#Maude Eburne

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The brilliant cast of Leo McCarey’s RUGGLES OF RED GAP (1935), (top to bottom left) Maude Eburne, Lucien Littlefield, ZaSu Pitts, Roland Young. (top to bottom right) Charlie Ruggles, Mary Boland, Charles Laughton, and Leila Hyams.

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The Suspect (1944)

"Don't you think that an innocent man might be more tolerant in the cause of justice?"

"No, I don't. I think an innocent man might behave precisely as I have."

"Well, I'm sorry, but I can't agree with you."

"Why don't you arrest me? Here I am."

"I'd like to, believe me, but unfortunately I can't."

"No, you've run against a blank wall. You take my advice and don't beat your head against it."

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From The Vampire Bat (1933)

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#ThrowbackThursday Two lobby cards for “The Passionate Plumber,” 1932

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Round 1, Match 33

Maude Eburne vs Scatman Crothers

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The Boogie Man Will Get You

In The Boogie Man Will Get You, mad scientist Boris Karloff sells his colonial house to Winnie, frustrating banker Peter Lorre. But he’s been experimenting on traveling salesmen — whose corpses are in the basement! Then Winnie’s ex-husband shows up … Continue reading The Boogie Man Will Get You

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Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) Leo McCarey

December 17th 2023

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Dwight Frye and Maude Eburne as Aunt Gussie in an original publicity still for The Vampire Bat (1933). Maude was born in Bronte on the Lake, Ontario, Canada, and had 120 acting credits from 1918 to 1951. Her entry among my best 1,001 movies is To Be or Not To Be. This is her third honorable mention, after The Bat Whispers (1930) and You Belong To Me.

Her other notable credits include Blonde Crazy, Ladies They Talk About, Ruggles of Red Gap, Lil Abner (1940 as Granny Scragg), The Strawberry Blonde, Among the Living, Up in Arms, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

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Buster Keaton, Irene Purcell, and Maude Eburne The Passionate Plumber - 1932

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Dread by the Decade: The Vampire Bat

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★★

Plot: When people begin dying of blood loss, a town's residents become convinced a vampire is in their midst.

Review: While its attempt to subvert the genre is commendable, this film is brought down by bad comedic relief and muddled storytelling.

Year: 1933 Genre: Sci-Fi Horror Country: United States Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 3 minutes

Director: Frank R. Strayer Writer: Edward T. Lowe, Jr. Cinematographer: Ira H. Morgan Editor: Otis Garrett Composer: Charles Dunworth Cast: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas, Dwight Frye, Maude Eburne

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Story: 2/5 - The shrill, unfunny comedic relief ruins the film's tone and takes up a shocking amount of screen time. As a result, the characters are unexplored and the story doesn't get the attention it needs to make sense.

Performances: 3/5 - Atwill is solid enough, but Frye's portrayal of a disabled man is hard to watch, Eburne is painfully unfunny, and Wray is as generic as ever.

Cinematography: 3.5/5 - Some creative framing.

Editing: 3.5/5 - Interesting use of wipes.

Music: 2.5/5

Effects: 3/5 - Fun lab effects but the "monster" is odd.

Sets: 3.5/5 - The lab and cave are the stand outs.

Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 3.5/5

Trigger Warnings:

Ableist depiction of a disabled man

Mild violence

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Here are 10 things you should know about Maude Eburne, born 148 years ago today. She enjoyed success as a character actress on the Broadway stage and in motion pictures.

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A few more #botd remembrances:

Esther Dale - Maude Eburne - Russell Johnson - Norma Crane

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The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)

"To think that I should be forced to reveal my secret prematurely, robbed of my triumph - and by a manufacturer of bogus hair restorer."

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“Boston Blackie” 06 (1943)

Decent comedy-thriller b-movie.

Blackie vouches for 10 prisoners and gets them out to work in a factory, to help the war effort. When one of them shoots a man, in self defence, Blackie takes the fall for murder to protect his programme. Then goes on the run to search for the witness to the shooting.

“The Chance of a Lifetime” is the 6th movie in the series. And the formula is mostly in place. There’s lots of running around, and several funny set pieces. The best involves two hilarious cleaning ladies (Maude Eburne, Marie De Becker).

There’s no mystery to solve. It’s just a question of finding the (shady) witness and convincing him to talk. The plot is flimsy, and the guy Blackie is protecting isn’t sympathetic, but it doesn’t matter. This is a light, fun romp.

6/10

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This Day in Buster…February 29, 1932

The Buffalo News enjoys this scene from “The Passionate Plumber,” describing it as a high point!

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Round 1 Results

Jesse White vs Joe Besser

Ed Wynn vs Broderick Crawford

Halliwell Hobbes vs Lionel Barrymore

Charlie Ruggles vs Ernest Thesiger

Frank Morgan vs Frank Jenks - tie

Betty Garrett vs Rags Ragland

Josephine Hull vs Mischa Auer

S.Z. Sakall vs Tom Dugan

Patsy Kelly vs Al St. John

Margaret Hamilton vs Edward Everett Horton

Nella Walker vs Hans Conried

Hattie McDaniel vs Billy Gilbert

Thurston Hall vs Leonid Kinskey

Marjorie White vs Eve Arden

Edward van Sloan vs Jack Oakie - tie

Charles Winninger vs Butterfly McQueen

Alan Mowbray vs Zasu Pitts

Charlotte Greenwood vs Henry Armetta

Marjorie Main vs Pat Buttram

William Demarest vs Bert Lahr

Marie Dressler vs Beulah Bondi

Una O'Connor vs Martha Raye

Dwight Frye vs Charles Coburn

Ned Sparks vs Esther Muir

Thelma Todd vs Elisha Cook Jr.

Christian Rub vs Samuel S. Hinds

Doodles Weaver vs Gail Patrick

Sydney Greenstreet vs Alice Brady

Roland Young vs John Carradine

James Gleason vs Verna Felton

Una Merkel vs Eugene Pallette

Willie Best vs Conrad Veidt

Maude Eburn vs Scatman Crothers

Guy Kibbee vs Walter Brennan - tie

Nat Pendleton vs Clarence Kolb

Jane Darwell vs Raymond Massey

Erich von Stroheim vs Barry Fitzgerald

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson vs Jack Carson

El Brendel vs Reginald Gardiner

Joseph Calleia vs Warren Hymer

Walter Slezak vs Sam Levene

Edna May Oliver vs Richard Lane

C. Aubrey Smith vs Charles Laughton

Gabby Hayes vs Red Buttons

Franklin Pangborn vs Elsa Lanchester

Lionel Atwill vs Martha Mattox

Bill Robinson vs Jessie Ralph

Andy Devine vs Harry Davenport

Richard Carle vs Ernest Truex

Edward Arnold vs Herman Bing

Cliff Edwards vs Sterling Holloway

George Zucco vs Nancy Kulp

Warner Oland vs Jean Adair

Gregory Ratoff vs Grady Sutton

Helen Broderick vs Glenda Farrell

Lillian Yarbo vs Arthur Edmund Carewe

Marjorie Gateson vs Hugh Herbert

Phil Silvers vs Joy Hodges

Ray Bolger vs George E. Stone

George Davis vs Donald Meek

Warner Baxter vs Jerry Colonna - tie

Spring Byington vs Stuart Erwin

Felix Bressart vs Angelo Rossitto

Eric Blore vs Billy Barty