Lary Crews ©
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Lary Crews is going to be 80 Aug 27th.
I will talk about my life as usual.
Stanford Crews, our college-educated cat, is working for the democrats to put a proper president in the US.
I will talk about my life as usual.
Stanford Crews, our college-educated cat, is working for the democrats to put a proper president in the US.
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He’s looking good Lary. Do you have everything you need for him?
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
He’s looking good Lary. Do you have everything you need for him?
Since my only claim to fame is my role as the "1940's whistling ghost dad" in the feature film INSIDIOUS (2011), we'll get that out of the way now. YouTube viewers tell me my scene is scary. Here is the 3-minute scene that made the final cut. tinyurl.com/3-Insidious
Insidious (2010) - The Whistling Ghost's Family Scene | Movieclips
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December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Since my only claim to fame is my role as the "1940's whistling ghost dad" in the feature film INSIDIOUS (2011), we'll get that out of the way now. YouTube viewers tell me my scene is scary. Here is the 3-minute scene that made the final cut. tinyurl.com/3-Insidious
James Wan's film Insidious crossed the $50 million mark in the US and ended up with a worldwide gross of $97,009,150, almost a hundred million. That gives the indie horror pic, made for under $1.5 million, the best cost-to-gross ratio of 2011, a good measurement of profitability.
December 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
James Wan's film Insidious crossed the $50 million mark in the US and ended up with a worldwide gross of $97,009,150, almost a hundred million. That gives the indie horror pic, made for under $1.5 million, the best cost-to-gross ratio of 2011, a good measurement of profitability.
When he returns to the living room, my daughter, my wife, and I are dead. The other daughter shot us. For a split second, he thinks we are smiling at him and then he heads up the stairs still looking for his son.
December 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
When he returns to the living room, my daughter, my wife, and I are dead. The other daughter shot us. For a split second, he thinks we are smiling at him and then he heads up the stairs still looking for his son.
Since Patrick is looking for his son, Dalton, we must "play dead" as he passes with the light. But my "wife" blinks, giving us away. When he looks at me again my newspaper is now quivering. He hears a gun being cocked and discovers one of my daughters in the dining room.
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Since Patrick is looking for his son, Dalton, we must "play dead" as he passes with the light. But my "wife" blinks, giving us away. When he looks at me again my newspaper is now quivering. He hears a gun being cocked and discovers one of my daughters in the dining room.
Wan explained that I should look like I was whistling. "Don't worry. We've hired a professional whistler to actually do it in post."
The whistling is what got Patrick's attention. (That's the reason I stop whistling when I see the light from his lantern.)
The whistling is what got Patrick's attention. (That's the reason I stop whistling when I see the light from his lantern.)
December 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wan explained that I should look like I was whistling. "Don't worry. We've hired a professional whistler to actually do it in post."
The whistling is what got Patrick's attention. (That's the reason I stop whistling when I see the light from his lantern.)
The whistling is what got Patrick's attention. (That's the reason I stop whistling when I see the light from his lantern.)
Wan explained that Patrick was going pass in front of us with a high-tech lantern, to see if we were dead. He told us to remain still and look straight ahead. As we would do the scene, the crew had to repeatedly pump smoke in close to the floor.
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Wan explained that Patrick was going pass in front of us with a high-tech lantern, to see if we were dead. He told us to remain still and look straight ahead. As we would do the scene, the crew had to repeatedly pump smoke in close to the floor.
James Wan was an easygoing man who addressed me as "Sir." He asked me to sit on the (screen left) side of the couch facing the fireplace with the girl playing one of my daughters to my left and he stationed my "wife" behind an ironing board to my right.
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
James Wan was an easygoing man who addressed me as "Sir." He asked me to sit on the (screen left) side of the couch facing the fireplace with the girl playing one of my daughters to my left and he stationed my "wife" behind an ironing board to my right.
Moose, the extras handler, had me report to the living room of the house. Inside, it was dark and smoky (smoke machines, not cigarettes).
The strange woman assigned to be my wife was there. I had tried to make friends the day before and she would have none of it, so we didn't speak at all.
The strange woman assigned to be my wife was there. I had tried to make friends the day before and she would have none of it, so we didn't speak at all.
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Moose, the extras handler, had me report to the living room of the house. Inside, it was dark and smoky (smoke machines, not cigarettes).
The strange woman assigned to be my wife was there. I had tried to make friends the day before and she would have none of it, so we didn't speak at all.
The strange woman assigned to be my wife was there. I had tried to make friends the day before and she would have none of it, so we didn't speak at all.
I went to a make-up trailer to get my hair cut into a 1940s style. Using airbrushes, and special material, it took three hours to transform me from an old guy to an 1940s dead guy. They made up my face, neck, about an inch onto my chest, and my hands up to about two inches on my arms.
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I went to a make-up trailer to get my hair cut into a 1940s style. Using airbrushes, and special material, it took three hours to transform me from an old guy to an 1940s dead guy. They made up my face, neck, about an inch onto my chest, and my hands up to about two inches on my arms.
With Insidious, director James Wan was taking a chance. He wanted to make a haunted-house thriller that relied on suspense and atmosphere instead of gore and blood.
He said, “Making something that’s scary and creepy is extremely hard, and I really relish that challenge.”
He said, “Making something that’s scary and creepy is extremely hard, and I really relish that challenge.”
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
With Insidious, director James Wan was taking a chance. He wanted to make a haunted-house thriller that relied on suspense and atmosphere instead of gore and blood.
He said, “Making something that’s scary and creepy is extremely hard, and I really relish that challenge.”
He said, “Making something that’s scary and creepy is extremely hard, and I really relish that challenge.”
The last film I made before leaving LA was Insidious, in which I have a "featured extra" role. I made the final cut in a three-minute scene with leading man Patrick Wilson. YouTube viewers email me about how scary my scene is. I am basically "a whistling 1940s ghost dad."
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The last film I made before leaving LA was Insidious, in which I have a "featured extra" role. I made the final cut in a three-minute scene with leading man Patrick Wilson. YouTube viewers email me about how scary my scene is. I am basically "a whistling 1940s ghost dad."
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Did you run along with him?
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Did you run along with him?
My second Veronica Slate mystery novel, Extreme Close Up, was set at the Don Cesar Resort Hotel in St. Petersburg Beach. I based it on my preproduction's work on Health, except that, of course, no one died in Health. Health is on YouTube.
tinyurl.com/HealthAltman
tinyurl.com/HealthAltman
HealtH by Robert Altman (Widescreen) 1980
HealtH is an acronym for "Happiness, Energy, and Longevity through Health" as well as the title of this 1980 film from Robert Altman. The ensemble cast includes Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, James Garner, Lauren Bacall, Paul Dooley, Dick Cavett and many others (in the vein of Nashville) with script credited to Altman, Dooley and Frank Barhydt. HealtH takes place at a health food convention where a new president for the organization will be chosen. Not sure why this Altman film is not treated with more dignity (although to be fair it's not my favorite of his). I've had this awhile and just came across it again. This seems to be the Widescreen 2.35:1 version. Enjoy!
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December 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
My second Veronica Slate mystery novel, Extreme Close Up, was set at the Don Cesar Resort Hotel in St. Petersburg Beach. I based it on my preproduction's work on Health, except that, of course, no one died in Health. Health is on YouTube.
tinyurl.com/HealthAltman
tinyurl.com/HealthAltman
Altman's next movie was going to be Popeye to be shot in Malta.
Shelley Duval's first film had been Brewster McCloud, a film by Altman. Jules Feiffer had written the Popeye script. Altman hired Robin Williams for Popeye. He hired Shelley for Olive Oyl. As Bob said, "She was born to play her."
Shelley Duval's first film had been Brewster McCloud, a film by Altman. Jules Feiffer had written the Popeye script. Altman hired Robin Williams for Popeye. He hired Shelley for Olive Oyl. As Bob said, "She was born to play her."
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Altman's next movie was going to be Popeye to be shot in Malta.
Shelley Duval's first film had been Brewster McCloud, a film by Altman. Jules Feiffer had written the Popeye script. Altman hired Robin Williams for Popeye. He hired Shelley for Olive Oyl. As Bob said, "She was born to play her."
Shelley Duval's first film had been Brewster McCloud, a film by Altman. Jules Feiffer had written the Popeye script. Altman hired Robin Williams for Popeye. He hired Shelley for Olive Oyl. As Bob said, "She was born to play her."
Among my jobs on Health in 1979 was to provide security for TV star Dick Cavett as he ran on St. Petersburg Beach behind the Don CeSar Resort Hotel.
Cavett's instructions to me: "If a mob of teenage girls starts to surround me," he said, with impeccable timing, "Let them.” He was a cool guy.
Cavett's instructions to me: "If a mob of teenage girls starts to surround me," he said, with impeccable timing, "Let them.” He was a cool guy.
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Among my jobs on Health in 1979 was to provide security for TV star Dick Cavett as he ran on St. Petersburg Beach behind the Don CeSar Resort Hotel.
Cavett's instructions to me: "If a mob of teenage girls starts to surround me," he said, with impeccable timing, "Let them.” He was a cool guy.
Cavett's instructions to me: "If a mob of teenage girls starts to surround me," he said, with impeccable timing, "Let them.” He was a cool guy.
Altman gave me a bottle of California Petite Sirah and a note. "For Glenda Jackson."
She was in a black blouse, red slacks and barefoot. She read the note. "Good news. You can wear trousers for the role." "I hate my legs on screen," she said. She grabbed a Sharpie and signed a picture for me.
She was in a black blouse, red slacks and barefoot. She read the note. "Good news. You can wear trousers for the role." "I hate my legs on screen," she said. She grabbed a Sharpie and signed a picture for me.
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Altman gave me a bottle of California Petite Sirah and a note. "For Glenda Jackson."
She was in a black blouse, red slacks and barefoot. She read the note. "Good news. You can wear trousers for the role." "I hate my legs on screen," she said. She grabbed a Sharpie and signed a picture for me.
She was in a black blouse, red slacks and barefoot. She read the note. "Good news. You can wear trousers for the role." "I hate my legs on screen," she said. She grabbed a Sharpie and signed a picture for me.
As I worked in the office one day, Altman said, "Lary, got someone I want you to meet." I turned, expecting a crew member. Instead, a petite woman with a smile on her face shook my hand and said, "Hi. I'm Carol.' It was! Carol Burnett. We talked for a half-hour, and she was nice as a neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
As I worked in the office one day, Altman said, "Lary, got someone I want you to meet." I turned, expecting a crew member. Instead, a petite woman with a smile on her face shook my hand and said, "Hi. I'm Carol.' It was! Carol Burnett. We talked for a half-hour, and she was nice as a neighbor.
Sadly, the script, written by Altman, Frank Barhydt and Paul Dooley, was very weird.
I know because I typed the screenplay on an IBM Selectric typewriter in one of the two penthouses.
Many years later, President Ronald Reagan saw it at Camp David and called it "the world's worse movie."
I know because I typed the screenplay on an IBM Selectric typewriter in one of the two penthouses.
Many years later, President Ronald Reagan saw it at Camp David and called it "the world's worse movie."
December 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sadly, the script, written by Altman, Frank Barhydt and Paul Dooley, was very weird.
I know because I typed the screenplay on an IBM Selectric typewriter in one of the two penthouses.
Many years later, President Ronald Reagan saw it at Camp David and called it "the world's worse movie."
I know because I typed the screenplay on an IBM Selectric typewriter in one of the two penthouses.
Many years later, President Ronald Reagan saw it at Camp David and called it "the world's worse movie."
Filming was about to begin on Health, a movie about a health food conference.
A gorgeous setting, the historic Don CeSar Hotel on St. Pete Beach. A pink palace that was built during the Jazz Age. Great cast. Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, Lauren Bacall, and James Garner.
A gorgeous setting, the historic Don CeSar Hotel on St. Pete Beach. A pink palace that was built during the Jazz Age. Great cast. Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, Lauren Bacall, and James Garner.
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Filming was about to begin on Health, a movie about a health food conference.
A gorgeous setting, the historic Don CeSar Hotel on St. Pete Beach. A pink palace that was built during the Jazz Age. Great cast. Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, Lauren Bacall, and James Garner.
A gorgeous setting, the historic Don CeSar Hotel on St. Pete Beach. A pink palace that was built during the Jazz Age. Great cast. Carol Burnett, Glenda Jackson, Lauren Bacall, and James Garner.
Our paths crossed again in 1978; when director Robert Altman came to St. Petersburg Beach to make a feature film at the Don Cesar Resort Hotel.
He asked me to be Assistant to the Director of a film called Health. I was a production assistant, but I reported directly to Bob.
He asked me to be Assistant to the Director of a film called Health. I was a production assistant, but I reported directly to Bob.
December 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Our paths crossed again in 1978; when director Robert Altman came to St. Petersburg Beach to make a feature film at the Don Cesar Resort Hotel.
He asked me to be Assistant to the Director of a film called Health. I was a production assistant, but I reported directly to Bob.
He asked me to be Assistant to the Director of a film called Health. I was a production assistant, but I reported directly to Bob.
I had a sort of movie career in 1978 in Florida and again in 2010 in Hollywood.
I first met Robert Altman, director of hit movies like MASH, at a press conference in Houston for a lesser-known film, Brewster McCloud.
He introduced me to actors Bud Cort and Shelley Duvall. It was her first movie.
I first met Robert Altman, director of hit movies like MASH, at a press conference in Houston for a lesser-known film, Brewster McCloud.
He introduced me to actors Bud Cort and Shelley Duvall. It was her first movie.
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I had a sort of movie career in 1978 in Florida and again in 2010 in Hollywood.
I first met Robert Altman, director of hit movies like MASH, at a press conference in Houston for a lesser-known film, Brewster McCloud.
He introduced me to actors Bud Cort and Shelley Duvall. It was her first movie.
I first met Robert Altman, director of hit movies like MASH, at a press conference in Houston for a lesser-known film, Brewster McCloud.
He introduced me to actors Bud Cort and Shelley Duvall. It was her first movie.
