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Inner Sanctum Mysteries—Franchise Collection

Blu ray

Mill Creek Entertainment

1943, 1944, 1945 / 63, 64, 61, 62, 66 Min. / 1.33:1

Starring Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carroll Naish, Evelyn Ankers

Cinematography by Virgil Miller, Paul Ivano, Maury Gertsman

Directed by Reginald LeBorg, Harold Young, John Hoffman, Wallace Fox

For the first eight years of his career, Lon Chaney Jr. was just a face in the crowd—that all changed with 1939’s Of Mice and Men. The role of Lennie Small, a man-child who didn’t know his own strength, elevated the 33 year old actor to stardom but also typecast him as the perennial victim of circumstances—a B movie Hamlet. Offscreen, Chaney behaved more like Falstaff—his favorite pastimes were drinking, brawling, and more drinking. If Hollywood began to view him as a loose cannon, the actor sealed his own fate when he signed on as Larry Talbot, a discontented aristocrat who was more at home baying at the moon.

It was a long life for actor Fred Crane. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 22nd of March, 2008, Crane spoke his very first line in the legendary "Gone with the Wind." The actor whose career did not consist of much work film-wise, had a stint of small roles in TV series in the mid-to-early sixties. He also was the host of a long-running radio show in L.A. for forty years. He also had a role in Wallace Fox's western action/adventure flick "The Gay Amigo" starring Duncan Renaldo. He passed away at the ripe old age of 90 on August 21st from complications resulting from Diabetes. Crane married five times and is now survived by four children, eight grandchildren and a great-grandson...

It was a long life for actor Fred Crane. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 22nd of March, 2008, Crane spoke his very first line in the legendary "Gone with the Wind." The actor whose career did not consist of much work film-wise, had a stint of small roles in TV series in the mid-to-early sixties. He also was the host of a long-running radio show in L.A. for forty years. He also had a role in Wallace Fox's western action/adventure flick "The Gay Amigo" starring Duncan Renaldo. He passed away at the ripe old age of 90 on August 21st from complications resulting from Diabetes. Crane married five times and is now survived by four children, eight grandchildren and a great-grandson...

It was a long life for actor Fred Crane. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 22nd of March, 1918, Crane spoke his very first line in the legendary "Gone with the Wind." The actor whose career did not consist of much work film-wise, had a stint of small roles in TV series in the mid-to-early sixties. He also was the host of a long-running radio show in L.A. for forty years. He also had a role in Wallace Fox's western action/adventure flick "The Gay Amigo" starring Duncan Renaldo. He passed away at the ripe old age of 90 on August 21st from complications resulting from Diabetes. Crane married five times and is now survived by four children, eight grandchildren and a great-grandson.

It was a long life for actor Fred Crane. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 22nd of March, 2008, Crane spoke his very first line in the legendary "Gone with the Wind." The actor whose career did not consist of much work film-wise, had a stint of small roles in TV series in the mid-to-early sixties. He also was the host of a long-running radio show in L.A. for forty years. He also had a role in Wallace Fox's western action/adventure flick "The Gay Amigo" starring Duncan Renaldo. He passed away at the ripe old age of 90 on August 21st from complications resulting from Diabetes. Crane married five times and is now survived by four children, eight grandchildren and a great-grandson...