Bill Adler


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Wild Boys Of The Road (1933) -- (Movie Clip) You Won't Feel Anything Mournful scene as Tommy (Edwin Phillips), who lost his leg riding the rails, keeps the upper lip stiff while Eddie (Frankie Darro) doesn't and the doctor (Arthur Hohl) closes in, from William A. Wellman's Wild Boys of the Road, 1933.
Human Monster, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Growing Thames Death Toll Opening with one of several bits of impressive London location work, a body afloat then affronted police, lectured by Commissioner George Street, especially to Hugh Williams as detective Holt, in Dark Eyes Of London, 1939, also known by its Hollywood title, The Human Monster, starring Bela Lugosi.
Human Monster, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Dearborn's Home For The Destitute Blind Having just dismissed a suspicious copper, Bela Lugosi as insurance impresario Dr. Orloff, takes a shot of something, whereupon we follow Lou (Arthur Owen) to the blind home, greeted by creepy Jake (Wilfred Walter), then joining proprietor Dearborn, who might (?) also be Lugosi, in Dark Eyes Of London, 1939, a.k.a. The Human Monster.
Human Monster, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Your English Police Are Wonderful! Again on location in London, introducing second-billed, Norwegian-born Greta Gynt, as Diana, daughter of a murder victim, escorted by colorful Chicago cop Grogan (Alexander Field), greeted by his befuddled Scotland Yard minder Holt (Hugh Williams), in Dark Eyes Of London, 1939, a.k.a. The Human Monster, starring Bela Lugosi.
Human Monster, The (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Brilliant But Unbalanced Cut to first scene for Bela Lugosi (who sailed all the way to London for this one picture), as Dr. Orloff, his relation to murders reported in the previous scene not quite explained as yet, making a loan to Gerald Pring as Stuart, in Dark Eyes Of London, 1939, a.k.a. The Human Monster.
Wild Boys Of The Road (1933) -- (Movie Clip) I Was Tired Of It Anyway Really the climax of the opening chapters confirming the virtues of the protagonists, Eddie (Frankie Darro) gives his unemployed Dad (Grant Mitchell) the proceeds from selling his car, in Wild Boys of the Road, 1933.
Wild Boys Of The Road (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Sophomore Frolic The introduction of decent-but-broke heroes Eddie (Frankie Darro) and Tommy (Edwin Phillips), from William A. Wellman's acclaimed Great Depression drama Wild Boys of the Road, 1933.
Wild Boys Of The Road (1933) -- (Movie Clip) His Leg Looks Funny Famous sequence in which Eddie (Frankie Darro), Sally (Dorothy Coonan) and the gang, especially Tommy (Edwin Phillips), de-train as they come into Columbus, Arthur Hohl the doctor they visit, in William A. Wellman's Wild Boys of the Road, 1933.
So Dear To My Heart (1948) -- (Movie Clip) The Greatest Wealth Narration and vocal by John Beal, song by Irving Taylor and Ticker Freeman, story-book opening by Disney animators including Ub Iwerks and Josh Meador, and a quick look at the leading lad, Bobby Driscoll as Jerry, in the 1948 adaptation of the book by Sterling North, So Dear To My Heart.
So Dear To My Heart (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Black As A Lump Of Coal Jerry (Bobby Driscoll) and hardworking Granny (Beulah Bondi) check to see if the lambs have been born, on her Indiana farm, and we meet the black sheep who will become the boy’s true pet-project, in Walt Disney’s live-action plus animation feature So Dear To My Heart, 1948.
Warped Ones, The (a.k.a. The Weird Love Makers) -- (Movie Clip) You Lousy News Hounds! Koreyoshi Kurahara’s frantic and efficient opening, jazz score by Toshiro Mayuzumi, introduces Akira and Fumiko (Tamio Kawachi, Noriko Matsumoto), busted in a bar by journalist Kashiwagi and his date (Hiroyuki Nagato, Yuko Chishiro), then in and out of jail, in The Warped Ones, 1960.
Warped Ones, The (a.k.a. The Weird Love Makers) -- (Movie Clip) Scream All You Want In one reckless shot, Akira, Masaru and Fumiko (Tamio Kamachi, Eiji Go, Noriko Matsumoto) raid a Tokyo beach and run into Kashiwaji and Yuki (Hiroyuki Nagato, Yuko Chishiro), who recently got them sent to jail, revenge proceeding, in Koreyoshi Kurahara's The Warped Ones, 1960.

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