You may think that my review of The Glass Tomb (1955) is simply another in a string of examinations of the American/British noir coproductions of Robert Lippert and Hammer Films. But no, I have ambitions in this review. Lofty ones. It is now my personal mission to add to the lexicon of B-movie enthusiasts the term “shepherd’s pie filmmaking.”
#1 by lyzard on April 9, 2008 - 11:30 pm
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Um, a guy – not eating – in a glass box? Not exactly the Elephant Man….
Did they say what they were charging?
#2 by Tom Meade on April 10, 2008 - 12:45 am
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It’d be really good for about a day, while the man went into delirious fits trying to break-out and steal food from the punters. On either side of that line is an arid wasteland.
#3 by Nathan Shumate on April 10, 2008 - 6:32 am
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AS for what they were charging, the only line that referenced it was, “And it will only cost you — why, here he coms now! The Great Sapolio!” In other words, no.
#4 by Matthew Fudge on April 10, 2008 - 7:07 am
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This is about David Blaine right?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/19/newsid_3700000/3700652.stm
#5 by Luke Blanchard on April 10, 2008 - 11:18 pm
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I’ve read A.E. Martin’s novel, under the title Common People. My recollection is it’s set in Australia between the wars. It’s written as a murder mystery, not an open mystery, and has a double ending. (Spoilers follow)
If I remember rightly, Rourke is a cop, and was involved with Rena’s blackmail attempt. At the climax he tells Pel he’s the murderer (to intimidate him) before getting killed. In the second ending we learn the real murderer was Stanton. He has a disfiguring birthmark on his face, and when Sapolio saw him leaving Rena’s apartment he saw only that part of his face and thought he was black.
According to the introduction, the book also circulated in a version without the double ending, and the Starving Man stuff is based on an act Martin had managed. I think Pel rents a storefront for the act, but I could have that wrong. Sapolio puts on a show to give their customers their money’s worth. During the middle of his starving period this involves striding back and forth like an angry caged tiger. His wife slips him rashers of bacon through the mail slot, and he makes the mistake of asking the murderer to get him one when she’s not around.
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