On December 8, 1948, The Beast with Five Fingers debuted in France. Celebrating the anniversary with some original Peter Lorre art!
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Absolutely love this movie! Peter Lorre is a horror icon, and that disembodied hand effect is nothing to scoff at nearly 8 decades later! Great show tonight folks!
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#FakeMovieFacts: Ingram's disembodied left hand would go on to star in a numner of 1950s watch ads in the late 40s and early 50s before being signed up on the spot for the role of Thing in The Addas Family.
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Peter Lorre: "PLAY FREEBIRD!"
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I would absolutely love to see a cut of that scene with children's piano class practice sessions of like "Row, Row, Row, Your Boat, or "Mary Had a Little Lamb" playing instead of the classical composition ...
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At least this disembodied hand isn't snarky like the one in Evil Dead 2 ...
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"IT'S ALIVE!" Screamed in a pre-1950s horror film: drink!
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And done! Here’s my new Peter Lorre art for tonight’s presentation of The Beast with Five Fingers! Thanks for watching it shape-up!
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Hmm ... so I'm assuming that Francis Ingran was left-handed; can only imagine how frustrating and disorienting it would be to be wandering around as one's disembodied non dominant hand ...
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"Classic! Simple case of a walking disembodied hand ... Book 'em Danno ..."
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Went with stone instead of cardboard for the mausoleum... Poor Warner Brothers folks didn't have that high-end Ed Wood budget ...
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Professional mourner: "How long is this gig? I've gotta go dress up as the Statue of Liberty outside of that strip mall along Highway 9 in about 4 hours ..."
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While it's almost impossible to imagine anyone other than Peter Lorre in this, the film was originally intended to star Paul Henreid. When Henrreid declined, he said, " I'm not wild to play against a dead hand ..."
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Looking a-Lorre-ing! Getting somewhere with this Peter Lorre piece!
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The Latin phrase on the pianist's fireplace is "Nulla Dies Sine Linea" or "No Day Without A Line." I'm assuming Scarface's Tony Montana has the same inscription on his fireplace ...
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Considering the existence of Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge, I really wish there was an 80s re-imagining of The Beast with Five Fingers where Ingram plays a Casio keyboard in a new wave band ...
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I feel like a lot of screenwriters secretly want to be P.T.Barnum-esque street hustlers, that is, if the prevalence of silver-tongued street hustling sequences is a proper reflection ...
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Drawing Peter Lorre on a torn-out notebook sheet for tonight’s new art. Getting started now!
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