King of the Zombies (1941) | Dick Purcell Mantan Moreland

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • King of the Zombies is a 1941 American zombie comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and stars Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, and Mantan Moreland. The film was produced by Monogram Pictures, and was typical of its B films produced by the Pine-Thomas team. Along with flying scenes, the use of zany characters and slapstick efforts were juxtaposed with a spy and zombie story. - Wikipedia
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  • @charleswoods9809
    @charleswoods9809 3 года назад +121

    One of my favorite Mantan Moreland features. Peace and Blessings!

  • @josephjperkins973
    @josephjperkins973 2 года назад +174

    As a white guy who loves old movies i'm going to say two things 1)Mantan Moreland made this movie 100% allll the way the Gem it is,and 2) He was from my home state and was born in Monroe, Louisiana.Proud to call him a fellow Louisianian

    • @Mimi-ex6jo
      @Mimi-ex6jo Год назад +7

      ⚜️🟢🟡🟣🟢🟣🟢🟡🟣🟢⚜️

    • @aprilvereen3169
      @aprilvereen3169 Год назад +18

      What does being white have to do with anything, csnt you just be a guy who loves movies 🤔

    • @allenwatkins4972
      @allenwatkins4972 Год назад +26

      @@aprilvereen3169 He can say what he wants. Doesn't need/want your approval. Get a life.

    • @AggresivelyBenign
      @AggresivelyBenign Год назад +4

      Good to know!! 💜💛💚💛💜

    • @emmajohnson8909
      @emmajohnson8909 Год назад +4

      ​@@aprilvereen3169I can tell you except why he loves him so much. Because of buck dancing. Keeping him entertained.

  • @corrado
    @corrado 2 года назад +6

    this is the best quality version on youtube (there are a few) this one wins.

  • @sgt.duke.mc_50
    @sgt.duke.mc_50 Год назад +4

    48:17--move over boys, I'm one of the gang now! If Mantan ever did a scene in a movie that he didn't steal, I've never seen it. It is a shame the way things were and are, so that his talent has not been showcased the way it deserves.

    • @sclogse1
      @sclogse1 9 месяцев назад

      His "crew"...

  • @artgamechanger3841
    @artgamechanger3841 Год назад +3

    Move over, boys. I'm one of the gang. 😂😂

  • @HanifBarnwell
    @HanifBarnwell Год назад +3

    Most folks can’t see how cutting edge Mantan Moreland was by his subtle subversion of his racial caste in these movies…

    • @StanZ-i6w
      @StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад +1

      I could easily see that he was really being uppity for the times! I am surprised the Ku Klux Klan didn't go after him!!!

  • @thomasklugh4345
    @thomasklugh4345 Год назад +4

    At 9:34, no brandy for the "valet"?

  • @jamessmith7691
    @jamessmith7691 4 месяца назад +2

    Three thumbs up for this one.

  • @dianecarlberg8002
    @dianecarlberg8002 10 месяцев назад +1

    Loved this movie!!!

  • @lesleyromani
    @lesleyromani 10 месяцев назад +2

    Mantan IS the man! 👍💛

  • @christopherstilley7756
    @christopherstilley7756 2 года назад +4

    I-am-a-zombie..I-am-dead....I IS !???

  • @stevescott8060
    @stevescott8060 Год назад +1

    Good Zombie Movie. Funny.

  • @combobreaker_99
    @combobreaker_99 10 месяцев назад

    Of course they don’t give Moreland a drink

    • @sclogse1
      @sclogse1 9 месяцев назад

      Screenwriters reminding us of the "system". Hayes code came along but wasn't just about sex. It was about shutting down socialist writers. Watch a bunch of Pre-Code films. They are very modern and hip.

  • @dirtlevel
    @dirtlevel Год назад +1

    Played him out with the brandy

  • @robertgreen9150
    @robertgreen9150 10 месяцев назад

    Mantan still had his hat on his head!?!?!??

  • @johndellow5088
    @johndellow5088 10 месяцев назад

    shame they had to talk that way mantan brill

  • @leebritnell2405
    @leebritnell2405 3 года назад +106

    Manton Moreland was a fantastic comic actor,who both rose above and subverted the material he was given.He often had the valet/butler/scared assistant roles that were routinely dished out to Black actors,but he has a knowing quality to his acting,and furthermore he's bloody good.He's one of those actors younfind yourself concentrating on when he's in a group of people.

    • @corrado
      @corrado 2 года назад +21

      yup, in fact he was usually billed 3rd or 4th but would end up stealing the scenes... He quickly became the main draw in a lot of movies.

    • @enidmarcos783
      @enidmarcos783 Год назад +9

      I love his acting, if I see his name I watch the movie

    • @brunorobin2429
      @brunorobin2429 Год назад +1

      Moreland is bad actor. He plays " à i'ancienne " always looking the camera.

    • @sansserif8839
      @sansserif8839 Год назад +5

      He had more natural talent in his little finger than his costars did in their entire resume. Personality, timing, he had everything. Wish he'd been born later.

    • @sansserif8839
      @sansserif8839 Год назад +4

      @@brunorobin2429 That was his job. You really think a professional would ignore his director and blocking? 😁

  • @jessicabarber4495
    @jessicabarber4495 Год назад +67

    Montana Moreland is/was a comic genius that was ahead of his time with his own personal style of comedy

  • @freedomisntfree2089
    @freedomisntfree2089 2 года назад +46

    The greatest thing about this movie is Mantan, he was hallarious and I enjoy every film he was in..

  • @SwingoMatic2024
    @SwingoMatic2024 10 месяцев назад +19

    Maybe this was mentioned, but I think it's worth repeating. Moe and Larry wanted Mantan to take Shemps place and the studio suits said no. Moe talked about how he and Larry were excited about working with him and to adapt his many excellent bits for the Stooges.

    • @albertwells8503
      @albertwells8503 Месяц назад +2

      The studio said no to Mantan Moreland, but said yes to Joe Besser. Somebody make some sense out of that for me. Mantan would have fit right in with the Stooges comedy. Joe Besser’s fitting in was awkward at best. He was a capable comedian, but his comedy didn’t fit the Stooges at all.

    • @SwingoMatic2024
      @SwingoMatic2024 Месяц назад

      @@albertwells8503 I believe Moe talked about how he and Larry wanted to do Mantan's interupted conversation routines and Moe said Mantan was great at playing scared. It would have been great.

  • @basementbomber
    @basementbomber 3 года назад +91

    *This is one of the best "scare comedies" ever made. Mantan is at is best here!* 👍👍👍

  • @dannybransonusa
    @dannybransonusa 3 года назад +62

    Thank you for posting such great movies! We LOVE Mantan Moreland!

  • @ronaldstrange8981
    @ronaldstrange8981 Год назад +14

    Anything with Mantan Moreland i is compulsory viewing for me. March, 2023.

  • @michaelmakes1225
    @michaelmakes1225 3 года назад +46

    Billed third,but Mr.Moreland is the real star...''move over boys,I'm one of the gang''...

    • @sbwification2
      @sbwification2 3 года назад +3

      Just like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. Third billing, but he's the real star of that movie.

    • @deliciaford4343
      @deliciaford4343 3 года назад +9

      Yes in every movie that he made you I couldn't wait until he came on scene. Because you know he was going to be a scene STEALER! You should watch in the Charli Chan movies.

    • @keithbrown6066
      @keithbrown6066 3 года назад +1

      1,000 Tru fact

    • @trishahollinger7786
      @trishahollinger7786 3 года назад +1

      @@deliciaford4343 every Sunday Charlie Chan and Sherlock Holmes

    • @cliflove5141
      @cliflove5141 2 года назад +3

      Mr.Moreland carried that movie practically sing-handed.

  • @veetors
    @veetors Год назад +16

    I haven’t seen this movie for over 60 years. Thank you for collecting and sharing these great old movies.

  • @joshuaanothereraseddad
    @joshuaanothereraseddad 4 месяца назад +8

    "Does I have to? Can I draw you a map or something?" Phenom movie!

  • @colinhalliley111
    @colinhalliley111 3 года назад +40

    Mantan gets the last word in this one! Good movie , thank you for posting.

  • @thomasknight1190
    @thomasknight1190 2 года назад +22

    As I have said before these old black-and-white films are great good entertainment and a great laugh I always enjoy them

  • @teresasparks9194
    @teresasparks9194 Год назад +13

    This man's sick, get some brandy!!! These movies are so bad it's awesome. There are so many great one liners in this movie.

    • @JH-ug8jp
      @JH-ug8jp Месяц назад

      Brandy was always the answer

  • @williamscoggin1509
    @williamscoggin1509 Год назад +7

    I first started watching Mr. Morland in the Charlie Chan shows. He will always be Birmingham Brown to me.
    ❤ 👍🏻👍🏻 🇺🇲

  • @melissastruxness512
    @melissastruxness512 Год назад +18

    Mantan is one of the funniest actors EVER

  • @baronmulberry7847
    @baronmulberry7847 2 года назад +33

    This is the hardest kind of movie to pull off. What usually happens is the comedy totally undermines the chills and the suspense. Here it all comes together to make a great movie that really holds up. If you like Abbott & Costello, you're gonna ♥️ this movie.

    • @whatevs4531
      @whatevs4531 10 месяцев назад

      I hate Abbott and Costello

    • @allegra0
      @allegra0 10 месяцев назад

      So do I.

  • @davidcohen7106
    @davidcohen7106 Год назад +7

    🦆I was also born in 57. You could go to the movies ( Triple Feature ) for 50 Cents, a large Popcorn was 5 Cents, The Only size, and a bag of candy was another 5 Cents. Gasoline was under 50 cents a gallon. Anyone could rent a house without presenting a Credit Card for a background check. America was manufacturing high quality products that did not break for very reasonable prices. In 1967 the Base cost of a NEW Corvette Convertible $4,084.00

    • @williamscoggin1509
      @williamscoggin1509 Год назад

      I was born in 57 also, but our local theater was twenty-five cents for one feature, lol. 👍🏻

    • @StanZ-i6w
      @StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад

      I was born in 1953 up in Canada, and life up here was quite similar to your America of the time! We Canadians used to buy all your fantastic cars from Detroit, and we loved all your movies! A lot of us wished we could move to the U.S.! Even with all your hurricanes and tornadoes and earthquakes, it would be better to live there than in this refrigerator called Canada! Right now, the cold is starting, and it won't be warm again till July of next year again!🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

  • @renofredrenofred4913
    @renofredrenofred4913 2 года назад +20

    One of my favorite Mantan Moreland movies. Also the Charlie Can movies from the 1930s & 1940s.A very good Comic Actor and Character Actor.

  • @tolfan4438
    @tolfan4438 Год назад +9

    our modern zombies have to take note of the old well behaved zombies

    • @williamscoggin1509
      @williamscoggin1509 Год назад

      Yep, Hollywood went completely off the rails a years ago, anything to please the Chinese communist leadership.

  • @Wysiwyg43
    @Wysiwyg43 2 года назад +8

    "What does that sound like to you?"
    "I dunno, but it ain't Gene Krupa." xD
    ...ded...

  • @Bluecloudprod
    @Bluecloudprod 3 года назад +30

    "Dead folks what's to lazy to lay down."
    HILARIOUS

  • @robertszvetics210
    @robertszvetics210 Год назад +5

    ITS A SHAME ACTOR DICK PURCELL DIED SO YOUNG HE WAS GOOD IN THIS FILM.

  • @mrgluebaby8918
    @mrgluebaby8918 3 года назад +27

    Keep the movies coming much luv

  • @JaneFrieman
    @JaneFrieman 3 года назад +23

    Mantan Moreland was very funny in this movie.

  • @baronmulberry7847
    @baronmulberry7847 2 года назад +15

    "Uh oh, I knowed I wadn't cut out to be no blackbird."
    --Mantan's character, flying in an airplane that's lost.
    Later on. "I thought I was an off color for a ghost.".
    Can that even be said today?

  • @jameshall5395
    @jameshall5395 3 года назад +20

    Love watching the old shows I grow up watching.

  • @deliveryguy7402
    @deliveryguy7402 Год назад +6

    I wonder why no one has asked the doctor what kind of doctor he is.

  • @petebondurant58
    @petebondurant58 Год назад +16

    Mantan Moreland is a treasure!

  • @jonlee72
    @jonlee72 3 года назад +34

    Thoroughly enjoyed this nostalgia.

  • @williamschlenger1518
    @williamschlenger1518 3 года назад +26

    I saw this as a kid in 1953., Scary movie.Best zombies ever.

    • @richardhincemon9423
      @richardhincemon9423 3 года назад

      They definitely weren't acting LOL

    • @StanZ-i6w
      @StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад

      I have never been scared of zombies! I'm only scared of live people!!!😮

  • @pattyelzy1160
    @pattyelzy1160 Год назад +6

    Love Manton ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

  • @1949LA-ARCH
    @1949LA-ARCH 2 года назад +15

    Thx for this Mantan Moreland classic movie. He always brings a smile to my old face.

  • @TRHARTAmericanArtist
    @TRHARTAmericanArtist 11 месяцев назад +8

    The great Mantan Moreland. Arguably his best movie. I bought the DVD and watch it every Halloween.

  • @peggycarson4420
    @peggycarson4420 Год назад +7

    I love yhese old movies,i could watch all day long lol

  • @questprotector
    @questprotector Год назад +4

    mr. washington goes to town: mantan moreland; sign of the wolf: mantan moreland.

  • @nmc398
    @nmc398 Год назад +5

    I would of been fired for laughing my ass off constantly 😅

  • @paulhelman2376
    @paulhelman2376 Год назад +5

    Captain Schultz is in this one too.! Also we learn that zombie stew is definitely not K .

    • @dcraexon
      @dcraexon Год назад +2

      and they helped invent the clapper

    • @williamscoggin1509
      @williamscoggin1509 Год назад

      ​@@dcraexon
      Vital historical facts 🤔👍🏻

  • @1LSWilliam
    @1LSWilliam 2 года назад +7

    These films are a treasure of vanishing Vaudeville wit and the stereo-types of the day.

  • @garymcintosh2770
    @garymcintosh2770 3 года назад +10

    Marble orchard never heard that one 😅

  • @joesr3647
    @joesr3647 Год назад +7

    Joseph Perkins you are so right. I enjoy all these movies he play in. We are from Dillon South Carolina and we always grew up with our white counterparts. Never a ploblem, then one day all that changed. We were all sad and dismayed by the change. But we kept loving each other. Now we know where the ploblem steamed from.

    • @StanZ-i6w
      @StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад

      Joe! Sorry to hear about that! There are always nasty people trying to stir up trouble between the races! Quite often they are politicians!!! (White guy from Canada)😢

  • @dirkpitt5468
    @dirkpitt5468 Год назад +4

    Marble orchard….. I can't; my foot took to root.

    • @williamscoggin1509
      @williamscoggin1509 Год назад

      I had never heard the term marble orchard before either, I will be using that one. LOL

  • @DebraWhite-fh4ii
    @DebraWhite-fh4ii Год назад +2

    Wasn't that ritual the same ritual they performed in The Skeleton Key

  • @lindabass1886
    @lindabass1886 2 года назад +7

    Always loved Mantan Moreland (Birmingham in Charlie Chan movies)...thank you for posting this video.

  • @Heretoslayyy
    @Heretoslayyy 3 года назад +16

    Liked how old movie intros seemed so serious then. Serious business.

  • @stevengoldstein7890
    @stevengoldstein7890 3 года назад +20

    A true hero for his time sometimes I'm ashamed sometimes I've enjoyed and loved it

    • @aprilvereen3169
      @aprilvereen3169 Год назад +1

      Why ashamed?

    • @davidgreen449
      @davidgreen449 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@aprilvereen3169
      He won’t answer, he’s too ashamed! 😂

    • @melindahall5062
      @melindahall5062 11 месяцев назад +1

      Stereotypical black characterization…not allowed today.

  • @robertszvetics210
    @robertszvetics210 Год назад +2

    All the acting was great john archer dick Purcell mantan Moreland Henry Victor who was great as the bad guy.

  • @tammyshirks6948
    @tammyshirks6948 2 года назад +4

    Funny and a little scarey not to bad.. Got to say it did get funny .. Lol!! 😆😅🤣😂😜🤪

  • @kimmaddison8686
    @kimmaddison8686 Год назад +5

    I saw this as a kid im 50 now i just loved this actor fantastic actir

  • @louisegross3886
    @louisegross3886 3 года назад +7

    Loving my black and white movies

  • @carlettabowie7065
    @carlettabowie7065 3 года назад +9

    A very scary scary movie😮😲 one of the best yet

  • @neilschmid4991
    @neilschmid4991 3 года назад +18

    It's so sad to see people can't enjoy a movie just for the escape/fun of watching a movie without turning everything into being about racism.

    • @corrado
      @corrado 2 года назад +2

      exactly, limited minds.

    • @aprilvereen3169
      @aprilvereen3169 Год назад +1

      This movie has layers of black & white 😏

  • @lisawalls1007
    @lisawalls1007 3 года назад +13

    BLESSED DAY STAY SAFE

  • @leeann1354
    @leeann1354 Год назад +5

    I love this film one of the best

  • @Heretoslayyy
    @Heretoslayyy 3 года назад +7

    Hah dude said quiet you tryna wake up the dead .😄 lmbo how I be feeling , better to feel your hb than not.

  • @marymayer2282
    @marymayer2282 11 месяцев назад +3

    Mantan Moreland performed a very stereotypical role with his own special touch And glad to see his name here in top billing so richly deserved enjoyed this gem with it's comic moments 😊😊😮😮

  • @Bluecloudprod
    @Bluecloudprod 3 года назад +6

    "Might set a bad example for the other servants."
    - Dr. Dickhead

    • @HanifBarnwell
      @HanifBarnwell Год назад +2

      How so? Mantan Moreland was able to sleep in the room, he defied the racial tropes (in most of his movies).

    • @aprilvereen3169
      @aprilvereen3169 Год назад +2

      Is Dr Dickhead really a character name 🤔 seriously im curious

    • @Bluecloudprod
      @Bluecloudprod Год назад +2

      @@aprilvereen3169 if it isn’t? It should be.

    • @aprilvereen3169
      @aprilvereen3169 Год назад +2

      @@Bluecloudprod agreed

  • @willieluncheonette5843
    @willieluncheonette5843 Год назад +5

    Mantan shines in this one. SO funny

  • @vickimingus9281
    @vickimingus9281 Год назад +2

    I love this movie fugitives from the undertaker

  • @aprilvereen3169
    @aprilvereen3169 Год назад +2

    Black & white in more than one way 😏

  • @busby777
    @busby777 2 года назад +3

    I clicked dislike by accident. I enjoyed this movie

    • @williamscoggin1509
      @williamscoggin1509 Год назад +1

      Just click the like and it reverses, your choice is not irreversible.

  • @inspiron1964
    @inspiron1964 10 месяцев назад +2

    This film is very racist, but very funny...! Just because he is black they assume he is a servant...! It is 80yrs old but even so...!

  • @juneahernauthor
    @juneahernauthor Год назад +4

    a bright spot in my illness recovery - bored I came across this film and loved it from start to finish.

  • @libanmaxamedmaxamed6604
    @libanmaxamedmaxamed6604 3 года назад +5

    Wow I have never hard of this gy but he is great comedian thnks for the post from the horn of Africa

  • @jasperworld6814
    @jasperworld6814 Год назад +3

    love these old movies especially with Mantan Moreland! But only a certified Union zombie can withstand multiple bullet wounds from point blank range… 🤔

  • @DDalton59
    @DDalton59 3 года назад +10

    I have this on DVD...one of my favorite movies...

  • @christinecrossley5127
    @christinecrossley5127 Год назад +3

    I also love old movies I've enjoyed watching Mantan more land his expression always makes me laugh 😅😅

  • @bobbya1938
    @bobbya1938 3 года назад +4

    This movie is cool as f

  • @michaellutcher5244
    @michaellutcher5244 3 года назад +4

    I like old movies like this but damn what the f*** dude is grown he needs a brandy too

    • @molowe66
      @molowe66 Год назад +2

      Exactly. He reached and the host took the last drink.

  • @mghayes9489
    @mghayes9489 3 года назад +5

    Thank you for posting. ❤

  • @GaryEtheridge-d5n
    @GaryEtheridge-d5n 10 месяцев назад +2

    Jesus- he was a wonderful actor who absolutely entertained everyone..there are character actors of every color being in roles and archetypes , the times were the times..bless him

  • @priabro3453
    @priabro3453 3 года назад +9

    Yah starting someting, an I like it , TCM ain't got this one lmao

  • @elosasanchez1243
    @elosasanchez1243 Год назад +1

    Now why didn't Jefferson get a drink of brandi like the white guys. I didnt like that

  • @angelosvaldocaraballo982
    @angelosvaldocaraballo982 Год назад +4

    Hermosa película

  • @chrisnewport7826
    @chrisnewport7826 3 года назад +8

    I feel weird but at least I ain’t zombified.

    • @StanZ-i6w
      @StanZ-i6w 10 месяцев назад

      How do you know you don't have the first symptoms of the zombie transformation?!😮

  • @sclogse1
    @sclogse1 9 месяцев назад +1

    Some of Mantan's Zombie "crew" really nailed their look. Oscar worthy zombies.

  • @chitowndee-lolo712
    @chitowndee-lolo712 Год назад +2

    Bu-hay-mus! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @kimmaddison8686
    @kimmaddison8686 Год назад +1

    All tonight no matter what i watch i see voodoo mask with horns in this on wall is one

  • @nelsonandrade2925
    @nelsonandrade2925 4 месяца назад +1

    Amo muito filmes desse gênero, maio 2024.

  • @dominiqueechevarria6458
    @dominiqueechevarria6458 2 года назад +1

    YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH. That FINE EUROPEAN BRANDY👎👎👎👎👎

  • @wendellmarthers3519
    @wendellmarthers3519 4 месяца назад +1

    Do you think that you can watch this in Florida Mantan Moreland is probably a bad example

  • @sandramillett8267
    @sandramillett8267 3 года назад +6

    Enjoyable movie.

  • @patriciasweeton1358
    @patriciasweeton1358 11 месяцев назад +1

    I've been watching Mantan Moreland since his Topper days.

    • @patriciasweeton1358
      @patriciasweeton1358 11 месяцев назад

      Sorry, Charlie Chan movies. But I do think he was at least one Topper.

  • @tammyshirks6948
    @tammyshirks6948 Год назад +1

    I really enjoyed this movie very funny!! 😊😅😂

  • @oddis-he4853
    @oddis-he4853 3 года назад +8

    So this is far before George Romero's in 68, yet he is know as the creator of Zombies 🤔🤔

    • @corrado
      @corrado 2 года назад +3

      noooo, not at all. They refer to George as the father of "modern zombies" (which is absolutely accurate) Besides, he himself always credited the old 30's classics as his favorite type of zombies.