The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar. Director:Lew Landers |
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The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar. Director:Lew Landers |
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| Peter Lorre | ... | ||
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Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom | ... |
Maxie, the Powder Puff Salesman
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Larry Parks | ... | |
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Jeff Donnell | ... |
Winnie Slade
(as Miss Jeff Donnell)
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Winnie Slade, a young divorcee, buys an old historic house from nutty Professor Billings, who lives there with his daffy housekeeper and bizarre neighbors, in order to convert it into a hotel. She allows them to continue to live on the property - unaware that the Professor continues to experiment unsuccessfully on traveling salesmen, the bodies of whom have filled the cellar. They are joined by a variety of eccentric characters including a quack doctor who doubles as the town's sheriff, Winnie's frenetic ex-husband, an oddball choreographer, a punchdrunk traveling salesman, and a lunatic escapee from the Italian army. Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)
Horror King Boris Karloff seems to be having a good time here spoofing his own mad doctor image in this light-hearted black comedy which was probably inspired by ARSENIC AND OLD LACE. As a kindly (but naive) old inventor, the wacky Karloff wants to "aid the war effort" by creating his own homegrown superman. Boris teams up in this one with the offbeat Peter Lorre as another "scientist" and "jack of all trades" to bop unsuspecting subjects over the head for usage in their daffy experiments. One of their dimwitted victims is even Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom. Karloff and Lorre make a good comical duo in the first of a few films where they'd eventually share the spotlight together, and there are some light chuckles to be had in this good natured, if uneven, diversion.