Foibles: A Mother-daughter Podcast

Val Lewton (1904-1951) (nee Vladimir Ivanovich Hofschneider in Imperial Russia; mother's maiden name was Leventon)   Top Four Must-See Val Lewton movies: 1) I Walked with Zombie 2) Cat People 3) Rita: The Ghost Ship; Xoe: The 7th Victim   Universal Studios horror classics: Frankenstein (1931) - starring Boris Karloff Dracula (1931) - starring Bela Lugosi The Black Cat (1941) - exemplar of Universal formula mixing equal parts of suspense/horror and comedy; directed by Albert Rogell, brother of Sid Rogell who was Val Lewton's boss for during his early career.   Lewton's filmography as producer: Cat People (1942) (Jacques Tourneur) I Walked with a Zombie (1943) (Tourneur) The Leopard Man (1943) (Tourneur)  7th Victim (1943) (Mark Robson)   The Ghost Ship (1943) (Robson) - Theme: Corruption caused by power/authority Curse of the Cat People (1944 (Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise) Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) (Wise)  Youth Runs Wild (1944) (Robson) The Body Snatcher (1945) (Wise)  Isle of the Dea