So many films ... so little time ...
On this day all the way back in the year 1946 in the United States of America, another noirish Horror/Thriller came to life when audiences were introduced to The Mask Of Diijon.
As sometimes happens with a good number of these older releases, I don't see a great deal written about them online. In fact, there's very little about this one available on either IMDB.com or Wikipedia.org. As I've not seen it (certainly not that I can recall), I'll have to rely on what little data there is.
Diijon shows produced by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), an entity that does have a respectable number of titles (well over 200) attached to it. Directed by Lew Landers (1901-1962), the film was scripted by Arthur St. Claire (1899-1950) and Griffin Jay (1905-1954). Landers is a name I've come across before sparingly, but he does show having been attached to such other genre productions as The Vanishing Shadow (1934), The Raven (1935), The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942), The Return Of The Vampire (1943), The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944), Inner Sanctum (1948), The Magic Carpet (1951), Jungle Jim In The Forbidden Land (1952), Science Fiction Theater, and Adventures Of Superman. While I didn't see anything particularly interesting attached to St. Claire's resume, Griffin Jay -- as screenwriter -- has several projects deserving mention in this space, including The Mummy's Hand (1940), The Mummy's Tomb (1942), Captive Wild Woman (1943), The Return Of The Vampire (1943), The Mummy's Ghost (1944), Cry Of The Werewolf (1944), and Devil Bat's Daughter (1946).
As for the screen talent?
The Mask Of Diijon starred Erich von Stroheim, Jeanne Bates, William Wright, Denise Vernac, Edward Van Sloan, Hope Landin, Mauritz Hugo, Shimen Ruskin, Antonio Filauri, George Chandler, and others.
Here's the plot summary as provided by our friends at IMDB.com:
"A magician neglects his career and his wife while he pursues the study of hypnosis. His inattention causes his wife to leave him for a younger man. The magician them begins to use his hypnotic powers to manipulate people and to avenge himself."
-- EZ
On this day all the way back in the year 1946 in the United States of America, another noirish Horror/Thriller came to life when audiences were introduced to The Mask Of Diijon.
As sometimes happens with a good number of these older releases, I don't see a great deal written about them online. In fact, there's very little about this one available on either IMDB.com or Wikipedia.org. As I've not seen it (certainly not that I can recall), I'll have to rely on what little data there is.
Diijon shows produced by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), an entity that does have a respectable number of titles (well over 200) attached to it. Directed by Lew Landers (1901-1962), the film was scripted by Arthur St. Claire (1899-1950) and Griffin Jay (1905-1954). Landers is a name I've come across before sparingly, but he does show having been attached to such other genre productions as The Vanishing Shadow (1934), The Raven (1935), The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942), The Return Of The Vampire (1943), The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944), Inner Sanctum (1948), The Magic Carpet (1951), Jungle Jim In The Forbidden Land (1952), Science Fiction Theater, and Adventures Of Superman. While I didn't see anything particularly interesting attached to St. Claire's resume, Griffin Jay -- as screenwriter -- has several projects deserving mention in this space, including The Mummy's Hand (1940), The Mummy's Tomb (1942), Captive Wild Woman (1943), The Return Of The Vampire (1943), The Mummy's Ghost (1944), Cry Of The Werewolf (1944), and Devil Bat's Daughter (1946).
As for the screen talent?
The Mask Of Diijon starred Erich von Stroheim, Jeanne Bates, William Wright, Denise Vernac, Edward Van Sloan, Hope Landin, Mauritz Hugo, Shimen Ruskin, Antonio Filauri, George Chandler, and others.
Here's the plot summary as provided by our friends at IMDB.com:
"A magician neglects his career and his wife while he pursues the study of hypnosis. His inattention causes his wife to leave him for a younger man. The magician them begins to use his hypnotic powers to manipulate people and to avenge himself."
-- EZ
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