“Certainly I was typed. But what is typing? It is a trademark, a means by which the public recognizes you. Actors work all their lives to achieve that. I got mine with just one picture. It was a blessing.” Boris Karloff
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Is that Ernest Thesiger with Boris here? Or is it just a really odd angle of James Whale?
It’s on the set of Bride of Frankenstein and that’s cinematographer John Mescall.
Thanks – was drawing a blank on the schnoz — but he’s holding his meter, should have guessed who is was from that alone.
I was listening to something today and it occurred to me you should pair songs with passages of your book, at least around here on the blog.
Perfect! By the way, I started “I Look Divine” tonight by Christopher Coe and I can vouch that I won’t be going to sleep until I finish it. Exquisite and precise portrait, a.k.a., a WOW. Thank you.