Lon Chaney night hosted by James Morrow, Seattle, next Monday

By Cory Doctorow at 2:29 am Friday, Mar 13

Matt sez, "SF author James Morrow is hosting a film tribute to Lon Chaney Jr. at Seattle's Northwest Film Forum on Monday. Seattle area happy mutants might enjoy an opportunity to come down, meet James Morrow and enjoy some very cool atomic age B-Movies."

Jim Morrow's absolutely charming -- this sounds like a hot date to me, the kind of place you can take a prospective mate to and discover her/his romantic fitness in a single evening.

Award-winning author, satirist, and armchair cineaste James Morrow hosts Ghost of Frankenstein (1942, 60 minutes), and The Mummy’s Curse, two classic 1940’s “B” movies featuring Lon Chaney, Jr.

James Morrow, author of Towing Jehovah, The Last Witchfinder, and The Philosopher’s Apprentice, will be introducing these two classic 1940’s “B” movies featuring Lon Chaney, Jr. Morrow’s most recent novella, a postmodern extravaganza entitledShambling Towards Hiroshima, recounts the extraordinary adventures of Syms Thorley, a Hollywood horror actor based on Chaney, Jr. In 1945 Syms’s career takes a bizarre turn when the U.S. Navy hires him to don a rubber lizard suit and impersonate the giant mutant iguana Gorgantis, a new and terrifying biological weapon that might, if Syms can give a sufficiently persuasive performance, convince the Japanese to lay down their arms and end WWII. Morrow’s presentation will include critical observations and historical tidbits of interest to film scholars and movie buffs alike.

A Tribute to Lon Chaney, Jr. (Thanks, Matt!)