Franchot Tone Poem

Tone muses on hands and their powers
The bluesman just stands there and cowers
It's all wrong, dark and bleak
From the strong to the weak
And on cue Franchot stands up and towers.

David Cairns



This is what happens when Ella Raines isn't around. Franchot Tone and Elisha Cook Jr in Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak; 1944).

Out of the Pasta

This sicko with mood-swings will wrangle
For kicks, dripping noodles he'll dangle 
When he knows all are fed
It goes to his head
Coming quickly unglued he will strangle.


Franchot Tone, Thomas Gomez, and Ella Raines enjoy a lighter moment in Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak, 1944).