Herman Bricks

Warner Oland as Cantor Rabinowitz in THE JAZZ SINGER (1927) George Zucco and Turhan Bey as High Priests of Karnak in THE MUMMY'S TOMB (1942) Cecil Humphreys as the Holy Man in THE RAZOR'S EDGE (1946) Shaolin monks in THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN (1978) Max Von Sydow and Jason Miller in THE EXORCIST (1973)

Whit Bissell next: had a restaurant named after her or him

Dean Martin and Foster Brooks next: The Defiant Ones (1958)

PLANET OF THE APES (1968) HARD BOILED MAHONEY (1947) EXECUTIVE SUITE (1954)

The Night Holds Terror (1955)? hostage/ransom situation ✔️ special news broadcast ✔️ call tracing, mechanical switches ✔️ phone booth in remote location ✔️ Chinatown ❌

James B. Sikking next: Tell Me in the Sunlight (1965)

The General (1926) next: sexual harassment

Evelyn Ankers (here with her handsome husband Richard Denning) walked away from the business at age 32 to be a mom. I've never read anything negative or scandalous about her. next: someone who overcame scandal

sadly, Jean Simmons next: Venom (1981)

Gloria DeHaven next: became a star at RKO

The Killing (1955) Elisha Cook Jr. and Marie Windsor are much more interesting to me than Sterling Hayden/Colleen Gray next: unsanitary conditions

Tom Poston next: Lover's Knot (1995)

Kirk Douglas, Lust for Life (1956) next: sugar daddy

Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) next: picnic

Yours are good musings. I have always thought of the film as mainly a political allegory and did not think too much about the spirituality. The plot as a metaphor for a "spiritual awakening", I can see this now and I agree 100%. This aspect is powerfully clear at the end. The twelve, after having their hatreds, biases and egocentricities exposed and stripped away are certainly "awakened". Their worst impulses have been replaced with decency, thoughtfulness and compassion (like a cleansing of sins). Your example of #8 helping #3 with his coat exemplifies how the characters have opened themselves up from self-centricity to a more compassionate awareness of others. The political metaphors are more obvious but portrayed subtly enough that I don't find the film preachy. The story is a triumph of democracy and progressive thought. The film-making and acting is effective enough that it always resonates with me and causes me to examine myself for biases and prejudices.

The Hard Way (1943) next: a film that catapulted a lesser-known player to stardom

Cary Grant next: The Doomsday Machine (1972)

Yellow Sky (1948) next: a movie in which the characters sweat a lot

Barbara Nichols next: bad boy or bad girl type

The great Sheldon Leonard next: Cognac (1988)

Silent era character actor Thomas Jefferson in : The Seats of the Mighty (1914), Tarzan of the Apes and sequels (1918++) Rip Van Winkle (1914) ? next: H. G. Wells Travis McGee Sir Winston Churchill

John Gavin next: great actor or actress who was not great-looking

Little Fugitive (1953) next: very realistic classic era film

Darren McGavin starred in a baseball movie

Gloria DeHaven Donald O'Connor Edward Mulhare next: The Outside Man (1972)