On Sat 11 Jun 2005 08:57:16a, Margaret Suran wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>>>And before Lugosi, Max Shreck in Nosferatu, 1923, a silent German film.
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>> Ah, I have a videotape of Nosferatu. Max Shreck was scarier than Bela
>> Lugosi, I think.
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> That was the era of really scary films. The Cabinet Of Dr. Mabuse and
> the first Waxworks (Wachsfigurenkabinett) comes to mind. Freaks was
> another one, but that was already a sound film. The first Phantom Of
> The Opera, the first Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Invisible Man (a
> sound film), all were real horror films. Actually, I shouldn't even
> talk about this, as I never went to see one. I do not like horror
> films and didn't go to any of them. (

I've actually seen all of these except for The Cabinet Of Dr. Mabuse and
the first Waxworks. I used to really love the old horror movies. I still
occasionally watch them when they come on television.

> Shirley Temple, Nelson Eddy & Jeanette McDonald and Ginger Rogers &
> Fred Astaire were more my speed. Still are and I watch the same old
> films on TCM and other such stations, whenever they are aired. )

I watch those, too!

> Most of these films had scenes of elaborate meals and at least one man
> or woman character who had indulged in too much alcohol. Everybody
> drank and smoked, which was considered very cool. Remember The Man
> Who Came To Dinner?

Yes, with Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, and Monty Woolley. A very funny
picture! Yes, drinking and smoking evoked an air of great sophistication.
:-)

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Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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