CECIL H. UNDERWOOD was born in Josephs Mills, West Virginia. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Salem College, a Master of Arts degree from West Virginia University, and he has been awarded thirteen honorary doctoral degrees from American colleges and universities.
He served six terms in the West Virginia House of Delegates, from 1. He was first elected governor in 1. In the four decades between elections, Governor Underwood provided leadership in education as president of Bethany College, from 1.
National Association of State Councils on Vocational Education. He also worked as an executive in both the coal and chemical industries, presided over the creation of the technology- centered Software Valley, and served on several charitable foundations and boards.
After returning to public office, Governor Underwood accepted leadership positions in several regional and national organizations, including the Southern Technology Council, Southern Growth Policies Board, Southern States Energy Board, National Education Goals Panel, Southern Regional Education Board, and the Jobs for America's Graduates Program. In October 1. 99. Governor Underwood was selected by Governors of the Appalachian states to serve as state co- chairman for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) for 2.
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Ancient curses, black magic, poltergeists, and the supernatural world have been favorite subjects for the cinema of the fantastic but only a handful of movies have succeeded in convincing an audience to suspend disbelief and believe in the unbelievable. The titles that come immediately to mind are genuine classics of the genre - Cat People (1. Dead of Night (1. The Innocents (1. Curse of the Demon (1.
England as Night of the Demon, also belongs in this select group though it has had a much harder time eluding its reputation as a B- movie horror film - an accusation brought on by the producer's insistence on making the demon a highly visible presence on- camera. Nevertheless, its cult status is assured thanks to references to it in ! John Holden (Dana Andrews) is a debunker of paranormal occurrences and beliefs who travels to England for a scientific conference. Upon his arrival, he discovers that a colleague, Professor Harrington (Maurice Denham), has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Harrington's daughter Joanna (Peggy Cummins) is convinced that Doctor Julian Karswell (Niall Mac. Ginnis) was somehow involved with her father's death. Holden's own investigation reveals that Karswell is indeed a believer and practitioner of the black arts who placed a curse on Harrington.
Yet, Holden's rational scientific mind cannot accept the possible explanation that Harrington was killed by supernatural forces, even when he is secretly slipped an ancient parchment with runic symbols and begins receiving warnings and signs about his own impending demise. If Curse of the Demon seems like a throwback to the Val Lewton- produced thrillers for RKO in the forties, it's because Jacques Tourneur, the director of Lewton's Cat People,I Walked with a Zombie (1. The Leopard Man (1. Chester, who also made unwarranted changes to Charles Bennett's screenplay, insisted on shooting and inserting an opening scene featuring the demon and an explicit final appearance at a railway station. This was completely counter to Tourneur's wishes who wanted the viewer to decide for himself whether the demon existed or not.
In his own defense, Tourneur said, . Then I wanted, at the very end, when the train goes by, to include only four frames of the monster coming up with the guy and throwing him down. Boom, boom - did I see it or not? People would have to sit through it a second time to be sure of what they saw. Those that believe the film's effectiveness is seriously damaged by showing the demon and those who believe the creature is a welcome and terrifying addition. Among the naysayers are Carlos Clarens, author of An Illustrated History of the Horror Film, who proclaimed the special effect . Everson approved of the demon's appearance, calling it .
The suspenseful unfolding of the plot and Karswell's true nature is also sustained by Charles Bennett's witty and intelligent script which often bears comparison to characters and situations in Alfred Hitchcock films, which is no surprise when you realize Bennett penned some of the master's best early work: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1. The 3. 9 Steps (1.
Foreign Correspondent (1. Most people agree that Curse of the Demon is Tourneur's last memorable film and the same could be said for Dana Andrews who uses his somewhat rigid and intractable style of acting to his advantage here playing a stubborn, not easily intimidated protagonist. Peggy Cummins, who is best known for her trigger- happy vixen in Gun Crazy (1. Niall Mac. Ginnis as Karswell, a mercurial and complex character who can be an urbane and charming host as well as a threatening and sinister presence.
The scene where he is dressed as a clown at a children's party on his estate and conjures up a storm for Holden's benefit is one of the film's highlights. One last comment about Curse of the Demon: the film has existed in two versions ever since its release in 1. The British release, entitled Night of the Demon, had a running time of approximately 9.
Both versions of Demon are currently available on the Columbia- Tri. Star DVD release. Like Chester's imposed . If you saw this version first you might not immediately notice what was missing but in viewing the longer cut you'll see that Chester trimmed scenes and dialogue, sacrificing nuance, plot details and character development, in order to create a breathless, fat- free narrative. The trim 8. 2 version is certainly an entertaining funhouse ride but the .
Chester. Director: Jacques Tourneur. Screenplay: M. R. James (story), Charles Bennett, Hal E. Chester. Cinematography: Edward Scaife. Film Editing: Michael Gordon. Art Direction: Ken Adam.
Music: Clifton Parker. Cast: Dana Andrews (Dr. John Holden), Peggy Cummins (Joanna Harrington), Niall Mac. Ginnis (Dr. Julian Karswell), Maurice Denham (Professor Henry Harrington), Athene Seyler (Mrs.
Karswell), Liam Redmond (Professor Mark O'Brien). Very tired and on the way to the plane, I signed the Goddam thing..
I arrived back in Hollywood I was informed that RKO (Bill Dozier in charge) had okayed the purchase of my script with me as my own director. Hal Chester held that wretched little piece of paper in England and I hadn't even received a penny in advance.
In fact, it was his right hand man (whose name I now forget) who had set it up in my absence with RKO. Dick Powell also was very, very interested and talked to me about it a tremendous lot.
But we never got down to a contract. Andrews was at this point a somewhat tarnished figure, his career blighted by an alcoholism that reputedly affected his work (there is one scene in Night of the Demon, a process shot of Andrews getting out of a car in front of a hotel, in which his delivery is noticeably slurred and unsteady.). Chester (he referred to him as . You want me to walk off this picture? I didn't come all the way over here to have the producer tell me what he thinks about directing the picture.
Let the director direct the picture! We had to rent twelve aerial engines from World War I. We were on an exterior location, and these were great long trees, and if we'd had half a storm it would have been inadequate.
We had truckloads and truckloads of dead leaves, and we set the radial engines whirling - cost a fortune, no one would talk to me. Siegel for Cinefantastique: , . So this nice kids' birthday party is destroyed. I had all of the wicker furniture painted white so that you'd see it and, when the nurses start taking the kids inside, all this furniture rolls across the screen. I'm very happy with that. Chester, with the studio's approval, decided that Curse of the Demon would perform better at the box office if they showed the monster, an idea that Tourneur was strongly opposed to. In an interview with Films and Filming he said, .
I thought it was going to be suggested and fuzzy and drawn, in and out, appearing and disappearing, like a cartoon, animated... The one- fourth of the film which had to do with the delineation of that monster belonged to another type of film which is the teenager horror film. I shot the sequence in the woods where Dana Andrews is chased by a sort of cloud.
This technique should have been used for other sequences. The audience should never have completely seen the demon.. They ruined the film by showing it . Boom, boom - did I see it or didn't I? People would have to sit through it a second time to be sure of what they saw. But after I had finished .
It was like a different film. But everything after that opening was as I had intended. Siegel Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall by Chris Fujiwara. American Directors Volume 1 by Jean- Pierre Coursodon with Pierre Sauvage. Video Watchdog, .
The film opens with an image of a Stonehenge- like ruin over which an off- screen narrator states: . And it is also said man using the magic power of the ancient runic symbols can call forth these powers of darkness, the demons of hell. Studios, which is abbreviated on the print as A.
B. P. C. The Copyright Catalog lists the film's running time as 9. British release. The Original screenplay of Curse of the Demon was written by Charles Bennett, who is best known for his script collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock on Blackmail (1. The 3. 9 Steps (1. Secret Agent (1. 93. The Man Who Knew Too Much, Sabotage (1. Young and Innocent (1. Foreign Correspondent (1.
Bennett was very unhappy with what Hal E. Chester did to his screenplay for Curse of the Demon: . To add insult to injury I frequently get letters, even now, from cult- type organizations, asking me to write something about Night of the Demon because it is still loved in peculiar areas. I would never blame him for what happened to the film. I blame only Hal Chester. He did the best he could with what he was told to shoot.! The scene in which Holden breaks into Karswell's study at night and is attacked by his housecat- turned- leopard is reminiscent of the scene in Cat People (1.
Jacques Tourneur, where Dr. Judd (Kent Smith) is attacked in his darkened study by a prowling panther. Curse of the Demon was referenced in the opening song from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (. Dana Andrews was so impressed with the director that when he returned to the United States he had Jacques Tourneur direct his next film, The Fearmakers (1.
Although he had appeared in numerous film noirs and thrillers prior to 1. Curse of the Demon was really the first fantasy film that Dana Andrews appeared in. After that, he dabbled more frequently in the sci- fi horror genre with such efforts as The Satan Bug (1. Crack in the World (1. The Frozen Dead (1. In interviews regarding Curse of the Demon, Dana Andrews credits the story to Oliver Onions.
The story is actually based on . Jacques Tourneur's approach to horror was always more psychological than explicit. When the audience is in the dark and recognizes its own insecurity in that of the characters of the film, then you can show unbelievable situations and be sure that the audience will follow. For another thing, people love to be afraid.