Lugosi's capes
Has anyone any idea how many capes Bela used in his lifetime..? Bela Jr. is said to have one or more in his possession. What were they made of..? what color was the inside lining...? and how many...
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This is a real Stooges non-sequiter... but over at DVD Verdict, the review of Tashlin's Doris Day-Rod Taylor vehicle THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT notes that "Day also sings a beautiful ballad, "Soft as the...
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Seems odd, doesn't it? GLASS BOTTOM BOAT was, what, 1965? And Curly died in '49 or '50? They pull an oldie out of the vault? Very odd.
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Speaking of Knuckleheads, though, Lugosi's venture (with Moe's daughter, Joan Howard Maurer) didn't last very long in the Glendale Galleria; there were never many customers in the store, which was a...
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The cape 4e has, he always says he saw Lugosi wear ON THE STAGE in a revival of Dracula in San Francisco. I think he also wears it in THE WHISPERING SHADOW, which is 1933. The tailor's label inside...
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Quote:And Curly died in '49 or '50? January 1952. If I'd wake up, I would have seen that the store on VicTORy had already been discussed. It's almost 2 AM - I'm in Poe's fabled dream within a dream -...
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>>>>>The Wisconsin collector who owned the A&C MEET FRANKENSTEIN cape was Clark Wilkinson (now deceased, Wilkinson also owned a Mighty Joe Young armature and the flying model of THE...
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Hey!! Look who's here!!!!! Welcome, Richard. It feels like home finding you here at last. Folks, the guy who was the original inspiration for Monster Kid Home Movies is in the house. Wonderful to see...
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For what it is worth, in the 1980s and early 90s, many people claimed it was Todd Firetag who owned the A&CMF cape... G
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For what it is worth, in the late 1980s and early 90s, many people claimed it was Todd Firetag who then owned the A&CMF cape... Sometime in the mid-to-late 90s, I then heard he had sold it .... G
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Quote:I noticed that Gary Prange mentioned a friend of mine trying on the A&C cape. I think that friend would be me (if it was someone else, Gary sorry!). Yep, that'd be you! Nice pics,...
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Great collection Richard...and great pictures! They made my morning!! Mike
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Quote:Plus the original Dracula cape had a grey lining, not redThe cape reputed to be owned by Bela Jr. and pictured in the David Skal documentary on the DRACULA Legacy disk has a grey lining. It...
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Todd Firetag is currently auctioning the Lugosi cape on ebay. Right now the bid is around $5K with eight days to go. This was the Clark Wilkinson cape. This Wilkinson-then-Firetag cape is the A&C...
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This makes me want to run out and buy a cape. Do they actually sell capes anymore, and what does a good cape cost?
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Quote:a somewhat noted experimental filmmaker An insane ex child star who writes addled and psychotically rambling missives all over the outside of his envelopes, perhaps? (What a waste of good satin.)
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That's the one, Ted. (And I didn't realize those envelopes were a common occurrence with him) Best, Gary
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