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Crew: Arthur Lubin

Black Friday (1940)

10 June 200226 November 2019
Black Friday (1940) poster

Gangster’s Transplanted Brain

Categories: Horror and Science Fiction.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: Arthur Lubin.
Actors: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Anne Nagel and Anne Gwynne.
Crew: Arthur Lubin, Curt Siodmak, Eric Taylor, Elwood Bredell, H.J. Salter, Hans Salter, Jack Otterson and Universal.
Themes: Bodyswap and Identity Exchange, Disembodied Heads and Brains, Mad Scientists and Films of 1940.

Francis (1950)

14 June 200217 December 2020
Francis (1950) poster

Talking Mule Comedy

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 1.
Directors: Arthur Lubin.
Actors: Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, Chill Wills, Zasu Pitts, Ray Collins, John McIntire and Edward Franz.
Crew: Arthur Lubin and Universal.
Themes: Talking Animals, Comedies, Film Series and Sequels and Films of 1950.

Francis Goes to the Races (1951)

17 August 2023
Francis Goes to the Races (1951) poster

Talking Mule Comedy

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: Arthur Lubin.
Actors: Donald O'Connor, Chill Wills, Piper Laurie, Cecil Kellaway, Barry Kelley, Vaughn Taylor and Hayden Rorke.
Crew: Arthur Lubin, Robert Arthur and Universal.
Themes: Talking Animals, Sports, Film Series and Sequels and Films of 1951.

Hold That Ghost (1941)

15 July 200023 July 2021
Hold That Ghost (1941) poster

Two Idiots in a Haunted House

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: Arthur Lubin.
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Richard Carlson, Evelyn Ankers and Russell Hicks.
Crew: Arthur Lubin and Universal.
Themes: Old Dark House Thrillers, Comedies, Rationalised Fantasy and Films of 1941.

The Incredible Mr Limpet (1964)

9 December 20128 November 2021
The Incredible Mr Limpet (1964) poster

Man Becomes a Porpoise

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 3.
Directors: Arthur Lubin.
Actors: Don Knotts, Carole Cook, Jack Weston and Andrew Duggan.
Crew: Arthur Lubin and Warner Brothers.
Themes: Animal Transformation, Talking Animals, Merpeople, Underwater Adventures, Toons/Live-Action and Animation and Films of 1964.

Night in Paradise (1946)

2 July 200024 May 2023
Night in Paradise (1946) poster

Greek Storyteller

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 0.5.
Directors: Arthur Lubin.
Actors: Turhan Bey, Merle Oberon, Thomas Gomez, Ray Collins and Gale Sondergaard.
Crew: Arthur Lubin, Walter Wanger and Universal.
Themes: Greek Mythology, Curses and Films of 1946.

Phantom of the Opera (1943)

1 September 20134 February 2025
Phantom of the Opera (1943) poster

Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House

Categories: Horror.
Ratings: 1.
Directors: Arthur Lubin.
Actors: Claude Rains, Susanna Foster, Edgar Barrier, Steven Geray, J. Edward Bromberg and Fritz Leiber.
Crew: Arthur Lubin, Gaston Leroux, George Waggner and Universal.
Themes: Deformity and Disfigurement, Music, Real Life People in Fiction, Films That Were Remade and Remakes and Films of 1943.

The Thief of Baghdad (1961)

3 June 200511 April 2025
The Thief of Baghdad (1961) poster

Arabian Nights Adventure

Categories: Fantasy.
Ratings: 2.
Directors: Arthur Lubin.
Actors: Steve Reeves, Arturo Dominici and Daniele Vargas.
Crew: Arthur Lubin.
Themes: Arabian Nights Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Magicians and Sorcerers, Magic, Mythic and Magical Creatures, Magical Artefacts, Invisibility, Goblins and Trolls, Films That Were Remade and Remakes, Italian Cinema and Films of 1961.

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  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

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