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a riddle for you Livingston what do
lucielle ball jane mansfield phyllis
diller
and shirley temple all have in common
they are all deceased hollywood starlets
and even if they were still alive not
one of them would be caught dead as a
guest on this program
please forgive my butler livingston's
lack of interest and enthusiasm for our
show typically he's a rather pleasant
bloke when he isn't
whinging about his appearance at the
commencement i do not
whinge right welcome to creature features
the dainty and delightful damsel of
demolition over here would be my
tempestuously terrifying tenant
Tangella you've already met the
curmudgeon to this side and i'm your
magnificently mirthful host Vincent
Van Dahl
as to the query i hoisted upon mr happy
face over here the answer is rather
simple
those famous actresses were all friends
with our guest for the night
mr berry bar samian the splendid chap is
a confidant to many hollywood luminaries
as well as a collector of wardrobe and
props from the silver screen
and was even a curator for a san
francisco museum
he'll tell us more than a few
tantalizing tales from tinseltown
as he shares with us some of the more
fascinating pieces from his spectacular
collection
yes i did see the shirley temple dress
however as petite as you happen to be my
dear there's no way in hades that it
shall fit you
however i'm sure it would look quite
enchanting on you if it did fit love
and since this is a show wrapped around
a movie tonight's feature will be
the corpse vanishes from 1942
it stars bella lugosi and a handful of
pretties whose names escaped me at the
moment
we presented this film once before over
three years ago
and everyone wrote to tell us just how
much they loved it
except for the people who wrote to us to
convey their complete and utter loathing
of it
your mileage may vary so don't go away
because it's going to be another night
of hollywood fashion fright
right here on creature features i rather
like that film
right you're so like blutwurst
stay tuned
it is time for your favorite show
absolutely favorite show right
well you know i try to get them to say
that but they don't oh but it's close
it's creature features and we've got
barry barsamian he is a
hollywood historical collector right is
that clever yeah
very well historian historian and
historical
item collector collector yeah and and an
actor and
somebody who enjoys the passion of
hollywood and movies
friend of the stars yeah we're going to
talk about you should see
this list of of friends shirley temple
jane russell jane russell lucille ball
lucille ball and phyllis phyllis diller
mike connors was my dad's first cousin
oh my goodness
that's mannix right mannix yeah this is
a man who's got some stories to tell
he's gonna tell us tonight but we're
gonna be watching
the corpse vanishes have you seen this
film
a long time ago all right well so i can
tell you how the it ends the corpse
actually vanishes really well i think so
that's what the title is
surprise one could assume in 1942 they
did not lie
with the advertising right maybe no i
don't know
we'll see anyways we're gonna watch that
film barry's got some amazing things to
show you i i cannot believe the
collection he brought you know i thought
you're just gonna bring like
two small items and he had a huge
like moving van of items to bring so
we're gonna like
rush through all this stuff because it's
amazing but you're gonna love it all
right and uh the trip up was okay
marvelous no encounters with uh birds
ghosts
no flung clam chowder from the side of
the road
you know that happens to some guys does
it really no no no i didn't know about
flunk
i don't think bodega bay is very
welcoming as it once was
we've had more than one guest get an
entire container of clam chowder tossed
upon the
windscreen on the automobiles i don't
know why
i've seen a lot of uh saltwater taffy
and kites absolutely
caffeine kites it's it's our number one
export
it's it's sent like all over several zip
codes oh
it's it's magical all right let's start
the film you stay there you guys stay
don't you dare change that channel and
we're gonna start the film when we come
back
barry's gonna show us something quite
amazing see you soon
And you Phyllis Hamilton do you take
this man to be your legal
lawfully wedded husband to love honor
and obey
until death do you part i i do
She's fated doctor Raybunr
take her into the anteroom yes sir
Dr Rayburn I'm Pat Hunter from the
chronicle please
this is no time for interviews shall i
telephone for the ambulance
no the undertaker she's dead
hey i can go now is that all
gee thanks
good evening dr rayburn i'm from the
forest mortuary
forest mortuary why two of your men just
drove away with the body a few moments
ago
well there must be some mistake there
weren't our men well i've heard of
ambulance chasing but this is something
new
new it's sensational another kidnapping
of a dead bride
what a story
And a few minutes ago one of the men who
helped remove the body of the
mysteriously dead bride was apprehended
by the police
go on keep talking come on when i told
you i was standing on the corner minding
my own business when a long come the
stiff wagon
a guy poked his head out of the window
and asked me if i want to make a couple
of bucks how many men were with that
hearse
two at least all i could see what'd they
look like
i don't know was dark i didn't pay no
attention to faces you notice a license what with
two bucks staring me in the face come
on tell the truth what'd you do with the
corpse
i didn't do nothing with it what i tell
you it is the truth
so help me
As district attorney mrs wentworth i
assure you there won't be any trouble
you can proceed with the wedding is
planned well we want some assurance
besides words
we want protection i'll have plenty of
men guarding the chapel
and if i'm any judge of the appearance
of your daughter she looks as healthy as
she is beautiful
oh really mother i think you're making
much ado about nothing you're not
worried are you
not in the least well if we have
protection
i'll feel much better about it you'll
have it all right mrs wentworth
tell jones and riley to wait i'll pick
him up
that's the wentworth mother and daughter
isn't it is the wedding called off
certainly not and there isn't going to
be any trouble either
that's what all the rest of them thought
i can't answer for miss wentworth's help
but your paper can print one thing and
that is that there'll be no more theft
of girls bodies
yeah this will get you and sammy into
the wedding and i want plenty of
photographs oh
don't worry boss i got enough film to
cover the russian front
oh mr keenan you promised to take me off
the society column
oh quit beating you're getting a break
this is the most exclusive wedding of
the year
what if the wentworth girl drops dead
too you'll still tell me what she's
wearing along with the rest of the fancy
pants
get me the guest list and don't bother
about anything else i've got three men
working with the police and there'll be
plenty more thereabouts
if the bride pulls up this time there
won't be any snatching
now get going what if i get a clue oh i
wouldn't let that bother me sweetie pie
you wouldn't know a clue if it bite you i'll
remember those words stooge
why are you so nervous mother after all
i'm the one that's getting married
oh i just can't help it i i'm so afraid
something will go wrong
forget it nothing can possibly happen
Oh Alice
you look perfectly beatiful
have you seen dwight no no
make it snappy we're lighting this
wedding won't wait for us can i help it
if we had a blowout
service you right why don't you buy
some new tires for this bus
you know i've been thinking of getting
hey are you kidding
come on
oh dwight you musn't coming here it's
bad luck oh not even a peak
not even one you'll see me soon enough
you see
girls do you mind if i have these last
few minutes alone with alex
Oh yes of course, we understand
well mother you're about to lose me i
hope not forever dear
oh of course not what are you talking
about
do you feel all right dear certainly i
never felt better in my life
you should forget all that silly
nonsense about those brides dropping dead
for mr wentworth oh thank you
from dwight no doubt
i'll wear this next to your heart
darling all my love
what an unusual or-kind well i never
saw one like it before
it's lovely it's beautiful
the minister is ready mrs wentworth
thank you
say a little prayer darling
you look faint dear do you feel all
right yes
Oh Alice, Alice, Alice
darling, darling are you alright
oh alice dear
alice oh
it's happened again i just got the
picture of the month
i just found the news to keenan did you
get any more pictures did i get pictures
i covered everything except a close-up
of this pretty posie
well that looks like the one the bride
wore what are you doing with it
presenting it to you sweetheart as a
token of my devotion take a smile
whoever heard of an orchid with a scent
well that one has
maybe it's a clue
what a peculiar sweet odor yeah
make a swell romaine salad
hey pat you're not gonna pass out too
are you
no no i'm okay
welcome back to creature features we are
watching
the corpse vanishes with mr barry barsamian
and i want to talk about this here but
first this film
stealing bride's corpses hmm corpse
bride
wasn't there a film called the corpse
bride i've heard of corpus christi but i
think that's something else
you know i always thought a christie
named corpse no a corpse named christie
right anyways the movie will get
interesting i'm told
you know i've seen this film before and
i don't recall it at all
happens sometimes what in god's name do
we have here
we have shirley temple's original
costume from
20th century fox's 1937
classic heidi i love that film
this is the one this is the one this is
the one from the christmas scene
where it's so velvety well it is velvet
it's beautiful and this is from 1936.
there well
it was it came out in 37 it probably was
filmed in 36
right but shirley temple was a friend of
mine shirley temple black right
and her mother had it written in her
contract that she could keep
all of her costumes that was
marvelous wasn't it goodness and so um
in the film you know heidi is this
little girl
orphan living with her grandfather in
the swiss alps who is then
plucked by this evil woman to sell her
to
help at a family right a wealthy
family's place
and uh she shirley
optimist that she is decides she's going
to teach
the girl who is unable to walk to walk
right
so um the surprise of the film is
at on christmas and they go in to see
the christmas tree
uh she sings silent night wearing this
dress
and she helps the little girl walk again
and she walks
and all because of this dress i guess so
who
oh you know i think if she was wearing
like something different
like a flapper costume that was popular
back in the 30s right
was that the 20s probably 20s yeah well
she wouldn't be
wearing spandex we know that no no not
in the 30s
one would hope not even during like the
2000s
but i'll tell you something interesting
this has sort of a creature features
twist the man who played the father in
heidi
was in rosemary's baby years later oh my
goodness
i forget his name but in this movie he
was hair cessimon
the girl's father and shirley herself
told me you know that's the guy
in rosemary's baby that is absolutely
interesting but there is something else
interesting right here what is this
shall i
you should show me because it's well
this i'm confused
this is lucille ball's wig from
the 1968 film yours mine and ours
the actual wig that she wore yes on her
head on her head
well yeah where else it would you were
was she was in a wonderful film that was
based on
a true story where a man who had i think
eight children marries a woman who has
seven
and uh this is not a typical wig
no it's not in fact uh it's called a
ventilated wig it's made like a toupee
oh i can see the netting right the
knitting and they just put like makeup
or something
well yeah they glue it on and then
they've pushed the makeup in
it even smells like lucy or ball it does
i didn't notice that no no don't you
smell these items your purchase
this is what the lucille ball smelled like
really this is the closest i shall ever
get to lucille ball
look at this this is the closest i shall
ever be
and you you met her you knew her i did i
i worked on a special called the isle of
lucy birthday special lucille
tell me that smells like her it's
aquanet
no yes hairspray no there's some there's
a sweet aroma there oh well okay
okay well that it must have been her
perfume that was left behind
yummy but i mean but i but i met her
in 1986 and i've got to tell you she was
one of the warmest nicest people you
would ever want to meet
oh i have no doubt and loving and sweet
and
just bigger than life and
personable and warm she was filming life
with lucy her last
series and we stayed in touch after that
how wonderful which was very nice yeah
that's absolutely fabulous
well let's go to like something
less happy the corpse vanishes and when
we come back you've got some other
amazing things to show us right
okay you guys stay with us we're going
back to the corpse vanishes
don't go away
you stay right here
what kind of a gag is this no driver no
license plate
maybe it isn't a gag maybe it's a decoy
or maybe you're right
calling all cars calling all cars
another abduction of a girl's corpse
brunette 22 years of age stop and search
all trucks and suspicious looking cars
that is all burnside
Hey there, we're taking a look inside this rig sure
thing officer
hey pete it's a corpse all right but not
the one were looking for
all right go ahead
change that headline to read his wedlock
challenged then set up an editorial
attacking the da's office for plain
marbles while some madman runs away with
the bodies of dead brides
set me up the proofs right away oh so
it's you
well of all the rotten stories that have
ever been turned into this office yours
takes the prize
no guest list we don't even know what
the bride wore she wore this orchid
listen miss hunter i have a great
responsibility
i'm a public servant parents are calling
the chronicle
frantically with tears in their voice
begging for news of their daughters
i have a daughter myself who's about to
be married maybe she'll drop dead too
but she won't drop dead from an orchid i
didn't say that then what are you talking about
every one of the brides that died and
disappeared were wearing one of these
orchids how do you know
well i checked look at these pictures
all right perhaps it's a coincidence it
still doesn't spell anything
then where did the wentworth girl get
this organ the bridegroom didn't give it
to her
perhaps a dozen people gave it to her
miami a papi no they didn't either i
checked
besides this orchid has a peculiar odor
that's unusual well if you think it's a
clue why don't you follow it up
is that an assignment it's a notice that
you're true if you don't bring something
in
okay mr keenan
so
my little family you're also very
faithful
master the countess is waiting upstairs
oh you must hurry mike
Are this hurting my beloved, terribly
you must hurry
i'm so sorry but i will detain
please forgive me forgive you your
loiter
waste time while i wait here stuck
In pain, courage courage
i will not let you die better death
than agony like this
look at me look at me calm yourself my
dear no
when you hurry
courage my dear courage
why do you beat my son so hard cause
he's a beast an animal
and someday i should have to destroy him
my pour son why was he ever born
can you bear to look at me now of course
you're beautiful and i shall always keep
you that way
will she live as long as she can be of any
use to us she's pretty
very young all of them must be
come my dear
look after the girl fagah yes man
welcome back to the show mr barry
stepped away for a moment you know he's
going out
to his limousine to get some more
amazing things to show us
actually it's a vintage car oh it's a
vintage car well
it's not a vintage limousine we call
them limousines yeah
all right all right so uh anyways we'll
get back to the movie soon but uh we're
gonna take this opportunity to do our
letters aren't we
indeed our correspondence because it's
important that we read the letters
you write to us right right how about
some mail
mr livingston how are you sir quite well
because all things considered
rumor has it he has captain kangaroo's
coat
i think you should try it on i'm not
sure who that is
he was famous all right first letter
is from raymond jenkins in richmond
virginia
you know that's a historical place
indeed
and maybe he's a historical person we'll
find out
dear creature features your show has to
be the stupidest program
on television seriously who watches this
garbage
yeah typically we start on a high note
don't we
you must be from hysterical version oh
i'm talking about your selection of
letters to pass to me
all right the host is an idiot the
butler must be just as dumb to work for
the host
and the girl with the goofy hair that's
you i think
looks like she should be serving burgers
at a biker bar
you guys should get off my tv and put
the news back in the slot
you stole it from jerks raymond jenkins
richmond virginia well um i don't know
what to say about
that and i guess that's her comment on
that
let's do another letter shall we
all right this one is from
sweets griffin that's a real name sweets
griffin i like it all right
subject is movies um i love horror
movies a lot of times you guys have good
movies
but a lot of times they just aren't too
good but when you do
i'm always watching i've been watching
creature feature since
i was a little kid well that's often
sweets griffin tengella amazon does
not ship severed arms
i don't know what i'm gonna do with her
all right um thanks for writing sweets
and uh
keep watching our show what else you
got for me mr livingston don't think
she's very pleased
the moment you know
i think it'd be more effective if you
just simply sent him like a horse's head
or something like that right
i don't know where she got this this
temper she did not get it from me
i think she got it from you i beg your
pardons
writing strongly worded letters that's
something you would do
i don't know about the severed arm part
but all right uh this
last letter is from frank ellman he does
not say
where he goes vincent i just want to say
i love your show
and i'm so glad that you showed topper
returns you know we've gotten a lot of
compliments on that film so
we need to do more topper films i think
right
are there more i i would hope because he
returns right so the must me another one
so the first one maybe was topper
topper 1.0
it was the first time i'd ever seen
creature features but i'm glad i found
you all when i did
i can remember watching this movie for
the first time about seven years ago
with my father while i was still in
junior high
so if he was in junior high seven years
ago he said
he's a young lad quite right i grew up
with all of these golden
silver screen films and can definitely
sympathize with tangella's
love of the classics it's an addiction
see
somebody was nice to you today all right
frank allen thank you so much for
writing
frank and uh keep watching the show as
well is that it for mail
that's it all right if you'd like to
send us a message by email
send it to the address you see appearing
under my boot or if you'd like to send
something in the post like tangella is
going to send
to our friend in virginia send it to the
address
you see appearing down here we'll be
right back with
barry but first let's get back to the
corpse vanishes
none of the florists i checked with ever
saw an orchid like that
well that's not surprising this
particular type belongs to the stan
hopia class
it's a very rare species do you know of
anyone that grows them
no but if you wish to find out more
about them
i suggest that you look up a man by the
name of lorenz
he was the one who originally hybridized
this plant over in europe somewhere
but i just can't go to europe just to oh
that isn't necessary
he lives up at brookdale now thank you
mr smith
you quite welcome
looks like that box got a coffin in it
yet sure does
for professor lorenz what do you suppose
he wants with a coffin
search me he's such a strange spooky guy
the further i stay away from him the
better
me too i'll take charge of this
go ahead take it away glad to get rid of it
taxi lady yes right this way
where to miss to the home of professor
lorenz lorenz i'm sorry i can't take you
there
well i am out of gas you mean you won't
take me
yes ma'am i'm i'm sorry i i i just is
this the only taxi in town
yes ma'am it is look i've simply got to
get to the lorenz place
i'll make it worth your while oh i'm
sorry lady but uh
that truck's going up there you might
get a ride with him that is if you don't
mind riding with a coffin
would you give me a lift to the lorenz
place what do you want to go there for
to see the professor does he expect you
nobody but then we can't take you
get off and stay off look i've got to
see professor lorenz it's important
i said you couldn't ride
hey wait a minute you've got my bag
would you mind giving me a lift well
certainly not where are you going
i'm trying to get to the home of
professor lorenz well you're in luck
that's where i'm going
get in thank you
my name is dr foster i'm patricia hunter
are you a friend of the lorenz
no i'm a reporter i hope to interview
the professor
you're his doctor i presume not exactly
lorenz is a doctor himself but he has no
license to practice
i've been working with him we're trying
to find a cure for his wife
oh i see what type of people are the
lorenzas
you'll find them very interesting
professor lorenz is
a man of unusual accomplishment but his
wife is rather peculiar
i expect you'll find them both a bit eccentric
Toby, tell your master i'm here
cheerful little fellow isn't he i told
you they were eccentric
i'm inclined to believe you
get down to gargoyle get out
good evening dr foster come right in good
evening professor lorenz
countess may i present miss patricia
hunter how do you do
we have been expecting you so you found
my bag in your truck
yes there it is miss hunter's a
newspaper woman i came here hoping you
might grant me an interview
an interview about what no one asked you
to come here
you are not welcome control yourself my
dear
i'm sure miss hunter meant no harm
please forgive my wife she's not well
come get better retire
so that's what you call being eccentric
well i have another name for it
i do not like that girl she is here for
no good
we have nothing to fear
i'm sorry professor if we're intruding
not at all
dr foster this is our evening for work
please be seated thank you
what do you wish to interview me about
orchids orchids
yes i understand that you're an
authority on the subject
they were once my hobby but i haven't
grown any for several years
which species are you interested in a
very rare one of the stanhopia type
a horticulturist told me that you're the
original hybridizer of it
have you ever seen the one yes i have
one in my bag
i'll show it to you where did you get it
oh um a friend of mine gave it to me
you see i'm doing an article on orchids
for my newspaper and i thought that you
might be willing to supply me with some
special data i'm sorry i can't spare a
time tonight miss hunter
you see i have very important work to do
with dr foster i understand
if your interview can wait until morning
i'll drive you back here then if that's
agreeable
professor lorenz it's quite agreeable
but i would suggest that you both stay
here as my guests
thank you very much but i prefer going
to a hotel yes as you wish
i think it would be foolish to go out in
such a storm the professor is right miss
hunter perhaps
we had better remain however if you
insist i'll gladly drive you back to the
village
i'm afraid that would be an imposition
since you so much work to do
thank you i'll stay
Toby will show you to your rooms
Toby take up miss hunters bag
good night good night i'll meet you in
the study soon
very well
why did you ask her spend the
night here
a very special reason
have you actually counted the number of
things
no i haven't you should do that never
really thought about it it should be on
like the certificate of
authenticity well i don't even need one
of those because i have a picture of
phyllis diller wearing this dress
that's all the proof you need all the
proof you need welcome back we
are watching the corpse vanishes here on
creature features
with mr berry Barry Barsamian and he is a
hollywood
historical collector historian i keep
getting a little hysterical too
a hysterical and historical Hollywood collector
and this is this is a recognizable dress
see if you could recognize it even
though he already gave it away
it's Phyllis diller's champagne dress
incredible yeah i've seen this yeah and
it's on television
it's designed by omar of omaha
who is really a female designer that
sounds like somebody who sells cheese
oh oma do they have a catalog like
around the holiday season no
maybe like a little oh that's something
else of omaha yeah
so we've got this one and she's won this
many times right yeah she has she
she had a tv show in the 60s called the
pruitt's of southampton
and i think she might have even worn it
on that she had
a costume room in her home
wigs costumes and uh it was incredible
i i thankfully met her because of my
friend rick carl
and was invited to her home and then
became friends with
her assistant and as things became
available they would say well
we know that you're doing exhibits and
like this is a really choice piece
it was not offered to just everybody and
i was so flattered
that they wanted me to have it right and
she was from um
northern california where she lived in
alameda
oh and we had the same birthday july
17th that's what brought us together
originally when i was a kid
i found it you know you'll find out who
else that's famous has your birthday
and was phyllis diller so wrote her a
letter and she'd write things back and
she'd say
to barry who shares my birthday
with me or what have you now what's this
one this is also phyllis diller
it's much later it's a gila roche
original in fact what's
unusual about it is the first time i met
her was at san francisco state
university
right and she was wearing this dress i
was sent there to photograph her for
a publication called the nob hill
gazette which i worked for right
and she was backstage and i was told you
know she
doesn't want to talk a lot because she's
psyching herself up for the show
right we came in we took a photo that we
needed
and it just so happened that she was
wearing this dress and then many years
later
i obtained it on ebay i was
flabbergasted
i kind of felt like it was meant to be
so how big is your collection
i mean how many things like this do you
have oh
i had more i'd say i have about 150
things
my goodness and jewelry in fact speaking
of jewelry
this is phyllis diller's uh costume but
very high quality
1920s costume it was one of those items
that she told
carla her assistant you know offer this
to barry because that
that's really good custom jewelry you
don't see
i mean it looks like diamonds no this is
wonderful
i would wear this except my wrist is too
large but it looks good
against the black it does yeah no it
would have to go with black
it's so elegant and she wore this just
one
not two just one um she was a very nice
lady when she was on she was on i was
going to ask
what is she like in person very
soft-spoken
and down-to-earth as opposed to her
she wasn't like that that wasn't her
real way
she was from lima ohio
originally moved to the bay area she was
a copywriter
i was once a copywriter for mervyn's
department stores but she was a
copywriter for
what became liberty house it was called
rhodes department store
from alameda and just i i thought she
was a fascinating person
and the fact that i was 13 years old
writing her letters
and she was writing back how wonderful
yeah
that's amazing what do you say we get
back to this film okay
all right off we go i want to see more
we're gonna we're gonna i want to see
more of your stuff
the movie i do all right so we're gonna
get back to this film and when we come
back we've got some more amazing items
to show you from barry's collection so
don't you dare go away
thank you
i guess you sleep very good maybe
a few times i stayed overnight here i
slept unusually well it must be
wonderful to have nerves like that
tell me just how well do you know these
people why actually not very well
i've only recently moved into the
village you know a young doctor trying
to establish a practice
well i must be keeping you from your
work good night doctor
good night
what do you want yes you are
beautiful how did you get in here so
young
such lovely skin
sometime you too will be a bride
i know where you're going
someday the master will catch you
then you'll be sorry
dr foster dr foster
dr foster dr foster
dr foster what's wrong i just saw
someone in my room a horrible looking creature
he disappeared back there
apparently he's not here now where did
you see him leaning over my bed
of course you might have been dreaming
i'm positive i wasn't
earlier in the evening mrs lorenz
suddenly appeared and then disappeared
do you suppose there's another entrance
to this room well i doubt it
why don't you try to go back to sleep no
one's going to harm you
i'm sure it was just a nightmare i think
this whole place is a nightmare
professor lorenz and his wife were
actually sleeping in coffins l saw
them
we often find it difficult to explain
the peculiarities of some people
i guess so i'm awfully sorry to bother
you there's no trouble
if you're frightened call me again good
night good night
what is the trouble the angel
he has disturbed our guests always the
angel
he is a menace to us yes
i think the time has come to dispose of him
welcome back to creature features i am
with jane russell
and detective joe mannix i'm wearing my
connor's jacket
you look like him well there's a good
reason he and my father were first
cousins my
grandmother and his mother were sisters
so that would make you a detective as
well
yeah that's it no i can and that's his
coat
from from the show from an episode of
mannix and he's got the turtleneck going
on
everything you know we need to go get
into a 75
chevy and chase down criminals
with jane russell and we've got jane
russell's
mr blackwell original that she gave me
she
she loaned it to me i was in her bedroom
watching television with her
seriously jane russell's bed i was
actually sharing clothing
i was watching television i was actually
watching
on her bed with her she had an
eye problem and you had to be close to
the tv and she knew i was going to be
doing an exhibit
and she said well you know make yourself
at home to the walk-in closet
and see if there's something you like
and i picked this
and i thought she was only going to loan
it to me of course
and she attended the event it was a
sunday noon sunday afternoon with jane
russell
uh at the metreon in san francisco and
she stayed at my house
she signed the door still she signed
your door to your house in the bedroom
going from the bedroom into the dressing
room and i said to her
now this is the jane russell dressing
room
of course it has to be yeah it's a
signature dressing room
did you steal the door when you moved i
haven't moved you haven't moved i
haven't moved
but you have to take the door with you
that's that was the idea i figured if i
ever move they take the door and i put
another door
but unless they pay extra maybe
they might but she later that day had to
take a flight
and as we were driving to san francisco
international airport
she said you know honey i wear that gold
overlay that
we had at the time but you can keep the
rest of it
there was a gold piece that went over
that black thing
she just gave it to you she just gave it
it was designed by mr black mr blackwell
the guy that had you know
the 10 best dressed and the 10 worst
dressed
and i can only say i was so flattered at
an event i was
wearing white tyent tails and i said
well what would you say about me and he
said
barry i would never say anything bad
about
you look marvelous how can you
beat that coming from this guy he was a
nice guy
he's got the mannix coat and the mannix
coat that's amazing all right we're
gonna look at some more stuff when we
come back
but first we're gonna get back to this
crazy house it's
it's like the winchester mystery house
in this film
have you ever been oh many times in fact
my brother and i both
swear we saw ghosts there at the
winchester yeah we saw it i've been
three times i've seen nothing
we saw people in an elevator that we
were told later well that elevator
hasn't worked
since the 1906 earthquake but we saw
people
in a moving glass elevator we're going
to talk about this during the break
all right off we go back to the corpse
vanishes don't you guys go away there's
more to come
don't be afraid angel
i would not hurt you
yes good morning miss hunter good morning
just a minute dr foster i want to see you
oh i'm sorry i thought you were up up
i've been up all night with dead people
dead people what do you mean come in and
i'll tell you
what kind of a place is this last night
i had the most horrible experience of my
life
what was it i saw lots of girls in crips
down underneath this house
pardon me, what was that you were saying
miss hunter
why have you a mausoleum in the basement
mausoleum
what are you talking about you know what
i'm talking about
all those dead girls and that horrible
dead creature
my dear you must have had a bad dream
now look professor this was no dream
when did you see all this shortly after
i called you and told you about that
horrible creature in my room
is that true dr foster well i don't
recall anything about it miss hunter you
must be mistaken
if i was dreaming it was the darnedest
nightmare i've ever had i slept very
soundly myself
miss hunter was rather upset i think
when she retired
you see in our dreams our minds play strange tricks on us
sometimes yes i suppose so
oh professor that orchid i brought up
here to show you is gone
i couldn't find it in my bag that's too
bad
perhaps you forgot to pack it will you
be down soon
yes right away are you coming doctor of course
shall we go into breakfast no thank you
i've got to get back to the city
will you drive me to the station dr
foster i'll be glad to but what about
the interview well that'll have to wait
until some other time
i just remembered an appointment at the
office so i've got to catch the next
train
you'll excuse me countess yes i will
excuse you
oh professor do you also make a hobby of
collecting coffins
well yes in a manner of speaking i find
a coffin much more comfortable than a
bed
many people do so my dear is it so
strange
that i accept one while waiting for
eternal rest
yeah i suppose not well thank you for
your hospitality
goodbye
i trust we will meet again it has been
so nice meeting you
don't tell me i'm still dreaming what do
you mean that grave digger
he's real isn't he
oh he's real all right but i hardly
think he's a great digger
more likely laying the foundation for a
house you're a trusting soul aren't you
doctor is that a crime
no on the contrary i envy you are you
trying to make me believe you're one of
those hard-boiled reporters that we read
about or see in the movies
no but working on a newspaper one
becomes cynical and suspicious
well i've enjoyed meeting you miss
hunter i hope you have a pleasure seeing
you again
i have a hunch you will dr foster oh
tell me
just why did you come up here or is it
the secret
it is but somehow i feel that i can
trust you
you can you've heard of the case of the
vanishing brides
why surely i think i have a clue
you don't mean that you suspect yes i do
want to show you something
what are these why they're orchids of
course you bet they're orchids
and they didn't grow in my dreams
they're exactly like the one that
disappeared from my bag
where did you get them i found them on
the floor beside my bed this morning
the person who came into my room last
night must have brought these with him
that seems like a logical explanation
there's no question about it
honestly doctor don't you remember
meeting me in the hallway last night
no i don't and if i did i
i must have been asleep either you were
hypnotized
yes that's quite possible
well watch your step and if you discover
anything phone me
that's a promise goodbye not goodbye au revoir
all right print the story on page one
keep your fingers crossed that this
paper isn't superliable by some of these
phony suspects that the police are
bringing in
well they get me a regret of the guy
they just brought in i don't want
photographs i want real clues
the da's office can't pick up the madman
who's stealing the bodies of these dead
girls maybe we can
okay i'll throw it in a wastebasket no
i'll have to develop
doyle where's lefty over at central
station the only thing he gets over
there is a game of gin rummy tell him to
get back here
well i got something i'll say you have
your fired what do you mean you can't do
that to me
listen just because the bodies of dead
girls disappear is no reason why you can
do a vanishing act but you gave me the
assignment yeah i suppose i did all
right where have you been what have you
uncovered
well hey not so fast listen mr keenan
last night i went through the most
gruesome experience of my life
you should talk all my life has been a
nightmare well you can rest easier now
because i've seen plenty
if i can only prove i wasn't dreaming
dreaming
i had a dream last night myself i
dreamed you gave me that raise you've
been promising me
all right madam zora go on with your
dream story
well there's a certain professor lorenz
that lives upstate he knows all about
orchids but insists that he doesn't grow
them anymore
yet i found these in my bedroom this morning
listen missy you didn't go off someplace
and get married did you no i didn't
but i saw the bodies of those other
missing brides
all right now take it easy stop
breathing hard haven't tell me all about
it
did you really see any bodies yes and
no i see just a bit of ectoplasm
i'm sure i did though only oh i can't
explain it
yeah you're suffering the same way i am
i see brides everywhere hear wedding
bells ringing in my ears
but i saw a dead man too a monstrosity
very well i'd like to see miss hunter
i'm sorry she's busy she's with mr
keenan it's very important that i see
her i'm dr foster i wonder if you'd mind announcing me
mr keenan there's dr foster here
insists on seeing ms hunter tell him we
can have all of our time from now on
that's the doctor foster i was telling
you about
maybe he has more evidence all right
send the sawbones in
hey look if you don't mind i'm going
out for a nervous breakdown
well doctor you almost beat me here yes
i drove down
dr foster mr keenan my editor glad to
meet you how do you know
this cover reporter of mine has been
telling me a weird story about a certain
doctor lorenz up in your neighborhood
it's weird all right but i'm confident
it's true after you left i looked around
the station to find out if lorenz had
any other coffins assigned to him
i found a consignment all right instead
of a coffin it was a box filled with
this stuff
so what that's ordinary garden morse
it's moss all right but not ordinary
this is a special type used by
fluorescent hybridizers for growing
orchids
it's called osmondin which proves that
he does grow orchids like these
and the same kind were worn by every one
of the brides that died
well maybe it is a clue but how do i
know that the rest isn't a cockeyed
nightmare
she admits that you don't remember
talking to her i could have talked to
her one in the sun angelistic state
under the influence of hypnotism oh now
wait a minute
are you trying to tell me that this
professor lorenz is a hypnotist as well
as a horticulturist
why not my short acquaintance with him
has convinced me that he's a man of
unlimited talents
he's strange peculiar i've even
suspected him but being insane
but the fact remains he's not only a
doctor but a physicist and a scientist
of great ability
how about this hot-headed wife of his i
hesitate to bring her into the case at
all
professional ethics forbid the doctor
talking about is patience
oh forget about your ethics doctor after
all we're after a criminal
how does this woman fit into the picture
come on tell us all you know
the peculiar fact about her is that
although she has the appearance of a
young woman
her heart and arteries indicate that
she's at least 70 or 80 years old
well that doesn't explain anything
certainly doesn't explain why dr lorenz
should steal these dead girls
it's possible they may still be alive
alive in a catalytic state
that's it all right all right what are
your other detection
well simply this these young girls
whether dead or alive
are being used by lorenz in some manner
as human guinea pigs to sustain his wife
in a youthful state
oh that's preposterous it's nothing of a
kind
scientists are finding out every day
that glands and hormones have a lot to
do with life and health
the glands in our bodies help determine
the condition of our teeth the texture
of our hair
all right we'll admit all that but i
wouldn't dare print such a fantastic
story
i bring you the biggest story of the
year and a chance to get this newspaper
a real scoop and you call it fantastic
all right i'll put doyle on it to track
it down i'm afraid you won't get very
far
professor lorenz is the clever man
clever enough to withstand any
investigation
and destroy any evidence why not track
the fellow
how well he steals dead brides doesn't
he oh now look pat do you want to be a
june ride
well sure i mean that is no not yet
anyway lorenz knows me
all right then stop talking nonsense
this paper can't consume the
responsibility of such a hair brain
scheme
oh please mr keenan you can't pass up an
opportunity like this
there she is cigarettes
hey she's cute um
well would you like to dance later
business before pleasure you know
hello peggy hello pat miss woods dr
foster good evening miss woods
how do you do i have something important
to tell you i'm all ears
let's go to your dressing room okay i
won't be long
all right
peggy i've landed a good part for you a
chance to prove your talent
really what is it a picture or a play
neither one my paper's going to stage a
phony wedding and we want you to be the
perfect june bride now wait just a minute
with bridesmaids and flowers and all the
trimmings what is it a circulation stunt
no you've heard of the case of the
vanishing bride sure
well this is a plan we have to trap the
person who's been stealing their bodies
are you kidding certainly not the job
will pay you plenty
how will i collect if i'm dead you won't
be dead all you have to be careful of is
not to smell any flowers
all i do is lie six feet underground and
push him up next count me out
listen peggy i'm offering you a chance
to get your picture on the front page of
every newspaper in this country
overnight you'll be famous broadway
producers and hollywood studios will be
offering you contracts
like the chance you've been waiting for
she's the most unusual type
such fascinating eyes she'll make a
charming addition to our family
june 20th a day
you shall not forget
Fagah
what are you doing in this part of the
house master
i keep hearing my son's voice calling
for me
your son is better off where he is go
back to your work
master you shouldn't have done it he
didn't deserve to die
do what i say and don't come up here
again
yes master
tell me something barry barsamian famous
collector
of things do you think captain kangaroo
had as much trouble with his hair
as i do well it wasn't his hair
it was not his real hair no no
i don't believe no it wasn't no it was a
wig but this is his real coat it
sure is it's from the cbs classic
morning
show remember
[hums captain kangaroo theme]
yeah and i i sat in front of that tv
when i said it was saturday mornings
no every weekday morning that's what i
thought as a preschooler
well you know we did not have that in
the uk i had to watch it years later
oh no we we had those hideous
marionettes
oh like um
oh are you talking about punching judy
livingston i'm talking about that jerry
anderson the
oh you mean fireball xl5
but before he did that there was this
this this like
crazy girl one he did i'll show you a
clip
it was frightening oh my god no i would
have rather watched
captain kangaroo when i was a lad yeah
you know they had
bunny rabbit and moose and yes mr green
jeans and do you
remember how his voice when he would
talk he was just so
warm now children we don't have captain
kangaroo yeah captain kangaroo had this
marvelous
well i suppose now it would be a bit
questionable
in this day and age yeah i guess it
might not come across as well
yeah but now i really you seem like a
very kind-hearted man
now did you meet captain kangaroo no i
didn't this item i got it at
auction um actually it ended up on ebay
it had been at an auction and i think
sometimes people just don't see things
that are on ebay
you know if it's at an auction they get
a catalog and they know it's coming up
right and many times
collectors then want to sell something
you know he had a few of these
but still this was from about 1970
this when they were completely in color
so
you just go on ebay every day and search
for not really
not now but i just you know there have
been times where
by accident i'm looking for something
and ebay will see oh you might be
interested in this too
you know they have little pop-ups
captain kangaroo's coat look
yeah look here pushed by a bid
he had to be it was a bid yeah right
yeah right yeah so was it like one of
those
ones where you had to like keep adding
bids no
i just i made like one bid and nobody
bid against me i don't know how it
happened that way
oh my goodness it must have been the
universe was listed how wonderful so it
came from
this originally came from his assistant
i don't know but i mean
when you got it i got it from ebay right
but
which state was it in what state state
of confusion i think
well i'm confused as well so when they
shipped it to you there was a label what
did the label say
i don't see it like a state like other
than california
i really don't remember oh all right
that i don't remember
because there's like always stories like
oh no it was given to me by this person
then given it to that
went to arizona and then to honolulu and
then it came to
california right kind of like king tut
oh yeah
i hadn't thought arizona oh born in
balladonia i know how's it going
it's steve martin song it was a good
song it was popular in the 70s i never
read it
all right what do you say we get back to
this we got to finish this film oh
we'll finish this film and then we're
going to come back and we're going to
find out what you're doing now i'm
excited
you know i have one request yes can i
see the view from your
widow's walk um the mansion later you
know that's Tangella's room up there
oh it is so now we'll bring it out in
the next segment you can ask
okay all right all right all right off
we go back to the corpse vanishes or at
least the end of it soon
see you soon
well everything's all set she's young
and pretty yeah
what assurance happened that this lorenz
guy will show up to make the snatch
and what happens if he does kidnap this
fake bride well the private chapel and
neighborhood will be covered with guards
and
well lorenz hasn't a chance to escape
providing he shows up
and if he doesn't i'm the sucker and out
500 bucks
and if he does you have an exclusive
story with big juicy headlines
i hope you're right
well blushing bride here's where you go
on for your big scene
or big flop my knees are shaking there's
nothing to be afraid of
here's your bouquet and the phony orchid
now don't forget to put on your act
leave that to me you got plenty of
photographers out there certainly
and what about the cops how many times
do i have to tell you nothing's going to
happen to you
uh miss hunter yes uh i wanted to ask
you
in this ceremony shall we use the word
cherish or obey
you mean for the bride yes well just for
this once let's put the old-fashioned
word in
obey i've marked the words here
just read the ceremony slowly solemnly
yes i understand i hope what you're
doing isn't wrong
it's all on good cause well i suppose it
is
well if you need me you'll find me in my
study thank you you've been
grand reverend you'd better go get ready
what do i do now
just march down the island don't forget
to faint at the altars
well here goes nothing
how's everything going all right so far
i guess good ceremony is about to begin
i certainly hope somebody shows up
besides these ham actors i'm paying
you know it seems to me that if lorenz
were ready to strike he'd have sent an
orchid
just a minute i'll take that did you say
orchid and i'll take you with it
there you are looks like our man's going
to pounce all right
it looks like you're right
it looks just like a real wedding
doesn't it yes
too bad it isn't ours
is that a proposal dr foster it certainly is
the minister would like to speak you in
his study miss hunter but
oh you mean the real minister yes ma'am
thank you
i'll be right back
you wanted to see me reverend
where's pat minister sent for her
i'll be right back
oh pap
please master don't leave me
Toby my son where is toby master, tobys gone
you shouldn't have left, stop winbling
the countess, waiting as usual hurry up let's go
there was trouble yes but we'll be
finished before anyone finds us
but the bride what can we do without
them yes we'll leave them here
which means I will perish the only hope is that i find
other girls in the meantime you take
this one with us
what are you waiting for
well my dear again we meet
only under different circumstances
i would just prefer that you would be a
bride but it really doesn't matter
if you serve our purpose just as well
now both of my sons are gone you betrayed me man
i heard enough, i have work to do
no no you betrayed me master
you shouldn't have done it
your hand isn't steady, can't see
I
pat
pat pat is she dead
no just scared to death
all right break it up we've got
headlines to write do i get a byline
after this you can have a clothesline
with my shirt on it
i now pronounce you man and wife
and that ends the corpse vanishes bella
lugosi dies again
don't you does that make you sad when
bella lugosi dies
yeah but she likes this film anyway so
yeah
i heard he was buried in his dracula
suit did you know that you know i've
heard that rumors there are pictures on
the internet maybe it's truth
we should look it up on snopes have you
tried this
snopes oh yeah they're you know i'm
confused it might be called snow pears
i'm not entirely sure i thought it was
scope
oh no that's a scope that's a gargle
mouthwash all right right
all right so we're still with barry
barsamian who is a
collector of things and we've seen an
entire collection of your things which
were
amazing things right i mean do you
collect anything else
well i started as a kid collecting coins
coins and collecting stamps and
magazines and then
autographs and then i just
felt like to have something that truly
belonged to a person it had a lot of
like their essence essence no i smelled
the essence of
of Lucille balls wig oh oh yeah no
you should you know you should start a
thing where you go to like carnivals
and offer for like five dollars to smell
lucille ball's head
really i would pay well you know what
her family
might have a problem with that they're
right legal rights that's true no no no
people's
aromas can be copy written and
trademarked
no i'm sure you know i had a bit of
legal training and i i believe i read
something about that
all right well barry what are you doing
next well i'm in the process of writing
a book
and i work as a manager of the orinda
theater in beautiful orinda california
we know this place
yes it's a 1941 movie palace and there's
nothing like
that as well oh yeah and the best
popcorn in the world and best movies and
best people to work with well okay tell
us about the book though
well the book is something that i've
been working on for many years
um i i don't want to give you the title
yet because of course that will change
but it's about my friendships
with people like barbara eden
june lockhart well we yeah shirley
temple black and
and lucille ball and those that would be
a wonderful book
yeah you need to finish this and then
i'm going to come back
when it's finished and then we will
pitch it oh well that would be good and
then we'll read
we'll read from it okay between movie
segments
right yeah and you'd be surprised the
things that shirley told you have
secrets
do you know why shirley had shirley
temple had curls when she was she's
different curls than yours but she had
little curls
right she said because my ears stuck out
when i was a kid
oh is that it and that covers no i have
the same problem oh you do
that's no that's not oh i would have
hair short like yours
if it wasn't for my dumbo ears
oh is that it all right well thank you
so much for coming barry we're going to
have you again soon when the books ready
and we will see you again soon as far as
you guys go thank you for staying up
late with us you know we love it when
you do because
if you don't stay up late with us you're
staying up late with somebody else and
that could lead to problems
we don't want that to happen now do we
we'll see you next week
different movie different guests and
same tangella
see you next time so a barry you know
with you collecting wardrobes
famous wardrobes i'm thinking maybe when
i retire
you might want to uh add this to your
collection
well did it belong to someone famous
