As Much Fun Old, As When Young, Darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                There really is a "House On Haunted Hill.  It is Ennis House, built by Frank  Lloyd Wright, and located in Los Aliz, Los Angeles, California.  This was used for the exterior shots of the house.

                                   What you don't know is that the place resemebles my former work place.  On September 23, 1981, when I walked to the Amsterdam Avenue entrance of The New York Public Library Of Performing Arts, at Lincoln Center, my first thought was, "This looks like the 'House On Haunted Hill.'"

                                        Like the film, that impression held up for 35 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                        What was clear to  me, this  time around is that both Carol  Ohmart, who played Annabelle Loren, and Carolyn Craig as Nora Manning, were both cast for  their remarkable  lung power, as both scream quite often throughout the film.  How their vocal cords sustained  themselves during the shoot is amazing.   Maybe  they should have tried musical  theater!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                             Julie Mitchum--Robert's sister, no less!--as Ruth Bridges, gives the classic Fifties repressed spinster lesbian interpretation.  A woman  with a gambling problem, at that!  And can she drink!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                               Elisha Cook,  Jr., as Watson Pritchard, steals the show, as does Leona Anderson, as Mrs. Slydes, the housekeeper, and a certain head and skeleton.

                                                  How long have we had such good, clean fun, darlings????????????

                                                  It almost  makes me want to spend a night there.  Oh,  but then  I might feel like  I was back, at  work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never has there been so much fun, darlings....never!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!