109 The Face of Marble (1946 )

This  is  a  strange  offering  which  can't  decide  whether  it's  a  mad  scientist  or  voodoo  picture  and  so  runs  the  themes  in  tandem  to  only  confusing  effect.

John  Carradine  plays  Dr  Randolph , a  mad  scientist  trying  to  revive  dead  people with  the  aid  of  younger  assistant  Dr  Cochran  ( Robert  Shayne ). His  younger  wife  Elaine   is  attracted  to  Cochran  and  her  voodoo-practising  servant  Maria  plots  to  bring  them  together. When  David's  fiance  Linda   arrives, events  spin  out  of  control

Claudia  Drake  ( as  Elaine )

Sex : No

Death :  Tricky  one  this. She's  killed  by  Maria's  poisoned  incense  intended  for  Linda and  then  revived  by  her  husband  though  perhaps  only  as  a  ghoul like  her  dog. At  the end  of  the picture  she  and  the  dog  walk  into  the  sea.

Claudia's  real  name  was  Olga  Fishbine. She  was  a  B-movie  actress  active  in  the  forties  and  early  fifties. She  died  in  1997  aged  79.

Maris  Wrixon ( as  Linda )

Sex : Looks  good  in  her  nightie

Death : Survives

This  was  one  of  Maris's  last  few  films  before  moving  into  television.