Dwight Frye: Clair De Lune.

On November 25th. 2007, I posted my very first video. In order to honor that anniversary I put together this tribute on November 25th. 2008. This particular piece of music, with it's ethereal and heavenly cadence has always reminded me of Dwight Frye and the beauty of both his life and his work. I hope that this will be enjoyed. Thanks for watching!

Dwight Frye: Blue Flame.

A romantic tribute to Dwight Frye, whose flame will forever be eternal.

Dwight Frye: Bad Romance.

A tribute to Dwight Frye and the various characters which he portrayed with so much passion, many of whom were not so lucky in love. Truly they understood what it meant to experience a "bad romance". I hope that this video will be enjoyed, I am not the world's biggest Lady Gaga fan, but I do like this song and thought that it would be a perfect fit for Dwight Frye's love-lorn characters.

Gifs from Dwight: Renfield Rewind.

The second in a series of sixteen animated gifs, originally created by the amazing Steven.

"Attorney for the defense"- James Wallace.

Dwight Frye as James Wallace in "Attorney for the defense" 1932.

Wallace is an innocent man who has been sentenced to die for a murder that he did not commit by an ambitious district attorney portrayed by Edmund Lowe.

After Wallace has died it is discovered that he was not guilty, and Lowe attempts to make good for what he did by caring for Wallace's wife and son.

While Lowe is clearly meant to be the film's protagonist, and while we are meant to believe that at heart he is a good man, willing to make restitution for the wrong that he has done, I could not get past the first three minutes of this film. Dwight's portrayal of Wallace was so intense and so passionate that no matter what they attempted to do with Lowe's character there after you couldn't help feeling as if you wanted to belt him across the face for the rest of the film.

Dwight always delivers great performances, but this one seemed beyond compare. He should have got an Oscar nod despite only appearing in the film for two minutes. After what he delivered, everything else seemed to fall flat.

Dwight Frye: Too sexy.

This is dedicated to all of the women who absolutely love Dwight- you know who you are!

"Man to man"- A crime of passion.

Dwight Frye as Vint Glade in "Man to man" 1930.

After the Hardinville police initially accuse Mike Bolton and his father John of stealing two thousand dollars from the town bank, Vint (Dwight) is brought in to the police station upon Emily's insistence. With a plan to present false witness against Vint, Emily feels certain that she can make him confess to the crime. And confess he does, admitting to taking the money only to make Mike Bolton look bad in Emily's eyes, Vint pours out his heart to the entire room.

This is easily Dwight's best part in the film. When he cries out that he loves Emily you honestly believe that this situation is really happening to him. He was brilliant.

"Man to man"- Love lost.

Dwight Frye as southern charmer Vint Glade in "Man to man" 1930.

In this scene Dwight stops to chat with the bank's newest employee, and his latest rival for Emily's hand, Mike Bolton. He desperately wants to escort Emily to the company picnic, but she already has eyes for Mike.

Discovering that Emily does not return his love, Vint, in desperation, hatches a plot to steal two thousand dollars from the Hardinville National Bank. Lifting the money from Mike Bolton's account, he feels assured that the blame will be placed upon his rival and that Emily will turn against her new found love.

Dracula: Experiment in terror.

This video was originally created in the autumn of 2008 as a tribute to the classic 1931 horror masterpiece "Dracula" starring Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan, David Manners and Helen Chandler. The chosen song is Henry Mancini's "Experiment in terror" which was part of the soundtrack for another well known thriller.

However, it was not this film which inspired me to choose this atmospheric tune. Instead the inspiration came from a little known Chicago based television program which was popular in the early 1970's. The show was called "Creature Features" and it aired on Saturday night. Each and every week another classic monster flick would be showcased and the legendary opening to the show included this song. A video for the opening can be viewed at the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0w9Ebx-wOE

I highly recommend viewing this, as it is incredibly awesome. Since I was a young child this song has been connected to the Universal monster series for me. While I realize that it, of course, belongs to the Glenn Ford film of the same name I do not recognize it as such. For me, "Experiment in terror" will always be about classic Universal horror.

Dwight Frye: Fade into you.

Once upon a time there was a girl....who could not forget that there was once upon a time.

And so began my love affair with the past, and with an actor named Dwight Frye. I first encountered Dwight when I was seven years old, and while I admired and loved him from that very first encounter it wasn't until the autumn of 2007 that I discovered his fandom on-line and decided to wholly devote myself to it. I have never looked back.

That same year I created my first tribute video to Dwight Frye and posted it to the popular video sharing website "You Tube". The video was far from being a masterpiece, but the song I chose conveyed exactly what I felt- Mazzy Star's "Fade into you". The piece had always reminded me of a vintage film theater where stars of the silver screen shined and where classic films were shown. Films that readily utilized that glorious flickering technique known as the fade.

Being a novice I had no idea how to work with film, and so instead had to use photographs. My original video can be viewed, if anyone would like to watch it, at the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVB9X45x1Zo

Two years, and a wealth of experience later, I decided to re-create my first video- producing it the way that I had originally envisioned it to be- complete with a vintage film effect to match the ethereal feel of the chosen song. This version can be viewed above.

May the silver screen forever fade into you.

Gifs from Dwight: Despite Dwight.

This image is part of a series of sixteen animated gifs which were originally posted at Dwight Frye's community at "Ning". Community member Steven, who is also known by the username Myriadmutiny at "You Tube", was kind enough to create and contribute these amazing images.

The gif should load automatically, however if it does not please click on it and it should open up in a new window and play through just fine. The rest of the series will be uploaded here soon!