THAT is a fabulous picture of Mr. Rains. It was always, I thought, his sweet face and sexy voice AT ODDS with the characters he played that made him so effective. And even at the age of five, I never understood why Christine Daae WOULDN'T want to stay with him, scary serial killer or not.

Oh, that's cool about your dad! I never did see Susanna Foster in anything else. I should IMDB her.

The first thing I saw him in was Phantom (about a hundred times). And then, many years later, as that vile little man in "Notorious." And only a handful of years ago, when I finally saw "Casablanca" did I associate him with that one. I should really see Casablanca again. All of them! I should have a Claude-a-thon!