Interesting Facts

[lynn cates]

Pratt

Hello Monty. Talking about Karloff? Keep going, I'll listen.

Now there was an actor and a craftsman!

LC

[Robert]

Brilliant actor.

Baron Frankenstein, of course, was a famous bodybuilder. In keeping with the Anna reference, it's rumoured that while he was creating the monster he whistled a happy tune - "Getting To Sew You," I think it was.

[Monty]

Lyn,

Apoligies, Anna was actually his Aunt.

His Father was Anglo-Indian, as well as his famous lisp he was bow legged, he wasnts the original choice for Frankenstein (Lugosi was), and he only played that part 3 times.

He was also extremely kind, playing Father Christmas at orphanages and childrend hospitals for many years, buying the presents himself and, when Lugosi was struggling for work, made sure he was cast as Igor in a Frankenstein movie. Stating if Bela wasnt in it, he wouldnt be and ensured Lugosi was paid equally to him.

Monty

[sdreid]

Perhaps because of his monster role, I always thought that Karloff was much taller than Lugosi but in reality Bela was taller by 2".

[sdreid]

There seem to be some bizarre deaths connected to John Barrymore. Guy Standing, the man he replaced in the Col. Nielson role of the Bulldog Drummond series, died soon afterward when he was bitten by a rattlesnake in 1937. Martha Mansfield, who starred with Barrymore in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, died on a movie set in 1923 when her dress accidentally caught fire.

[lynn cates]

thanks

Hello Monty. Thanks.

Question: Although Karloff played the monster only 3 times, in which of the canonical 8 Frankenstein movies did he play the evil Dr. Neimann? (Note: Frankenstein 1970 was not canonical.)

Cheers.
LC

[Steadmund Brand]

ohhh House of Frankenstein... I thought everyone forgot about that film...another fun Universal Monster fact, of all the classic Monsters, only 1 was played by the same actor in each film, and that is Lon Chaney JR as The Wolfman (also, Lon Played all three of the big Universal Monsters... name the films he was the Frankenstein Monster and "dracula")

[lynn cates]

right

Hello Steadman. The cast was a veritable who's who of great acting--Karloff, Zucco, Chaney, Carradine, Atwill and Strange.

Question: Who was the young lady who portrayed Marcus Welby's receptionist?

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

ohh teacher, teacher

Hello (again) Steadmund.

How about "Ghost of Frankenstein" (with Sir Cedrick Hardwicke) and "Son of Dracula"? (He also did a cameo of the monster on "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.")

Cheers.
LC

[Phil Carter]

If all the people of China stood on a kitchen chair and all jumped down at the same time, in unison, it would cause a tidal wave large enough to flood the USA.

Who needs Atom bombs?

best wishes

Phil

[sleekviper]

Edgar Wallace, who is given screen credit for the 1933 original "King Kong", never wrote a single word for the film, he died en route to America.

[Steven Russell]

Mark "Taggart" McManus was the half brother of the singer from 70s glam rockers Sweet.

Also, Ernest "Dr. Pretorius" Thesiger was a needlework expert and published a book on it.

Riveting stuff, I think you'll agree.

Steve.

[Monty]

Reg Varney was the first man in the UK to use an ATM.

Winston Churchills Mum had a tattoo.

Soldiers saluted originally to show they have no weapons in their hands.

Earth is not perfectly round.

Juventus play in black and white strips because Notts County donated a kit to them last century, the use to play in pink.

Everton also played in pink.

Arsenals white sleeve kit was originally a Forset kit, they bleached the sleeves to make it different.

The marathon extends over a mile because they wanted it to finnish infront of the Royal box.
Froggatt and Milburn are the only players ever to be accredited with a joint own goal....whilst playing for Leicester City.

The reason why the bouncing bombs in the Dambusters film was spherical and not cylindrical, as the really were, is because the Director had to guess the shape. This due to the fact the design was still deemed as classified information.

Pele tied up his boots just prior to kick off of the 1970 world cup final knowing the cameras would pick this up and beam it to homes around the world. His laces were never loose, his boot providers (Puma) asked him to do this. Pele obliged and made himself a packet.

Speaking of Puma, the Dassler brothers (Adolf and Rudi) made sports shoes just before and during the war.

Rudi was a big Nazi supporter whereas Adolf was not so keen. The pair fell out.

After the war, Adolf formed his own company called Adidas (Adi was his shortend name - ADI DASler) whereas Rudi formed Puma. The two companies are Dassler created. The brothers never spoke to each other again.

And that, my friends, is yer lot for now.

Monty

[harry]

The first British Jet fighter aircraft were built at Brockworth,Gloucester,England.They could take off from there,but could not land there,as the runway was too short for landing. They landed and operated from a different airfield.
The heavy defences around the airfield had one significant flaw,which was totally overlooked by the authorities.A person could approach unseen to wihin thirty yards of the engine test bed.This was known to only a few individuals,but luckily not to the enemy.

[Rubyretro]

[

QUOTE=Monty;153498]Boris Karloff attended the Merchant Taylor school. The same school Dr Frederick Gordon Brown attended.

Karloffs sister, Anna, was a Nanny in Siam and became this inspiration for Anna in the King & I.

Monty

[/QUOTE]

No, Monty ! Anna Leonowens was the sister of Karloff's (born Pratt !) paternel Grandmother.

I worked in a Hove Seaside Retirement Home' as a teenager -one of the resident's was Anna's grand-daughter (supposedly...after reading around JTR,
I wouldn't take that prima facie anymore.