Ian Keith

  • Philip Ford – Valley of the Zombies (1946)

    1941-1950ActionHorrorPhilip FordUSA

    Dr. Maynard (Charles Trowbridge’ ) tells Dr. Terry Evans (Robert Livingston) and his nurse, Susan Drake (Lorna Gray), about the theft of ten pints of blood from his lab. Later, he is visited by Ormand Murks (Ian Keith), a man Maynard had once had committed to an insane asylum and who later died from an operation, and Maynard learns that Murks is an example of living death whose abnormality is counter-acted only by blood. The doctor soon becomes Murk’s unwilling blood donor. Murks’ brother Fred (Earle Hodgins) threatens to expose him and he too is murdered. Terry and Susan find Maynard’s body near an abandoned graveyard and this leads them to an estate where a partially obscured sign reads:”Murks Bros.,Undertakers.”Read More »

  • Rouben Mamoulian – Queen Christina (1933)

    1991-2000DramaRomanceRouben MamoulianUSA

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    Greta Garbo Appears as Queen Christina of Sweden in Her First Film in More Than Eighteen Months.
    Soon after entering the Astor Theatre last night for the presentation of Greta Garbo’s first picture in eighteen months, the spectators were transported by the evanescent shadows from the snow of New York in 1933 to the snows of Sweden in 1650. The current offering, known as “Queen Christina,” is a skillful blend of history and fiction in which the Nordic star, looking as alluring as ever, gives a performance which merits nothing but the highest praise. She appears every inch a queen.Read More »

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