Sunday 30 October 2016

67 The Devil Bat ( 1940 )


Bela  Lugosi  is  the  star  here  and  still  in  good  shape.

He  plays  Dr  Carruthers  a  trusted  surgeon  and  chemist  in  the  small  town  of  Heathville  dominated  by  a huge  perfume  manufacturer  Heath  and  Morton. Their  empire  is  built  on  Carruthers'  work  but  he  took  cash  there  and  then,  instead  of  a  partnership. He's  now  brassed  off  and  planning  to  kill  them  and  their  families  off   using  a  secret  giant  bat  which  will  attack  anyone  wearing  his  new  aftershave.

The  bat's  not very  convincing  but  otherwise  this  is  reasonably  entertaining.

Suzanne  Kaaren ( as  Mary  Heath )  

Sex : No

Death  : Survives


Suzanne  was  a  B-movie  actress  who  appeared  in  several  films  with  The  Three  Stooges. She  died  in  2004  aged  92.

Yolande  Donlan  ( as  Maxine )

Sex : No  apart  from  a  bit  of  flirting  with  the  comic  relief  photographer

Death : Survives


Yolande  was  from  New  Jersey  originally. Starting  out  in  B  movies  she  moved  into  theatre  in the  late  forties  and  was  invited  to  England  by  Laurence  Olivier.  In  1954  she  married  film  director   Val  Guest  and  appeared  in  many  of  his  films. She  died  in  2014  aged  94.

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