#skelton knaggs

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The Ghost Ship (1943)  

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Director: Mark Robson

Cinematographer: Nicholas Musuraca

Performer: Skelton Knaggs

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Remembering classic film actor and The Ghost Ship star, Skelton Knaggs, on the anniversary of his date of birth.

R.I.P. (1911 - 1955)

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The Ghost Ship (1943)

"The man is dead. With his death, the waters of the sea are open to us. But there will be other deaths, and the agony of dying, before we come to land again."

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Films Watched in 2023: 94. Bedlam (1946) - Dir. Mark Robson

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House of Dracula | Episode 439

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House of Dracula | Episode 439

Jim reflects on the last film in the Universal Frankenstein/Dracula Universe – “House of Dracula” starring Lon Chaney Jr, Onslow Stevens, John Carradine, Glenn Strange, Martha O’Driscoll, Lionel Atwill, Jane Adams, and Skelton Knaggs. Dr. Eidelman (Stevens) known for helping those with unique problems, draws the interest of Dracula and Larry Talbott for relief from their respective curses. Throw in the Frankenstein Monster and you have a full set. Find out more about this 1945 classic on this episode MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

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The Invisible Man's Revenge

In The Invisible Man’s Revenge, an eager scientist tests his new formula for invisibility on an escaped fugitive. When the formula works, the criminal runs off to terrorize a family he believes cheated him out of a fortune years earlier. … Continue reading The Invisible Man’s Revenge

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House of Dracula, US lobby card. 1945

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ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945) – Episode 163 – Decades Of Horror: The Classic Era

“I meet my old familiar enemy, Death. I’ve fought him before. I’ve won, often. Now he wins. Let him come for me.” Yes, Death is a resident of this particular island. Join this episode’s Grue-Crew – Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdorff, Doc Rotten, and Jeff Mohr – as they journey to an island cemetery off the coast of Greece in Val Lewton’s Isle of the Dead (1945).

Decades of Horror: The Classic Era Episode 163 – Isle of the Dead (1945)

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On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn’t enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects one young girl of being a vampiric kind of demon called a vorvolaka.

  Directed by: Mark Robson

Writing Credits: Ardel Wray; Val Lewton (uncredited), Josef Mischel (uncredited)

Produced by: Val Lewton (producer); Jack J. Gross (executive producer) 

Music by: Leigh Harline

Cinematography by: Jack MacKenzie (director of photography)

Selected Cast:

Boris Karloff as Gen. Nikolas Pherides

Ellen Drew as Thea

Marc Cramer as Oliver Davis

Katherine Emery as Mrs. Mary St. Aubyn

Helene Thimig as Madame Kyra

Alan Napier as St. Aubyn

Jason Robards Sr. as Albrecht (as Jason Robards)

Ernst Deutsch as Dr. Drossos (as Ernst Dorian)

Skelton Knaggs as Andrew Robbins (uncredited)

Sherry Hall as Col. Kobestes (uncredited)

Erick Hanson as Officer (uncredited)

Rose Hobart as Mrs. Mary St. Aubyn (in long shot) (uncredited)

The Grue-Crew join producer Val Lewton, director Mark Robson, and legend Boris Karloff for a quietly creepy and haunting masterpiece from RKO Radio Pictures, Isle of the Dead (1945). This is the second of three films Lewton and Karloff would make together (along with Bedlam and The Body Snatcher) and the fourth of five films Lewton would make with Robson. The tagline promises, “Will Keep You Screaming!” – and, this time, it just might. Check out what Chad, Daphne, and Jeff take away from this undeniable classic.

Here are the other Decades of Horror Classic Era episodes on Lewton-produced movies:

CAT PEOPLE (1942) – Episode 37 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

THE BODY SNATCHER (1945) – Episode 66 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

THE SEVENTH VICTIM (1943) – Episode 97 – Decades of Horror: The Classic Era

At the time of this writing, Isle of the Dead can be found streaming from multiple PPV sites and is currently available on disc as a Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection.

Gruesome Magazine’s Decades of Horror: The Classic Era records a new episode every two weeks. Up next in their very flexible schedule, as chosen by Daphne, is The Head (1959), a German film whose original title is Die Nackte und der Satan. Head transplants, a hunchbacked nun, and a sexy dancer. You definitely won’t want to miss this one!

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The Ghost Ship (1943)  

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Director: Mark Robson

Cinematographer: Nicholas Musuraca

Performers: Russell Wade, Richard Dix, Dewey Robinson, Sir Lancelot, Lawrence Tierney, Charles Lung, Skelton Knaggs, Edmund Glover, Ben Bard, & Alec Craig

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skelton knaggs

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On March 19, 1945 The Ghost Ship debuted in Portugal.

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Skelton Knaggs is in this movie to do exactly two things:

Stand around looking ominous

Engage in a surprisingly vicious heroic knife fight

Absolutely amazing.

Ghost Ship is less a horror film and more terrifying story about a microcosm of authoritarianism and how easy it is to just keep your head down and ignore the batshit fascism happening around you as long as it isn't you getting hurt. Relevant in 1943 and still today, sadly.

It's quite good and the atmosphere is terrific. The lack of ghosts is disappointing on an initial viewing, but now that I know the ghosts are metaphorical, I think this is one I'm going to enjoy revisiting. Just not when I want a spooky movie.