I saw two rather interesting old relic horror movies on Turner Classics last night. The first was
Murders in the Rue Morgue, with Bela Lugosi, and the second was
The Black Cat, with Lugosi and Boris Karloff.
They both seem so dated. ...
What interested me most about
Murders in the Rue Morgue was thinking I recognized one of the other actors, though he was a very young man at the time. I was correct: It was Leon Ames, best known to me as Judy Garland's father in
Meet Me in St. Louis. He was billed here under his birth name, Leon Waycoff. What interested me most about
The Black Cat was noticing that at the time, Boris Karloff was billed only as "Karloff." Apparently at that time he was so well known that he could go by one name. Like Madonna. ... Or Cher. ...
The Black Cat was set in contemporary times and had really cool Art Deco sets.