Tuesday, 3 January 2017

105 The Vampire's Ghost ( 1945 )

This  vampire  picture  with  its  nonsensical  title  is  strictly  B-movie  fare.

Webb  Fallon ( John  Abbott )  is  a  talkative  vampire  and  a  Mr  Kurtz- like  figure  running  a  shady  bar  in  deepest   Africa. A  number   of  murders  happen  in  the  vicinity  and  he  becomes  chief  suspect. It's  a  dull  offering  , the  chief  point  of  interest  being  whether  Abbott  really  did  have  eyes  like  that  ? ( It  seems  not ).

Peggy  Stewart ( as  Julie  Vance )

Sex  : No

Death : Survives


Peggy  was  originally  Margaret  O  Rourke  from  Florida. She  was  originally  best  known  for  Westerns  but  then  switched  to  TV.  Her  career  as  a  character  actress  has  lasted  almost  to  the  present  day. She  is  now  93.

Adele  Mara  ( as  Lisa )

Sex : Wears  a  revealing  dancer's  costume  and  shows  her  knickers  during  her  routine

Death  : Killed  by  Fallon  for  betraying  him  although  he  later  says  she' ll  be  resurrected  as  a  vampire


Adele  was  originally  Adelaide  Delgado  from  Michigan. A  trained  dancer,  she  was  much  in  demand  in  the  forties  both  in  film  and  as  a  pin-up  girl.  In  the  fifties , she  switched  to  television, aided  by  her  marriage  to  producer  Roy  Huggins, appearing  three  times  in  his  Maverick  series.  She  retired  after  1978  and  died  in  2010  aged  87.

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