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Do you love the classic Universal Horror Films? Want to help honor one of the unheralded saviors of Universal Pictures?

Hey folks, Harry here... I don't usually do this. I rarely endorse a petition effort going on online, because frankly... it takes a lot to motivate me. However, when I got an email from Scott Essman asking for my help in attempting to secure a Star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame for Movie Make-up legend Jack Pierce... I clicked, signed the petition - then came back here to pitch all of you... and all you good folks at Universal Studios.

Jack Pierce - the man... working with such great faces as Karloff, Lugosi, Claude Rains, Henry Hull & Lon Chaney Jr... he created the greatest single body of absolutely spectacular, unforgettable monster creations of any man in history. Don't get me wrong - I love Rick Baker and Stan Winston and Rob Bottin and all the modern creature makers... but the one thing that joins them all in awe... is the early work of Lon Chaney Sr... and the unbelievably brilliant work of Jack Pierce.

When you think Frankenstein... that's Jack Pierce's work on Karloff's face you're thinking of. Lugosi's Dracula? Karloff's Mummy, Lon Chaney Jr's Wolfman? Henry Hull's Werewolf or Claude Rains' Invisible Man? All Jack Pierce. Then there's all that amazing work in films like THE RAVEN, THE INVISIBLE RAY, MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE, WHITE ZOMBIE, THE OLD DARK HOUSE and on and on.

Jack Pierce's body of work is truly without compare. What he did at Universal could never be replicated - and no matter how many times I've seen masters try... I've never seen it done so well. Jack's work was like a photograph of a nightmare that flipped past your waking dreams at 24 frames per second.

UNIVERSAL - next year you are making a remake of THE WOLFMAN - one of Jack's greatest works - it'd be so good for publicity to get THE WOLFMAN crew out - and to have them get a little press honoring the great Jack Pierce with a Star on the Walk of Fame. Rick Baker would be there - Benicio would in a heart beat. It's the right thing to do!

As for all you readers... Here's where you go to sign the petition: GIVE JACK PIERCE A STAR!!!

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Monsters!!
by Jubba
May 7th, 2008
02:08:43 AM
amen
by The Real MiraJeff
May 7th, 2008
02:09:20 AM
black box gone?
by The Real MiraJeff
May 7th, 2008
02:11:02 AM
Fair enough
by s0nicdeathmonkey
May 7th, 2008
02:13:38 AM
Lets vote Fox off this planet
by Unimaginative_Moneyhungry_Holl ywood
May 7th, 2008
02:25:04 AM
Poor MiraJeff
by leobloom
May 7th, 2008
03:05:35 AM
Unimaginative-Moneyhungry_Holl ywood
by kwisatzhaderach
May 7th, 2008
03:18:38 AM
WOW
by Lashlarue
May 7th, 2008
03:36:59 AM
I guess
by mattforce7
May 7th, 2008
03:48:36 AM
YOU know??
by Michael9911
May 7th, 2008
04:57:06 AM
MiraJeff
by Golitsyn1
May 7th, 2008
05:03:42 AM
the process
by PrettyNursePoppy
May 7th, 2008
05:30:22 AM
I never vote.
by Knuckleduster
May 7th, 2008
05:39:32 AM
Give Pierce a chance...
by BradMajors
May 7th, 2008
05:53:18 AM
I'll sign in a heartbeat.
by RedwingsHoolihan
May 7th, 2008
06:27:53 AM
Harry should now endorse a petition to stop McG ftom directing T
by ingloriousjedi
May 7th, 2008
06:47:58 AM
4
by ingloriousjedi
May 7th, 2008
06:48:46 AM
Wow, Harry...wow.
by ByTor
May 7th, 2008
06:51:12 AM
They can put the star next to Diddy's...
by tonagan
May 7th, 2008
06:58:23 AM
And who gets the black box now?
by tonagan
May 7th, 2008
07:00:07 AM
HARRY: Still no obit for Bebe Barron?
by Nosferatu Jones
May 7th, 2008
08:07:56 AM
Done
by strosmer
May 7th, 2008
08:29:07 AM
isn't it just a matter of forking the cash?
by ArcadianDS
May 7th, 2008
09:17:07 AM
Signed
by the beef
May 7th, 2008
09:19:36 AM
No point honoring people who are dead!
by Smerdyakov
May 7th, 2008
09:35:30 AM
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE
by Underoos Hero
May 7th, 2008
09:39:19 AM
Ummm
by Series7
May 7th, 2008
09:46:30 AM
Dead people don't care
by flossygomez
May 7th, 2008
09:47:47 AM
Makeup for the Invisible Man
by Big DM
May 7th, 2008
10:04:04 AM
One of the most amazing experiences...
by ChestBumpingFatKids
May 7th, 2008
10:04:19 AM
a posthumous star
by Smilin'Jack Ruby
May 7th, 2008
11:46:12 AM
I'm stunned he hasn't already GOT a star !
by RobinP
May 7th, 2008
12:40:55 PM
The Horne legacy: GREAT busts & statues
by thegreatwhatzit
May 7th, 2008
01:08:47 PM
Consider it done
by Mocata
May 7th, 2008
01:23:20 PM
good idea
by blackhole4140
May 7th, 2008
01:47:49 PM
I was #1588
by Doctor Phibes
May 7th, 2008
02:06:04 PM
petitiononline is the most worthless website ever made
by Freakemovie
May 7th, 2008
03:59:24 PM
I'd like to start a petition of my own.
by Kurutteru Yatsu
May 7th, 2008
04:17:32 PM
There must be better ways of paying tribute to this man
by Luna Moth
May 7th, 2008
06:47:08 PM
JACK P. PIERCE IS THE MAN.
by alice 13
May 7th, 2008
07:49:31 PM
Lon Chaney Jr. doesn't have one either....
by Zartan
May 8th, 2008
01:12:03 AM
Petitions should involve mailing bricks
by UnknownUser
May 8th, 2008
02:20:04 AM
It was my understanding that you have to pay for those stars
by ELGordo
May 8th, 2008
06:15:25 AM
amen indeed
by geech
May 8th, 2008
10:37:37 AM

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