STANDARD 8 FILM – DOOM OF DRACULA – BORIS KARLOFF – 200' SOUND DIGEST – OB

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STANDARD 8 FILM –
DOOM OF DRACULA
–
BORIS KARLOFF
–
200′ SOUND DIGEST
–
ORIGINAL BOX
Very Good condition print(see screen shots).  No VS.  Sound.  Complete.  10 minutes on a 200′ reel.  Original box in very good condition.  I watched all of this one!
This Digest was taken from the original feature House of Frankenstein.
AMG rates this feature at
Four Stars ****
(their highest rating is Five Stars)!
Stars:  Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Glenn Strange, J. Carroll Naish, Sig Ruman, Frank Reicher, Michael Mark, George Zucco, Elena Verdugo
In many ways the most endearing of Universal’s B-grade “monster rallies” of the 1940s,
House of Frankenstein
manages within its 70-minute time span to make room for Frankenstein’s monster (
Glenn Strange
), Dracula (
John Carradine
) the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.), and a couple of new recruits, mad scientist Boris Karloff and demented hunchback
J. Carroll Naish
.
Escaping from prison, Karloff vows to continue his diabolical efforts
to emulate Dr. Frankenstein’s “eternal life” experiments; he also swears
vengeance on the three men (
Sig Ruman
,
Frank Reicher
and
Michael Mark
)
who were responsible for sending him to prison. With the help of fellow
escapee Naish, Karloff murders a travelling-carnival impresario (
George Zucco
)
and assumes his identity. He travels first to the village where Ruman
is burgomaster. Since his carnival is a “chamber of horrors”, Karloff
utilizes one of those horrors–Count Dracula–to settle his account with
Ruman. Dracula does so, but dies when the first rays of sunlight stream
across his body. En route to the next village, Naish gives shelter to
runaway gypsy girl
Elena Verdugo
,
who joins the caravan (though she remains incredibly naive concerning
Karloff’s intentions!) Coming to the village when the Frankenstein
monster and the Wolfman were presumably drowned at the end of
Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman
(1944), Karloff revives the latter, who when he’s not baying at the
moon is the comparatively good-looking Lawrence Talbot. Karloff secures
Talbot’s cooperation by promising to perform some brain surgery that
will relieve him of his lycanthropy. Later on, Karloff kidnaps and kills
his other enemies Mark and Reicher, intending to use their brains to
cure Talbot and to reactivate the Frankenstein monster. Jealous of
Verdugo’s attentions towards Talbot, Naish rebels against Karloff, and
is killed for his troubles. Talbot turns into the Wolfman, whereupon
Verdugo kills him before expiring herself. And Karloff, rendered
immobile by the requisite attack of angry villagers, is dragged by the
lumbering Monster into a pit of quicksand. Thus
House of Frankenstein
has something in common with
Hamlet:
No one is left alive at fade-out time. It’s to scenarist
Robert Siodmak’s
credit that he was able to fashion a coherent screenplay out of the
crazy-quilt of copyrighted horror characters handed to him by Universal
Pictures.
PLEASE SEE FILM GRADING SCALE BELOW:
Mint or New
:  Means just that.  It may have been run, but still physically looks mint, untouched by a projector.
Near Mint
:  Only the slightest signs of having been run.  Appears Mint when projected on the screen.
Like New
: 
Can be older print that was well taken care of.  May have only the
slightest signs of use, occasional minor light line or splice or minor
cue mark, if any.  Starting at this level, older prints may have a
little curl to the film, which is common.
Excellent+
: 
Very minimal wear or light lines at times with an occasional, although
seldom, splice.  No major repairs or missing scenes transitions from TV
use.
Excellent
: 
Will have some minimal wear or light lines and may have an occasional
temporary light emulsion line, a few splices or minor repair.  Possibly
some short lap dissolves or minor cue marks around transitional scenes
if it was used by a TV station, but highly acceptable condition.
Very Good
: 
Will have some wear and lines, cue marks, minor repairs and usually
more splices than desirable.  An occasional emulsion scratch.
Good
: 
The same as Very Good but with more scratches, wear and some spots that
may be splicy from having been damaged.  Still watchable.
Fair or Poor
: 
Will need to be checked for extensive repairs before running.  I
usually will never even list anything in this condition, only if a
desirable title.
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