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Help me solve this Bela Lugosi mystery...

Started by fibbermac, February 27, 2009, 06:24:09 PM

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Scatter

#30
April 25, 2009, 08:47:30 AM
Quote from: LonChaney on April 25, 2009, 08:36:18 AM
Look to your heart's content.  However, the two supporting actors in the photograph are FORD STERLING and CLYDE COOK, both of whom were Keystone Kops.

BELA LUGOSI was cast as background talent.

I'm well aware of who Ford Sterling was, and his role in the Keystone Kops.

You don't mind if I actually post a picture for those here who may have never laid eyes upon the man, do you?? I'll be sure to ask everyone to let me know when their eyes are content with looking, and get back to you. Thanks. ::)
We're all here because we're not all there.
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Scatter

#31
April 25, 2009, 08:52:27 AM Last Edit: April 25, 2009, 09:09:53 AM by Scatter
Ford was born in 1883, and "He Who Gets Slapped" was filmed in 1924, which would make him about 41 during filming. With that in consideration, this image would be a more accurate representation of how Ford would have looked during filming.

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Scatter

#32
April 25, 2009, 08:56:18 AM
 
We're all here because we're not all there.
http://www.distinctivedummies.net/index.html

LonChaney

#33
April 25, 2009, 09:37:31 AM Last Edit: April 25, 2009, 09:56:59 AM by LonChaney
Quote from: Scatter on April 25, 2009, 08:47:30 AM
I'm well aware of who Ford Sterling was, and his role in the Keystone Kops...

Then you don't mind if I mention his cast affiliation for those here who may never have heard of the man, do you?  You're welcome.   ::)
"There is indeed something not of this earth in his appearance."

LonChaney

#34
April 25, 2009, 11:03:40 AM Last Edit: April 25, 2009, 01:48:48 PM by LonChaney
Mr. Lugosi is highlighted:

"There is indeed something not of this earth in his appearance."

hammett1

#35
April 25, 2009, 01:42:16 PM
Great CHANEY film that had Bela as an extra.  David
hammett1

"In front of me stood a GORILLA in a hat"

fibbermac

#36
April 25, 2009, 04:21:44 PM
I'm the original poster of this thread and I'm just looking for the truth (aren't we all?).

Lon, what source gave you the names of the two clowns beside Chaney and the identity of Lugosi as the background clown you indicated in the photo you posted? Are these just faces you recognized in the stills or is there documentation?

My goal, if possible, would be to move this issue from the realm of opinions to documented/established knowledge.

-fibbermac-
"Even a man who's pure in heart and says his prayers by night..."

Wich2

#37
April 25, 2009, 05:53:20 PM
Forward from Gary Don Rhodes:

"The photo that is said to be of Sterling may well in fact not be the photo that Richard Sheffield saw in Lugosi's private collection.  He has only ever said that he saw Lugosi as a clown in a picture with Chaney from HE WHO GETS SLAPPED... it could well have been another image.

There is a photo in my book BELA LUGOSI, DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES that shows someone (not in clown makeup) who very much looks like Lugosi and not at all like Sterling.

However, the image posted here with many clowns behind Chaney and one that is highlighted actually does not at all look like Lugosi to me, for whatever that's worth.

At any rate, I'd underscore once more that, while I'm hopeful that Lugosi was in HE just because of the interesting connection it makes between him and Chaney, the ONLY proof we have are some images that kinda look like him and Richard Sheffield's fifty year old memory of a photo that he saw... neither of which is conclusive proof, by any means. 

You can find various websites and so forth claiming that BL was cast as background talent, but those have simply borrowed from either Michael Blake's second book on Chaney or my first book on Lugosi (in which I clearly suggest that his appearance in HE has not been verified). 

In short, no evidence exists from the period that has yet been found.  Perhaps he was in the film... it is certainly possible... but perhaps he was not.  This remains a mystery, regrettably."

depressedlarrytalbot

#38
April 25, 2009, 08:31:21 PM
This thread reminds me of the start of a 200-page thing about Frankenstein stuntmen on the CHFB ... except not as warm.

Memphremagog

#39
April 25, 2009, 08:34:48 PM
Quote from: depressedlarrytalbot on April 25, 2009, 08:31:21 PM
This thread reminds me of the start of a 200-page thing about Frankenstein stuntmen on the CHFB ... except not as warm.

Let's hope this one doesnt go to those extremes..lol
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David Collins: "Dead people dont just get up and walk around.."

Sarah Collins: "Sometimes they do."

The Spangler

#40
April 25, 2009, 11:59:16 PM
 WELL, I AM THOROUGHLY CONVINCED...
  that I'll be having freaky clown nightmares tonight, after reading through these posts!! 

   

LonChaney

#41
April 26, 2009, 04:11:45 AM
Quote from: fibbermac on April 25, 2009, 04:21:44 PM
I'm the original poster of this thread and I'm just looking for the truth (aren't we all?).

Lon, what source gave you the names of the two clowns beside Chaney and the identity of Lugosi as the background clown you indicated in the photo you posted? Are these just faces you recognized in the stills or is there documentation?

I do not have any documentation nor a source other than myself.  Sorry.
"There is indeed something not of this earth in his appearance."

Monster Bob

#42
April 26, 2009, 05:11:44 AM
Quote from: depressedlarrytalbot on April 25, 2009, 08:31:21 PM
This thread reminds me of the start of a 200-page thing about Frankenstein stuntmen on the CHFB ... except not as warm.



You mean that's Eddie Parker in the clown make-up??




.

depressedlarrytalbot

#43
April 26, 2009, 07:14:15 AM
No, man, it's Gil Perkins fer sure.
You wanna punch about it??

ramsey37

#44
April 26, 2009, 08:06:35 AM
Quote from: The Spangler on April 25, 2009, 11:59:16 PM
WELL, I AM THOROUGHLY CONVINCED...
  that I'll be having freaky clown nightmares tonight, after reading through these posts!! 

   

Sweet dreams, Spangler ;)
George
Where apathy is master, all men are slaves.
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