88 years ago:
The Bride of Frankenstein (US)
After recovering from injuries sustained in the mob attack upon himself and his creation, Dr. Frankenstein falls under the control of his former mentor, Dr. Pretorius, who insists the now-chastened doctor resume his experiments in creating new life. Meanwhile, the Monster remains on the run from tho...
1935-04-20
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/229
#TheBrideofFrankenstein #JamesWhale #BorisKarloff #ValerieHobson #ErnestThesiger #Universal
#thebrideoffrankenstein #jameswhale #boriskarloff #valeriehobson #ernestthesiger #universal
"An audience needs something stronger than a pretty little love story. So why shouldn't I write of monsters?"
With an iconic #ElsaLanchester, unforgettable #ErnestThesiger, #ValerieHobson and #OPHeggie joining a peerless cast of Universal monster movie familiars, #JamesWhale's final genre film became the definitive horror sequel... and a truly unique Hollywood picture. #OnThisDay, in 1935, the immortal #BrideOfFrankenstein premiered at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco.
#elsalanchester #ernestthesiger #valeriehobson #opheggie #jameswhale #OnThisDay #brideoffrankenstein #gothic #horror
Remembering (Babette Louisa) #ValerieHobson (1917-98), the luminous British film and stage actress, born in County Antrim #OnThisDay. Immortalised, at the age of 17, as Baroness Frankenstein in James Whale's peerless #BrideOfFrankenstein, she also portrayed Henry Hull's wife in Universal's #WerewolfOfLondon, Helena in #TheMysteryOfEdwinDrood (all 1935), Estella in David Lean's #GreatExpectations (1946) and Edith D'Ascoyne in #KindHeartsAndCoronets (1949).
#valeriehobson #OnThisDay #brideoffrankenstein #werewolfoflondon #themysteryofedwindrood #greatexpectations #kindheartsandcoronets #botd #otd #gothichorror #horror
I just watched Train of Events (Sidney Cole / Charles Crichton / Basil Dearden, 1949) and rated it 8/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_of_Events?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastadon #TrainOfEvents #JackWarner #ValerieHobson #EalingFilms
#ealingfilms #valeriehobson #jackwarner #trainofevents #cinemastadon #cinema #films
71 years ago:
The Card (UK)
A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman...
1952-02-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/43369
#TheCard #AlecGuinness #GlynisJohns #ValerieHobson #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film
#thecard #alecguinness #glynisjohns #valeriehobson #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film
84 years ago:
Q Planes (UK)
An eccentric Scotland Yard inspector thinks something beamed from a spy ship is dropping planes.
1939-02-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/43833
#QPlanes #LaurenceOlivier #RalphRichardson #ValerieHobson #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film
#qplanes #laurenceolivier #ralphrichardson #valeriehobson #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film
I just watched The Card (Ronald Neame, 1952) and rated it 8/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Card_%281952_film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastadon #TheCard #RonaldNeame #ArnoldBennett #AlecGuinness #ValerieHobson #GlynisJohns #PetulaClark
#petulaclark #glynisjohns #valeriehobson #AlecGuinness #arnoldbennett #ronaldneame #thecard #cinemastadon #cinema #films
88 years ago:
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (US)
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
1935-02-04
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/84718
#TheMysteryofEdwinDrood #ClaudeRains #DavidManners #ValerieHobson #Universal #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #Movies #Film
#themysteryofedwindrood #clauderains #davidmanners #valeriehobson #universal #classicfilm #classicmovies #movies #film
I just watched The Small Voice (Fergus McDonell, 1948) and rated it 7/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Small_Voice?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastadon #TheSmallVoice #ValerieHobson #HowardKeel
#howardkeel #valeriehobson #thesmallvoice #cinemastadon #cinema #films