Wright Chat

Some cases in point that precede NXNW are The Kiss (Garbo, 1929) and They Drive by Night (Bogart, 1940). They feature high-deco interior sets, which might or might not qualify as architecture. We've talked previously about The Black Cat.

There are actually 2 movies named "The Black Cat" featuring Bela Lugosi (but not Boris Karloff). The 1941 movie also stars Alan Ladd and Broderick Crawford. There is also a mansion, but not modern. Imagine, Broderick Crawford in a comedy!

... residence for a villain would be the sets for "The Black Cat" (1934, Universal) directed by Edgar Ulmer, starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff. Karloff plays architect/satanist Hjalmar Poelzig. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Poelzig https://i0.wp.com/moviesandmania.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/black-cat-1934-art-deco-home-on-cemetery.jpg?ssl=1 ...

There are at least 5 movies titled "The Black Cat." I assume you meant the Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi version of 1934, rather than Broderick Crawford's effort of 1941?

I saw HOHH in 1959. Once was enough.

(BTW: The Ennis gates are bronze, not wrought iron.)

Nup -- "Black Cat" (Universal, '34, Karloff/Lugosi, Edgar Ulmer dirigent) is all ersatz International/Moderne, to wit: http://sdrdesign.com/BlackCat1.jpg http://sdrdesign.com/BlackCat6.jpg The sliding front door (with combination lock ...

... with Ruth Chatterton. There are two old movies titled "The Black Cat"; I believe the one shot at Ennis is from 1934 with Boris Karloff. The 1941 movie with Broderick Crawford was not at Ennis, although Bela Lugosi was in both films. "The Terminal Man" is an excellent ...

Edgar Ulmer's 1934 "The Black Cat" with Karloff and Lugosi contains no images of modern architecture except those designed for the movie, which is set in an unnamed middle-European country. The one long shot of the house on a hill at night ...

It was the Karloff/Lugosi movie. To judge from the stills I've seen, it only showed a distance shot, and that may not have been the real thing.

A model of the Ennis entry side was in Female, 30s or 40s.

... set, Gus Brown fashioned a dog house for his pinschers. goffmachine, "The Black Cat" is the title of a 1934 movie with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, and a 1941 movie starring the ineffable Broderick Crawford, plus Basil Rathbone and the aforementioned Bela Lugosi. Which one?

... thread, garnering a gratifying echo from Mr Grant, I believe): "The Black Cat" (1934 -- Universal Studios -- Edgar Ulmer, dir. -- B Karloff, B Lugosi) in which Karloff plays Hjalmar Poelzig (cf. Hans Poelzig -- see Gross Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1919, et al), an architect (and Satanist) ...

At first I was confused, because I didn't remember Boris Karloff in "The Black Cat," then I checked IMDb and found another movie of the same name starring Broderick Crawford and Gale Sondergaard. That, too, had no FLW architecture in it. George ...

... above, "The Black Cat," as it was a favorite of mine from the moment it appeared on the family TV c. 1956. Modern architecture, Boris Karloff, Bach on the organ -- this one had it all, for me ! But it bears no direct connection to Wright. Director Edgar Ulmer was a set designer who ...