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The Face Behind the Mask | Robert Florey | 1941

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The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

"How frail a thing to solve the riddle of death. We're really very stupid, Lang. We live surrounded by working models of this machine and only now it occurs to us to duplicate the machinery. The heart is nothing but a pump like this; veins and arteries are only tubes like these. So what could be simpler than to use the glass pump to force the real pump into action after it has stopped?"

#the man they could not hang #horror film #american cinema #1939 #nick grinde #karl brown #mad doctor cycle #boris karloff #lorna gray #robert wilcox #roger pryor #byron foulger #don beddoe #ann doran #charles trowbridge #joe de stefani #dick curtis #james craig #john tyrrell #stanley brown #delightful horror cheapy from Karloff's stint at Columbia; mad science shenanigans result in resurrection and a very stiff neck #cribbing from The Old Dark House and The Ninth Guest‚ with a fairly predictable shape and an ending that's just a little too neat #but I'd forgive this almost anything: it's just so much fun! karloff having the time of his life and getting to show some real range #first as a dedicated and honourable (if legally dubious) man of science‚ later twisted and bent on revenge. the second half setpiece is a #classic deadly dinner party scenario and it's honestly one of the best of its kind. this was the first in a series of technically unrelated #but informally bunched up films for Karloff in which he played mad scientists; if the others are even half as enjoyable as this old hokum #I'll be very happy indeed. of note: the second half bears some striking similarities to Christie's And Then There Were None but I'm p sure #this is a case of shared inspiration (from the Ninth Guest) as the book came out only a month or two after this film

The Face Behind the Mask | Robert Florey | 1941

Peter Lorre, John Tyrrell, George E. Stone, James Seay, Stanley Brown

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Penny Serenade (1941)

John Tyrrell: Press Operator (uncredited)

John Tyrrell entered show business at the age of 16 as half of the vaudeville dance team of Tyrrell and Mack. The act became very successful, and for the next ten years they played engagements all over the country and secured billing as featured players in the famous revue “George White’s Scandals.” As vaudeville began to wane, however, Tyrrell saw the handwriting on the wall and began studying acting, sensing that his future would be in motion pictures. He spent two years with a stock theater company in Connecticut perfecting his craft, then journeyed to Hollywood. He was soon placed under a long-term contract to Columbia Pictures, and appeared in many of the studio’s prestige pictures in supporting parts. He was a staple in the studio’s comedy shorts, and often appeared with such comics as El Brendel, Andy Clyde and The Three Stooges, specializing in playing con artists, swindlers and other shady types.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: [email protected]

Stage and vaudeville actor, Tyrrell began his career at 16 years of age and spent the next ten years in vaudeville. In 1936 Tyrrell signed a contract with Columbia Pictures and remained there until his death. He played in several supporting roles, serials and horror films. Tyrrell was married to stage actress Grette Ardine. Tyrrell appeared in 235 films. www.findagrave.com

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