tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post3428504451168496583..comments2024-03-13T10:29:38.310+11:00Comments on Cult Movie Reviews: The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-49718247728787102682020-07-15T01:44:28.573+10:002020-07-15T01:44:28.573+10:00Somewhat belated:
"Jeff Donnell in drag … &q...Somewhat belated:<br /><br />"Jeff Donnell in drag … "<br /><br />I don't know how old you are, or where you're writing from -<br /><br /> - Jeff Donnell was a woman.<br /> Jean Marie Donnell ('Jeff' was a childhood nickname) had a long-standing career as a comedy actress in movies and TV, from the '40s through to her passing in 1988.<br />Her best-known roles were on TV: as George Gobel's wife "spooky old Alice" on his '50s sketch comedy show, and as Stella the housekeeper on the soap GENERAL HOSPITAL in the '80s<br />Miss Jeff Donnell (as she was billed in some of her early movies) had several unsuccessful marriages, one of which was to Aldo Ray (but that's another story …).<br /><br />Just so you know …Mike Doranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427528138598549103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-14075817690769412272013-02-25T14:32:20.838+11:002013-02-25T14:32:20.838+11:00Saw this a few weeks ago and agree with your asses...Saw this a few weeks ago and agree with your assessment. I don't know if Karloff filmed this before or after his work in <i>Arsenic and Old Lace</i> on Broadway but the play seems to influence his performance as an adorable old psycho. Lorre is a riot, too -- you wonder about the kind of town where he could end up the leading citizen!Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652234729744168364.post-66891888321222045922013-02-25T13:56:25.096+11:002013-02-25T13:56:25.096+11:00Had never seen or even heard of this movie until a...Had never seen or even heard of this movie until a few months ago when it ran on TCM. What a wonderful, charming and often funny little film. Definitely a must-see for me, just to see Karloff and Lorre!Randall Landershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10459066894752870249noreply@blogger.com