THE ELGIN HOUR. Sting of Death w/ Boris Karloff. 1955 TV Kinescope

This episode was part of the short lived Anthology series The Elgin Hour and is about a honey bee keeper who raises decides instead to raise killer bees. This show fell into the public domain in 1983 from lack of copyright renewal.

[@1909torino]

I live in South Elgin, sad when they tore down the watch factory in 66'

[@pervanvalkenburg8507]

What a wonderfully obscure TV show, I hope you have some more to share. Thanks for your quality.

[@neil5551]

PRICELESS excellent funny as well thanks

[@MrGoldenthroat]

Boris Karloff and Boris Diaw - an unbeatable combination!!!!!!

[@footfault]

Wonderful to see the underrated Robert Flemyng so young. Love his subtle, lightly sardonic style in his later work.

[@AvengerII]

Incredible... some of the things that go into public domain! Amazing... Nice find! It's KARLOFF, guys -- Frankenstein's Monster, the actor of a thousand boogeymen and mad scientists, arguably the greatest actor in the history of thrillers/horror movies and certainly one of the most iconic legends of the horror genre! I won't choose between him OR Bela Lugosi as MY FAVORITE horror actor. I like both men for similar and different reasons. I will say I've always appreciated the dark humor that occasionally came out in Lugosi's performances! He had the best lines in the Frankenstein movies where he appeared as Ygor, the hunchback. The greatest icons in horror? In no particular order -- Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney (both Sr. and Jr.), Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing... Yes, it's biased towards the English-speaking cinema but that's still what most of the world knows.

[@gotredeemed]

Hah. Honey bees are gentle. Great acting for a small story. Enjoyed all of the characters.

[@otravez3916]

Lovely. Thank you.

[@ChristopherScottDixon]

TY so much for the upload superbly acted!

[@patrickryan1515]

Hermione Gingold - Love that name and she is quite a good character actress. 8/2018

[@fromthesidelines]

Originally telecast live over ABC on February 22, 1955. Jackson Beck was the program's announcer.

[@wilde4445]

Great thank you!

[@TedNewsom]

The only chance we'll ever have to see Boris Karloff play Sherlock Homes...

[@MrBonifant]

Wonderful

[@tiffym7051]

The gent reminds me of Shelton from Big Bang Theory... Wow. Great uploads!!

[@immrnoidall]

this looks like one of those recorded live shows.like the first soap operas.

[@SUPERMEDIABROTHERS6]

That ending is badass...

[@footfault]

Do you suppose the novel on which this teleplay was based, A Taste for Honey, by Gerald ("H.F.") Heard, inspired Hitchcock's The Birds?