#Emmett Vogan

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Horror Island (1941)

"Don't be frightened, folks, it's just Morgan's ghost. He resents our coming here."

"Not any more than I do."

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The Lady Confesses (1945) Sam Newfield

March 31st 2024

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Blu-ray review: “The Vampire's Ghost ” (1945)

“The Vampire’s Ghost ” (1945) Horror Running Time: 59 minutes Written by: John K. Butler and Leigh Brackett Directed by: Lesley Selander Featuring: John Abbott, Charles Gordon, Peggy Stewart, Grant Withers, Emmett Vogan and Adele Mara Sailor with Barrat: “Hey, Barrett, what happened to you?” Capt. Jim Barrett: “I don’t know. It’s the first time I ever quit a fight when a guy just looked at…

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Wheel of cryptids turn turn turn, name the film that we'll discern... It's THE VAMPIRE'S GHOST (1945) from director Lesley Selander, writer Leigh Brackett, and starring John Abbott, Charles Gordon, Peggy Stewart and Grant Withers.

We follow the standard vampire and Dracula formula, this time in the Belgian Congo! But how does this film from Republic Pictures stack up against our other Dracula rip-offs?

Context setting 00:00; Synopsis 19:02; Discussion 41:06; Ranking 55:40

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The Ojai Aparments housed dozens and dozens of obscure character actors like Emmett Vogan. 

Located at the main entrance to Whitley Heights in Hollywood, the Ojai has connections to nearly every major and minor movie of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s.

Just some of Emmett Vogan’s films include:

G-Men (1935) with James Cagney Rhythm on the Range (1936) with Bing Crosby   Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) Horror Island (1941), an atmospheric Universal horror film  The Monster and the Girl (1941), an atmospheric Paramount horror film  Cracked Nuts (1941) with Shemp Howard and Mantan Moreland Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) with W.C. Fields This Gun For Hire (1942) with Alan Ladd The Republic Pictures serial the Purple Monster Strikes (1945) The Republic Pictures serial the Crimson Ghost (1946) The Big Sleep (1946) with Humphrey Bogart A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) with Chester Morris Bowery Bombshell (1946) with the Bowery Boys Hold That Baby (1949) with the Bowery Boys The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) with Bob Hope How to Marry a Millionaire (1952) with Marilyn Monroe Don't Bother to Knock (1952) with Marilyn Monroe Sabrina (1954) directed by Billy Wilder Tobor the Great (1954) starring a robot and the Long, Long Trailer (1954) starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

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SORROWFUL JONES

JULY 4, 1949

Sorrowful Jones is a remake of the 1934 Shirley Temple film, Little Miss Marker. In the film, a young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones (Bob Hope) as a marker for a bet. When her father does not return, he learns that taking care of a child interferes with his free-wheeling lifestyle. Lucille Ball plays a nightclub singer who is dating Sorrowful's boss. 

Although the official opening night in Hollywood took place on Independence Day 1949, it was premiered in New York City a month earlier, and seen in Australia on June 24, 1949. 

Directed by Sidney Lanfield Produced by Robert L. Welch Written by Edmund Hartmann and Melville Shavelson based on a story by Damon Runyon 

CREDITED CAST

Lucille Ball (Gladys) was born on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York. She began her screen career in 1933 and was known in Hollywood as ‘Queen of the B’s’ due to her many appearances in ‘B’ movies. With Richard Denning, she starred in a radio program titled “My Favorite Husband” which eventually led to the creation of “I Love Lucy,” a television situation comedy in which she co-starred with her real-life husband, Latin bandleader Desi Arnaz. The program was phenomenally successful, allowing the couple to purchase what was once RKO Studios, re-naming it Desilu. When the show ended in 1960 (in an hour-long format known as “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour”) so did Lucy and Desi’s marriage. In 1962, hoping to keep Desilu financially solvent, Lucy returned to the sitcom format with “The Lucy Show,” which lasted six seasons. She followed that with a similar sitcom “Here’s Lucy” co-starring with her real-life children, Lucie and Desi Jr., as well as Gale Gordon, who had joined the cast of “The Lucy Show” during season two. Before her death in April 1989, Lucy made one more attempt at a sitcom with “Life With Lucy,” also with Gordon, which was not a success and was canceled after just 13 episodes. She died on April 26, 1989 at the age of 77. 

Ball's singing voice is provided by Annette Warren, who also sang for her in Fancy Pants and later provided the singing voice for Ava Gardner in Show Boat.  Her first screen dubbing was for Lured featuring Lucille Ball, although Warren did not dub Lucy’s voice. She provided the singing voice for Pepper (Iris Adrian) in the Bob Hope film The Paleface (1947). 

Bob Hope (Sorrowful Jones) was born Lesley Townes Hope in England in 1903. During his extensive career in virtually all forms of media he received five honorary Academy Awards. In 1945, Desi Arnaz was the orchestra leader on Bob Hope’s radio show. Ball and Hope did three other films together. He appeared as himself on the season 6 opener of “I Love Lucy.” He did a brief cameo in a 1964 episode of “The Lucy Show.”  He died in 2003 at age 100.

Mary Jane Saunders (Martha Jane) makes her film debut. She went on to do a season of TV’s “Tales of the Welles Fargo” (1960-61) and made two appearances on “My Three Sons”: one with William Frawley and one with William Demarest. 

William Demarest (Regret) is best remembered as Uncle Charlie on “My Three Sons,” a role created after the death of William Frawley. Demarest and Frawley appeared together on screen in The Farmer’s Daughter (1940). He was nominated for an Academy Award in the biography, The Jolson Story (1946). Demarest did two other films with Lucille Ball: Fugitive Lady (1934) and Don’t Tell The Wife (1937). He died in 1983 at age 91. 

Bruce Cabot (Big Steve) appeared with Lucille Ball in 1934′s Men of the Night. In 1950, he joined Hope and Ball once again in Fancy Pants.  His main claim to fame is rescuing Fay Wray from King Kong (1933).

Tom Pedi (Once Over Sam) did one season of the short-lived sitcom “Arnie” (1970-71).  He was in the 1980 remake of Little Miss Marker, upon which Sorrowful Jones is based. 

Paul Lees (Orville Smith) was blinded by enemy artillery during his service in World War II. He received 32 military decorations and ribbons, including the Legion of Merit. Despite his lack of vision, Lees learned to act and signed a contract with Paramount. He would memorize script dialog by having someone read it to him twice.

Houseley Stevenson (Doc Chesley) was a British-born character actor who had just finished doing The Paleface with Bob Hope. 

Ben Weldon (Big Steve’s Bodyguard) appeared on “I Love Lucy” as the thief who breaks in to the Ricardo apartment to steal “The Fur Coat” (ILL S1;E9).  He was seen in a season one episode of “The Lucy Show.” 

Emmett Vogan (Psychiatrist) did four movies with Lucille Ball previous to this one. In 1954 he played Mr. Bolton in The Long, Long Trailer. 

Thomas Gomez (Reardon) was an Oscar nominee for Ride the Pink Horse the previous year. In 1953 he was seen as Pasquale #2 on CBS’s “Life With Luigi”.  He did a 1964 episode of “My Three Sons” with William Demarest.

UNCREDITED CAST (with connections to Lucille Ball)

Ethel Bryant (Nurse) was also seen with Lucille Ball in Broadway Bill (1934), another film involving a racehorse.  John Butler (Jack - Bettor on Green Diamond) was also seen with Lucille Ball in The Affairs of Annabel (1938). 

Bill Cartledge (First Jockey) was also seen with Lucille Ball in The Joy of Living (1938). 

Maurice Cass (Psychiatrist) was also seen with Lucille Ball (and John Butler) in The Affairs of Annabel (1938).

Michael Cirillo (Horse Player) joined Bob Hope in Paleface and Son of Paleface as well as Critic’s Choice with Hope and Ball in 1963. 

Charles Cooley (Shorty) was seen with Hope and Ball in Fancy Pants (1950) as well as a dozen other Bob Hope films. He also was a regular on “The Bob Hope Show” on television. 

James Dearing (Spectator) was in eight other Lucille Ball films between 1936 and 1954. 

Jay Eaton (Horse Player) was in eight other Lucille Ball films between 1937 and 1946.

Chuck Hamilton (Police Officer) was seen in the background of eight other Lucille Ball films from 1937 to 1950.

Selmer Jackson (Doctor) was in six other Lucille Ball films between 1933 and 1949. 

Kenner G. Kemp (Bookmaker) was in seven other Lucille Ball films between 1936 and 1960 as well as doing background work on a 1965 episode of “The Lucy Show.” 

Bob Kortman (Horse Player) was in four other Lucille Ball films between 1934 and 1950. 

George Magrill (Horse Player) makes the last of his nine film appearances with Lucille Ball. He started in 1933 with Broadway Thru A Keyhole. 

John Mallon (Horse Player) was also seen with Hope and Ball in Fancy Pants (1950). 

John ‘Skins’ Miller (Jockey) was also seen with Hope and Ball in Fancy Pants (1950) and previously with Ball in The Big Street (1942). 

Frank Mills (Horse Player) makes the last of his ten film appearances with Lucille Ball. He started in 1933 with The Bowery.

Ralph Montgomery (Horse Player) was one of the policeman on the scene in “Lucy Goes To The Hospital” (ILL S2;E16) in 1953. 

Ralph Peters (Taxi Driver) was also seen with Lucille Ball in The Big Street (1942). 

Suzanne Ridgeway (Nightclub Patron) was also seen with Lucille Ball in That’s Right - You’re Wrong (1939) and The Magic Carpet (1951). 

Arthur Space (Plainclothes Policeman) was in four other films with Lucille Ball between 1945 and 1950. 

Bert Stevens (Nightclub Patron) was a background player in four Lucille Ball films as well as one episode of “I Love Lucy,” and many of “The Lucy Show.”

Sid Tomack (Waiter at Steve’s Place) was also seen in The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) with Lucille Ball. 

Harry Tyler (Blinky) did three other films with Lucille Ball between 1937 and 1950. 

Walter Winchell (Himself, Voice Over) was a journalist and radio host who was the narrator of Desilu’s “The Untouchables.”  He also joined the cast in their satire of the series on “Lucy The Gun Moll” (TLS S4;E25). 

The film was made at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, with location shooting in New York City. This was Lucille Ball’s 70th film! 

The New York Times, August 16, 1947.  Note that Lucille Ball is not mentioned.  (Thanks to @ericthelibrarian​ for the scan)

THE STORY

Sorrowful Jones (Bob Hope) is a New York bookie who keeps his operation hidden behind a trap door in a Broadway barber shop. He suffers a financial setback when a horse named Dreamy Joe, owned by gangster Big Steve Holloway (Bruce Cabot), unexpectedly wins a race and Jones has to pay all the bettors.

Jones learns that the race was fixed by Big Steve, who tells him about giving the horse a "speedball." It turns out Big Steve has informed all the bookies in his circle of friends about the fixed race, and demands a sum of $1,000 from each one of them in exchange for this information.

Before the next race, Jones learns Dreamy Joe will lose, but still takes bets on the horse from his customers. He even takes a bet from gambler Orville Smith (Paul Lees), who leaves his four-year-old daughter Martha Jane (Mary Jane Saunders) as collateral. Orville overhears a phone call where Big Steve reveals that the race is fixed, so he is killed by one of Big Steve's goons, Once Over Sam (Tom Pedi). Jones is forced to take care of Martha Jane and brings her home with him. 

The next day Jones gets help from his ex-girlfriend, burlesque performer Gladys O'Neill (Lucille Ball).

Big Steve tells Jones he is being investigated by the racing commission so he is quitting the race-fixing business. Big Steve plans to make one final race before he gets out of the game, where he is fixing it so that Dreamy Joe will win. He also transfers the ownership of the horse to Martha Jane, unaware that she is Orville's daughter. After the race, Big Steve will kill the horse by giving it a high dose of "speedball."

Jones tries to find Martha Jane's mother, but discovers she is dead. Gladys suggests that Jones give all of Dreamy Joe's winnings to Martha Jane to help her survive, or she will contact the police and tell them about Jones' operation. She has no knowledge of Big Steve's plan to fix the race.

Big Steve finds out that Martha Jane is Orville's daughter, so Jones must hide her to protect her from being killed. When hiding on a fire escape's landing, Martha Jane falls down and is seriously injured. In a coma, the little girl calls out for Dreamy Joe.

In order to save Martha Jane and wake her up, Jones and his partner Regret (William Demarest) steal the horse from Big Steve at the race track. They take it into the hospital room where Martha Jane lies. Martha Jane wakes up and the police find out that Big Steve is responsible for Orville's murder.

After Big Steve is arrested, Jones proposes to Gladys. The police want Martha Jane to be placed in an orphanage, but Jones and Gladys, who have married, decide to adopt the girl. They go away on their honeymoon together with their newly adopted daughter.

TRIVIA & BACKGROUND

“Little Miss Marker” (1932), a short story by Damon Runyon, inspired the film Sorrowful Jones.

Damon Runyon’s 1940 short story “Little Pinks” served as the basis for the Lucille Ball / Henry Fonda film The Big Street (1942). 

Little Miss Marker (1934) starring Adolphe Menjou as Sorrowful Jones and Dorothy Dell as Bangles Carson. Shirley Temple as Marthy Jane. The film was directed by Alexander Hall, Lucille Ball’s one-time fiance. 

Sorrowful Jones (1947) starring Bob Hope as Sorrowful Jones and Lucille Ball as Gladys O’Neill. Mary Jane Saunders as Martha Jane. 

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962) starring Tony Curtis as Steve McCluskey and Suzanne Pleshette as Chris Lockwood. Claire Wilcox as Penelope Piper.

Little Miss Marker (1980) starring Walter Matthau as Sorrowful Jones and Julie Andrews as Amanda Worthington. Sarah Stimson as the Kid.

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 21, 1949 with Bob Hope and Lucille Ball reprising their film roles. 

“Havin' a Wonderful Wish (Time You Were Here)” by Jay Livingston with lyrics by Ray Evans is sung by Lucille Ball (dubbed by Annette Warren).  

“Miss Beverley Hills of Hollywood” comic book issue #6, January / February 1947 promoted the film. Lucille Ball still is purporting to have been born in Butte, Montana. Here her birth date is also incorrect: August 6, not August 8. Note how much the Drama Teacher resembles Lucy’s mother, Dede Ball.

Lucille Ball advertising both Armstrong Tires and Sorrowful Jones. 

Lucille Ball advertising Sealright Sanitary Containers using Sorrowful Jones.

In “The Bob Hope Christmas Special” (1973) Lucy opens a small wooden box and removes a lock of Hope’s hair she says she snipped from his head when they were making Sorrowful Jones together.

The film was mentioned when Lucille Ball and Bob Hope guested on “Dinah!” in 1977. 

In 1989, after Ball’s passing, a clip from the film was incorporated into “Bob Hope’s Love Affair With Lucy.” 

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BLACK FRIDAY

Universal, 1940.  Directed by Arthur Lubin.  Camera:  Elwood Bredell.  With Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Stanley Ridges, Anne Nagel, Anne Gwynne, Virginia Brissac, Edmund McDonald, Paul Fix, Murray Alper, Jack Mulhall, Joe King, John Kelly, James Craig, Jerry Marlowe, Edward McWade, Eddie Dunn, Emmett Vogan, Edward Earle, Kernan Crips, Edwin Stanley.

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"The Vampire's Ghost" de Lesley Selander (1945) -inspiré de la nouvelle "Le Vampire" de John William Polidori (1819) - avec John Abbott, Charles Gordon, Peggy Stewart, Grant Withers, Emmett Vogan et Adele Mara, mars 2018.

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For just $3.99 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine Released on March 27, 1942: A radio station believes that a retired safe cracker and his henchman are now living in a small mid-western town, and they are offering ten thousand dollars to the person who can discover the identity of infamous safe-cracker Jimmy Valentine. Directed by: Bernard Vorhaus Written by: Paul Armstrong Jr. with screenplay by Olive Cooper and Robert Tasker The Actors: Dennis O'Keefe Mike Jason, Ruth Terry Bonnie Forbes, Gloria Dickson Cleo Arden, Mike's boss, Roman Bohnen Tom Forbes, newspaper editor, and Jimmy Valentine, George E. Stone Mousey, Spencer Charters Cheevers Snow, hotel owner, William B. Davidson Cyrus Ballard, Bobby Larson Mickey Forbes, Joe Cunningham Charles Stanley, Veterinarian, Roscoe Ates Dan Kady, Sheriff, Harry Shannon Pinky, Jed Prouty Maxwell B. Titus, Patsy Parsons Marlene Titus, Linda Brent Letitia Hinkle, manicurist, Wade Boteler Warden Carl Jones, Emmett Vogan District Attorney, Ray Erlenborn sound effects man, Olaf Hytten butler, Lois Collier receptionist, William 'Billy' Benedict bellboy, Dorothy Christy Mrs. Updyke, Guy Usher police inspector, Douglas Evans radio announcer, Sven Hugo Borg Olaf, Al Bridge trustee, Fred Burns westerner, Mary Davenport hotel telephone operator, Virginia Farmer Mrs. Brighton, Dick Elliott Tim Miller, Charles Williams the pitchman, Mary Currier Felice Winters, school teacher, Joel Friedkin unknown, Jack Raymond hot dog man, Jimmie Fox window cleaner, Edmund Cobb police sergeant, Frank Fanning Wilbur, Ben Hall attendant, Ralph Peters unknown, Sada Simmons unknown, Morgan Brown unknown, Margaret Marquis unknown, Rand Brooks unknown Runtime:53 minutes *** This item will be supplied on a quality disc and will be sent in a sleeve that is designed for posting CD's DVDs *** This item will be sent by 1st class post for quick delivery. Should you not receive your item within 12 working days of making payment, plea...

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CALIFICACIÓN PERSONAL: 5 / 10

Título Original: Horror Island

Año: 1941

Duración: 60 min

País: Estados Unidos

Director: George Waggner

Guion: Victor McLeod, Maurice Tombragel (Historia: Alex Gottlieb)

Música: Hans J. Salter

Fotografía: Elwood Bredell (B&W)

Reparto: Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo, Peggy Moran, Fuzzy Knight, John Eldredge, Lewis Howard, Hobart Cavanaugh, Walter Catlett, Ralf Harolde, Iris Adrian, Foy Van Dolsen, Emmett Vogan

Productora: Universal Pictures

G��nero: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033728/

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The Vampire's Ghost will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 31 via Olive Films. It won't have any special features, but this marks the 1945 horror film’s first time on Blu-ray.

The Vampire's Ghost is directed by Lesley Selande (Lassie) and co-written by Leigh Brackett (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back). John Abbott, Charles Gordon, Peggy Stewart, Grant Withers, Adele Mara, and Emmett Vogan star.

In the African port town of Bakunda, the undead are restless. Webb Fallon (John Abbott), having fallen under the curse of the vampire, is unable to find eternal peace. With an unquenchable thirst for blood, Fallon wanders the vast landscape in search of sustenance and the local missionary Father Gilchrist (Grant Withers), along with friends Roy Hendrick (Charles Gordon) and Julie Vance (Peggy Stewart) could very well be his next … victims!

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The Vampire’s Ghost (1945) Lesley Selander

December 21st 2021

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» A Horror Movie Review by Jonathan Lewis: THE VAMPIRE’S GHOST (1945).

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REVIEWED BY JONATHAN LEWIS:

    THE VAMPIRE’S GHOST. Republic Pictures, 1945. John Abbott, Charles Gordon, Peggy Stewart, Grant Withers, Emmett Vogan, Adele Mara, Roy Barcroft. Loosely based on the 1819 short story “The Vampyre” by John Polidori. Director: Lesley Selander.

   Make no mistake about it. This one is a cheapie. From the very first scene, you can see that it’s filmed…

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Docks of New Orleans

Docks of New Orleans: The LaFontanne Chemical Company is shipping out a load of we’re not sure what, disguised as something entirely different. Mr. Pereaux and Mr. Grock don’t want that shipment to ever arrive anywhere, and they and a man named Aquirre mean to stop it at any cost. The ship’s owner, Mr. Fontanne, smells a large rat and calls Chan in on the case, since the famous detective is in…

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For just $3.99 A Fig Leaf for Eve Released July 4, 1944: Eve, a nightclub singer that wants to break into the big time, discovers that she is an heiress to a fortune if she can prove who she really is. Directed by: Don Brodie Written by: Elizabeh Hayterfrom a story by Harry O. Hoyt The Actors: Jan Wiley Eve Lorraine, Eve Westland, Phil Warren Dan McGrath, theatrical agent, Eddie Dunn Gus Hoffman the bail bondsman, Janet Scott Aunt Sarah Birch, Emmett Vogan Thomas W. Campbell, attorney, Edward Keane Horace Sardham, Betty Blythe Lavinia Sardham, Marilyn McConnell Millicent 'Millie' Sardham, Dick Rush Police Desk Sergeant Tomlin, Cherrio Meredith Tillie the old drunk, Herbert Evans Sardam's butler, Chester Conklin waiter, Jack Cheatham arresting policeman, Selika Pettiford Selinka Pettiford, organ player. Runtime: 1h 9min *** This item will be supplied on a quality disc and will be sent in a sleeve that is designed for posting CD's DVDs *** This item will be sent by 1st class post for quick delivery. Should you not receive your item within 12 working days of making payment, please contact us as it is unusual for any item to take this long to be delivered. Note: All my products are either my own work, licensed to me directly or supplied to me under a GPL/GNU License. No Trademarks, copyrights or rules have been violated by this item. This product complies withs rules on compilations, international media, and downloadable media. All items are supplied on CD or DVD.

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The Beloved Brat (A Dangerous Age) (1938) Arthur Lubin

May 10th 2021