Christopher Lee on Boris Karloff 1991
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- I shot this footage of Christopher Lee in 1991, I also shot footage of Boris's wife Evie Karloff (she kindly let us use many stills of Boris from her albums) I also have footage Stefanie Powers of her days working with Boris. I formed a Production Company called 'The Mask Corporation' with three other colleagues intending to get finance to produce a 10 part TV documentary of Boris Karloff called " The Gentle Monster" although there was a lot of interest in the project we could not get funding for the series! This footage has sat on the shelf for 27 years! I finally cut this edit this week.
Holy SHIT... It took me until literally my 34th birthday to find out that the word "macabre" has its roots in Arabic. I salute you, Sir Christopher...
Who (else) can listen to Boris Karloff, and Christopher Lee narrate, all day long.... Such gorgeous voices......
th-cam.com/video/BefliMlEzZ8/w-d-xo.html
IKR!❤love their voices!
As a child of the 1950s I grew up in a home with a stereo. My father had what I now realize was a fine LP collection, including a couple of LPs on the Caedmon label of Boris Karloff reading from Rudyard Kipling's "Just-So Stories". It was comforting to hear him tell the stories, addressing the listener--me--as "Best Beloved". Who could ever be afraid of THAT?
He reads The Children Of Hurin on Audible
One of the reasons why at 60 years old I still enjoy "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
I wish I would’ve met Boris. I was born in the early 90’s and he died in the 1960’s. So I never would’ve had my chance. I am glad that at least I got to speak to his daughter.
Boris Karloff was extremely underrated. A true master of the craft.
One very great actor commenting on another great actor. Wow! Thanks folks.
Christopher Lee had the finest ,greatest speaking voice I have ever heard in my life . Extraordinary!
This is a great tribute from a great actor to an iconic actor. I have to watch this again to make an intelligent comment.
This was a GOLD MINE of information!
I'm so glad that you enjoyed my video, Christopher Lee was amazing.
What a pleasure it is to listen to someone so well-spoken.
once in the 1980's i fell into conversation with an older guy who told me in the 1930's and 40's in new york city, you could drive your car down to broadway, find a parking place and see a play for not that much money. now, imagine seeing karloff in Arsenic and Old Lace or Peter Pan. Wouldn't that be awesome? those must have been the golden days.
My great uncle was the man who directed Frankenstein and was the man who discovered Boris Karloff and gave him the role of the Monster. James Whale. He also gave Peter Cushing his first role in Hollywood in the man in the Iron mask
Wow how interesting, here is Sara Karloff on her Dad but she asked me not to go 'Public' with it! th-cam.com/video/tDGPm522YeM/w-d-xo.html
@@mackenzierough I can't watch its a private vid
Sorry Andrew, you should be able to view it now.
@@mackenzierough It comes up as a private video when I attempt to watch it as well
Your uncle made much more than a monster, he made a miracle... a classic for all time.
So glad I happened upon this. What a fascinating account of the great Boris Karloff from the great Christopher Lee. Good stuff.
I'm glad that you enjoyed this.
Another comment: What an excellent speaker and interview subject Christopher Lee was. We could wish they were all this good. Anyone wanting to know more about Karloff should see it, and any young actor worth his salt should see it, too.
Lovely tribute to a great actor and human as told by an excellent Chrisopher Lee. Both gentlemen were class acts!! Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Wow, what a fantastic interview, the wonderful Christopher Lee talking about the equally wonderful Boris Karloff! I'm so sorry you were unable to secure the funding for your planned documentary series, I'm sure it would have been a great success if it had been made.
Watching this brought back happy memories from over 40yrs ago now, of meeting Lee at a private function where he discussed his life and career, and took seemingly endless questions from the enthusiastic audience with great humour and extraordinary charm! He really was the polar opposite of most of the characters he portrayed on screen! 😊
How interesting, I'm glad that you enjoyed this.
My how they entertained us, for decades. We escaped with thrills and drama by the talent of these master craftsmen. Karloff. Say the name, just the one, and across continents people will know who you are referring to. Since I was a child I've loved both men. I'm turning 60 this year and love, and admire, them more now. Excellence. That word comes to mind. Hard work, talent, and class, come to mind. How appropriate to have Lee narrate on Karloff. What a pleasure to watch. With their dedication I'm left to wonder, as much as we loved them, with decades of work did they not spend their lives loving all of us more? Talent, they found their gifts and gave them back to us, forever on film. RIP, most gentle of men. You set us an example, as well as entertaining us, of excellence. I suppose we should all take your ultimate challenge, the example you set and strive to work for our dreams and shoot for serving others with class while we do it. Elegance? Well, perhaps it's a worthy goal for us to spend some time trying to come closer to our hopes of who we want to be. Thanks for raising the bar on what quality and love can look like. Maybe we can hope for more from ourselves because of the quality of your work and the way you lived, and how you dazzled us in all of those many brilliant performances. Much love, appreciation, and admiration, forever. Brothers and sisters, lovers of Karloff and Lee, let's borrow some of their courage and get on with living and loving, and let's keep aiming for higher ground while we do it. I think both might like inspiring us to do nothing less.
Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 - 7 June 2015)
Christopher Lee’s explaination of Boris Karloff the actor the person and the human being is so on point that he would be the only one qualified to make such an assessment-Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee seems like he was a very intelligent man, and not just as an actor.
Boris' greatest love, as an Englishman, was cricket. India and Pakistan are good at that too aren't they.
Horror isn't horror? No, because these films are so suitable for everyone (not).
Oh yes, a Great man and a great loss.
He was quite intelligent. And quite the tough guy too. His WW2 service started in Finland in 39. He was in the prototype of the SAS. A spy, a Nazi Hunter. He once said to Peter Jackson, and I'm paraphrasing here, "you know what it sounds like when you stab a man in the back? Because I do."
@@AceMoonshot He was also, like Basil Rathbone, a fencing master!
Thank you for this. I miss Christopher Lee very much. Great interview
You're very welcome.
The kind of class that Boris Karloff had and that Christopher Lee also had, which is apparent here, is something sorely lacking in contemporary actors
way way lacking
Christopher Lee said that they used to have fun making movies but they don’t now. That’s because a lot of actors and actresses now think that they’re something special.
Wonderful! Simply wonderful to watch and listen to Lee speak about his friend and idol with such affection and respect. It's like an acting master class.
Yes he has some very interesting facts.
@@mackenzierough It's wonderful to still be able to find "new" pieces with Sir Christopher that I've never seen. Thank you for posting this.
@@colleencrouch4346 My Pleasure he was a Great man.
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A legend speaking about another legend.
I bet they met on the other side and had a spot of tea and caught up on lost times.
Two of England's top horror actors with some of the best voices to grace this earth.
RIP Boris Karloff and Sir Christopher Lee
Just found and watched this absolute class Christopher lee. Thank you so much.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
He has such a wonderful voice - the sound and accent, I know I haven't described it well, but I wish I had such a voice (a female version of course 🤭)
Thank you for making this film. What a highly articulate man Sir Christopher was : his delivery was as seamless as though he were reading it from a script. I could listen to him for hours.
@@degsbabeYES! Really.
Alas the kind of impeccable English accent is a rare thing in today’s society. More often slang terms and imprecise English is becoming the norm which is an erosion of identity, culture and heritage as we move into more slovenly ways. Such an intelligent and thoughtful man, a huge talent wasted on so many corny horror movies with another fine character actor Peter Cushing who was also a great man and best friend of Lee’s.
Slang terms and imprecise English have long been the norm outside of elite circles. It's been part of Britain's identity, culture and heritage for hundreds of years. If anything, in the latter half of the 20th century, regional accents have softened somewhat; due to mass communications, transportation and ostensibly, deindustrialisation.
@@stuartwray6175 and social media - innit?
My God, it's like being in the room with him!
RIP, Sir Christopher.
Sir Christopher waxing about Boris? Yes please❤️
Much appreciation for uploading this. A rare treat to have one of my all time favorite actors paying homage to and recounting stories about another of my very favorite actors. To add a little to Mr. Lee's presentation...a wonderful example of Boris Karloff's comedic ability can be found in the hilarious Roger Corman film, "A Comedy Of Terrors". And for a bonus, you can hear Christopher Lee sing in the comedy/musical, "The Return Of Captain Invincible" with Alan Arkin. It's a truly odd movie that may have been way ahead of its time...and whether you love or hate the film...I can almost guarantee that Christopher Lee's signature tune will have you falling off your chair!
ONE OF THE MOST SAD
BIT WAS THE MONSTER
AND THE LITTLE GIRL. GIVING
HIM A FLOWER. . THEN ACCIDENT. THROWING HER IN
THE WATER AND DIDNT COME
BACK. THE MOSTER..WAS EMOTIONAL LIKE WHAT DID i do
I. DO. I FELT COMPASSION FOR
THE MOSSTER. BECAUSE HE
REALLY DIDN'T MEAN TO
DO IT.
I've never seen a documentary quite like this, a great actor, speaking directly to the camera, telling a very interesting story. What a marvelous insight into the genius of Karloff, and the wonderful mind of Christopher Lee. Truly a unique and marvelous production. Thank you for posting:)
I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
Christopher Lee was a good actor with a great, distinguished and memorable, commanding voice in films, but he erred here when he said in 1991 that Boris Karloff had been at that time gone twenty years - Karloff died in 1969 which was 22 years prior to 1991 when Lee did this tribute to Karloff!
I love the story Christopher Lee tells about the three key things Boris Karloff told him about acting - especially the thing that Lon Chaney Sr. told Karloff one time when Karloff was walking on the Universal Studios' back lot and Karloff heard a car behind him honking its horn, and it was Lon Chaney Sr. who proceeded to picked him up and gave him a ride to Karloff's residence, and Chaney Sr. told Karloff, "Find something that no one else can do or will do and do it better than anyone can do it"!
Very interesting thank you.
Evelyn Hope was born on March 11, 1904 in Gateshead, Durham, England. She was an actress, known for Ivanhoe (1913), Single Life (1921) and Across the Atlantic (1914). She was married to Boris Karloff and Tom Helmore. She died on June 1, 1993.
Thank you for this information.
Karloff and Lee brought to movies a sense of radio; they were visualizing which is of course something radio could never do...but they kept the spirit of that intact and allowed the audience room to use their own imagination...but by the late 60s all that was drawing to a close and we ended up with slasher movies and such...and 'such' rather sucks...
That voice - Christopher Lee - AND Boris Karloff
one legend talks about another legend. it is sad that such people have to go. Mr. Lee could have made many more films. of course also Mr. Karloff.
WOW, what an absolutely brilliant and touching commentary on the life of Boris Karloff, delivered by another great actor. Thank you, very much, for sharing this portion of your documentary. I'm so saddened to learn we were deprived of the majority of your work, and I hope that you will be able to salvage more of your footage, even as short pieces, since they are precious testaments to Karloff.
Wow, thank you!
What a fantastic tribute paid to a Screen Legend by another Legend. This was without doubt one of the best videos I've ever seen by one of my favourite actors, Sir Christopher Lee. What a fantastic actor he was, so many great performances, unforgettable characters. In each decade he gave some remarkable and memorable performances, from the mid to late 50's with the Hammer Horror Classics that really made his name, to the 60's with cult classics such as Beat
Girl, The Pirate Movies, Sherlock Holmes, Fu Man Chu then the 70's, what a great decade that was for him, so many iconic roles and big movies, James Bond: TMWTGG, The Three Musketeers, The Wicker Man, Airport 77, Arabian Adventure. Although he continued to work through the 80's nothing really memorable to mention, but then in the 90's he did Gremlins 2, Jinnah ( By his own words the best work he has done..by far) and Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, however, the best was still to come, The Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars Prequels , Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, The Golden Compass, The Hobbit, Hugo.... what an amazing career. Thankyou so much for posting this gem. I shall always regret the fact that I never had the opportunity to meet and chat to this Film Icon. Still we have his amazing body of work to enjoy and for other generations to study and learn from this great Master.
Thank you, I'm so glad that you enjoyed my video, he was truly a Great man.
Great !!! Thank You for sharing with the world !!!
Thanks for watching!
Extremely intelligent and multi talented, one of a kind sadly missed
Giants like Christopher Lee and Karloff are gone forever. Distinguished gentlemen, refined and studious with interests in art, literature, theatre, music, drama, architecture, wines and spirits, confections, high culture a myriad subtleties lost to this barbarous age. No one remains the ilk of these grand, refined men. Everything is corrupted by low culture, rap, pit fighting, etc...
It's a lost age
It is indeed!
We’re in a societal, spiritual and cultural dark age. 😢
Of course, the grat shame of film history of Frankenstein feature films is that the creature has never been successfully played as written in the book.
The creature was of extreme intelligence, and quite emmotioally sensitive, which is an aspect of the story as portrayed in film, is almost always completely ignored.
Lee is quite right to call it the creature, because the true monster in the story was Dr Frankenstein.
Thanks for the upload !! I still can't believe that.. Christopher turned down Dr. Loomis in Halloween ..XD
I'm glad that you enjoyed it.
@@mackenzieroughAnytime !! But Christopher did say yes to Airport 77..XD
he never wanted to retire, he wanted to keep working and keep making movies.
Yes, Boris said he wanted to keep working and die with his boots on.
Great presentation, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
18:45 - 50 "We are all unique - as individuals," he said without irony. In other words, "You are one-of-a-kind just like everybody else." I love these true yet self-contradictory statements, especially when expressed innocently.
☺ I had a HUGE crush on Christopher Lee when I was 11.
Thank you great to hear this from a movie buff♥️
You’re welcome 😊
William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 - 2 February 1969),
better known by his stage name Boris Karloff
I think Christopher had guts to with his time he couldnt walk far, but Boris,Peter Cushing and of course Christopher gailliant brave men with a great sense of humours too.
It's so great watching one of my favorite actors speaking of the other one! They both inspired me to discover the horror classics. So I even wrote a book about history of the genre. They still inspire me for many things!
Guy lives next to me bought two hogs and is keeping them in his backyard. We live in the suburbs of Birmingham. These vile creatures have been on his property no more than 5-6 days and the stench is beyond any human comprehension. I told this guy about it and he says to me, he says "So move". I've called the law and talked to a lawyer. They say nothing can be done. Yesterday one of them hogs shat and the excrement blew out its anus like fireworks. Went all over my shed and my yard. Time to roast up some pork.
Thank you for sharing this, it’s quite an emotion.
Glad you enjoyed it.
The mummy is my favorite. Movie❤
This is wonderful!
Thank you for sharing this!!
My pleasure, a Great man.
Mackenzie Rough
Indeed! It’s such a blessing to hear Sir Christopher Lee speak so fondly or Mr. Karloff!
And to hear him compare the roles they shared!
A treasure of an interview!
One controversy among horror film fans is the Karloff versus Lugosi rivalry (which wasn't an actual thing between the two men themselves). While I do enjoy Lugosi's work and understand his cult status, there's no doubt in my mind that Karloff was the more versatile actor with a greater range than Lugosi. Karloff literally seems to have been able to play about any kind of role well, not just horror. He was equally good in comedies, historical dramas, suspense films, children's films, and adventure films. He was also one of the most modest, self-effacing men imaginable.
Lugosi was quite good in Son of Frankenstein with Karloff, Igor was his greatest character departure from Dracula. He probably relished playing a low class criminal. Bela Lugosi also had the disadvantage of English not being his native language, remember that he was a stage actor first and even played Jesus Christ onstage.
He made Universal Horror along with Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney Jr.!
Interesting & entertaining. Lee & karloff, 2 of 'the' greats!
One great actor to another.
I always loved Christhopher Lee when he played Count Dracula i used to fantasize about getting bit by him in his Dracula makeup. I thought he did a wonderful job in portraying Prince Philip in the 1982 A.B.C. World Wide Movie Presentation of Charles and Diana A Royal Love Story. R.I.P Sir Christopher Lee we your fans miss you.
Very interesting to hear the connotations he had with the word “horror” when referring to horror movies. It’s a fairly neutral term today, but to men of that era it must have conjured the horrors of war which they witnessed firsthand, which is why they did not care for it as a category term.
This is really rare stuff, loved it, thanks for uploading, got any more like this?
Try this:- th-cam.com/video/j2B7G5T18Ko/w-d-xo.html
Mackenzie Rough, thanks for this interview! Fabulous. Stumbled across it -- get this -- after finding the link to Karloff's recitation in Targets of what Somerset Maugham retold as "Appointment in Samarra." (The Mesopotamian story serves as the conclusion of Maugham's last play, Sheppey, 1933. John O'Hara, alerted to Maugham's work by Dorothy Parker, used it as the epigraph for his first novel, Appointment in Samarra, 1934.) Indeed, as Lee suggests, a riveting moment in the film -- watch director Bogdanovich in that scene, he can't take his eyes off of Karloff, nor can the other two actors (and the scene reportedly drew applause on the set) -- and a fitting coda to a marvelous acting career. Here's the URL: th-cam.com/video/88wMrLGch9w/w-d-xo.html
Legend talking about another legend
Damn damn.....I just raced home to watch the interveiw with eve karloff, oh dear was so looking forward to this, never mind..... 🙁
If it was someone else talking about Boris, i'd watch it, but I just cannot stomach Christopher Lee since I became aware several years ago of his history of lying publicly about his War record.
He must have known that he would be found out!
Why not try to extract the value of the information he’s supplying? If I had to condone all actions of every actor before I watched them, I would never have anything to watch!
Boris was the best.
He was smaller the Bela Lugosi.
I've always been a fan of Christopher Lee. An amazing actor and an amazing voice. Norris Karloff was a consummate actor. He put all of his humanity into his characters. No grandstanding, just honesty. Simply a phenomenal actor
Chuck Boris is pretty good too :D
Koris Barloff ain't too shabby either.
How come horror actors are the most eloquent speakers?
I say I remember to stop biography on channel 11 kid I remember to show very well have a good memory on
3:32 - I wish Spielberg would cast him in "Captain Hook" rather than "1941"
I think this is 1989 (not 1991). Mr Lee mentions that it's been 20 years since the death of Boris Karloff. He died in 1969.
It was 1991, Christopher made a mistake there.
@@mackenzierough+ Oh, right. Thanks for the clarification.
@A A Rounding it down.
So was Chris Lee almost 70 himself when he made this??
If so that’s pretty amazing, as he looks great for that age range!!
Today they rely on CGI
Dracula and the monster talking about
'Dracula' talking about the 'Monster', you mean?
Lee was wrong at least in one point: Karloff never met Lon Chaney.
And how do you know that?
I know that Boris worked with London Chaney Jnr but I don't know about London Chaney Snr!
Actually Boris stated many times that he did know Chaney Senior, and the great man gave Boris some valuable advice.
@@gejopohl5102 Apparently he did!
Karloff tells the story of the appointment in Samarrah:
th-cam.com/video/88wMrLGch9w/w-d-xo.html
You will never forget it.
But I digress...
rip you demonic monsters