Al-Long Again, Naturally
Gisela Verbisek as Al-Long in BRIDE OF THE GORILLA.
They must have had a roaring time on that set with lines like, “You’re just Al-Long for the ride!” or, “I’ll go Al-Long with you on this one!” How they must have laughed.
Theory: did writer-director (auteur!) Curt Siodmak have a drinking buddy called Al Long?
Hmm, maybe this guy? A fellow screenwriter. Oddly, I just watched one of his films, FOLIES BERGERE, which was not at all bad. More on it later, maybe.00
December 9, 2008 at 7:27 pm
The crumpled sorceress was perhaps better known by her full name Al Night Long (Al Night, Al Night)
December 9, 2008 at 9:10 pm
No, no, she was Al Al-Long, the Witch Doctor, which is easy to remember as it’s a famous song by Bob Dylan.
December 9, 2008 at 10:44 pm
She makes Maria Ouspenskaya and Una O’Connor look positively ravishing by comparison. Gisela was in The Brasher Doubloon as well, not to mention a film made in 1930 entitled The Cabinet of Dr. Larifari, I kid you not. Starred in over thirty films overall, one who fell through the cracks of cinema history. There’s actually a Ford dealership here in Detroit called Al Long Ford, although I’m inclined to think this Al Long’s seen better days.
December 9, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Would YOU buy a car from this Hungarian gypsy Amazon native witch doctor?
“Even a man who is Raymond Burr,
And says his prayers by night,
May become an ape, when the plot demands it,
And walk like a beast, upright.”