Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini-Ep #33: Halloween Recommendations!

Episode Date: October 29, 2015

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And which one of us should go first? Well, this is our special Halloween episode. Yes. You go first. Because you're going to talk about a film that relates to a guest. Yes. We spoke to, we found and spoke to an actress by the name of Janet Ann Gallo. And, I mean, to somebody like me, who's a horror film nut, she's bigger than Julia Roberts.

She was... There's a scene in Ghost of Frankenstein. She's a little girl playing with a ball and these bullies grab the ball from her and throw it on a roof. And the

Frankenstein monster, played of course by Lon Chaney Jr., because Boris Karloff wouldn't do it again. He shows up and gets the ball and befriends this little girl. And in real life, that was the relationship they had. Just the same way the little girl wasn't afraid of the monster, she wasn't afraid of Chaney as the monster. And Chaney loved her and her brother and even offered to adopt them. That's how crazy.

And it's just, it's not, you know, considered one of the classic Frankensteins by any stretch. Is it the fifth one in the original? It's the fourth. The fourth one, right, after Son of Frankenstein. Yeah. Right. Isn't House of Frankenstein the fifth one? Yeah.

Okay. No, no, no. Frankenstein meets the Wolfman. Right. I've got to get my order right. Yeah. And then it was House of Frankenstein and House of Dracula. Got it, got it.

She was as hard to book as Julia Roberts, by the way. But it's just so it's not considered one of the classics, but it's fun in those universal old monster movie fun. Lugosi is back as Igor. Right. And that was like a fun portrayal. And you could see Lugosi having fun playing that part. For a change.

Yes. And Ralph Bellamy shows up. Evelyn Ankers. Right. Sir Cedric Hardwick. Right. Lionel Atwill. And it's the whole cast of universal crew and it yeah just just a fun quick moving picture lionel atwill who you brought up during

the live lewis black episode and we had to explain to the audience who lionel atwill was. He was in a lot of these horror movies and sinister parts. And he's the one who's mocked in Young Frankenstein. By Kenneth Mars. Yeah. With the wooden arm. That's right. The mechanical arm.

And he, in real life, was supposed to be quite the perv and throw these big, like, wild org orgies i didn't know that yeah that's what i you come up with this i i heard that like the police were pretty much after him really and a couple of times a couple of times he felt like well it's all over for me now let me write this down lionel atwill was throwing sex parties yes Yes. Wow. That's a scoop. Yeah. I don't know if Boris Karloff ever showed up. I doubt it.

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P-A-T-R-E-O-N dot com slash Gilbert Gottfried. Thank you for your generosity. And thank you, DFA Records. The movie I want to talk about, because this is our Halloween episode, and this is maybe a slightly more unconventional choice, because it's not really a horror film, but it's a spooky film. And then there were none in 1945. René Clair, the French director's adaptation of a very famous Agatha Christie story,

Ten Little Indians, which was remade. Never as well. Yeah. It was made many, many times. Never as well as this picture, because it has an all-star cast. Walter Houston, who's great. Barry Fitzgerald, a Jew, by the way. I don't know if you knew that. Do you want to know something? Yeah. One time, I remember talking to my grandmother years ago, and she had just watched a movie the night before on TV. And she said, oh, this actor Barry Fitzgerald is in it.

He's so wonderful. And then she goes, is he Jewish? Wow. Yeah. What was she watching? Was it Going My Way or one of those Fitzgerald things? Couldn't be less Jewish. Yeah.

This is a story about a bunch of strangers who are invited to an isolated island, and they're all accused by this mysterious host named Mr. Owen, and they don't know who Mr. Owen is and they're all basically, the caretaker at the island who's waiting for them is instructed to put on a record. And he puts on a record and it's a recording of Mr. Owen's voice. Do you know this film, Paul? No. Our friend Paul Rayburn is here.

He doesn't know it either. And every guest is accused of being a murderer. And then gradually you find out their backstories and what they're hiding and that each one of them has a secret. And then one by one they're bumped off. And it's a great whodunit. But it's also very stylish. This must have been a stage play.

It was a stage play. It was a stage play. And it's a little bit stage bound, you know, but it's, Rene Claire was a great French director who worked in silent films. And Dame Judith Anderson is in it. And C. Aubrey Smith. You know these actors. Yeah.

And Rowan Young from Topper. And it's just, and Misha Auer. Ah. Remember him? You know, I think Misha Auer might be of a certain religious persuasion. I know where you're going with this. It's a wonderful whodunit. It's atmospheric and it's funny, but it's also unsettling.

It's very moody. And it was a movie that I loved as a kid. And I pull it out on Halloween. As I said, it's not a shocker. Yeah. It's not a ghoulish film. It's not a conventional horror film. But it keeps you watching it.

Yeah, it's great. It's very, very well made. So check it out. And Barry Fitzgerald is just wonderful. Richard Hayden, you know that actor, H-A-Y-D-N. Do you know him? You'd know him to see him. Do you remember?

This is too easy a question. Remember who Barry Fitzgerald's brother was? Oh, God, you're going to stump me. I think I know this but forgot. Okay. Give me a hint. His brother's name was Arthur Shield. I'm stumped. And he was in Naked City.

I didn't know that. That was one of those cases of where, like, the siblings had different names. So there was Barrett Fitzgerald. Like Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine. Yeah, and Arthur Shields. Or James Arnaz and Peter Graves. That's right, right. Or Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez.

Emilio Estevez, right. I didn't know that. Yeah. Barry Fitzgerald's a great actor. Oh, yeah. Who did a lot of wonderful stuff. He's terrific in this. So is Walter Houston.

The director is smart enough to give them scenes together. Oh, yeah. And they're both wonderful. And obviously, it's a whodunit, and I can't say too much about it, but it's very rewarding. 1945, I think. Yeah. And what's the – did you give us the plot of Ghost of Frankenstein?

Okay. You just told us about it, Janet Angelo. Ghost of Frankenstein, I mean, you see they're running out of ideas, and it's going a little nutty. But it still works. But Igor, somehow, you know, there's no sense, rhyme, or reason. He's still alive after being hung. That's right. But he's got the broken neck.

Yes. Right. But other than that, he's fine. Right. the broken neck yes right but other than that he's fine right and um he's he wants his brain put in the monster's body and there's a chilling scene where the monster kidnaps the little girl and points to her head and then points to his own head as if to tell him he wants the little girl's brain in his body, in his head, which is kind of chilling.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And who was the other guest we were working on booking that was a child star that was in one of the Frankenstein films? Son of Frankenstein, Donnie Donegan. Donnie Donegan, right. So we're working on Donnie too. So by the time you hear this, we may have interviewed him.stein films? Son of Frankenstein, Donnie Donegan. Donnie Donegan, right. So we're working on Donnie, too. So by the time you hear this, we may have interviewed him. Yeah.

From Son of Frankenstein. Yes, Son of Frankenstein. When you first brought up Janet Ann Gallo back in the day when we started this, I misunderstood. I thought you were talking about the little girl in the original Frankenstein. Oh, no, no. Who winds up in the... Yeah, he throws her in the water. Throws her in the water.

Right. Yeah. Totally different. Totally different. Throws her in the water. Right. Yeah. Totally different. Totally different. Should we track her down, too? Well, I guess we should track down her cemetery she's in right now. So, happy Halloween, everybody. And the Halloween movies this year are...

Mine goes to Frankenstein. And then there were none, directed by the great Frenchman, Rene Clair. And, next time we talk, and next time we do this, I might have some information about Papillon Susu. Oh, don't tease me. I'm going to tease you. See you next time. 1, 2, 3, 2, 1 Give me that fractal, colossal obsessions

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