The Veil (TV-1958) THE CRYSTAL BALL (Ep 5) Boris Karloff

Hailed by critics as the greatest TV series never seen, this never broadcast horror-suspense series is hosted by and stars Boris Karloff!
THE CRYSTAL BALL: A flighty French girl leaves her lover, a young writer, to marry his boss. As a parting gift, she gives him an ornamental crystal ball. This is a distraction, since the crystal shows him scenes of her carrying on with other men behind her new husband's back.

[@logicalnetwork1611]

Boris Karloff was the real gift . I feel priviledged to have seen his tv shows and films.

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

I like how Mr. Karloff is not only the host, but acts in each story.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

In most of them Kimberly 👌🏻

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

@@rafaelramirez1507 You are right. He didn't appear in Jack the Ripper. One.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@kimberlykasimoff1447 Kimberly, have you ever heard of these two mystery horror shows from 1961-62 , "Way Out" , "Great Ghost Tales" ?

[@mariannehughes8354]

No matter what karloff stars in, he's is a true legend. Possible the greatest actor of all time.

[@sheiladavis6523]

One of the greatest actor of all time 12-4-20

[@rafaelramirez1507]

My idol thanks to my parents introducing this fine gentleman to me

[@patsysmothermon7861]

That Is So True !! He could play anyone ,with feeling ! 😊 🤗

[@AABB-bm9kk]

I agree he’s probably under-rated because he did horror 🤷‍♂️ His performance as The Monster in the Frankenstein movies was pretty darn good He made the audience sympathetic to a monstrosity

[@maryreid3387]

Agreed-

[@cbass2755]

Wonderful series!! Thank you. Loved Boris Karloff….the best actor in Hollywood

[@funniebunnie4u]

You are SO right... I've watched so many great B&W movies/shows, over the years... But somehow, I never really saw many Boris Karloff films.... until about a month ago, and now I can't get enough... 💕🤗💕 He was truly spectacular.

[@coleparker]

I have to admit, this a new one on me. I use to watch Karloff on Thriller but I do not remember this series. I see that they never broadcasted it.

[@shanasavage7450]

I 💜 Boris's voice!!! I find it extremely soothing. I could listen to him read the Encyclopedia and I'd love every second of it. Is that crazy?

[@davidcraig9779]

Try Boris Karloff Thriller series, Episodes 'Grim Reaper' and mirror, mirror.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

No unless I'm crazy too 👌🏻

[@shanasavage7450]

@@davidcraig9779 I love that show!!! ❤️❤️

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Though my favorite Thriller episode is "Dark Legacy" , the spookiest one to me would be "The incredible Doktor Markesan" 👌🏻

[@shanasavage7450]

@@rafaelramirez1507 ooohhhhhh awesome!! I'm going to go watch those episodes again--i can't remember them. And you know that how that's one of those series you can watch repeatedly!

[@rafaelramirez1507]

One of my favorite episodes on "The Veil" series ... great acting by cast 👏

[@kimmaddison8686]

I only ever seen him play Frankenstein but today u cane across this series ❤ 8th may 2023 cold raining outside im 50 and only just discovered what a fantasic actor boris karloff truly was and is xx ❤

[@bonita-u9ve]

These short stories must have been such a thrill for viewers of the time even though reception couldn't have been very resolute

[@jaycompany4886]

When boris tells u "come, come come, u come..no question.

[@Cninalights]

As a kid I used to love Karloff because I knew he was going to be in something very scary, but as an adult I have realized what an excellent actor he is. His range of characterizations are infinite. Not only do I still like him, but now I have a great respect for him as well.

[@mgsa5722]

by far d best episode of The Veil.

[@josephdodd5770]

Boris Karloff is wonderful

[@randywiggins1248]

Awesome . Thanks pizza flicks for uploading another great series I did not know existed.

[@RethaGreen-ce5ve]

I was scared of Boris Karloff as a child, but love him now

[@Steve20127]

Amazing that the logs in Mr Karloffs huge fireplace never burn down.

[@rydyrmorse1307]

The crystal ball is a gift of honesty from his former lover. She lets him know that money is more important than love to her, but he ignores the lesson. He uses the ball to try to assert control. he should have left it behind, but that stupid spherical keep sake, keeps him a prisoner of his own pride.

[@johnshields6852]

It's amazing how that 1 movie changed and influenced so much, Frankenstein. He really made a great career out of that one role, but that makeup, the first we see him, all burnt, wow, the other scene that launched a thousand films was Bela in Dracula, that 1st scene, everyone knows that scene. Thanks

[@magicbulletdancers]

Thank you for another masterpiece... Kind regards. 👍🇨🇦

[@brocktoon8]

Wonderful!!!

[@msbrowngault]

Hal Roach does it again 🤗 Another gem just discovered today. Thx Pizzaflix 🌹

[@waderaney7]

Karloff was the best😉

[@daniellamichella1688]

So smart with human nature

[@carlnapp4412]

When watching Boris Karloff one can be sure to hear good grammar.

[@granny13ad33]

Very Good! I recognized the music in the beginning.

[@OneMan-wl1wj]

@2:34. "friends!!!" 😆👏 lol. Everyman's reaction when he's been unknowingly relegated to the "friend zone"

[@chriscooper3117]

One Man 1970 They should look at the bright side - it's much cheaper to be a 'friend'... and much safer nowadays! Sad but true.

[@darbyzworld]

Never knew about this series...what fun! Thank you! . . .

[@kimmaddison8686]

The furniture home decor in these ild classics beautiful

[@jackbest6677]

Karloff is classic.

[@jackbuckley7816]

Great imaginative episode, even if based on earlier short-story or other sources, though I don't know if this was the case. The French accents were passably okay, they didn't bother me. Karloff's was quite good, I thought. Of course, none of these characters would've spoken English among themselves in reality but this was necessary for American TV, for which I have no problem. The cast in this episode were effective and believable, with fine acting. As I like to write myself, I found this story revolving around a writer who's been jilted by a fickle lover, and who's laboring under a severe case of writer's-block, appealing & interesting. Enjoyed the French atmosphere overall. Seems to me, the writer could've used the crystal-ball-related events as a basis for the romance-story he was under contract to complete!

[@Tonithenightowl]

While I watched Thriller all the time with Karloff I never heard of this series. It's like a cross between One Step Beyond and the Twilight Zone. I wonder what year this was? I would say a few years BEFORE Thriller. Now I'm going to watch the next one. Thanks Pizzaflix :o)

[@PizzaFLIX]

The Veil was produced in 1958, but never broadcast. Production was cancelled after only 12 episodes which was considered too few to justify sales to a network or to syndication. Boris Karloff's Thriller aired during the 1960-61 and 1961-62 seasons on NBC.

[@Tonithenightowl]

Pizza, I'm glad you found them, its like finding a hidden treasure. :o)

[@clapoutloudclapoutloud]

Not scary but very intriguing had to see the whole story line.

[@rosabellelopez9115]

Thank you it was great😘

[@hermanbrown7858]

In the voice of Andrew Dice Clay.......aye where can I get me one of those crystal balls.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Feel very lucky to have come across this interesting series! The picture quality is amazing, I bet it didn’t look this good on TVs 1958!

[@danpatch4751]

Boris Karloff spent a year in Minot North Dakota, is that crazy or what.

[@stephaniehand503]

thank you

[@maxcorrington3713]

great episode

[@pvsmanian1]

Enjoyed.

[@jamesgrassia844]

King Karloff.

[@danield.4513]

wiki: Hailed by critics as "the greatest television series never seen" (according to DVD release publicity) The Veil was never broadcast. Troubles within the studio (and the collapse of a preliminary co-production arrangement with National Telefilm Associates) resulted in production being cancelled after only 10 episodes (an additional episode called "Jack the Ripper" had been produced by another studio and was acquired by the Roach Studios; Boris Karloff only introduces the episode). This was considered too few to justify sales to a network or to syndication. In the late 1960s, footage from several episodes was combined to make films that aired on late night television. Ten episodes were released to the public in their entirety for the first time in the 1990s and have subsequently been released on DVD by Something Weird Video. In 1999, "Lifting the Veil of Mystery," a Tom Weaver article on the making of the series (complete with episode guide), appeared in issue #29 of Cult Movies magazine. It was later expanded into the book SCRIPTS FROM THE CRYPT: The Veil which featured the scripts of several episodes, the series' history, a chapter on Boris Karloff's career as a TV anthology host, etc. THANK YOU PIZZAFLIX!!!

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Also I read that Boris Karloff himself emphasizes that he was never paid for appearing on "The Veil" 😟

[@JeanetteParmantie-jq5xy]

Mr Karloff's eyes are still psyco as they were when he was a young actor. Really SCARY

[@maunster3414]

Ah, but Mr. Karloff, what lies behind the veil is explainable.

[@corneilcorneil]

Thank you!

[@msbrowngault]

14:02 that lamp behind Edmund?🤔

[@ifyouseekay246]

rather weak story not everything, called Karloff is a masterpiece

[@chicagogyrl4846]

Why the hell would this guy want his wife’s ex boyfriend to come visit her??!

[@rafaelramirez1507]

So were their customs in those times ... I guess 🤔

[@Bezoo-xg5gb]

ThAT crystal ball 🔮 is going to be his own undoing! Why would he keep it knowing that he can’t have what he once had,(her)?!💔🔮💔🔮💔🔮💔🔮💔🔮💔🔮💔

[@msbrowngault]

I don't understand why he cares about what she's doing behind the back of her new husband; the man she left him to marry. I would shake it off & call it Karma, j/s 😐

[@Robbie_S]

To all the Ex Lovers out there...Listen to Boris Karloff. 😂

[@gmanette188]

Ty

[@countdown2xstacy]

I think I’m done watching today’s tv garbage. All I watch now are old 40’s 50’s 60’s and 70’s tv shows and movies

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Join the club my friend 👍

[@bjgoodrich5864]

Serve her right for cheating! 😸

[@dianalovescolors]

I never knew about the series. Is it true it never aired? 🤔🎥

[@PizzaFLIX]

The Veil was never aired. Troubles at the Hal Roach studio resulted in production being cancelled after only 12 episodes were produced, at the time considered too small for a network or syndication broadcast.

[@dianalovescolors]

@@PizzaFLIX thank you, that is so interesting. I am so glad you got access to them for us. 😁🎬

[@PizzaFLIX]

@@dianalovescolors PizzaFLIX is the planet of unwanted, orphaned, and lost films. We give them love and find others to love them too! Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.

[@PizzaFLIX]

@NibiruLives and now you are about 20?

[@nolawest5183]

@ 1:28 When she smiles & talks to me she resembles the Italian Cook "Giada De Laurentiis" that had a show on the tv food channel. She's very pretty.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Giada is less and more than you know, Nola. Why the fake toothy smile (and over-enthusiasm), and the need to show her cleavage, always?! She's an heiress first and a gourmet "chef" last.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

So are you m'lady

[@mikieknight6607]

Its just that Ive been welking vahree halde!

[@JustBeREAL1st]

Did you find more of his shows???

[@PizzaFLIX]

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[@andrews527]

What is the episode of this (or of another show) about a man who checks into a room with a haunted mirror that shows him murderous visions? The star may have been Ross Martin (or maybe my memory is poor).

[@rafaelramirez1507]

It's a "One Step Beyond" episode David 👌🏻

[@andrews527]

@@rafaelramirez1507 Thank you.

[@HorangHhh]

Who’s watching now (2024)?

[@msbrowngault]

In the end, I was hoping dude kicked some a$$. You know, bounced him off a few walls...😐 4/19/19

[@nobodyuknow6337]

I prefer Karloff to Hitchcock.

[@barbarasmith3567]

P

[@t4705mb6]

Ho ho ho! ha ha ha! Ho ho! Ha! Le pain perdu! Les frites! Karloff as a Frenchman?? Allez !C’est n’importe quoi!

[@virnamisra1657]

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[@dirkbruere]

Friendzoned!

[@virnamisra1657]

Arrange arrest of rapist radiology department RML hospital Delhi atulmisra c9 Vikaspuri Delhi immediately and send Reimbursement due houses maintenance career studies future for Dr Virna Pandey

[@elchuma5989]

The gay life always lol

[@nancyrodriguez7949]

,

[@victorsamuleson9505]

Stupid ending

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Maybe to you but not to me

[@EmmysOtherSite]

was karloff in all of these things personally. That sort of takes away from the plot. And he's an Englisman not believable as a French man.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Nahh Emmy , he was good and he brought sparkle to the show

[@robertwalker5521]

You'll ruin your eyes --. Staring into that microscope so much.

[@ifyouseekay246]

weak story

[@rafaelramirez1507]

To each it's own , I thought it was magnificent

[@jordhuga271]

From 1958 so I would say its very good.

[@Rikki0]

It's hard to believe that this suave, sophisticated masterful actor began his rise to fame as the original and most iconic of all the Frankenstein's monsters. Fantastic actor.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

And his cast credits listed as "The Monster.....Karloff"! My favorite is "The Bride of Frankenstein", which was a misnomer because he played 'The Monster'

[@Rikki0]

@@michaelwertzy9808 Quite correct. Indeed, "The Monster" never had a name in all the Frankenstein movies. He was simply "The Monster throughout.

[@DavidRice111]

Both of you responders are 'correct', yet wrong: ever after the 1st Frankenstein movie, the "monster" was referred to as simply "FRANKENSTEIN" by the public! Back in the early 60s, I owned two plastic scene models of both 'Frankenstein' and Lugosi's 'Dracula'. I'd give a perty to have them today, but sadly I was an Army Brat, and during our many transfers, my "practical Mom not only threw them away, but also my two boxes full of 50s-60s Action & DC comics as well! Imagine the bucks I lost in THAT foolishness? I even had the complete Bob Haney run of "Metamorpho"!! Yep- I cried!

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

Oh how sad! I bad some things like that too,but moving so often,those items were" lost."

[@joannebeauchamp1169]

Want to see GOOD acting? Watch this show!

[@maureentuohy8672]

Man, what a real treasure Karloff was. He had incredible presents and it is difficult to see anyone else when he was on screen. He always had a naughty twinkle in his eye. Just brilliant. 😊

[@lindalee4540]

Loved this episode !! Karloff is wonderful..

[@gilgilliam9689]

I am a Karloff fan. He is the greatest

[@ealswytheangelicrealms]

Do you have the card sets put out by Good Stuff on Karloff?

[@jordhuga271]

You have good taste. Boris was amazing.

[@Songwriter376]

Boris was such a superb actor, so eloquent and refined.

[@aharonemanuel4010]

Ya

[@bradleynelson7877]

you probably dont give a shit but if you're bored like me atm you can watch all of the new movies and series on InstaFlixxer. Been binge watching with my brother for the last couple of weeks =)

[@milojohan4521]

@Bradley Nelson Definitely, have been using instaflixxer for since november myself =)

[@crazyduck1254]

i have a suspicion our "gifts" come not from the brain but channeled from times long past. It is not the brain that writes books and poems. The search for that source is futile. As sprigs of lemon grass and thyme flavour the festive turkey our "gifts" flavour the human soul with tuneful voice and artistic expression.

[@joycegausmann5840]

Love Boris Karloff. What a magnificent find.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.

[@kristikola777]

I can't believe I just now found these! Sometimes I can't help but imagine the Grinch narrating haha! Good schtuff!!

[@davidcraig9779]

Try his 'Thriller' series, episodes 'the Grim Reaper' and 'Mirror, Mirror'.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Or "The last of the Summersville" , Karloff was Magnificent 🌟🤩

[@Sennmut]

Never broadcast? Why not? How many were produced?

[@uglyturnips2813]

Thanks pizzAman-- have not seen this series before-thanks so much!

[@raphaelandrews3617]

There is only one Boris Karloff the best of character actors.

[@CyanBlackflower]

Thank You PizzaFlix For posting these great shows - GREAT Channel!!

[@OneMan-wl1wj]

4:10 Did he place it in the holder upside down?!?

[@erome2528]

Not much of a family resemblance between Luana and her grandmother, lol. Ursula Andress had the face of a goddess -- a bona fide beauty whose features transcended anything a Hollywood plastic surgeon could create (her beauty is similar to the youthful incarnations of actresses like Catherine Deneuve, Bridgett Bardot, and Sharon Tate). I honestly wasn't thrilled with this particular story, but I love this genre so much that I'll watch just about any of them that are (generously) posted. Also interesting was seeing Detective Vincoli (played by Frank de Kova)' he would go on to play Chief Wild Eagle of F Troop's comical Hekawi Tribe (among other lesser known character roles). Thanks for sharing this with a faithful audience. Much appreciated!

[@myrnalane2009]

Watched 12 17 18

[@pattytanur3321]

Unique Boris Karloff ❤

[@reubenaberlin]

This series sure had some very pretty women as leading ladies.

[@kimmaddison8686]

She cheats in all 😮

[@randyhebbebusche3644]

He was very good in so many things. Interesting stories. Nothing good on TV anymore.

[@kennethbritton601]

Had to find out why these are so 'One Step Beyond'. Turns out that like OSB, they're said to be from true stories. Had this not been omitted here it would have given the shows a more interesting angle.

[@victorsamuleson9505]

The veil what a wimp

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Takes one to know one and you're one 🤨

[@jordhuga271]

Victor Samuleson is obviously a man of culture. Wipe the cheetos off your mouth and clean the mountain dew off your shirt. Low rent simpleton.

[@otravez3916]

Never knew this series even existed. This is my first episode. Halfway through. So far most enjoyable. Looking forward to seeing the others. Thank you for these uploads.

[@mj9949]

Otravez 39 me too