Caftan Woman Posted by on June 13, 2020

Pale Writer is hosting The Suave Swordsman: Basil Rathbone Blogathon on June 13th and 14th. Click HERE to read about the actor's exciting life and career. Thank you, Gabriela. Richard III plays a dangerous game of thrones in Tower of London, 1939 from Universal Studios. The historical epic wa   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on September 15, 2019

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on September 15, 2019

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on September 15, 2019

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on September 15, 2019

Tower of London almost makes it. The film gets through the low budget, which has a static picture of a model Tower of London instead of a picture of the real Tower for establishing shots, obvious backdrops, not great makeup to age or deform its cast, and the occasional reused...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 8, 2019

One probably doesn't go looking for timely political commentary in a film like Tower of London (1939), which offers a mashup of history and horror in its retelling of the bloody rise and fall of England's most reviled monarch. Much of the plot is familiar to viewers thanks to broad...   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 18, 2016

Tower of London (1939) lacks the poetic grandeur of Shakespeare's Richard III, but the story remains more or less the same, with an atmosphere of horror injected into the historical drama through the appearance of genre icons like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price. As history goes, this is bloody stuf   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 18, 2016

Tower of London (1939) lacks the poetic grandeur of Shakespeare's Richard III, but the story remains more or less the same, with an atmosphere of horror injected into the historical drama through the appearance of genre icons like Boris Karloff and Vincent Price. As history goes, this is bloody stuf   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on February 28, 2014

Tower of London Directed by Rowland V. Lee Written by Robert N. Lee 1939/USA Universal Pictures First viewing/Netflix rental This fairly lame retelling of Richard III does not have nearly enough Karloff in it. Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Basil Rathbone), eliminates the heirs that stand between hi   read more

The Baz Posted by Neve on April 1, 2013

I thought I’d talk briefly about two movies – SON OF FRANKENSTEIN and TOWER OF LONDON – the Baz made for Universal between November 1938 and October 1939. The quotations are courtesy of Cinegeek. “In the scene where Bela slowly tells Basil “He does things for me” and there I   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on February 8, 2013

One of the trending topics this week on the internet has been the discovery of the supposed remains of 15th Century English monarch Richard III. I'm no expert on the British Royal family, or the plays of William Shakespeare. But I do know a little bit about films made at...   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on February 8, 2013

One of the trending topics this week on the internet has been the discovery of the supposed remains of 15th Century English monarch Richard III. I'm no expert on the British Royal family, or the plays of William Shakespeare. But I do know a little bit about films made at...   read more