Comments on: Some Dental Work from The Mind Reader (1933) http://warrenwilliam.com/some-dental-work-from-the-mind-reader-1933/ 1930's & 1940's Film Star Warren William Tribute Site Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:53:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The_Mouthpiece http://warrenwilliam.com/some-dental-work-from-the-mind-reader-1933/comment-page-1/#comment-724 The_Mouthpiece Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:48:25 +0000 http://warrenwilliam.com/?p=68#comment-724 That was the darkest Allen Jenkins I can remember seeing. You can actually catch more Constance Cummings the same night as "The Match King" -- She's in "American Madness" airing at 9:30 pm. Just posted "The Match King" btw. Thanks, Jeffers, as always, for your contribution! Cliff That was the darkest Allen Jenkins I can remember seeing.

You can actually catch more Constance Cummings the same night as “The Match King” — She’s in “American Madness” airing at 9:30 pm.

Just posted “The Match King” btw.

Thanks, Jeffers, as always, for your contribution!

Cliff

]]> By: Jeffers http://warrenwilliam.com/some-dental-work-from-the-mind-reader-1933/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Jeffers Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:30:29 +0000 http://warrenwilliam.com/?p=68#comment-723 I see you already called the parallels with Bedside to me months ago in the comments on that blog post! I see you already called the parallels with Bedside to me months ago in the comments on that blog post!

]]> By: Jeffers http://warrenwilliam.com/some-dental-work-from-the-mind-reader-1933/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Jeffers Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:15:45 +0000 http://warrenwilliam.com/?p=68#comment-722 I finally had a chance to see The Mind Reader and it does indeed make for another terrific view. Sort of a less-credulity-straining precursor of Bedside, in some respects (charlatan doesn't deserve beautiful woman's devotion, his fraud ends in tragedy; but her steadfastness is better motivated, and his comeuppance is not preposterously waived by benign authorities). In addition to WW, the rest of the cast really impressed me, too--Allan Jenkins is always fun if given anything worthwhile to do; Clarence Muse for once (in the few roles I've seen him in) didn't have to rise above the material to make his usual strong impression; and Constance Cummings was just wonderful (I haven't seen her before, but certainly want to see her again). But who was that Karl Malden lookalike ballyhooing for the OTHER mind reader at the start of the movie? I'm glad to learn from your post that The Match King is coming back to TCM, which I hope means it will also soon be coming back to (unofficial) DVD. That's the last remaining must-have, must-see WW title on my personal list! I hope Jenny the Nipper was able to track down the set with Bedside. As I noted earlier, truth3152 doesn't actually post it on eBay, but once you are in contact with him it is available to his private customers. I finally had a chance to see The Mind Reader and it does indeed make for another terrific view. Sort of a less-credulity-straining precursor of Bedside, in some respects (charlatan doesn’t deserve beautiful woman’s devotion, his fraud ends in tragedy; but her steadfastness is better motivated, and his comeuppance is not preposterously waived by benign authorities). In addition to WW, the rest of the cast really impressed me, too–Allan Jenkins is always fun if given anything worthwhile to do; Clarence Muse for once (in the few roles I’ve seen him in) didn’t have to rise above the material to make his usual strong impression; and Constance Cummings was just wonderful (I haven’t seen her before, but certainly want to see her again). But who was that Karl Malden lookalike ballyhooing for the OTHER mind reader at the start of the movie?
I’m glad to learn from your post that The Match King is coming back to TCM, which I hope means it will also soon be coming back to (unofficial) DVD. That’s the last remaining must-have, must-see WW title on my personal list!
I hope Jenny the Nipper was able to track down the set with Bedside. As I noted earlier, truth3152 doesn’t actually post it on eBay, but once you are in contact with him it is available to his private customers.

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