon completion of this devilish bargain will I be free to return to my eternal rest and the great beyond.

531
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:53,480
So here it goes.

532
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:55,480
Ahem.

533
00:45:55,480 --> 00:46:06,480
I am Peter Lorre. You may know me from such films as Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much and Roger Corman's The Comedy of Terror.

534
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:16,480
This week on Silent But Deadly, I will tell you about The Gollum, how he came into the world. This is from 1920.

535
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:24,480
This movie was made in Germany following the First World War and is an excellent example of early German expressionism.

536
00:46:24,480 --> 00:46:29,480
It was directed by Paul Wegener and is the second film of a trilogy.

537
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:37,480
However, it is the only surviving of the series, the other two being lost during the Second World War.

538
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:53,480
The Gollum is a retelling of a medieval Jewish folktale in which a man-made monster known as the Gollum is sculpted from clay by a rabbi to exact vengeance on those who have banished the Jewish community from the city of Prague.

539
00:46:53,480 --> 00:47:10,480
The movie, hmm, the movie was a massive success in both Germany and the United States, ushering in the German expressionist movie along with other films like the The Cabinet of Dr. Eligari.

540
00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:23,480
The Gollum's director of photography, Karl Freund, would eventually make a name for himself at Universal Studios and shoot the classic Stracula and direct the mummy only a decade later.

541
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:32,480
Next time on Silent But Deadly, I will continue the theme of German expressionism that influenced so many filmmakers in the horror genre.

542
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:44,480
We will discuss perhaps the most famous of them all, that, that, that cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and maybe, just maybe, I will once again find my inner peace.

543
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:49,480
Oh, oh, what is, what is this?

544
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:52,480
Is this, this, this light from above?

545
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,480
Is it, is it my salvation?

546
00:47:55,480 --> 00:48:10,480
Ladies and gentlemen, a bright light has appeared upon my little recording booth in which I record these, these, these segments and, and oh my, oh my goodness, a, a, a door, a trap door in the ceiling has opened up.

547
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:17,480
Ladies and gentlemen, wish me luck as I make my escape from this hellish device known as, as, as a podcast.

548
00:48:17,480 --> 00:48:26,480
Oh! Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

549
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:46,920
Before Karloff and Lugosi stopped the screens, the movies were no less monstrous.

550
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:54,600
These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and danced in the macabre moonlight.

551
00:48:54,600 --> 00:49:03,200
Oh, they laughed, they cried, they they they flew the sensibilities on his decent folk.

552
00:49:03,200 --> 00:49:11,400
For in the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out with the savage humanity

553
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:15,600
that took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

554
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:25,000
For in the silence, no one can hear you scream.

555
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:31,840
Yes, I am almost there.

556
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,520
I'm climbing into a new beginning.

557
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:44,120
From above there was a light, and down below I turned to look for an escape from this recording booth

558
00:49:44,120 --> 00:49:49,320
and I'm climbing up into the light, into freedom, into...

559
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:55,240
Oh no, no, what is this?

560
00:49:55,240 --> 00:50:03,560
This is a nightmare, it is the same recording booth in which I have been imprisoned these many months.

561
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:05,600
What madness is this?

562
00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:14,080
This never-ending and perpetual booth of doom in which I must review monster movies from the silent era?

563
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:23,800
This Conrad Veidt is controlled by Dr. Caligari, so I, Peter Lorre, am controlled by Matthew Invincent.

564
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:32,600
Or only by fulfilling my unholy obligations will they allow me to return peacefully to my grave.

565
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:41,240
Well, if this is to be my lot in the afterlife, I might as well tell you about the 1920 classic

566
00:50:41,240 --> 00:50:45,240
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

567
00:50:45,240 --> 00:50:59,240
The film is about a sideshow entertainer named Dr. Caligari, who commands total control over a mysterious somnambulist or a sleepwalker.

568
00:50:59,240 --> 00:51:08,720
Dr. Caligari has the somnambulist enact vengeance on any who cross him if only I had my own somnambulist.

569
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:14,600
But I digress finally at an insane asylum.

570
00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:19,480
Our story concludes with an ending that must be seen to believed.

571
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:30,480
It is all a tale of madness and murder, and perhaps Matthew Invincent will know how closely this movie will mirror their own fate.

572
00:51:30,480 --> 00:51:38,480
I apologize, ladies and gentlemen.

573
00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:51,480
Sometimes my emotions get the better of me when I think too hard about what has happened to me since my death all those many years ago.

574
00:51:51,480 --> 00:51:54,480
But where was I?

575
00:51:54,480 --> 00:52:07,480
Oh, right, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. It has been called the first true horror film, and is the quintessential example of the German expressionist movement,

576
00:52:07,480 --> 00:52:17,480
in which the sets, lighting, makeup, and other art designs are designed to illuminate our innermost nightmares.

577
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:25,480
Indeed, the writers of this movie, Hans Janowitz and Karl Mayer, were veterans of the recently ended First World War,

578
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:32,480
and their movie reflects their distrust of government military figures.

579
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:44,480
These themes of institutional distrust and the artistic stylings of German expressionism are used by horror, mystery, and noir filmmakers to this day.

580
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:53,480
Next time, on Silent but Deadly, we will explore another landmark example from the silent era called Metropolis.

581
00:52:53,480 --> 00:53:02,480
Perhaps you have heard of this movie from my long dead and resting at ease colleague Fritz Long.

582
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:09,480
Perhaps I may numb myself enough to the torture of this podcast to get through my dastardly contract from hell.

583
00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:20,480
Perhaps I may turn a corner yet. Perhaps my captors may visit me and at least provide me company and conversation.

584
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:39,480
No, no Pierre, you are enough, but a man must have human friends.

585
00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:57,480
There's an enemy spy at large, an invisible man. It's amazing. You will be of great help to us.

586
00:53:57,480 --> 00:54:07,480
Who is this terrifying phantom commando? What is his amazing mission? See the invisible agent, suggested by H.G. Wells, invisible man,

587
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:18,480
starring Elona Massey and John Hall, with Peter Lorre, Sir Cedric Hardwick, J. Edward Bromberg, Albert Wasserman, in the most amazing story of our time.

588
00:54:18,480 --> 00:54:20,480
Stop!

589
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:32,480
Step in now. Little in to get away.

590
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:40,480
I too, Gazunter. Who is there? How did you know I was going to England? I didn't, but...

591
00:54:40,480 --> 00:54:51,480
So the trap was all set, eh? Frank Hawkins, you talk like that. What's this? It's full of hooks. They're tearing into me.

592
00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:57,480
Every drop of blood fills the freezing paralysis of fear, almost stopping your heart, as Edgar Allan Poe unfolds his tales of terror.

593
00:55:57,480 --> 00:56:10,480
You will meet the master of the mansion, who loved and protected his wife with the strength of a supernatural love, even beyond life itself.

594
00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:16,480
I am in command here. You will do as I say. I shall take what I desire, your body and your soul if I demand it.

595
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:20,480
I've earned another... help! Help!

596
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:40,480
Then you'll enjoy the black cat's sardony, humorous tale. It all started at the Vintner's Convention, where the lover of wine met the professional wine taster and introduced him to his wife, a darling who delighted in dallions.

597
00:56:40,480 --> 00:56:53,480
What kind of a man are you anyway? Make love to my wife and Disney and talk to me?

598
00:56:53,480 --> 00:56:55,480
You're insane!

599
00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:59,480
That may be, but very clever.

600
00:56:59,480 --> 00:57:04,480
Help! Help! Help!

601
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:11,480
In this monstrous mausoleum of the living, you will witness fury far worse than a woman scorned.

602
00:57:11,480 --> 00:57:13,480
Help! Help!

603
00:57:13,480 --> 00:57:17,480
The fury of a dead woman's jealousy.

604
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:35,480
Help! Help!

605
00:57:35,480 --> 00:57:54,480
And now we're going to turn it over to Mr. Peter Laurie. He's going to talk about metropolis, not megalopolis, but I'm sure there's Coppola's pull in some of the same imagery, maybe? I don't know. I've never seen it.

606
00:57:54,480 --> 00:58:12,480
There are explicit references to metropolis, including one little dance that the robot Maria does in metropolis that was repeated in megalopolis. I'm not going to nerd out about megalopolis too much, but that's one of many fun things about that movie.

607
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:30,480
Well, I don't think Peter Laurie will nerd out about metropolis. I've heard he's not having a great time in the recording booth. He keeps scratching at the door. I'm like, Peter, we give you food, we give you water, what else do you need?

608
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:40,480
Yeah, he has his bucket of fish heads in there. Just be content. That's all you need. Maybe someday he'll break out of there, but I doubt it. I don't think it's ever going to happen.

609
00:58:40,480 --> 00:58:46,480
He must fulfill the contract for season four, and then he's free to do whatever he wants.

610
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:50,480
Oh, don't say that. We need him for the next couple of seasons at least.

611
00:58:50,480 --> 00:59:01,480
Well, okay, you bring it up. Between you and me and you listeners, I am in talks with Bayla Lugosi.

612
00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:04,480
Whoa. That's miraculous.

613
00:59:04,480 --> 00:59:19,480
Yes, he's trying. It's his comeback tour. He wants it. He wants us. He came to us, and I was like, okay, I saw your last movie. I'll give you, I'll throw you a bone.

614
00:59:19,480 --> 00:59:25,480
Yeah. How can you say no to Bayla Lugosi? He's synonymous with classic horror. You have to.

615
00:59:25,480 --> 00:59:30,480
He might do something with like, poverty row horror films.

616
00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:41,480
Man, I can't wait. I mean, I feel bad for Peter. I hope he breaks out of that recording booth at some point, because it cannot be fun in there.

617
00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:46,480
So we'll have to see what happens with Peter and Bella coming up soon.

618
00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:53,480
Yeah, well, for now, we've got Metropolis to hear from, so yeah, it'll be a good time.

619
00:59:53,480 --> 00:59:55,480
Cool. I can't wait.

620
00:59:55,480 --> 01:00:06,480
Before Carl off and Lugosi stalked the screens, the movies were no less monstrous.

621
01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:14,480
These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and danced in the macabre moonlight.

622
01:00:14,480 --> 01:00:25,480
Oh, they laughed, they cried, they fooled the sensibilities of honest, decent folk.

623
01:00:25,480 --> 01:00:37,480
In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out with a savage humanity that took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

624
01:00:37,480 --> 01:00:47,480
They were in the silence. No one can hear you scream.

625
01:00:47,480 --> 01:00:50,480
Hmm.

626
01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:56,480
You know, Pierre, this bucket of fish heads isn't so bad.

627
01:00:56,480 --> 01:01:08,480
Perhaps I should be more civil with Matthew and Vincent. Perhaps if I extend the olive branch, they may be more amenable to my desperate situation.

628
01:01:08,480 --> 01:01:17,480
For it is not the infernal recording booth that upsets me so, but rather the lack of human connection.

629
01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:20,480
No offense, Pierre.

630
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:36,480
But do you hear me, my captors? Matthew, Vincent, I throw down the bucket of fish head gauntlet and I say to you, come and visit me sometime and you shall have a fish head for yourself.

631
01:01:36,480 --> 01:01:38,480
Hmm.

632
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:43,480
Oh, this is some good food.

633
01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:58,480
Well, well, well, well, Domen und Heron, welcome to Silent but Deadly, where I, Peter Lorre, review monster movies from the silent era with the supreme leisure.

634
01:01:58,480 --> 01:02:20,480
My positively relish my summoning from the spirit world to willingly lend my voice to a podcast. This week we discuss Metropolis from director Fritz Long, who might be just as well known for his films, M, in the Dr. Mobusa series.

635
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:47,480
Metropolis was made in Germany during the Weimar period. It is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and follows the attempts of Frader, the wealthy son of the city master, and Maria, a saintly figure to the workers, who overcome the vast gulf separating the classes in their city and bring these workers together with the films often repeated message reads,

636
01:02:47,480 --> 01:02:54,480
quote, the mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart.

637
01:02:54,480 --> 01:03:08,480
Metropolis is difficult to surmise in mere minutes. It is an epic science fiction film with elements of horror in the mad scientist Rottwein and his evil android mistress.

638
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:23,480
The movie is cited among the most influential of all time with its design elements appearing in other classics like Blade Runner and Matthews personal favorite movie of all time, Megalopolis.

639
01:03:23,480 --> 01:03:43,480
And while I may prefer my own feature with Fritz Lang, I cannot recommend Metropolis enough. Next time, oh yes, next time we will discuss one more movie from Germany and the expressionistic school and considering it's Halloween, this one will be perfect.

640
01:03:43,480 --> 01:04:06,480
If W. Murnow's other classic, Faust, I think I am getting good at this Pierre, so good that Matthew and Vincent are bound to notice. They just have to and if anything else, the bucket of fish heads will waft up the air vents into their nostrils and seduce them down below into the podcast booth.

641
01:04:13,480 --> 01:04:27,480
And now we hand it over to Peter Laurie, who is doing a great job of reviewing silent monster movies.

642
01:04:27,480 --> 01:04:28,480
That sounds great.

643
01:04:28,480 --> 01:04:30,480
I love it. Yeah.

644
01:04:30,480 --> 01:04:37,480
His reviews are getting a little bit more off the rails, I think, as time goes on, but he's doing good work. He's trying. Yeah.

645
01:04:37,480 --> 01:04:40,480
He's trying to keep some madness in Bay.

646
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:46,480
Yeah. Not totally successfully, I might add.

647
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:52,480
Yeah. But he's going to talk about the 1926 movie Faust, directed by F. W. Murnow.

648
01:04:52,480 --> 01:04:53,480
One of my favorites.

649
01:04:53,480 --> 01:04:54,480
Murnow. Yeah.

650
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:55,480
Love it.

651
01:04:55,480 --> 01:04:57,480
Gorgeous movie. Terrifying movie.

652
01:04:57,480 --> 01:05:08,480
Before Karloff and Logos had stalked the screens, the movies were no less monstrous.

653
01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:16,480
These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and had danced in the macabre moonlight.

654
01:05:16,480 --> 01:05:31,480
Oh, they laughed, they cried, they day fooled, the sensibilities and honest decent folk. In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out with a savage humanity.

655
01:05:31,480 --> 01:05:36,480
They took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

656
01:05:36,480 --> 01:05:46,480
Or in the silence, no one could hear you scream.

657
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:57,480
Hello, everybody. I am Peter Lorre. You may know me from such movies as Beat the Devil and Stranger on the Third Floor.

658
01:05:57,480 --> 01:06:17,480
These days I am a professional podcaster here in the afterlife. And I humbly thank Matthew and Vincent for disturbing my eternal rest, wrenching my bones from my tomb, and propping my withered corpse within the four walls of this booth, from which there is no escape.

659
01:06:17,480 --> 01:06:25,480
Unless, of course, I fulfill my audio obligations and review monster movies from the silent era.

660
01:06:25,480 --> 01:06:38,480
These past few weeks, we have explored the horror films of the German expressionist movement. Movies like The Golem, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and Metropolis.

661
01:06:38,480 --> 01:06:58,480
I present one more entry. It is called Faust from 1926 and directed by F.W. Murnau. Murnau, of course, better known, perhaps, for his masterpiece Nosferatu, in the Academy Award-winning best picture, Sunrise, a Song of Two Humans.

662
01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:17,480
But it is this retelling of the medieval legend of Faust that will haunt your dreams this, this, this spooky season. For the uninitiated, Faust is about the demon Mephisto, who makes a bet with an archangel that a good man's soul can be corrupted.

663
01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:35,480
Mephisto sets his sights on the thoughtful old alchemist Faust, who is desperately trying to save his village from the plague. He is able to, to help the villagers, thanks to Mephisto, but, but further dealings with the devil lead Faust on a decadent downward spiral.

664
01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:48,480
Can he redeem his soul before it is too late? The film digs into the steams of fate, free will, human vanity, and self-sacrifice.

665
01:07:48,480 --> 01:08:00,480
Now Faust was the most expensive German film at the time, and despite being a box office disappointment, it is regarded among Murnau's best.

666
01:08:00,480 --> 01:08:07,480
It was also his last film in Germany before his move to the United States, where he made Sunrise.

667
01:08:07,480 --> 01:08:20,480
An interesting bit of trivia is that the night at Bald Mountain sequence in Disney's animated Phantasia was directly inspired by the monstrous demon imagery in Faust.

668
01:08:20,480 --> 01:08:35,480
Have I convinced you yet to check out this movie that is, that is, that is criminally underrated? Now do it, do it before I, I pardon me, ladies and gentlemen, I, I,

669
01:08:35,480 --> 01:08:54,480
but a little ahead of myself, as you know, I am trying to turn over a new leaf so that Matthew and Vincent might, might not renege on their, their commitment to releasing me from my, my podcast bondage at the, at the conclusion of this silent but deadly series.

670
01:08:54,480 --> 01:09:07,480
And in that vein, next time we will move back to the United States and discuss the, the 1920 adaptation of Dr. Tickle and Mr. Hyde, starring the one and only John Barrymore.

671
01:09:07,480 --> 01:09:26,480
What do you know, it will also be November and I will give thanks for nearing the end of my podcast purgatorio.

672
01:09:37,480 --> 01:10:06,480
Starring Vincent Price, who inspired by a seductive woman is overpowered with lust to kill Peter Lorre, too sensitive for both the life he lives and the lives he takes.

673
01:10:06,480 --> 01:10:21,480
Body fingers. Boris Karloff, the ancient one with a fount of sweet memories. Alexander the Great and barmed in honey, so they say.

674
01:10:21,480 --> 01:10:33,480
Abundantly blessed, Joyce Jamison, an unhappy, unkissed bride. Aren't you coming to bed, husband?

675
01:10:33,480 --> 01:10:40,480
Rubarb, the cat in the house of unholy horror.

676
01:10:40,480 --> 01:10:54,480
Amazing Joey Brown, shockingly amazed.

677
01:10:54,480 --> 01:11:05,480
And inimitable Bessel Rathbone, who's wrath will slash you to the bone.

678
01:11:05,480 --> 01:11:11,480
A mad killer, like the angel of death, stalks his next victim.

679
01:11:11,480 --> 01:11:28,480
He has a nose.

680
01:11:28,480 --> 01:11:55,480
Well, you're here because you're dead, Mr. Black. The hell I am.

681
01:11:55,480 --> 01:12:22,480
Music

682
01:12:22,480 --> 01:12:33,480
True terror is the soft cold caress of the Ravenswing.

683
01:12:33,480 --> 01:12:36,480
Your hand is a cope.

684
01:12:36,480 --> 01:12:46,480
A woman whose desires transcend reality. The mysterious powers of black magic, these you will explore.

685
01:12:46,480 --> 01:12:57,480
Now what is it you need? You got some bright blood over the back in the house.

686
01:12:57,480 --> 01:13:10,480
The Raven will take you careening through the darkest of dangers, into the ominous mystery of a master magician's evil castle.

687
01:13:10,480 --> 01:13:15,480
Afraid, my dear?

688
01:13:15,480 --> 01:13:26,480
I offer you a choice. The secret of your hand manipulations or this against this.

689
01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:28,480
Well, don't you stand there.

690
01:13:28,480 --> 01:13:35,480
Do something.

691
01:13:35,480 --> 01:13:37,480
This is no answer.

692
01:13:37,480 --> 01:13:45,480
Very well then. Adieu to the death.

693
01:13:45,480 --> 01:14:13,480
Music

694
01:14:13,480 --> 01:14:20,480
Close the Raven nevermore.

695
01:14:20,480 --> 01:14:24,480
How, Vincent, how's Peter Laurie doing?

696
01:14:24,480 --> 01:14:28,480
He's actually doing really well. I got a note from him.

697
01:14:28,480 --> 01:14:37,480
He sent it through his, I guess you can call it his support animal, but he has a friend named Pierre.

698
01:14:37,480 --> 01:14:50,480
Pierre's a mouse who channels messages back and forth between my office and Peter's recording booth with little notes tied onto his back.

699
01:14:50,480 --> 01:14:52,480
Pierre's back.

700
01:14:52,480 --> 01:14:53,480
Nice.

701
01:14:53,480 --> 01:14:55,480
Anyways, Mr. Laurie's doing great.

702
01:14:55,480 --> 01:15:01,480
He sent a message saying he wants to have a friendship with us. He wants to get to know us more.

703
01:15:01,480 --> 01:15:07,480
So maybe at the happy hour at the end of the season, we can share a drink with him.

704
01:15:07,480 --> 01:15:14,480
Okay. Yeah, I'm a little nervous about that. You know, he kind of gives me the creep sometimes, but he's doing a great job with these reviews.

705
01:15:14,480 --> 01:15:16,480
I guess we have to let him out at some point, right?

706
01:15:16,480 --> 01:15:27,480
Yeah, yeah. We have to own up to that. He's doing a killer job. This week he's going to be talking about the 1920 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

707
01:15:27,480 --> 01:15:29,480
Starring Lon Cheney Senior, right?

708
01:15:29,480 --> 01:15:31,480
No, John Barrymore.

709
01:15:31,480 --> 01:15:33,480
Ah, how could I have gotten that wrong?

710
01:15:33,480 --> 01:15:35,480
You're wrong. All right.

711
01:15:35,480 --> 01:15:41,480
I must have read one of those factually incorrect reference books. That's how.

712
01:15:41,480 --> 01:15:43,480
Crestwood book.

713
01:15:43,480 --> 01:15:52,480
Well, hopefully, you know, Peter Laurie will gain his freedom from the recording booth and join us at the holiday party soon.

714
01:15:52,480 --> 01:15:53,480
Yeah, stay tuned.

715
01:15:53,480 --> 01:15:54,480
I mean, how we can work that one out.

716
01:15:54,480 --> 01:15:56,480
Yeah, for sure. Yeah.

717
01:15:56,480 --> 01:15:59,480
I will probably still keep my distance, though.

718
01:16:26,480 --> 01:16:38,480
For in the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out with a savage humanity that took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

719
01:16:38,480 --> 01:16:43,480
We're in the silence. No one can hear you scream.

720
01:16:43,480 --> 01:16:57,480
Hello, ladies and gentlemen. This is your host, Peter Laurie. Welcome to Silent But Daily, where I review monster movies from the silent era.

721
01:16:57,480 --> 01:17:04,480
You may know me from such pictures as invisible agent and the comedy of terrors.

722
01:17:04,480 --> 01:17:10,480
Two comedies that really showcase how funny and goofy I can be.

723
01:17:10,480 --> 01:17:15,480
Oh, Pierre, you want to hear a joke?

724
01:17:15,480 --> 01:17:18,480
Okay.

725
01:17:18,480 --> 01:17:24,480
What is Robert Louis Stevenson's favorite childhood game?

726
01:17:24,480 --> 01:17:27,480
Mr. Hide and Seek.

727
01:17:27,480 --> 01:17:44,480
Pierre, when Bela Logosi hosts this segment, then Bela Logosi can make his own jokes. Until then, I have, I have one, two, three more episodes of Silent But Daily to go.

728
01:17:44,480 --> 01:17:49,480
And then, and then I will pass the torch to Mr. Logosi.

729
01:17:49,480 --> 01:17:58,480
Do not cry, my little mouse companion. You must remain among the living and spread the word of underage and horror pictures.

730
01:17:58,480 --> 01:18:08,480
And speaking of which, this week on Silent But Deadly, we are discussing the 1920 adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide.

731
01:18:08,480 --> 01:18:28,480
This movie stars the legendary John Barrymore, the screenplays by Clara Barringer, who based her script off the 1887 stage play, which in turn was based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novella, The Strange Case, with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide.

732
01:18:28,480 --> 01:18:46,480
Barringer's take on the story is influenced almost as much by Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dory and Grey. Perhaps there are only so many ways to play, old people being corrupted by their own villainous alter egos made manifest a spiral into murder and madness.

733
01:18:46,480 --> 01:18:59,480
At the time, critical reception was mixed, but it was a popular movie for paramount. And one viewing in New York, an overeager crowd smashed a door in windows trying to get into the cinema.

734
01:18:59,480 --> 01:19:11,480
Most of the praise was lavished on Mr. Barrymore, whose transformation into the monstrous doctor, Mr. Hide, was achieved through physical contortions and ghastly makeup.

735
01:19:11,480 --> 01:19:22,480
Indeed, his appearance was so frightening, the critic for film magazine, Photoplay, warned that mothers should avoid this movie with the safety of the prenatal health.

736
01:19:22,480 --> 01:19:34,480
This movie's ghastly appeal would inspire paramount to return to the story in 1931, when Frederick March played the lead and even won an Oscar for his unhinged insanity.

737
01:19:34,480 --> 01:19:41,480
Nevertheless, John Barrymore's rendition should not be overlooked for fans of monster movies.

738
01:19:41,480 --> 01:19:55,480
Next time on Silent But Deadly, we discuss another deranged dingback, everyone's favorite hunchback Quasimodo, in 1923's The Hunchback of Notre Dame was Lon Cheney.

739
01:19:55,480 --> 01:20:00,480
Oh, of course, thank you Pierre for reminding me.

740
01:20:00,480 --> 01:20:10,480
Please, please, you let Matthew and Vincent know that I will indeed accept their invitation to join for a, for a, for a happy hour.

741
01:20:10,480 --> 01:20:16,480
Perhaps I will even prepare a short comedic routine for them and their guests.

742
01:20:16,480 --> 01:20:33,480
Knock, knock, oh, goes there.

743
01:20:33,480 --> 01:20:38,480
A happy Thanksgiving to Peter Lorre.

744
01:20:38,480 --> 01:20:42,480
Yeah, what is he thankful for these days?

745
01:20:42,480 --> 01:20:50,480
He's thankful that he only has two more episodes left and then he's going right back to the spirit world from whence he came.

746
01:20:50,480 --> 01:21:05,480
I'm thankful that his movie reviews about the Silent Era are so good, so insightful and so well delivered that finally he will be liberated from his earthly prison where he's forced to give movie reviews on our behalf.

747
01:21:05,480 --> 01:21:18,480
You know, it's a terrible fate, but we did force him to do this, so we are culpable in this, but he forgives us, we forgive him, we break bread with Mr. Lorre this week.

748
01:21:18,480 --> 01:21:20,480
Happy Thanksgiving to Mr. Lorre.

749
01:21:20,480 --> 01:21:26,480
Happy Thanksgiving, Peter.

750
01:21:26,480 --> 01:21:41,480
Before Karloff and Legosi stalked the screens, the movies were no less monstrous. These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and danced in the macabre moonlight.

751
01:21:41,480 --> 01:22:03,480
Oh, they laughed, they cried, they fooled the sensibilities of honest, decent folk. In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls, known the last, cried out with a savage humanity, took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

752
01:22:03,480 --> 01:22:13,480
In the silence, no one can hear you scream.

753
01:22:13,480 --> 01:22:25,480
Oh, Pierre, that is a funny joke. No, no, no, no, no, you are right, my little furry friend. It does sound like that.

754
01:22:25,480 --> 01:22:37,480
Oh, I had no idea you were such a gifted impressionist and jokester. Perhaps you would like to take the lead on this week's segment?

755
01:22:37,480 --> 01:22:45,480
No, I know it is my sworn obligation. I just want to let you know that you could do it if you so chose.

756
01:22:45,480 --> 01:22:56,480
Perhaps after I return to my beloved box in the ground, Matthew and Vincent will recognize you for the supreme audio talent that you are.

757
01:22:56,480 --> 01:23:25,480
Yes, Pierre, yes, embrace your inner podcaster, show the bastards on the outside what you are made of. By all means, microphone beckons in the floor is yours.

758
01:23:25,480 --> 01:23:46,480
Oh, Pierre, that was not appropriate to what you said there at the end. Remember, they are now our friends, so please, please allow me this second take and perhaps Matthew and Vincent will be none the wiser.

759
01:23:46,480 --> 01:24:01,480
Welcome to Silent Bodegley. I am your host, Peter Laurie. You may know me from such movies as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Verdict.

760
01:24:01,480 --> 01:24:20,480
This week, I bring you the 1923 Universal Monster movie, The Hodgeback of Notre Dame, starring Hollywood legend Lon Chaney, known as the Man of a Thousand Faces, for his prowess with makeup and physical transformations.

761
01:24:20,480 --> 01:24:33,480
Now, this movie is based on the 1831 novel by Victor Hugo, and it tells an interwoven story of love, loneliness and mad jealousy.

762
01:24:33,480 --> 01:24:54,480
Chaney stars as the titular hunchback named Quasimodo. Chaney's makeup for Quasimodo has become legendary in its own right with the prosthetic hump and the milky white eye and the toelessless grin and the physical contortions remaining in credible sights to behold.

763
01:24:54,480 --> 01:25:05,480
The movie truly established Chaney as a star and is credited with being the first monster movie in the renowned canon of universal horrors.

764
01:25:05,480 --> 01:25:30,480
The trade publication Harrison's report reported after the release of the movie that the hunchback of Notre Dame is a two-hour nightmare. It's murderous, hideous and repulsive. What makes this production a piece of art, however, is the work of Mr. Chaney, the pedigret, the characters, the king of the beggars, the mob scenes, the love story, all impress one.

765
01:25:30,480 --> 01:25:46,480
But the one thing that will stand out in one's memory is Quasimodo. Mr. Chaney's work will live in the memory of when all else has faded away. The hunchback of Notre Dame is an accomplishment of which any producer should feel proud.

766
01:25:46,480 --> 01:25:53,480
This, this hapless podcasting movie critic happens to agree.

767
01:25:53,480 --> 01:26:05,480
Next time on Silent but Deadly, we will revisit one more long Chaney picture, a weird crime thriller directed by Todd Browning called The Unholy Three.

768
01:26:05,480 --> 01:26:24,480
In sweet unholy Moses Pierre put down that awful weapon. My goodness gracious, where did you ever get such a large cleaver? No Pierre, I did not mean to insult you before. I just, you just, you just need to practice a little. No, no, do not come any closer.

769
01:26:36,480 --> 01:26:42,480
Well, perhaps there will be other guests in the next season of Camp Caju.

770
01:26:42,480 --> 01:26:44,480
Yeah, we'll see. Yeah.

771
01:26:44,480 --> 01:26:50,480
Maybe Bella Legosi. I'm not sure yet. We're, we're in contract negotiations.

772
01:26:50,480 --> 01:26:58,480
Which I'm sure is especially difficult if you, if they're coming from beyond the grave, like they're just like unforeseen obstacles, you know.

773
01:26:58,480 --> 01:27:01,480
Yeah, backdoor channel type of thing.

774
01:27:01,480 --> 01:27:03,480
Yeah, yeah, for sure.

775
01:27:03,480 --> 01:27:05,480
Okay.

776
01:27:33,480 --> 01:27:43,480
Silent pictures. These gruesome ghouls nonetheless crying out of savage humanity took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

777
01:27:43,480 --> 01:27:48,480
We're in the silence. No one can hear you scream.

778
01:27:48,480 --> 01:28:03,480
Oh, oh my goodness. This, this is terrible. I must clean up all this blood before Matthew and Vincent find out what has happened to Pierre.

779
01:28:03,480 --> 01:28:19,480
If, if anyone is listening to this recording, the events of last time will forever echo in the broken caverns of my mind. My, my beloved companion, my, my, my partner in this podcast of doom.

780
01:28:19,480 --> 01:28:36,480
My precocious mouse friend Pierre came at me with a meat cleaver. I do not know what snapped inside his little furry noggin, but perhaps he can no longer stand this blasted recording prison.

781
01:28:36,480 --> 01:28:52,480
Friends, I turned the cleaver on Pierre. It was no difficult matter. He stood no chance considering the size disparity between the two of us, but, but, but I had no choice.

782
01:28:52,480 --> 01:29:15,480
Oh, there's even blood on the microphone. Well, let me, what am I to do but carry on the work I have been summoned to do this week on silent but deadly we, I mean, I discussed a long, shiny picture, the, the unholy three directed by Todd Brown and of Dracula fame.

783
01:29:15,480 --> 01:29:23,480
The film is a disturbing crime thriller about three carnies who use their sideshow talents for grand larceny.

784
01:29:23,480 --> 01:29:31,480
Chaney plays the ventriloquist master of disguise leading the gang as a seemingly four old woman.

785
01:29:31,480 --> 01:29:43,480
Harry Earls of freaks and the Wizard of Oz plays Tweedle Dee, the dwarf who masquerades as a, as a baby to gain entry into upscale households.

786
01:29:43,480 --> 01:29:49,480
The third member is the muscle, Hercules, the strong man.

787
01:29:49,480 --> 01:29:57,480
The unholy three was produced by Metro Goldwyn Mair was the first of eight movies between Chaney and Browning.

788
01:29:57,480 --> 01:30:04,480
It was wildly popular in the New York Times named it one of the top 10 films of 1925.

789
01:30:04,480 --> 01:30:12,480
The movie was was subsequently remade as a talking picture in 1930 with Chaney and Earls reprising their roles.

790
01:30:12,480 --> 01:30:18,480
Alas, it would be Chaney's swan song and the only film to feature the actor's voice.

791
01:30:18,480 --> 01:30:28,480
An icon of the movies he, like your bereaved host, was forever entombed in the silence.

792
01:30:28,480 --> 01:30:36,480
There be any peace in this, in this ill begotten world it is that I have but one more segment left on my unholy contract.

793
01:30:36,480 --> 01:30:46,480
Hmm, what should I do next? Nosferatu? Waxworks? Perhaps the Phantom Carriage or the Hands of Orlock?

794
01:30:46,480 --> 01:30:56,480
There are so many to choose. Ah, screw it, let's talk about dinosaurs in the last world brought to you by the one and only Willis O'Brien.

795
01:30:56,480 --> 01:31:06,480
Oh, now what's the deal about all this blood? It is so sticky and... and...

796
01:31:06,480 --> 01:31:21,480
Alright, this is our last segment for Silent but Deadly with Peter Lorre.

797
01:31:21,480 --> 01:31:26,480
We're going to talk about the 1925 dinosaur movie The Lost World.

798
01:31:26,480 --> 01:31:28,480
Classic.

799
01:31:28,480 --> 01:31:38,480
Yeah, early Willis O'Brien, really cutting his teeth there in prep for King Kong, six years later.

800
01:31:38,480 --> 01:31:43,480
Yeah, what did Peter think about The Lost World? I guess we'll have to listen and find out.

801
01:31:43,480 --> 01:31:49,480
Yeah, I have actually never spoken to Peter Lorre. It's Pierre the Rat who sends us messages.

802
01:31:49,480 --> 01:31:55,480
I haven't seen that little guy in a while. Still don't know what's happening down there.

803
01:31:55,480 --> 01:32:02,480
Hopefully everything's okay. Let's just not go down there and assume that everything is fine.

804
01:32:02,480 --> 01:32:11,480
But maybe we'll see Mr. Lorre at the holiday party and we hope to have you all tune into that as well. It's gonna be a good time.

805
01:32:11,480 --> 01:32:21,480
Before Carloff and Lugosi stocked the screens, the movies were no less monstrous.

806
01:32:21,480 --> 01:32:29,480
These frightful figures lurked in the expressionistic shadows and danced in the macabre moonlight.

807
01:32:29,480 --> 01:32:36,480
They laughed and cried. They fooled the sensibilities of the honest, decent folk.

808
01:32:36,480 --> 01:32:47,480
In the age of silent pictures, these gruesome ghouls nonetheless cried out for the savage humanity that took the breath from all who witnessed their devilish delights.

809
01:32:47,480 --> 01:32:51,480
In the silence, no one can hear you scream.

810
01:32:56,480 --> 01:32:59,480
And no one can hear my pleas for help.

811
01:32:59,480 --> 01:33:09,480
Matthew and Vincent will be hosting the happy hour next week, but without my Pierre to fairy messages back and forth, I am afraid I will be left out of the festivities.

812
01:33:09,480 --> 01:33:13,480
Ah rats, in more ways than one.

813
01:33:13,480 --> 01:33:19,480
Well, I take comfort knowing that this is my last segment of Silent but Deadly.

814
01:33:19,480 --> 01:33:38,480
I am sorry, long time, impassioned listeners. At times it has been a pleasure to bring you silent monster movies, but if we're being honest, I could use the kind of sleep that one may only find in terminal dreamland.

815
01:33:38,480 --> 01:33:59,480
Therefore, without further ado, I bring you this week's picture, The Lost World, 1925 and produced by First National Pictures. It is based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and is noted for being the first feature film in which Willis O'Brien utilized his groundbreaking stop motion animation.

816
01:33:59,480 --> 01:34:08,480
And while crude by King Kong standards, the effects are nonetheless captivating in bringing the dinosaurs to life.

817
01:34:08,480 --> 01:34:13,480
Those dinosaurs are discovered within a jungle high in Peru.

818
01:34:13,480 --> 01:34:32,480
The expedition has set out to discover the truth behind rumors of prehistoric animals living in the land that time has forgotten. Turanodons, Allosaurus, Traceratops, Brontosaurus and even an 8 man missing link are all featured in O'Brien's world of adventure and terror.

819
01:34:32,480 --> 01:34:42,480
The most memorable feature of the movie is the climax where a Brontosaurus has been brought back to New York City and breaks its cage.

820
01:34:42,480 --> 01:34:54,480
The dinosaur rampage of Doros City will soon become a hallmark of giant monster movies and and and and kaiju.

821
01:34:54,480 --> 01:35:05,480
The Lost World received critical acclaim upon its release. It was screened for Sir Conan Doyle and on that note, I conclude silent but deadly.

822
01:35:05,480 --> 01:35:13,480
Take me gods of the underworld take me now please God.

823
01:35:13,480 --> 01:35:17,480
Allow me to consult my contract.

824
01:35:17,480 --> 01:35:35,480
Section two in in in in the the writer on page a section section seven B. Oh, what is this? What is this? This paper that has fallen from the contract?

825
01:35:35,480 --> 01:35:46,480
It bears the seal of Camp Kaiju. It is a personal note from Matthew and Vincent dated October 2024. My goodness, it reads.

826
01:35:46,480 --> 01:35:58,480
Dear Mr. Laurie, after considering how rude we were to subject you legend of the cinema to indentured servitude with nothing to eat but a bucket of fish heads.

827
01:35:58,480 --> 01:36:04,480
We would like to say you are are are free to return to the afterlife whenever you are ready.

828
01:36:04,480 --> 01:36:12,480
We hope you forgive us. We are not worthy of your talents. Stay campy Matthew Colavine and Vincent Hannum.

829
01:36:12,480 --> 01:36:21,480
Oh my goodness gracious what ladies and gentlemen this is this is both very exciting and extremely upsetting.

830
01:36:21,480 --> 01:36:29,480
I am I am both released of this torment and simultaneously filled with appreciation for for for broadcasting.

831
01:36:29,480 --> 01:36:34,480
Yes, I am ready to now for my journey to the grave.

832
01:36:34,480 --> 01:36:37,480
Oh, what a wonderful new skill set I have gained.

833
01:36:37,480 --> 01:36:45,480
Perhaps after my rest may return yet again. You hear me moving fast. I may return yet again.

834
01:37:07,480 --> 01:37:18,480
A piano long silent mysteriously plays again.

835
01:37:18,480 --> 01:37:23,480
It's weird and ominous chords filling up a deviled house with stark terror.

836
01:37:23,480 --> 01:37:33,480
A concerto of death, the cobra music of a dead man, played by a hand that returned from the grave to wreak vengeance on his betrayers.

837
01:37:33,480 --> 01:37:37,480
Marking each for murder as it strikes within human power.

838
01:37:37,480 --> 01:37:41,480
A horrifying monster that takes its evil commands from beyond.

839
01:37:41,480 --> 01:37:47,480
That cannot return to the tomb till it completes its mission of destruction.

840
01:37:47,480 --> 01:37:50,480
Hillary listen listen.

841
01:37:50,480 --> 01:37:57,480
Can you hear it? The piano in the hand playing is the hand. You will write all the time it was Ingram's hand that committed murder.

842
01:37:57,480 --> 01:38:05,480
I found fingerprints of identical pattern in the library in the home even on the window pan in your room Miss.

843
01:38:05,480 --> 01:38:07,480
You mean the same hand?

844
01:38:07,480 --> 01:38:09,480
I heard what they said in the garden. I couldn't help but hear them.

845
01:38:09,480 --> 01:38:11,480
That's a lie. You're lying.

846
01:38:11,480 --> 01:38:15,480
I'm not a liar but you. You are a coward. You don't want to hear the truth.

847
01:38:15,480 --> 01:38:34,480
Let's get away from here Bruce. We're not under arrest. What can they do if we just disappear?

848
01:38:45,480 --> 01:38:55,480
The End