#arch oboler

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Lights Out

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Arch Oboler’s Comedy Theatre

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On May 11, 2013, The Twonky was screened on TCM Underground.

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On the topic of Peter Lorre impressions, and there are indeed many: here is a work from horror writer and absolute mad lad Arch Oboler, with a track from his 1962 record "Drop Dead! An Exercise in Horror."

Every story on this record is fun and even a bit chilling for the young horror fans out there, and it's all on Youtube if you want to hear it. However this is my favorite track because it reminds me of my own creepy cannibal creation, the PL-inspired thing who hungers, Torg. I created him before I ever heard this story, so I just about fell out of my chair the first time I listened.

me: Hey Torg, I think we found a long-lost member of your family.

Torg: You did? Oh how wonderful. ^_^

Of course Torg eats his victims whole, so perhaps it is not quite so gory as this recording, but still. Personally I find the entire track hilarious in a dark sort of way. The impressionist really struck that chord of pity in the midst of horror that only Peter could conjure, assuming Peter would agree to deliver a line like "I like to eat brains!"

[shushmuckle]

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CW: True horror.

"Look at them, six hundred thousand people, have you ever seen so many? So many people. Some relatives, neighbors, friends, most of them strangers, but people, drawing breath as you do...and wondering why they are there.

"I'll tell you why they are there, and why you are there. Give a signal--"

May 24, 1945. Peter Lorre starred in the radio broadcast of “An Exercise in Horror: A Peculiar Comedy” for Arch Oboler’s Plays.

This is a clip from near the end of the show. Look at the date and remember what had been happening in Europe, and Lorre's own ancestry.

It is not a comfortable listen, it is not an easy listen, but I don't think anyone other than Lorre could have delivered this message to the American public.

Here is the entire broadcast.

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Henry H. Daniels-Phyllis Thaxter-Edmund Gwenn "Bewitched" 1945, de Arch Oboler.

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O precursor da tecnologia 3D de Avatar: "The bubble", de 1966

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The Bubble (1966) dir. Arch Oboler

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The Twonky (1953)

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1966.

Arch Oboler’s Space-Vision at the Ivar Theater.

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Have a great Sci-Fi Saturday cult film and B-Movie fans! Here's some new art inspired by The Twonky to celebrate!

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It just dawned on me... this whole movie is just Arch Oboler’s photodump.

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Frank Lloyd Wright's design for film director and producer Arch Oboler which can be seen in Oboler's 1951 Sci-Fi, Five.

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Episode 371 - Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg was one of the radio era's busiest and best performers. The versatile and talented actress could be heard on everything from detective dramas to westerns, often playing multiple characters in the same episode. We'll hear her as a woman held captive by a maniac in "Goodnight, Mrs. Russell" (originally aired on CBS on August 3, 1954) and as half of a murderous pair of newlyweds in "When the Bough Breaks" (originally aired on CBS on December 6, 1955). Plus, we'll hear her in a thriller from the typewriter of the great Arch Oboler - "Come to the Bank With Me" (originally aired on NBC on October 31, 1964).

Check out this episode!

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Barbara Britton-Robert Stack "Bwana, diablo de la selva" (Bwana devil) 1952, de Arch Oboler.