Monday, April 28, 2008

THE MAD MAGICIAN - Arthur Lange/Emil Newman/Dr. Samuel Hoffman - "Spooky Theremin Theme" (1954)

"The Mad Magician" was an excellent outing for theremin maestro Dr. Samuel Hoffman, and added to the music of composers Arthur Lange and Emil Newman, it makes for some pretty creepy music!! Tra La La Boom De Ay!!!! 
 
That's what this movie is about anyway, Creepy!!! And I'm sure Dr. Hoffman should officially get credit for sending chills down more people's spines than anyone else on earth! Although he died in 1967, Dr. Samuel Hoffman's achievements will live on until time stands still!! 
 
Vincent Price looks downright debonair without the ever present moustache that we've all grown so accustomed to! Donald Randolph as Ross Ormond seems a bit perplexed by Vincent's charm! 
 
Here we have the always stunning Eva Gabor as Claire Ormond in what was possibly her only horror appearance until she portrayed Lisa Douglas on "Green Acres" and "Petticoat Junction." And for all of you people out there that can't read and thought this was about "Mad Magazine" Go Here for the official "Mad Magazine" site!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Greg Goodsell said...

This was shown on Elvira’s “Movie macabre” back in the day. There was a big promotion, and you could get your own 3-D glasses to watch all the mayhem. It didn’t work, except for the intro scene where Elvira threw popcorn right into the audience’s faces!

Greg Goodsell said...

This was shown on Elvira's "Movie Macabre" back in the day. There was a big promotion, and you could get your own 3-D glasses to watch all the mayhem. It didn't work, except for the intro scene where Elvira threw popcorn right into the audience's faces!

Unknown said...

I am trying to find the name of the waltz music used at both the buzz saw trick and the sprinkler trick. This may or may not have been actually composed by A Lange or E Newman, but so far i have come up a blank
Can anyone out there help
Thank you


Fred Tough

Monster Music

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