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Thursday, October 3, 2019

Bela Lugosi's Invisible Door Opener In "The Devil Bat" (1940)




In this PRC classic, Lugosi plays a mad scientist raising killer bats.

His secret laboratory lies behind a hidden door opened by a hidden lever.

The lever is so hidden, in fact, that it isn't even there. Lugosi just pantomimes using it while his back is turned.

Then, on the way back...there's that "pretend" lever again.

Budget-conscious PRC figured that was good enough.


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2 comments:

Laster said...

Ah, the amazing disappearing secret door lever trick!

Porfle Popnecker said...

Leave it to Bela!