♦TV Classics♦ 'THE LAST OF THE SOMMERVILLES' (Thriller S2 E7)

[@alecwilliams7111]

I'm so glad that KZbin has revived the old thriller series with Boris Karloff. Many of these episodes still stand by themselves as great television.

[@scavengerlily11]

These are great ...totally binge watching them.

[@christinepierre5637]

Love.these.oldies.they.dont.make.movies.like.these.no.more

[@BarbaraClore-lf4mm]

This is way before before my time but, I really enjoy this series it's wonderful... if anyone has any suggestions on other shows I would to check them out... Thanks

[@Charles-oo8bq]

​@christinepierre5637 why.comment.with.so.many.........

[@georgefadden1686]

Ķì​@@BarbaraClore-lf4mm

[@jacquelineeick5986]

After all Ursula, youre so useful😂🤣. Martita Hunt and Phyllis Thaxter two of greatest actors...!!!!!

[@walterfechter8080]

Martita Hunt and Boris Karloff spoke with a very distinguished English accent -- very regal. My English grandparents spoke in the same manner. This is an excellent episode of "Thriller." Ida Lupino was an amazing actress and director. Many thanks, Rob W.

[@wendybutler1681]

My dad, born in 1921 in Montana, would always fill me in on the actresses he admired in his early years. He seemed to know a lot about them. He'd see a them cast in a TV series and tell me all about the movie rolles they played and any pertinent details. Ida Lupino was one of them. He had great respect for her work on and off screen. Funny how he never had anything to say about male actors. He sure knew his screen ladies. His big sis married into a family that owned movie theaters. I know movies were their main entertainment other than outdoors in the Rocky Mountains. There were 8 kids in his his class his senior year of high school. He had stories! Oh, did he have stories! He is missed.

[@walterfechter8080]

@@wendybutler1681 Cling to those memories. Hopefully, you can journalize those stories told by your dad! I've been all over the USA, but I have yet to visit "The Big Sky Country" (Montana). I remember a film about the "smoke jumpers" who put out forest fires in and around the state of Montana. The film was, "The Red Skies of Montana" with Richard Widmark, Jeffrey Hunter and Richard Boone. I like the ladies of the "big screen" too. One of my favourite actresses was Maureen O'Hara. She looked so much like my ma (Helen). Many thanks -- W

[@king-fisher]

*Martita Hunt* was a peerless *Mrs Havisham* in _Great Expectations._

[@walterfechter8080]

@@king-fisher Yes, indeed!

[@maryserrano6448]

I was 14 yo when this aired, I would watch Thriller, the veil, and other TV, programs. Those were the days when watching TV, was a joy. They had great writers, directors, great actors, so sad that it's gone. We have nothing but trash on TV.,today. Nothing beats the old black and white series, they were and still remain the best.

[@king-fisher]

I grew up in the 80s/90s but even I think television peaked as an art form in the 60s.

[@stephenwilliams1269]

Superb episode indeed. Martita Hunt at her very best and a great cast including mine host Boris Karloff as the Dr. He did play in many of these stories. I remember the series fondly from the early 1960s which I enjoyed as a child, which I still enjoy to this very day. Thank you for sharing so everyone can see the quality of tv shows from this era.

[@robtw88]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mortalclown3812]

No one ever remembers Martita ~ thank you. ✨💓

[@garybrockwell2031]

Mrs Fathashum , a pip?🇬🇧🎬🤩🎭🗣️🧐💪🙏

[@king-fisher]

​@@mortalclown3812 Recently saw David Lean's _Great Expectations_ [1946]. Martita was the most unforgettable part of the film.

[@kimmccabe1422]

Lesson #1-Never follow a murderer into the marsh, in a fog lol. I love Boris Karloff!

[@sharoneh8929]

Yep. He was just too desperate...

[@magiegainey5036]

I am a big Boris Karloff fan myself! There is a wonderful book by Cynthia Lindsay called Dear Boris, that is a fairly short, wonderful read about him. (I got mine at amazon) 😊

[@jmbrinck]

Ida Lupino was not only a gifted, versatile actor but a superb writer/director. And Boris Karloff was signature horror. A great post. Thank you.

[@MsKitty-st1yv]

I agree completely (She was a great ACTRESS..) I didn't know she did other things. Tk u

[@garybrockwell2031]

Hollywood's first female DIRECTOR with the HITCHHIKER..... COOL WOMAN GOOD HISTORY... LONDON'S STILL LOVÍN HER💯🎬🇬🇧🤩🎭🗣️🧐💪😍🙏

[@garybrockwell2031]

Did she write or direct this one then??🇬🇧🤩🎬

[@sharoneh8929]

​@@garybrockwell2031Yes.

[@jsmith2130]

Ida Lupino deserves Oacar and Emmy nominations for her acting, directing and writing abilities !!! Ms. Lupino was very underrated!!!

[@Bebe7077]

Ida Lupino. What an amazing woman!

[@marklauzon186]

I didnt realize She directed so often. She directed a few other half hour TV shows as well.....😄!

[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@marklauzon186 I believe that this magnificent talented lady is the only person to direct an episode of the "Twilight Zone" and star in another episode ( I think she directed the TZ classic, The Masks and starred in The sixteen millimeter shrine ... 😮 amazing!

[@mortalclown3812]

💯✨

[@chadpenner5059]

Yep beauty talent and brains 🧠....amazingly gifted

[@jacquelineeick5986]

PHYLIS THAXTER ONE OF MY VERY FAVORITE AMERICAN ACTORS, ESPECIALLY IN HITCHCOCK.. BRILLIANT..

[@rosannacellini2158]

Love when, Borey Boy plays a part in this series. He always slips a little humor in his roles, and in his story-line narrations. Lol 😊👍👍🤩

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Who loves when?

[@JoelHamberg]

Jerry Goldsmith musical scoring and John Warren (who also was Alfred Hitchcock Presents & Pyscho) photograhy. Great writing and direction by Ida Lupino. Superb production!

[@kizzymorgan8255]

Yes, his aunt is already on to him, & that (Ershula) as well & when a person Is very rich, people will take advantage of you just because of money & even your family & friends will envy you. I love these Classic Thrillers, this is what real acting is. I love these thrillers & I watch them all day sometimes, & especially on the weekends when I had a busy week & Saturday & Sunday & I stay in my PJ'S & have food & snacks & stay in bed all day & nap & watch all kind of movies, so Hello from South Carolina. ❤️💯❤️💯❤️💯❤️💯❤️💯

[@robtw88]

Sounds nice...enjoy your weekend and thanks for watching!

[@kizzymorgan8255]

@@robtw88 Welcome.

[@MariaLacsamana-ik3in]

This kind of movie thrillers are my cup of tea I love 5hem & all the while get shivers in my spine thanks for uploading it 😊 😀

[@robtw88]

You're welcome 😊

[@krismurray304]

Thanks for posting Boris Karloff and his all time stories Thriller. He was such a smart man and great actor.

[@gregatkinson7276]

What a clever plot and truly entertaining...thank you so much for posting good sir.

[@robtw88]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@garybrockwell2031]

As a LONDONER 🇬🇧💯👍💪🗣️🧐 I would like to say, this Man is England's one true BORIS🤩🙏🎭🎬 DID anyone eles love the elephant in irvory on top of his cane🤫✌️. Nice post 👍 bless them great entertainers of our passed 🙏🎭🎬 Rip😢🇬🇧🙏😇

[@jacquelineeick5986]

MARTITA HUNT JUST CRACKS ME UP ... I ABSOLUTELY LOVE HER... SHE PLAYS THE ULTIMATE SNOB AND ...... I VE INVITED EVERYONE WHO HATES EACHOTHER🤣😂SAY NO MORE

[@jenniferyork8095]

I was unaware of this series, but Karloff *and* Ida Lupino? Excellent! As Mr. Burns would say.

[@jenniferyork8095]

Honestly it's refreshing to see the socially conscious Lupino do a bit of phantasmagoric thriller.

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

Raise your hand if you think Aunt Celia looks like Miss Havisham from Great Expectations. Yes, Rob W., growing up in Southern California in the 60s, going to the drive-in was wonderful! Even Sunday afternoons at the local movie theatre watching all of those great movies. Wish I still had the wonderful movie displays they sometimes gave my sisters and me on the last day of the showing. Oh my gosh! I just Googled Marita Hunt and guess who she was?

[@philipmurphy5639]

Miss Havisham

[@rosannacellini2158]

She played Miss, Havisham in the 1946 version of "Great Expectations". I thought it was her right away. She barely aged. Love old movies and watched them with my parents, from when I was little. They were great.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Definitely one of the best episodes in the "Thriiller" series , in my top 20 👍

[@robtw88]

Mine too!

[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@robtw88 Rob? You be putting on the best 👍

[@colleensanders9042]

YES BORIS KARLOFF A LEGENDARYI LOVE WHEN HE SAYS AS SURE AS MY NAME IS BORIS KARLOFF

[@marie-christinemontegu9503]

Toujours un vif contentement de regarder ces Pièces cinématographiques d’antan.

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

Great chemistry with the actors especially Miss Havisham and Boris.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Another killer Thriller score by Goldsmith--these episodes are a treasure trove for lovers of tv/film music. Thank you Rob W! Your uploads are greatly appreciated!

[@ria1636]

I recognised Miss Haversham! Thanks for the upload.

[@cliffgaither]

Miss Haversham ! Yeah ! I remember now. She also made a mesmerizing vampire.

[@ghenetwellness4780]

This series is addictive !

[@robtw88]

It is indeed!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

With the glasses & hairstyle, Karloff resembled his "Mr. Wong" character of some 20 years earlier. It would have been nice if all the episodes had his wrap-up at the end like this one.

[@amandalitster7713]

Anything written & Directed by Ida Lupino is a guarranteed hit ❤ 🤍 💙 🧡 💥

[@fourmilier.]

I love these Thriller tales. Macabre with a dash of humour. Delicious.. 😈

[@bobbythorman7421]

Such a wonderful experience to see these classics with Boris once again, in a time when the actors spoke english and knew their craft.The benefits of walking the boards on the British stage.

[@jacquelineeick5986]

THANK YOU SO MUCH ROB DREAMT........

[@robtw88]

You're welcome!

[@nepenthe_gal759]

THRILLER, ONE STEP BEYOND, THE OUTER LIMITS and TWILIGHT ZONE were great TV.

[@feralbluee]

Boris Karloff was a damn good actor!! :) And Ida Lapino is the director again :) 🌷🌱 thanks so very much for bringing us these wonderful episodes of Thriller. they are really so well produced (and i love the music). 🎬🎶🌷🌱

[@edwardvogel9094]

They must have cleaned out every antique store in L.A. to make this episode. Really nice.

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Wait till you watch some other "Thriller" episodes , you'll be amazed Edward 😊

[@edwardvogel9094]

@@rafaelramirez1507 thanks for the heads-up. Happy viewing!

[@rafaelramirez1507]

@@edwardvogel9094 you are welcome 😊

[@marklauzon186]

This was REALLY good! I have found it kind of interesting to follow Karloff in his movies....as he grew.

[@dawnbostick656]

Many many thx Rob W. I was 1st turned on 2 these thriller shows on 7.2 me tv a channel strictly 4 Dayton Ohio & I loved it & especially Boris Karloff.... absolutely irresistible tv💯💯😁👌👍

[@BunnyLang]

Cool story. Thank you, Rob W.

[@robtw88]

You're welcome!

[@williamschlenger1518]

These were all very well acted.I remember these from years ago

[@rhondae8222]

Thanks for the movie. Love Boris Karloff's movies and Thrillers.

[@Victoria-wz9ub]

Excellent. Writing, acting, design. 🥳

[@andraclark9993]

I wish that animals were loved every where. ❤❤❤

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

This is one of only five episodes in which Karloff portrayed a character. The other four are: The Prediction The Premature Burial Dialogues With Death The Incredible Dr. Markesan

[@BAM-jc7uy]

thank u rob w for posting and efforts to bring great entertaining tv films back 👍

[@EM-lz9kg]

It’s the wonderful actress from Great expectations Popular British character actress known for her rich cluster of queens, dowagers, shrews and evildoers, Martita Hunt was born on a ranch in Argentina to British parents

[@pattytanur3321]

Those were the days of great artistic tv thrillers

[@dalehoward3704]

Another Great Episode ❤

[@faithcastillo9597]

I love the simple child-like quality of the music with Mr. George. It harkens back to the simplicity of the opening music of To Kill A Mockingbird.

[@OneStepBeyond789]

Jesus! The violins! They blew my earbuds out! 💥🤯💥

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Please don't take the LORD's Name in vain.✝️🛐

[@tonithenightowl1836]

I LOVED THRILLER as a kid and still do. This is wonderful !!! Subbed and rang the bell. Thank you very much, Rob W. :o)

[@robtw88]

Thanks for the sub!

[@tonithenightowl1836]

@@robtw88 ♥

[@brendakrieger7000]

Thanks so much for posting this series❤

[@robtw88]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@mattieb7348]

One never knows where Lady Colin Campbell might show up. Excellent episode.

[@RiaLake]

Compliment to Lady Colin Campbell, Yoko, as Martita Hunt is a great actress.

[@Joe-bd4xc]

Martina was great at playing eccentric ladies and she had a good role as Baroness Meinster in "Brides of Dracula"!

[@jonhohensee3258]

I thought she was a man in drag.

[@eduardo_corrochio]

I believe she had also played the pathetic spinster Miss Havisham in David Lean's film version of Dickens' Great Expectations, in 1946.

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@eduardo_corrochio You believe a lot of things.

[@philomalley1510]

​@@jonhohensee3258She did play Miss Haversham. Believe it

[@ColleenD78]

Phyllis Thaxter shouldve been a much bigger star, she was spectacular ❤❤❤

[@kimgardiner390]

Fabulous actors thank you your channel is brilliant

[@EDRISSALEXIS21]

Another one directed by Ida Lupino.., She was such a BOSS ahead of her time. Boris looks damn near 15 - 20 years younger in this one than in S1.

[@Laura-tp8wz]

Thank you for posting. Great!!

[@robtw88]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@CissyBrazil]

Love as Phyllis Thaxter “floats” down the stairs. Lol

[@jacquelineeick5986]

like Rob W channel Dream. from England and America, US UK citizen 😂been a subscriber since being here. Sarcasm humour absolutely 😂🤣

[@robtw88]

Thank you!

[@jamessmith7691]

This one had a good plot. Great movie.

[@robtw88]

I agree...this is one of my favorites!

[@Deputydog-r7d]

Tv show

[@msatxgault560]

I agree

[@mattdeans9873]

I knew I had heard that voice before. YES. Not only Miss Haversham but also Livenbaum in Ingred Bergman's Anastasa.

[@michaelmamp9096]

MARTITA HUNT AT HER BEST!

[@kerriirvin5206]

Great episode. Thank you

[@robtw88]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jaimesilva6637]

Martita Hunt Actriz Inglesa Maravillosa en todas sus🎞️🌹💖

[@BOBPortlandOr]

Watching theses old movies this is the 4th time I've see the Psycho 1960 house used. in this one the porch had a little upgrade.

[@ParkAvenue34]

"As sure as my Name is BORIS KARLOFF"... That is so funny. His name is Bill (William) Pratt. He never legally changed it. That is just his "Stage Name".

[@thecrone7964]

Thank you!

[@robtw88]

You're welcome!

[@niculiciuramona]

Loved it!!

[@robincutti4596]

Outstanding!❤

[@robtw88]

Thank you! 😊

[@Laura-tp8wz]

Thanks!

[@robtw88]

Welcome!

[@jacquelineeick5986]

Peter Walker still alive bless him... older than my dad/

[@nicholassassatelli1359]

Great music by Jerry Goldsmith.

[@vanessashaw5365]

It’s Miss Habersham …. without the bitterness.

[@WhatstheSizzle]

Does anyone else think the old lady looks like Martin Short in drag?

[@robtw88]

LOL I hadn't thought of that but you're right!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

No, but Peter Walker (Rutherford) looked somewhat like Martin Sheen.

[@bridgetlovedfrankgeddes8352]

Thankyou

[@robtw88]

You’re welcome 😊

[@geoffreypiltz271]

In that get-up Boris is a dead ringer for the older Captain Beefheart!

[@Morpheus1910]

Martita Hunt is magnificent. Do yourself a favour and look up and study her roles.

[@Dallas_K]

She would have been a perfect Queen Mary of Teck.

[@Morpheus1910]

@@Dallas_K She certainly would!! That hadn't occurred to me, but you're absolutely right.

[@dianamarquez4774]

This series frightened me as a child. I wish my parents would have prevented us from watching them.

[@maggiesmith856]

Did they tie you to a chair and force you to watch ?

[@dianamarquez4774]

@@maggiesmith856 I didn't know any better as a child. My sisters were bullies and made fun of me when I wanted to be in the kitchen drawing in a coloring book so I would watch them. Are you that dumb?

[@noelnewlon]

Phyllis Thaxter is a very attractive woman to my eyes.

[@rachelmayes298]

BRILLIANT

[@johnshields6852]

Ida Lupino, the original Dracula girl, every director loves leaves, they must have bags of leaves that were used in countless films, although they kinda Od'd on the leaves a bit at the begining, but they do give motion in motion pictures.

[@gerrycoyote631]

what a fantastic cane

[@edwardvogel9094]

It's ivory. Victorian. I almost died when I saw him working the door handle with it.

[@pvsmanian1]

Money corrupts the people who wants to get it through unfair means.'

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

WANT

[@voyager2saturn525]

Love from guwahati

[@HarvestMoon21]

Love from the USA!!!

[@Wanamaker1946]

I love who we were all taught to murder back then……or really think about before we actually decide to do. Rod Serlings’ Night Gallery, Alfred Hitchcock, …countless other macabre Shows…of Dark Shadow’s every other week has a murder. Today, we only have watch our local News to see uncreative murders taking place. ….sad isn’t it. We’ve all lost our dark sense of humor. Today even murder is boring and humdrum.

[@EM-lz9kg]

Dragging a murder victim to burial is just one chore a servant undertakes to become the last Sommerville standing, to win a wealthy old woman's inheritance. As a distant relative, Ursula steps up her elimination contest when a closer, desperate Sommerville arrives to drain off some of his aunt's estate for a business bailout.

[@LouisWalker-ij2xi]

First time ❤

[@selectiveoutrage6617]

Phyllis Thaxter used to be in everything back then. Audio is too low, music is too loud. Is that the fault of youtube?

[@cindirose3390]

July 2023, $1,000 in 1910 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $32,116.74 today, an increase of $31,116.74 over 113 years

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

8:25

[@darylcumming7119]

Greed is the moviatoring factor. 😮

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Did you mean to say "MOTIVATING"?

[@vanessashaw5365]

Phyllis Thaxter was a stellar actress. In spite of a pretty face, and almost fragile exterior, she brought a startling intensity to her characters. In an episode on Alfred Hitchcock Hour, she played a mousy middle age secretary who had been seduced then dumped by her boss. It was mostly just her and Zachary Scott on screen for the entire time. By the end I felt drained. Yup, she was something else.

[@georgeszilva1223]

The old gal is charming!!!

[@stafonvoncamron]

I always hate the endings of these shows, letting the bad people win.

[@jacquelineeick5986]

OF COURSE WITH THE 0BSEQIOUS BORIS BRILLIANT

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

OBSEQUIOS

[@jacquelineeick5986]

FRENCH FOR YOURE VERY NAUGHTY😂🤣

[@creolelady182]

writing and direction was great but l you can tell these were movie sets

[@Joe-bd4xc]

Of course, I meant Martita !!! Sorry for the typo.

[@katella]

The old lady reminds me of that Colin Campbell woman in England

[@j1947m]

I hope that she doesn't see this.....🤨

[@katella]

@@j1947m I bet she'd laugh

[@OneMan-wl1wj]

The name "Havisham" everyone seems to be discussing rings a bell. Wasn't there one in the honeymooners?

[@cindirose3390]

Value of $1 from 1910 to 2023 $1 in 1910 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $32.12 today, an increase of $31.12 over 113 years.

[@hasanfakhruddin4748]

This guy, Rutherford, is always in an immcaulate three-piece suit.