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0105 - The Corpse Vanishes

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Commando Cody & The Radar Men From The Moon (Episode 3)
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Content Rating: 3.3

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Release Date: 2001-05-09

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File Name: MST3K - 0105 - 20010509 - The Corpse Vanishes.avi Encoded by: drted Video Codec: MS-MPEG4v2 Running Time: 01:29:16 File Size: 691486720 bytes (659.45 MB) MD5 Sum: c0dbccc5a281271a658bebf013db5267 eDonkey Link: ed2k://|file|MST3K+-+0105+-+20010509+-+The+Corpse+Vanishes.avi|691486720|8F15EB1244FC863314973861B86FC856| Brought to you by the Digital Archive Project www.dapcentral.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 105- THE CORPSE VANISHES with short: "COMMANDO CODY & THE RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON"--EPISODE 3 First shown: approx. 12/89. Opening: None. Invention exchange: Foundation Trilogy gift set for Larry, chiro-gyro, flame throwing flower. Host segment 1: Crow and Tom are reading "Tiger Bot" magazine. Host segment 2: J&TB playing tag. Host segment 3: Joel gets a haircut. End: Good thing/bad thing (Tom's head explodes). Comments and observations: * No opening segment after the theme, no Bots present during the invention exchange and possibly no buttons on the table (although the table is not visible during movie sign). * The "chiro-gyro" and the "flame throwing flower" were props from Joel's standup act. * Servo is slowly evolving into the Servo of later episodes; his weird fat white beak has changed to the familiar silver one. Note: working Servo arms in first host segment. * The end of the second host segment includes the rather startling sight of Joel running down the doorway sequence and being run over by Cambot! * The third host segment is another classic moment from season one, a re-think of a sketch originally done for KTMA. "They're STILL pickin' up clown noses!" * Tom Servo's head blows up for the first time in the final segment. * Favorite riff: "Hey, lady, art exhibit in my nose!" http://www.mst3kinfo.com/episodes/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 105 - THE CORPSE VANISHES (5/8/1942; NR; 64m) a.k.a. THE CASE OF THE MISSING BRIDES (England) Shown with Short: 102S-Radar Men from the Moon Chapter 3: Bridge of Death Ad: "Strange case of the seven missing brides ...enslaved in a madman's grotto of torture!" Ad: "Horror to Make Your Hair Stand on End!" Ad: "Unequalled for Sheer Terror!" Plot: A mad scientist kidnaps brides and uses their hormones to keep his wife young. Prod: Sam Katzman (522-Teen-Age Crime Wave; The Love Ins) Prod: Jack Dietz (113-The Black Scorpion; The Ape Man) Assoc Prod: Barney A. Sarecky (prod/520-Radar Secret Service; psup/406S-Undersea Kingdom) Dir: Wallace Fox (Kid Dynamite; Bowery at Midnight) Asst Dir: Arthur Hammond (Spooks Run Wild; Bowery Champs) Scr: Harvey Gates (The Werewolf of London) Sto: Sam Robins (Jungle Siren; Enemy Agent) Sto: Gerald Schnitzer (Bowery at Midnight) Cin: Art Reed (East Side Kids; Murder by Television) Ed: Robert Golden (Spooks Run Wild; Pride of the Bowery) PMgr: Edward W. Rote (Spooks Run Wild; Bowery Champs) ADir: David Milton (419-The Rebel Set; L01-World Without End) Sound: Glen Glenn (K19-Hangar 18; 322-Master Ninja I; 324-Master Ninja II) Music Dir: Johnny Lange (Spooks Run Wild; East Side Kids) Music Dir: Lew Porter (Jungle Siren; Pride of the Bowery) Dr. Lorenz / Bela Lugosi* Pat Hunter / Luana Walters (808-The She-Creature; Dick Tracy, Detective) Dr. Foster / Tristram Coffin (520; 106-The Crawling Hand; 702-The Brute Man) Countess Lorenz / Elizabeth Russell (Bedlam; Cat People) Fagah / Minerva Urecal (Ghosts on the Loose; Harvey) Alice Wentworth / Joan Barclay (The Falcon Out West) midget Toby / Angelo Rossitto (411-The Magic Sword; Freaks) Keenan / Kenneth Harlan (Pride of the Bowery; China Clipper) Angel / Frank Moran (Return of the Ape Man; Spooks Run Wild) Mike / George Eldridge (Psycho; OReturn of the Ape Man) Peggy Woods / Gwen Kenyon (Free, Blonde and 21) Sandy / Vince Barnett (Captive Wild Woman; Red Planet Mars) Trivia: THE CORPSE VANISHES is tied with 103-THE MAD MONSTER as the oldest MSTed movie. Actually, the oldest film is the serial 406S-UNDERSEA KINGDOM, released in 1936. Bela Ferenc Blasko was born in Lugos, Hungary (the real Transylvania!), and incorporated that town's name into his stage name of BELA LUGOSI (1882-1956) when he arrived in Hollywood. Repeating his Broadway role in his first major film, 1931's Dracula made him an international superstar, but his was a classic case playing a part too well -- the portrayal doomed him to be forever typecast. Besides vampires, Lugosi had a tragically dismal career of playing mad (but often somehow sympathetic) scientists, playing the tormented Dr. Lorenz here in THE CORPSE VANISHES and the cruel Dr. Zorka in 203S-THE PHANTOM CREEPS serial. His last speaking role was either as Dr. Eric Vornoff in 423-BRIDE OF THE MONSTER or in The Black Sleep starring John Carradine, Tor Johnson, and Lon Chaney Jr. Found by Ed Wood decades later, ailing, forgotten and drug-addicted, Lugosi was put back to work, first as the puppetmaster in Wood's bizarre Glen or Glenda, then in BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, and then as the headliner of Plan 9. (Wood also served as Bela's manager in the 1950's and wrote material for his Las Vegas nightclub act). Lugosi died in August 1956, after shooting one brief outdoor scene for what was then called Grave Robbers From Outer Space. Ed Wood started filming the rest of the movie that November (the movie wouldn't be released until 1959), so he had a tall, caped chiropractor stand in for most of Bela's scenes. Lugosi was superbly played by Oscar-winning Martin Landau in Tim Burton's 1994 biopic, Ed Wood. Other Lugosi classic performances can be found in: 1931-Murders in the Rue Morgue; 1932-White Zombie; 1934-The Black Cat; 1935-Mark of the Vampire; 1939-Son of Frankenstein; 1941-Spooks Run Wild; 1943-Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman; and 1948-Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Last Updated: 6/20/1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 105S - RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON (1/9/1952; 1951; NR; 167m) a.k.a. RETIK, THE MOON MENACE (1966; re-edited feature) a.k.a. COMMANDO CODY a.k.a. GUERRA ENTRE PLANETAS (Argentina: War Between the Planets) not a.k.a. COMMANDO CODY: SKY MARSHALL OF THE UNIVERSE (1953 TV series) Chapter 1: MOON ROCKET (Shown with movie 102-The Robot Vs. the Aztec Mummy) Chapter 2: MOLTEN TERROR (Shown with movie 103-The Mad Monster) Chapter 3: BRIDGE OF DEATH (Shown with movie 105-The Corpse Vanishes) Chapter 4: FLIGHT OF DESTRUCTION (Shown with movie 107-Robot Monster) Chapter 5: MURDER CAR (Shown with movie 107-Robot Monster) Chapter 6: HILLS OF DEATH (Shown with movie 108-The Slime People) Chapter 7: CAMOUFLAGED DESTRUCTION (Shown with movie 109-Project Moon Base) Chapter 8: THE ENEMY PLANET (Shown with movie 109-Project Moon Base) Chapter 9: BATTLE IN THE STRATOSPHERE (Shown with movie 110-Robot Holocaust) Chapter 10: MASS EXECUTION (not shown on MST3000) Chapter 11: PLANNED PURSUIT (not shown on MST3000) Chapter 12: DEATH OF THE MOONMAN (not shown on MST3000) Short Type: Serial Ad: "Moon Monsters Menace Mankind!" Ad: "He's Sensational!" Plot: Hero Commando Cody saves the earth from the evil lunar guy Retik. Assoc Prod: Franklin Adreon (Zombies of the Stratosphere) Dir: Fred C. Brannon (Zombies of the Stratosphere; D-Day on Mars) Scr: Ronald Davidson (Adventures of Captain Marvel) Cin: John MacBurnie (Zombies of the Stratosphere; Ghost of Zorro) SFX: Howard Lydecker (406S-Undersea Kingdom; Oscar nom/Women in War; The Flying Tigers) SFX: Theodore Lydecker (406S; Zombies of the Stratosphere) Ed: Cliff Bell Sr. (Zombies of the Stratosphere) M/U: Bob Mark (420-The Human Duplicators) ADir: Fred A. Ritter (Zombies of the Stratosphere) Set: John McCarthy Jr. (614-San Francisco International; 615-Kitten With A Whip) Set: James Redd (Zombies of the Stratosphere; Clambake) Sound: Dick Tyler Sr. (517-Beginning of the End; The Atomic Kid) Sco: Stanley Wilson (mdir/415-The Beatniks; TV's Ironside) Commando Cody / George Wallace (Forbidden Planet) Joan Gilbert / Aline Towne (Send Me No Flowers; The Steel Trap) Retik / Roy Barcroft* Graber / Clayton Moore (TV's Lone Ranger; The Ghost of Zorro) Ted Richards / William Bakewell* Krog / Peter Brocco (Tobor the Great; Spartacus; Our Man Flint) Robal / Noel Cravat (5,000 Fingers of Dr. T) Daly / Bob Stevenson (The Ghost Ship) Zerg / Tom Steele (406S; Ghost of Zorro) Alon / Dale Van Sickel (413-Manhunt in Space; The Searchers) Hank / Wilson Wood (Jailhouse Rock; Zombies of the Stratosphere) Bream / Paul McGuire (511-Gunslinger) cafe manager Al / Ted Thorpe (Machine Gun Kelly; Hang 'Em High) Nasor / Baynes Barron (From Hell It Came; North by Northwest) Jones / Dick Cogan (Flying Disc Man from Mars; Unknown World) Mr. Henderson / Don Walters (maybe 704-Incredible Melting Man) first cop at landing field / Joe Bailey (South Pacific) Duke / Billy Dix (The Giant from the Unknown; She Demons) agent with ray gun / Claude Dunkin (Red Planet Mars) Benson / Stephen Gregory (Radar Patrol Vs. Spy King) agent with ray gun / Barry Hollins motorist with pursuing cop / Carey Loftin (419-The Rebel Set; The Invisible Monster) Lunarium guard / William Marke trucker at cafe / John Marshall (Tight Spot) Sam / Tony Merrill (Donovan's Brain; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) henchman in getaway car / Paul Palmer (The Milkman) pursuing cop / Dick Rich (The Neanderthal Man; Jailhouse Rock) Moon Scout 7 / Sam Sebby guard at Cody's lab / Jack Shea (Zombies of the Stratosphere) second cop at landing field / Guy Teague (The Invisible Monster) man / Kenneth Terrell (409-The Indestructible Man; The Brain from Planet Arous) motorcycle cop / Arthur Walsh (My Darling Clementine) Classic Line: "Go ahead and ram!" Trivia: Cody's helmet and backpack (and his flying scenes) were originally used in the 1949 serial, King of the Rocket Men. Born Howard H. Ravenscroft, ROY BARCROFT (1902-1969) appeared in hundreds of films and serials, frequently as a villain in Westerns. His films include: 1931-Mata Hari; 1939's 203S-THE PHANTOM CREEPS; 1940-Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe; 1950-Radar Patrol Vs. Spy King; 1966-Billy the Kid Vs. Dracula; and 1968-Rosemary's Baby. Born in 1909, WILLIAM BAKEWELL was playing juvenile roles in the silent films of the 1920's, and went on to have mostly minor parts in 110 movies including: 1930's All Quiet on the Western Front; 1939's Gone With The Wind; and many others during the heyday of M-G-M Studios. Many Baby Boomers remember him as the foil of Fess Parker's character in Disney's 1954 TV movie, Davy Crockett. Last Updated: 3/28/1999 http://www.mst3kinfo.com/daddyo --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5 comments for this episode

digital_trucker Posted: 2003-01-01 23:31:24
Supporting actor; the Master part of Master-Blaster in Thunderdome.

tyger78 Posted: 2004-05-09 20:40:53
Starting from the Episode 4 of the KTMA season, this episode is definitely the best one up to this point. It seems as if Joel and the bots are starting to hit their stride.

aboblyndsae Posted: 2004-05-27 15:12:28
One of the better Season 1 episodes, though it can't really compare to Women of the Prehistoric Planet or Robot Monster. Slightly better than Crawling Hand and Untamed Youth.

hi_i_am_wade Posted: 2007-08-16 09:46:55
The original movie is now public domain and can be viewed on several website. If interested, the links can be found on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Corpse_Vanishes

ShinyToasterGirl Posted: 2007-11-01 15:03:08
Has this hit the whitelist yet? Does anyone know?

10 quotes for this episode

<Crow> Why does the earth have a shadow? <Servo> Why are there clouds in space? <Crow> Why are we watching this? <Servo> Daddy, what's Vietnam?

Added 2002-08-12 10:02:23 by fade

<Man> But if you'd like to find out more about it... <Joel> Read about it at your library!

Added 2002-08-12 10:02:28 by fade

<Woman> I'll remember those words, stooge... <Servo> WOOB WOOB WOOB WOOB!

Added 2002-08-12 10:03:01 by fade

<Joel> Oh man... that's so sad... Look, they're taking the cake back. <Crow, as Bela Lugosi> Ooooh... thank you... I love cake... the frosting is delicious!

Added 2002-08-12 10:03:01 by fade

<Joel> That's one scary name, Mike. <Crow> Mike, ooooooh. <Joel> Evil henchman Mike. <Servo> Sends shivers up my diodes.

Added 2002-08-12 10:04:12 by fade

<Servo> He has stone walls painted on his drywall.

Added 2002-08-12 10:04:12 by fade

<Newspaper Editor> Maybe it is a clue, but how do I know it's not a cockeyed nightmare? <Crow> Or a night-eyed cockmare?

Added 2002-08-12 10:04:32 by fade

<Joel> It ruins so many wedding nights when the bride dies.

Added 2004-05-09 17:45:19 by tyger78

<Joel> Oh man, they're taking the deli tray away, I think that's so scary. <Crow> Yeah, but we can sell it to the Feinburg wedding. <Joel> Speaking of selling...[commercial break]

Added 2005-07-21 18:19:29 by daemonzx66

<Crow, as Bela Lugosi> Grab the spare tire, the toolbox, and the deli tray, then we short-sheet the bed, I love these frat pranks.

Added 2005-07-21 18:22:35 by daemonzx66

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