LornaHansonForbes Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 BEULAH BONDI !?!?!?! Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 BEULAH BONDI !?!?!?! Tor's mother or sister in that one? Link to post Share on other sites
LornaHansonForbes Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Tor's mother or sister in that one? Oh please let it be "love interest" ... Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 BEULAH BONDI !?!?!?! That's what got my attention too. I worship Beulah Bondi as the epitome of all that is best about classic film actors. This (no-doubt) great film (which I long to see) was released in April 1934, less than three months before they began enforcing the Code. Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 Oh please let it be "love interest" ... His tag-team partner 1 Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 I see Lyle Talbot is also in the film. He and Tor were united about 25 years later for Plan 9. Both were at the nadirs of their career, but at least Talbot once had some sort of zenith. Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I see Lyle Talbot is also in the film. He and Tor were united about 25 years later for Plan 9. Both were at the nadirs of their career, but at least Talbot once had some sort of zenith. Where does the apex come in? Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 Wow, I see Sidney Toler is also in this. Maybe Tor plays his Number 1 and Number 2 son. Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Wow, I see Sidney Toler is also in this. Maybe Tor plays his Number 1 and Number 2 son. It is quite a cast, it's Warner Bros., it must have been on TCM, right? Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 Where does the apex come in? That would be Planet of the Apex Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted June 6, 2015 Author Share Posted June 6, 2015 It is quite a cast, it's Warner Bros., it must have been on TCM, right? I don't know. Let me spend the next two weeks of my life finding out. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Didn't I read somewhere that Mayo Methot had a torrid affair with Tor during the making of this film? the swine left her a broken alcoholic and Bogie wouldn't take her back either. Link to post Share on other sites
LornaHansonForbes Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 His tag-team partner You win. That would be the greatest. Link to post Share on other sites
TheGayDivorcee Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Any truth to the rumor that Tor Johnson and Rear Window's Miss Torso were an item? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
fxreyman Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Wasn't the original inspiration for 1970's Tora! Tora! Tora!, the life story of Tor Johnson??? Link to post Share on other sites
LornaHansonForbes Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 BTW, love the new AvaTOR, Rich. Link to post Share on other sites
Stephan55 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Has anyone seen Tor Johnson's first movie? It's called Registered Nurse. Tor plays "Sonnevich the Terrible Bulgarian" in the 1934 film which also features Minna Gombell, Beulah Bondi, and many others. [/size] This was just on TCM last month with a day of films dedicated to nurses. I happened to record it. Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 This was just on TCM last month with a day of films dedicated to nurses. I happened to record it. Were the scenes with Tor cut? Was TCM showing the complete print? Link to post Share on other sites
Stephan55 Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Were the scenes with Tor cut? Was TCM showing the complete print? Don't know yet, I watched a couple of the films that I had recorded that day but not that one. I will have to have a good look at it now just for Tor's sake, before I clear the DVR for something else. I'll make another post here and let you know. Link to post Share on other sites
Arturo Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Tor Johnson, for comeback he pined Longed for more glories a la Wood's PLAN NINE But not just any old script With demands, not tight-lipped Who knew as a diva he'd shine! Link to post Share on other sites
Bogie56 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I see Tor has a life mask for sale on ebay Link to post Share on other sites
speedracer5 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I see Tor has a life mask for sale on ebay Maybe we could buy it and make our own Tor-- maybe there'd be some of Tor's DNA and we could clone our very own Tor Johnson and then train him to do our bidding. Link to post Share on other sites
Stephan55 Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Were the scenes with Tor cut? Was TCM showing the complete print? Apparently it was complete. Registered Nurse (1934) 63 min (TCM said 62 but was really 63 min, and Wikipedia said original run time was 63 min) (recorded 5/6/2015 from TCM) Produced by: Samuel Bischoff (uncrediteed), First National - Vitaphone pictures Directed by: Robert Florey Screenplay By: Lillie Hayward, Peter Milne, Arthur Greville Collins Based on the play By: Florence Johns, Wilton Lackaye, Jr. Music by: Heinz Roemheld (uncredited), Leo F. Forbstein (dir.) Vitaphone Orchestra Brief synapse: After her husband goes mad, a nurse fights off the advances of two amorous doctors. While quarreling over their failed marriage, Sylvia (Bebe Daniels) and Jim Benton (Gordon Westcott) get into a car accident that leaves Jim gravely injured. Sylvia returns to her nursing job at a hospital where she is admired by both Dr. Hedwig (Lyle Talbot) and Dr. Connolly (John Halliday). When Connolly declares his love for her, Sylvia reveals that she's married and that the accident has made her husband insane. Then, to her amazement, Jim arrives at the hospital seeking a surgical cure. Cast: Bebe Daniels, Lyle Talbot, John Halliday, Irene Franklin, Sidney Toler, Gordon Westcott, Mina Gombell, Beulah Bondi, Vince Barnett, Phillip Reed, Mayo Methot, Ed Gargan, Uncredited Cast: Louise Beavers (Flo - Sadie's Maid), Harry Ekezian (El Humid the Bone Crushing Turk), Tor Johnson (Sonnevich the Terrible Bulgarian), Milton Kibbee (Male Nurse), Dennis O'Keefe (intern), Kitty McHugh (Switchboard Operator), Lottie Williams (Unconscious Patient), Had I not read that Tor Johnson was Sonnevich the Terrible Bulgarian, in this movie, I would not have recognized him. There is this comical scene where two professional wrestlers - Tor and Harry Ekezian (El Humid the Bone Crushing Turk) go to the hospital to visit their promoter, Sidney Toler, who is recuperating there. When they get to the front desk Tor talks to the receptionist and shows her a news flyer that has a picture of Sonnevich the Terrible Bulgarian on it and says "That's me." Tor has a full head of hair and is not really a bad looking fellow, nothing like his Ed Wood image at all. So Tor and Harry go to Toler's room and bring him a little flower. Toler makes a snide comment and Tor explains he needs some time off because his girlfriend lives in this town. Then Tor and Harry get into a knock-down wrestling match in his room over "who is not an American" accusations. It is reminescent of the three stooges, only there's only two of them. So they both end up in the hospital battered, bruised and bandaged, and find themselves sharing the same room. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Thanks for that mouth-watering summary, Stephen. Now I really want to see this movie, Maybe they'll program it again when Tor Johnson is Star of the Month! Link to post Share on other sites
scsu1975 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Thanks, Stephan.. Any chance you can upload a few screen captures of Tor? Link to post Share on other sites
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