tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post4315919723762591314..comments2024-03-28T09:21:54.116-07:00Comments on To the Batpoles!: The Batscholar on Episodes 7 & 8John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-7225217079655368962018-05-10T14:14:01.101-07:002018-05-10T14:14:01.101-07:00George Sanders had a wonderful, off-beat sense of ...George Sanders had a wonderful, off-beat sense of humor and it shows in his Mr Freeze portrayal, telling his men to make the car go "zoom zoom".Maura McPeakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039457801597601306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-84968821396645735302016-05-14T22:58:49.053-07:002016-05-14T22:58:49.053-07:00The Saint (1938-41) preceded The Falcon (1941-46),...The Saint (1938-41) preceded The Falcon (1941-46), the fourth Falcon combining both brothers and enabling Tom Conway to continue this series for another four years (the estranged brothers did only one other picture together in 1956). David Niven worked with Sanders in the 1938 John Ford picture FOUR MEN AND A PRAYER, which followed George's first starring role in INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT, both with villainous turns from John Carradine. At least Nazi villain Martin Kosleck managed to do the John Astin Riddler episodes.kochillthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843717929648076583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-13891632925235017502012-02-22T20:47:09.319-08:002012-02-22T20:47:09.319-08:00Just a quick note - the series George Sanders turn...Just a quick note - the series George Sanders turned over to his brother Tom Conway was the Falcon movies - Sanders then went on to star as The Saint - not much difference between them, so you wonder why he bothered...but it did give the world The Falcon's Brother - which featured both men and was extremely fun.Craig Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06037542638067599437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-39102585243444563012011-09-14T10:36:01.008-07:002011-09-14T10:36:01.008-07:00The reason that the writers of the original comics...The reason that the writers of the original comics don't get on-screen credit:<br />They were only just starting to get credit in the comic books themselves at that point. Also, the Screen Writers' Guild tended to be quite territorial about these matters, wanting to preserve their claim on royalties and such.<br /><br />Why the costumer didn't get credit:<br />TV credits, especially those from the big studios, generally didn't credit anyone below a certain level of function. <br />If you take note of the week-to-week crawls of Fox-produced shows, as an example, you'll see many of the same names on all the shows. These are usually the various department heads, such as art director Jack Martin Smith and set decorator Walter Scott. They get credit on the features Fox made during this period as well, with the individual show's actual Art director and set decorator coming in second. As to other credits, again department heads, such as makeup's Ben Nye, get the onscreen nod while the actual artists aren't named at all. This was common practice at all the studios, and didn't change until sometime in the '70s, when contracts expired or were renoegotiated.<br /><br />One last note: Shelby Grant passed away a few weeks ago. She had been married to Chad Everett for more than 40 years. RIP.Mike Dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-26075818092962477692011-09-14T08:47:19.517-07:002011-09-14T08:47:19.517-07:00George Sanders may have not been the most energeti...George Sanders may have not been the most energetic or invested baddie among Batman's villian-logue, but he classed it up quite nicely. The tone of the show, or perhaps the writing, seems to take a different gear for the next few episodes -- maybe Dozier and co. were catching their collective batman breath or were logging too many OT hours... still, half-speed batman was still 5x better than anything Tammy Grimes could cook up.rockfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02835472375196889875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-17882702150824489842011-09-13T21:58:37.139-07:002011-09-13T21:58:37.139-07:00"Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored...."Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck." That was the note Sanders left behind after his suicide. In The Moon's a Balloon, David Niven writes that in 1937 Sanders told him that he would kill himself when he was 65. He did just that.<br /><br />Joel, some questions for you:<br /><br />1. What made Stadd's script unfilmable? Was it too expensive or too bad?<br /><br />2. Why wasn't costumer Jan Kemp given onscreen credit?<br /><br />3. Why wasn't onscreen credit given to the authors of the original comics stories on which were based this episode and all the others produced to this point?Clifton Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05235906805725431093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316366186649546090.post-56827340055985029602011-09-13T14:01:15.146-07:002011-09-13T14:01:15.146-07:00Interesting info, Joel... William O'Connell a...Interesting info, Joel... William O'Connell also played one of the stranded aliens in OUTER LIMITS' "The Chameleon," penned by Robert (CHINATOWN) Towne.Gary Geraninoreply@blogger.com