TheBoost said:
Warbler said:
TheBoost said:
Warbler said:
You think "Son of Frankenstein" is better than Frankenstein, Bride of, and Dracula? *beats up Boost*
Just not having Edward Van Sloan in it makes it better.
Lugosi as Igor!? Basil Rathbone! One armed Lionel Atwil!
Lugosi as Dracula? The first two performances of Boris Karloff as the Monster? The scene of the Monster with the blind man? Colin Clive? Elsa Lanchester?
Edward Van Sloan.
He also sucks the life out of "The Mummy."
NO!
His voice to me is one of the key ingredients of every October. I still hang on every syllable of his character expositions with baited breath just like I did as a child.Also, probably the only reason I got through Dracula's Daughter.
As far as the list, it's an impossible thing to merely nail down a cohesive list of titles to give people an all around glimpse of the medium. Everyone has their niche favorites, and many things will never be covered in the best-of's and textbooks in as good of detail as they should. Being a massive film historian, this was a huge challenge for me when I ran my own film society in college; in that I also tried to fill in all the huge gaps left by the pitiful classes.
Also, since this quickly became an American led medium it is always hard to pull back focus and examine many foreign features.
The best I can do is share the list of films I screened, lectured, discussed and programmed in college, otherwise I'd be here all day: