Next to Blizzard, my favorite character in the movie. There a scene where Blizzard hands him some sort of gizmo resembeling a cigarette lighter. Frisco Pete eagarly takes it and disappears into the next room. What the hell was it??
shareits probably supposed to be some sort of drug, i have no idea though, it was just wierd.
i thought his facial expressions were great though
As a former heroin addict I can say that herion/opium/etc (whatever it was called back then) was definitly in that little lighter looking container. Frisco Pete was obviously dope sick. I know cuz I have been there myself. That was the first thing I noticed in this film besides Chaney. I was suprised that it was shown like that...obviously pre code...it was an interesting scene indeed. I was just about to make my own post about it when I saw yours.
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Yeah he's also always twitchy and scratching at his skin.
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I’d recorded this movie via TCM few weeks back and finally got some open time to watch it.
Like batpuller, that ‘cigarette lighter’ looking thing was the first scene to really seize my attention. I rewound, froze and studied the image. I realized that it was actually a metal case containing what might be small corked glass vials and larger metallic thing that looked like it could pass for an older style plunger of a hypodermic syringe.
I decided to name the thing — Syringe Kit — then wisked off to the web and VOILA!
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Syringe%20kit&tbs=sbi%3AAMhZZivHP3DVWCVHoNGkslV2Cc2XuKdgftdSUViokDNTRzNEH6tokl2X2nTnNkVofjAFP-01bbIQWHUb7x7nAcS43VTaCZpmDSk1ODTqXvTvxTuETKvVeBjgidtyPIABezwGrf8PFNCvVwDqR9hMsiM77_19rcGqhbfR9B89AbG_1NExI6Vn3Z9OYUnB5d_1HFWPD2aBXdDhKHPu48Zttedbg7JnHbUUFx9rw&ei=IA8VUf7VA6Xf0gHm54HICg&ved=0CAcQiBw&biw=1234&bih=683
The site containing the original image is for the Indiana Medical History Museum (imhm.com).
Lots of other odd stuff to see there.
UPDATE: Found photos of what looks like the exact item shown in the film. Goes by the name of “Snodgrass/Parke Davis & Co Syringe Medical Kit in Hinged Case Pat. 1885.” These were found during a search through WWI, WWII military medical kit images. The vials, based on the closeup of one label, contained morphine. (However, the fact that the vial is labeled suggests that other substances — quinine for example — may have been included with the kit.)
Unfortunately, these images come from an eBay page. I’ve made copies and will try to post them if possible.
Here’s a link to the Ebay page for anyone in a position to view it before the sale is completed:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310587115037
“Your thinking is untidy, like most so-called thinking today.” (Murder, My Sweet)
Dude was great. Definitely the best performance aside from Chaney's
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