Dr. Ernest Sovac
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Jun 21, 2024 · More typically, he played mad doctors and scientists, as in Black Friday (1940) and House of Frankenstein (1944). He also had another stage success in 1950, as Captain Hook in the Broadway revival of Peter Pan .
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6 days ago · 9/30 -* Black Friday (1940) A REIGN OF HORROR… A MAN-MADE MONSTER ON THE LOOSE! When his friend Professor Kingsely (Ridges) is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac (Karloff) saves his life by means of an illegal operation that transplants part of injured gangster Red Cannon’s brain.
3 days ago · The Wild West got the funny treatment when The Marx Brothers starred in the 1940 film, Go West. Other good films that appear on this top 1940s Western movies list include The Ox-Bow Incident, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and Blood on the Moon.
5 days ago · This collection includes: Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), The Invisible Ray (1936), and Black Friday (1940), all on one disc!
Jun 20, 2024 · A list of American films released in 1940. American film production was concentrated in Hollywood and was dominated by the eight Major film studios MGM, Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, RKO, Columbia, Universal and United Artists.
3 days ago · The Rise of Race Films (1910s – 1940s): This era saw a surge in “race films,” films targeted towards Black audiences. These films explored themes of social justice, education, and Black history, filling a void left by Hollywood. Notable examples include “The Emperor Jones” (1933) and “Imitation of Life” (1934).
3 days ago · In some cases, a film's copyright has lapsed because of non-renewal while the underlying literary or dramatic source is still protected by copyright; for example, the film His Girl Friday (1940) became a public domain film in 1969 because it was not renewed, but it is based on the 1928 play The Front Page; as a practical matter, the film could ...
