This month my theme is actor Boris Karloff, one of the all-time greatest performers in horror films! Karloff had a huge presence on old-time radio shows and his velvety-smooth accent made him a lot of fun to listen to. Radio also gave him a few opportunities to cut loose and tackle the kinds of roles he wasn't getting on the silver screen, so I'll feature a few examples of those during the month.
First, let's visit Inner Sanctum Mysteries and the episode "The Tell-Tale Heart" from August 3, 1941. It's based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe but only in the absolutely slightest sense of the word; Karloff plays a man with superhuman hearing who befriends a man with superhuman eyesight. Eventually it becomes a little like the Poe story. It earns a zero in terms of fidelity, but it's a pretty good Karloff performance! You can hear it at archive.org by clicking here!
All images this month from IMDB.
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