Friday, November 21, 2008

SCARECROW!!!

To celebrate the premiere release of Disney's The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (Dr Syn), created by Russell Thorndyke, I thought I'd post my version of the good Dr. and his 2 thieving cohorts.

Cheers.

3 comments:

James Robert Smith said...

Wow! I like that!

I will have to nab a copy of that DVD! At long last, it's available. What took them so damned long?

I only saw that series once--when it very first aired on television when I was a kid. However...I never forgot that amazing mask that McGoohan wore when Dr. Syn became The Scarecrow! Good gosh, those dudes at Disney knew how to create an amazing bit of magic!

J said...

WOW! This is a great piece, Mark. I really like the font you used for the title, "Dr Syn" and the way the words have that glowing effect. (Photoshop, I assume. It's a great tool, Huh?)

Although I've gotta admit, I've never heard of Dr. Syn until I saw it here on this blog. So I looked it up on www.imdb.com, and I read that some movies of the same name were made. The first Doctor Syn (1937) and the second Dr Syn Alias Scarecrow (1964). You've definitely given an old image a new modern look.

dogboy443 said...

I'd suggest you both check out Steve Bissette who has done an extensive write up on Dr Syn and the 3 movies that have been released. My take is that the original is a decent movie but poor George Arliss is so frail it's hard to imagine him being of any physical threat. Night Creatures starring Peter Cushing is also a wonderful treatment of the Dr Syn character, however both of these original movies never give us The Scarecrow, just the Disney version.

SCARECROW!