The Black Fort is a 1952 Gothic horror movie a few man who investigates the disappearance of two of his buddies who have been the company of a sinister Austrian depend.
The film was directed by Nathan H. Juran (The Boy Who Cried Werewolf; First Males within the Moon; Jack the Big Killer; Assault of the 50 Foot Lady; The Mind from Planet Arous; 20 Million Miles to Earth; The Lethal Mantis) from a narrative an screenplay by Jerry Sackheim (The Unusual Door; The Deadly Witness). It was produced by William Alland (The Colossus of New York; The Mole Folks; Tarantula; This Island Earth; Creature from the Black Lagoon; It Got here from Outer Area).
The Common Footage manufacturing stars Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Rita Corday, Lon Chaney Jr, John Hoyt and Michael Pate.
Plot:
Sir Ronald Burton, a British gentleman, investigates the disappearance of two of his buddies on the Austrian property of the sinister Depend von Bruno. Bruno secretly seeks revenge towards the leaders of a British pressure that set the natives towards him in colonial Africa: Burton’s lacking buddies are amongst Bruno’s victims, and Burton is now additionally within the lure. Burton plans to flee with Bruno’s abused Countess, however the Depend’s henchmen bar the best way…
Manufacturing:
The movie was going to be directed by Joseph Pevney with Nathan Juran answerable for the artwork route. Nevertheless, Pevney was sad with the script and when Common refused to make the adjustments he wished, left the image. Common determined to advertise Juran to director two weeks earlier than filming commenced. The shoot time was twenty days. The units have been designed by the artwork administrators Bernard Herzbrun and Alfred Sweeney.
Juran says he was assisted significantly by the forged, notably Boris Karloff (“he put a lot into the character that wasn’t within the script”), and by his assistant director, William Holland. Common executives have been impressed with Juran’s dealing with of the film and provided him a one-year contract as a director.
Modern critiques:
Harrison’s Studies judged The Black Fort to be “a very good program horror melodrama, the type that offers one the chills”, while noting “The three principals do good work, and so does Boris Karloff”. The Hollywood Reporter discovered the movie “stacks up as wonderful program fare”. Time commented that the movie “tries arduous to relax the moviegoer’s backbone. More often than not, nevertheless, this boy-meets-ghoul melodrama is just tepid theatrics.” Movement Image Exhibitor echoed this sentiment, stating “it’s only a programmer, with the names not too potent for the marquee.”
Trailer:
Clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t94kCRsINBo
Forged and characters:
Richard Greene … Sir Ronald Burton aka Richard Beckett, Boris Karloff … Physician Meissen, Stephen McNally … Depend Karl von Bruno, Paula Corday … Countess Elga von Bruno, Lon Chaney Jr … Gargon, John Hoyt … Depend Steiken, Michael Pate … Depend Ernst von Melcher, Nancy Valentine … Therese Von Wilk, Tudor Owen … Romley, Henry Corden … Fender, Otto Waldis … Krantz
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