rec.arts.movies.past-films

On Oct 6, 6:46 am, Mark Leeper wrote:
> On Oct 4, 1:41 pm, Dave in Toronto wrote:
>
> > Sounds like a good bedside book to dip into. I remember in the early
> > sixties the CBC in Canada had their weekly horror night with two hosts
> > - one of whom had no head!
>
> > Dave in Toronto
>
> Because I enjoy and respect the films, I really have liked only the
> horror hosts that had the same attitude. Bob Wilkins I enjoyed. The
> best was actor Kevin Conway who hosted when the New York PBS station
> ran a season of the Universal horror classics on Saturday nights.
> There was no attempt at humor at all. He just talked about the films
> like they were something worth seeing.
>
> --Mark


Sorry Mark but I guess we have part company on that. I do not like
too reverent an attitude towards films that were made strictly as
entertainment. The makers of the Universal horror classics were
consumate professionals for the most part but they didn't take them
seriously - no reason why we should. Nothing wrong with having a
little fun along the way - both in making them and viewing them.

Dave in Toronto