[StBernard] Morgus movie comes back from the dead, thanks to local theater

[Westley Annis]

Morgus movie comes back from the dead, thanks to local theater
Published: Monday, October 11, 2010, 3:30 PM     Updated: Monday, October
11, 2010, 3:30 PM
 Mike Scott, The Times-Picayune 
 
Attention, friends of science and those of the Higher Order: This Halloween,
Dr. Momus Alexander Morgus will emerge, however briefly, from the Old City
Icehouse.

New Orleans TV horror host Dr. Morgus will be making something of a comeback
this Halloween as his 1962 movie 'The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus' plays at
the Chalmette Movies.
Well, sort of.

The 1962 film "The Wacky World of Dr. Morgus" -- a comic adventure set and
shot in New Orleans and starring the longtime local TV horror host -- has
been booked for a two-week engagment, set to start Oct. 22, at the Chalmette
Movies.

Co-starring Morgus sidekick Chopsley, the film sees Morgus (played by local
actor Sid Noel) invent a "People Machine" that can turn people into sand,
and then back again. When an Eastern bloc agent decides to steal it, Morgus
must make sure his invention doesn't fall into the wrong hands.

It's only the latest revival for the beloved local figure, who got his start
shooting wraparounds for TV creature features in 1959. He was brought back
for more in the 1980s, and then saw the segments repackaged for broadcast --
minus the movies -- on cable television.

For details, visit the Chalmette Movies website, or call 504.304.9992. Watch
the embedded video below to see the "Wacky World of Dr. Morgus" movie
trailer.

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2010/10/morgus_movie_comes_back_from_t.
html