tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post6539853268591943032..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project-Stanley Ellin Part Three: Specialty of the House [5.12]John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-1537444019161710822020-01-11T10:18:54.692-08:002020-01-11T10:18:54.692-08:00Thanks! I corrected the post.Thanks! I corrected the post.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-56961982663263333072020-01-10T15:13:52.485-08:002020-01-10T15:13:52.485-08:00I believe the link to the 1987 version on YouTube ...I believe the link to the 1987 version on YouTube you say is in Spanish is actually in Italian.meyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11681039538474019565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-20389095396309729792019-01-28T14:21:56.183-08:002019-01-28T14:21:56.183-08:00Thanks, Mike. I'm allowed to make mistakes in ...Thanks, Mike. I'm allowed to make mistakes in the comments because I'm just going on memory, not research! Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-68599675571502401262019-01-28T09:34:03.689-08:002019-01-28T09:34:03.689-08:00Not to nit-pick …
That TZ episode where everybody...Not to nit-pick …<br /><br />That TZ episode where everybody was turned into statues - that was <i>Cecil Kellaway</i>, who was somewhat more robust.<br /><i>Cyril Delevanti</i>, a touch on the dessicated side, was Barry Morse's sourpuss butler in that other TZ episode.<br /><br />With you all the way on the Stanley Ellin stories, though … Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-53587241003957670332018-05-12T07:55:53.429-07:002018-05-12T07:55:53.429-07:00Thanks, Jordan! I recognized Delevanti right away ...Thanks, Jordan! I recognized Delevanti right away because I know him from that TZ episode where everyone turns into statutes. I'm reading the complete mystery stories of Stanley Ellin now and it's a volume I highly recommend--$7.99 on Kindle from Amazon.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-20109411664804891972018-05-12T07:54:02.744-07:002018-05-12T07:54:02.744-07:00Thanks, Grant. I never watched Ben Casey so I don&...Thanks, Grant. I never watched Ben Casey so I don't know her at all. Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-51428464305317382972018-05-10T18:36:04.023-07:002018-05-10T18:36:04.023-07:00Thanks for the great write-up, Jack! Really enjoy ...Thanks for the great write-up, Jack! Really enjoy this episode, especially the performances from Robert Morley and Madame Spivy. Also great to see some Zone faces in there in Haigh, Delevanti, and Keymas, who wore some of that great pig-person makeup in "Eye of the Beholder." <br /><br />I first read Ellin's story in an Otto Penzler-edited anthology titled The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time and greatly enjoyed it. I'd been searching for it for awhile by then. Later I came across an old paperback of Ellin's tales titled Quiet Horror which included this tale among others. It's a volume I treasure to this day. Ellin's stories aren't that easy to find, which is a shame. His collected mystery stories should remain in print. As good as this episode is I still think my favorite adaptation is the one done for The Price of Fear. I enjoy the novelty aspect of Price playing himself as stand-in for Costain. <br /><br />The ritualistic aspect of the whole charade is one of the creepier elements for sure but I hadn't realized just how many religious overtones were present in the tale. The disappearance of Ambrose Bierce tied in to a tale of cannibalism rang a bell and, if I'm not mistaken, I believe Gerald Kersh used a similar idea for his tale "The Secret of the Bottle," although in case of the Kersh story Bierce made it to Mexico before being eaten. <br /><br />I haven't seen the 1980s interpretation but I'll definitely have to track it down. Thanks again! JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14808904189056290207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-58442451197852605362018-05-10T16:27:33.877-07:002018-05-10T16:27:33.877-07:00Bettye Ackerman is also good as the killer's s...Bettye Ackerman is also good as the killer's secretary (though not any kind of accomplice) in the COLUMBO episode "Blueprint For Murder." I might know her from many things I can't think of, but that's the obvious one.Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09603892208775996594noreply@blogger.com