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"Doug Elrod" wrote in message
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On Apr 29, 11:09 am, "Tom Carberry" wrote:
> Oh, that is good news. I've been wondering what their next choice was
> going
> to be. I've seen this little gem, and it is a great choice. In fact, I
> have both a short and long version of this on DVD and it is a hoot. It is
> vintage Roger Corman, who has a brief cameo as a doctor when the old
> professor is taken into the hospital after being involved in a hit-and-run
> accident (cheaply and conveniently off-screen).
>
> Tom Carberry (#45505, and the remake really stunk).
Aha, so Corman does a little homage to Hitchcock, eh? ;-)
-Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)
(or maybe the actor who was supposed to play the doctor didn't come
in?)
Well, yes and no. According to Corman (from his book "How I Made a 100
movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime") everyone, including himself, did
double or triple duty during production. Actors and Writers carried
equipment, worked on costumes, scenery, etc. He didn't like to appear on
film and was uncomfortable as an actor, but when the budget was tight (hey,
it was a Corman film) and he could save the cost of an actor, he appeared.
If someone didn't come to work, he just shuffled around the casting--as was
the case with "Viking Women and the Sea Serpent--remember that little
gem--well one of the actresses and her agent at the last minute decided she
should be paid more. Corman would have none of that and he fired her and
just shuffled every actress up one notch in casting.
I don't think that was Hitchcock's reason for his cameo appearances.
Tom Carberry (#45505, and I'm still holding out for "From Hell It Came")
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