I get really annoyed when people dismiss really cool ideas with one destructive word like that. Why have some so wholly embraced mean criticisms as funny? I believe that this is an instance when the comment is beneficial. To read of an artist doing a odd thing is of interest but quickly forgotten. ...

Lorna wrote: ↑March 25th, 2024, 11:06 am THANK YOU for all that info on THE RUSSIAN STAGE PRODUCTION though- pretty fascinating

I thank you for your kind words.

Thank goodness for google. At least Bela Lugosi and Gypsy Rose Lee are a bit closer in age than Lugosi and Hanks. I just put in Kevin Bacon for his notoriety for having six degrees of separation. I get flummoxed after three degrees. You have at all times the option to do what I do: cheat. https://o...

Bela Lugosi in: The Wolf Man (1941) with: Lon Chaney Jr. Lon Chaney Jr. in: Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) (uncredited) with: Gypsy Rose Lee Thanks, Masha, although I always hesitate to use uncredited performances. Gypsy Rose Lee in: Stage Door Canteen (1943) with: Ina Claire Ina Claire in: Ninotchka...

As for Gypsy Rose Lee: Gypsy Rose Lee was in THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS with Rosalind Russell. Rosalind Russell was in NIGHT MUST FALL with Robert Montgomery. Robert Montgomery was in HERE COMES MR. JORDAN with Claude Rains. Claude Rains was in THE WOLF MAN with Bela Lugosi. So Gypsy Rose Lee's Lugosi...

Tom Hanks in: Toy Story (1995) with: Phil Proctor
Phil Proctor in: Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) with: Ralph Bellamy
Ralph Bellamy in: The Wolf Man (1941) with Bela Lugosi

if a film is set anytime in ENGLAND ca. 1800-1940 and features A DRAWING ROOM, then I'm in- (bonus points for A CONSERVATORY) Might I suggest: The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) Murder by Rope (1936) The Phantom of Crestwood (1932) It is also that most: Philo Vance and:...