Saturday, January 8, 2011

Four Star General Electric



His act at the carnival shows
is taking the juice 'til he glows
A doctor then jolts
the dolt with more volts
and charges the guy 'til he blows



As part of his nefarious plan to build a superhuman army, mad scientist Lionel Atwill turns sideshow performer Lon Chaney Jr. into a Man-Made Monster (1941).

4 comments:

panavia999 said...

Who holds the record for playing mad scientists on film? Karloff? Atwill? Zucco?

surly hack said...

Those would certainly be my top three guesses. Atwill also had quite a rep in real life.

Anonymous said...

hi i need to know who is who

surly hack said...

Really? Chaney is the glowing title character, and Atwill is the scientist in lab coat and goggles.