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Date Posted: 03:18:27 11/23/09 Mon
Author: Tim
Subject: Re: Black Friday
In reply to: DAN 's message, "Black Friday" on 08:54:54 11/21/09 Sat

You raise some intriguing points, Dan, and I tend to agree with your conclusions.

I was also disappointed that Karloff and Lugosi didn't have any scenes together in the picture. Lugosi was originally supposed to play one of the two principal parts, but instead was relegated to the gangster role of Marnay. Still, he made the most of the part, and the sequence with him locked in a closet remains one of the best-known sections of the film.

Stanley Ridges did a really great job as the soft-spoken Professor Kingsley and the tough Red Cannon. His scholarly Kingsley character seems older than either Dr Sovac or Marnay, although in fact Ridges was a little younger than Karloff and Lugosi.

Many of Dr Sovac's actions are motivated by greed, so he probably deserved to pay a price for his crimes. However, it may have been difficult to prove his guilt, as your post suggests.

Black Friday may be one of Universal's "B" pictures, but its cast is "A" grade excellent. The studio knew the names Karloff and Lugosi would bring in the crowds.

Tim

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