Sensational Prison Escapes by Prisoner no. 6435

Bailey learns surprising news about Cissie from a mutual friend (Albert Dekker) and meets Cissie's brother, Nick (Paul Lukas) and Nick's incredibly beautiful but very shy wife, Allida (the incandescent Hedy Lamarr). Bailey the next day at lunch the ghostlike way Cissie waves goodbye to the doctor at the train station. Huntington Bailey (George Brent) takes a train ride on the proverbial 'dark and stormy night.' He comforts a fluttery older woman, Cissie Bedereaux (Olive Blakeney), not knowing that he will soon find his fate inextricably entwined with that of the Bedereaux family.įrom these very opening scenes of the film, myriad details capture the viewer's eye: the warmth of the light inside the train as the storm rages outside the way the shadows of the mud-splattered train windows play across Dr. in 1944), yet it envelops the audience in its own unique mood. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur, whose credits include the classics CAT PEOPLE (1942), OUT OF THE PAST (1947), and STARS IN MY CROWN (1950).ĮXPERIMENT PERILOUS has some plot similarities to GASLIGHT (filmed in Britain in 1940 and in the U.S. This was a richly detailed, stylish film beautifully shot in gleaming black and white by Tony Gaudio. Joel and Frances McCrea Ranch FoundationĪfter watching SO EVIL MY LOVE (1948) last night at the Noir City Film Festival, we settled in to watch EXPERIMENT PERILOUS (1944), which I felt was the gem of the evening.Southern CA Classic Film Theaters & Festivals Thrilling Days of Yesteryear (New Site).A Mythical Monkey Writes About the Movies.

Coming to DVD: Film Noir Classic Collection, Volume 5.Tonight's Movie: Registered Nurse (1934).Coming Soon: A Report From the Noir City Festival.Tonight's Movie: So Evil My Love (1948).

Miscellaneous Musings on Classic Films and Disney About Me Name: Laura Location: Orange County, CA, United States 6435's book for free on the Internet Archive at. In this part, 6435 finishes out his work with a collection of short tales of bustings-out and attempted bustings-out as well as some short poems written by prisoners. 6435.' This is part 2 of a 2-part reading of this slim little book we started it last Tuesday with 6435's account of the Tracy-Merrill prison breakout.

Today it's an excerpt from a short book, first printed in 1922, titled 'Sensational Escapes from the Oregon State Penitentiary,' by an inmate in the Oregon State Prison who identifies himself only as 'Prisoner No. Sometimes it's a historical tidbit that wasn't quite beefy enough to make a full column out of other times, an especially interesting old newspaper article frequently it's a short story from one of the frontier literary magazines that thrived in Oregon at the end of the 19th century. This is an episode in our weekly series titled 'Primary Source Tuesday.' Each Tuesday we have a reading from a particularly interesting historical item.

Sensational Prison Escapes by Prisoner no. 6435