Boris Karloff-screen test pt.2

Conor Timmis as Boris Karloff in a scene recreated from "THE MUMMY"(1932). This screen test is part of the documentary "Kreating Karloff", which can be purchased at Oldies.com: http://www.oldies.com/product-view/7100D.html

Kreating Karloff documents the creation of a Screen Test, as actor Conor Timmis vies to win the role of movie legend Boris Karloff in a proposed film biography of the star's life and times. Recreating scenes from two classic Karloff films, Frankenstein (1931) and The Mummy (1932), Timmis receives fine support from actress Liesl Ehardt - the actual cousin of Karloff's Mummy co-star, Zita Johann.

Kreating Karloff is about re-creating Karloff characters. Conor Timmis learns exactly how Boris Karloff was transformed by Hollywood make-up ace Jack Pierce, as the same exacting processes are revisited by modern makeup artist Norman Bryn (Cloverfield, Saturday Night Live). Kreating Karloff is a tribute to the films and characters which made Boris Karloff a household name, as well as a testimonial to the character of an actor who suffered and sacrificed on that long road to stardom. It's a film by Karloff Fans for Karloff Fans - and for a new generation of viewers yet to discover this unique performer who presided over what many refer to as "The Golden Age of Hollywood Horror." - Norman Bryn

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Film & Animation

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• Conor Timmis
• Boris Karloff
• Kreating Karloff
• The Mummy 1932
• Zita Johann
• Universal Monsters
• Universal Studios
• Screen Test
• Audition
• Acting Reel
• Demo Reel
• Classic Horror
• Norman Bryn
• Tripeg Studios
• Frankenstein 1931
• James Whale
• Karl Freund

[theshadow1932]

You did a bang up job getting the look. Is is film or digital video?

Norm

[Thespilian]

Ah, well - I always found Rathbone in SON OF FRANKENSTEIN quite amusing, when he tries hard to look smaller than Karloff's creature when seen closely together ...

Who's that guy doing van Sloane? The voice sounds familiar to me.

[rbrvixn]

Thank you. You're right. Though Karloff always appeared to me much taller than other actors by comparison.

[Pickman1980]

Timmis is 6'3  Karloff was 5'11. The actor playing Dr.Muller is taller than Edward Van Sloane.

[rbrvixn]

Timmis needs a bit more height, but I'm glad that he's trying to emulate Karloff's lisp ('and may I see that sthcroll, Sir Joseph?'). The expression and movement of his lips is spot on!

[em2729]

good stuff very well don

[luvdomus]

That's a nice homage. Thanks for making it.