Fun place.Īccording to the book, Tor drove one of those tiny cars, much like the original minis, and had special eating utensils in his house that appeared to be little shovels. Had two beers’ worth of a blast, then ventured on a local pub crawl. The things these girls could do with their booties. I went to Gold Diggers last night for the first time, with my friends Brian and Lon.
I returned with a camera crew not that long ago, and we were able to shoot the soundstage for the DDT dvd.Īpparently, Ed would (HRR) get hammered (martinis) after a day’s shooting in the bar in front of the soundstage called, Gold Diggers.
Where that cinematic history took place, and according to at least one source, the film Ed Wood was shot there as well. There were some nice young men in a band called Goodnite Moon who were rehearsing the day I peeked in, and were nice enough to let me in and take pictures. They shot Plan 9 From Outer Space on a soundstage, which still exists, just off Santa Monica Boulevard. He would often go out for drinks with his opponents after a match. Tor was a professional wrestler, but it was just a put on. What little info I was able to learn about Tor was from Rudolph Grey’s book, Nightmare of Ecstasy – the Life and Art of Edward D. She claimed she fucked James Dean, and that’s all I need to know. Maila (photo by Mark Berry) lived on Hollywood Boulevard in a low-income apartment building. IMHO Elvira completely ripped off Vampira, and Maila Nurmi had a lawsuit against Elvira for years, but didn’t have the resources that Cassandra Peterson has, therefore had to drop the suit. The outfit Vampira wore was a sort of Morticia Addams style, and she hosted horror flicks on Los Angeles television in the ’50s. Coinkydink?įor those of you who don’t know, Maila Nurmi was the woman who played Vampira. Coincidentally, just a block over from a street called Nurmi. What is most interesting to me about Tor, is that the last footage of Bela Lugosi that exists (now I’ll probably be lambasted by people who are experts saying, “Well ACtually – Bela did…”), with him smelling the rose bush, was actually filmed outside Tor’s home in Sylmar. I also bopped over to the records archives and looked up Ed Wood’s probate file on the suggestion of my new pal, Steve, who was on my tour last week. Dull dull dull, but I did lunch over at Clifton’s. I am stuck at jury duty today, and brought my laptop. Tor, from what little I’ve read, was a pretty nice guy. I’m sure there are a lot more of you that are experts on this subject, I just dip in when it interests me. Bela Lugosi, certainly! But Ed’s movies, for as terrible as they are, have staying power. Like several people associated with Ed Wood, Tor would be largely forgotten if it weren’t for making Ed’s horrible films.
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