The Lost Will of Dr. Rant (1951)
'The Lost Will of Dr. Rant' is an episode of the NBC supernatural series 'Lights Out'.
Other than this I know nothing about 'Lights Out'.
Adapted from M.R. James's story 'The Tractate Middoth', it stars a young Leslie Nielsen.
Always difficult to take Leslie's 'serious acting'...erm...seriously
but he was in some good stuff including the sci-fi classic 'Forbidden Planet'
before diving into the algae-ridden refecting pool of 'taking-everything-literally' comedy.
This is notable to M.R. James afficionados for being the first ever TV adaptation.
It's a bare bones telling of the plot-line with little or no attempt
to convey any of the atmosphere that made M.R. James a giant of the genre.
To be fair it's only short and I believe these programs were basically filmed live
with little or no time/money for re-takes pre editing.
I remastered the audio as it was far too quiet.
BTW I'm always open to requests/suggestions for old film or TV.
regards
Titus
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