Arch Oboler

  • Arch Oboler – Five (1951)

    Arch Oboler1951-1960DramaSci-FiUSA

    Synopsis:
    The world is destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. Only five Americans survive, including a pregnant woman, a neo-Nazi, a black man and a bank clerk.Read More »

  • Arch Oboler – Bewitched (1945)

    1941-1950Arch ObolerFilm NoirThrillerUSA

    Austrian Film Museum writes:
    Bewitchedis an audaciously stylized psychodrama that marked the keenly anticipated directorial debut of Arch Oboler, a brilliant enfant terrible of radio drama whose popular horror series Lights Out and scandalous Adam and Eve parody – with none other than Charlie McCarthy and Mae West in the biblical roles -earned him regular comparison with Orson Welles. Obolian accepted the inevitable invitation to Hollywood where he worked successfully as a screenwriter before directing this striking adaptation of his own celebrated radio play Alter Ego. Bewitched.Read More »

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