Mantan was great. But,he mentioned that one of the characters looked like "Slim Gally" or "Slim Gallig" or somthing similar.It's driving me crazy,what he meant! If you know,please write a message in this board.I'll be checking for answers.Thanks.
shareHi, there. Huge fan of the film. My favorite "horror-comedy". I too, thought that Mantan said "Slim Gally", but if you listen closely, I think that he's purposely mispronouncing for joke's sake, "Svengali", the story in which the hypnotist/magician put a young girl named Trilby under his spell. Apparently the story was very popular during the early 20th century, John Barrymore played him in an excellent 1931 film, and I've heard Svengali mentioned at least a couple of other times in 30s and 40s films. It kind of hit me after watching the Barrymore film that Mantan was playing off of that pop culture reference for humor's sake. Those kind of references happen more than you think during these period of films. Love it, love it...
shareThat's great! I was wondering about that. Thanks, noirfiend!
shareHe might also have been referencing Slim Gaillard, the singer-guitarist who had a few hit records in this time period, like "Cement Mixer(Putti-Putti)."
shareI'm watching this movie on TCM as I type this. Just as I read the last post in this thread, Moreland uttered the words Slim Gally... what timing!
shareHe's referring to swing/r&b musician Slim Gaillard, very popular at the time.
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