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Boris Karloff

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  1. TV's 25 Best Xmas Episodes - #1 - 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Examiner.com

    ... by Theodor Geisel In one of those cosmic ironies so common in show business, the immortal character actor Boris Karloff (born William Henry Pratt) spent most of his career playing heavies (usually in low-budget horror flicks) even though, in real ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas

  2. Return of 'The Bride of Frankenstein'

    Friday Dec 18 | Examiner.com

    ... "The Illusionist" in 2006. The original "Bride" was directed by James Whale, who had directed the original. Boris Karloff, with the almost unheard of billing of simply "Karloff," returned in the iconic role of the nameless monster, while Colin Clive ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Frankenstein, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Bride of Frankenstein, The Illusionist, Adventure, Colin Clive

  3. Sometimes Christmas has to find youRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | Connellsville and Fayette County News

    ... to find one: the original animated version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," featuring the vocal talents of Boris Karloff. I was just ... this ... close to finding Christmas in Whoville when I accidentally hit the channel changer and flipped over ...

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  4. Executive Replicas announces four new 12" figuresRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Dec 17 | CollectionDX

    ... but I'm gonna guess "late" and "expensive".... but in the case of at least 2 of them, "worth it"! First up, Boris Karloff as "Mord", the executioner from the underrated classic The Tower Of London ! While I personally like Mord since I have very ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, The Mask of Fu Manchu, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies

  5. Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish dean of horror filmsRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | The Boston Globe

    ... as a boxed DVD set, "The Paul Naschy Collection.'' Often described as the Spanish Lon Chaney or the Spanish Boris Karloff, Mr. Naschy out-Chaneyed Chaney and out-Karloffed Karloff when it came to the diabolical breadth of his resume. In the course ...

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  6. Ask 411 Movies for 12.14.09: As Usual It's Christmas and We're All Scrooged

    Monday Dec 14 | 411mania.com

    Ask 411 Movies for 12.14.09: As Usual It's Christmas and We're All Scrooged! Posted by Leonard Hayhurst on 12.14.2009 Saved by the Bell, movies with the most Oscar winners, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Matinee, Boris Karloff, Chi McBride, Grande Illusion and Thank You Mask Man From YouTube this week we have another great trilogy of Coors ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Children TV, Comedy, Saved by the Bell, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Frankenstein, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Movies

  7. Paul Naschy, Spain's High Priest of Horror Movies, Dies at 75Read the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Dec 12 | New York Times

    ... a boxed DVD set, "The Paul Naschy Collection." Often described as either the Spanish Lon Chaney or the Spanish Boris Karloff , Mr. Naschy out-Chaneyed Chaney and out-Karloffed Karloff when it came to the sheer diabolical breadth of his resume. In ...

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  8. Hollywood Studios

    Monday Dec 7 | Buzzle.com

    ... films such as Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy. In turn these films made stars of men like Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney, who began acting in Universal's heyday in the 1920s in films like The Phantom of the Opera. Released in 1925 ...

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    Related Topix: Hollywood, Short, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Horror Movies, Thriller, Action Movies, The Mummy, Adventure, Music!, Mystery Movies, The Phantom of the Opera, Lon Chaney, Arts, Opera

  9. Bones: Mummy dearestRead the original story

    Friday Dec 4 | The Flat Hat

    ... crispy old Egyptian is just fun. An episode highlight: Brennan reciting the lines from "The Mummy" along with Boris Karloff in a very bizarre voice. Brennan identifies the mummy as Prince Anok, the second son of a pharaoh who supposedly killed his ...

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  10. Tis The SeasonRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | The Gazette Virginian

    ... that premiered in 1966. I saw the animated version of the Grinch, complete with narration by the immortal Boris Karloff, that first Christmas season, and Ia ve seen it every year since. My kids grew up with the Grinch, and I hope that my first ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Short, History Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Black Friday, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving

  11. FrankensteinRead the original story

    Dec 1, 2009 | The Village Voice

    ... (1931). The most influential horror film ever made, this stark and stylish work has a weird fairytale beauty. Boris Karloff gives one of the most indelible performances in American cinema as the monster, misjudged by the society that created him, at ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Drama Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Frankenstein

  12. 'James Whale Festival' at Film ForumRead the original story

    Dec 1, 2009 | The Village Voice

    ... his third film, Frankenstein (1931), he spoke through his new medium fluently, even poetically, as when Boris Karloff 's Monster and the little girl meet by the lake. By the time Whale gave Frankenstein a Bride (1935), he was a master, alloying high ...

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    Related Topix: The Old Dark House, Horror Movies, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, Theater, Arts, Mystery Movies, Frankenstein, Science Fiction Movies, Movies, Entertainment

  13. The Lost Patrol

    Nov 29, 2009 | Hell on Frisco Bay

    The Boris Karloff Blogathon has been running all week over at the superb Frankensteinia blog captained by MontrA al cartoon artist and Frankenstein expert Pierre Fournier.

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    Related Topix: The Lost Patrol, War Movies, Adventure, Indie, The Lost Patrol, Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Frankenstein, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies, Western, The Informer, The Searchers

  14. British Intelligence -Read the original story

    Nov 29, 2009 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    A woman who is spying for two countries discovers the complications when she is pitted against a butler, and almost discovered. CAST: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay DIR: Terry Morse (1940)

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  15. Voluptuary Stuck in a BoxRead the original story

    Nov 28, 2009 | New York Times

    The director James Whale transcended weak scripts, bad casts and genre assignments with his fluid camera and artful sensibility.

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  16. Blu-ray DVDsRead the original story

    Nov 26, 2009 | Globe and Mail

    ... ." As live-action cartoons go, it's good fun. Ricky Gervais and Hank Azaria (whose villainous pharaoh channels Boris Karloff's accent from The Mummy ) say their favourite part was making Stiller laugh and blow his lines.

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  17. What makes this Friday black when it comes to shopping?Read the original story

    Nov 25, 2009 | Ann Arbor.com

    ... long time and describes many things in history. The Wall Street crash in 1929 was called Black Friday. In 1940 Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi made a science fiction movie titled Black Friday. Black Friday refers to an air battle between Germany and ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Short, History Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Black Friday, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Bela Lugosi, Brighton, NY, Thanksgiving

  18. Cant Stop the Music: Sunday, October 25, 2009, Segment 1Read the original story

    Nov 23, 2009 | A-Infos Radio Project

    ... Worms - Happy Birthday Weird Al Yankovic - Happy Birthday Why Should I ... CSTM THEATRE Inner Sanctum with Boris Karloff - The Wailing Wall HALLOWEEN SPOOKS Lambert, Hendricks & Ross - Halloween Spooks The Moon Rays - Swingin' At the Seance The ...

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    Related Topix: Palast Orchester, Country, Max Raabe, Pop/Rock, The Tubes

  19. Science fiction's embrace of the nowRead the original story

    Nov 21, 2009 | Austin American Statesman

    ... telling, is soon subjecting corpses procured by body snatchers to "electric fluid," and before you can say Boris Karloff, he's created a man of immense strength - and hideous looks. Ackroyd knows his London, he knows his period, and he likes to roll ...

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    Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Frankenstein, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies

  20. Image Entertainment has THRILLER and a KILLER for disc

    Nov 18, 2009 | FANGORIA

    Image Entertainment announced recently that it has acquired North American rights to the classic horror/suspense TV series THRILLER, hosted by Boris Karloff.

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    Related Topix: Thriller, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Image Entertainment, Media, William Shatner, John Carradine