Invasion of the Body Snatchers: Frederick C Wiebel Jr reveals the whole torturous story of the Edison film version of Frankenstein , including the casting, script rewrites, newly developed trick photography, censorship, its disappearance, re-discovery and eventual release on DVD in the late s. Numerous rare photographs, many published for the very first time.
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They were the wicked women of the s and s. Rich with rare photos, filled with previously unknown details from the private lives of the very real women who incarnated these fantasy femmes, here is the ultimate encyclopaedia of their on- and off-screen adventures. In this one-of-a-kind volume, you'll learn everything under the sun about producer-director-star Robert Clarke's monster classic. Includes scores of rare and never-seen photographs and an afterword from sexquisite co-star Nan Peterson!
This is the first in a series of such books from longtime genre fan and chronicler Tom Weaver. Horror legend Lon Chaney put his considerable all into his performance as The Indestructible Man , a sci-fi drive-in favourite. The film gets the full Scripts from the Crypt treatment: Includes a 'Making Of' article, a tribute to Siodmak, detailed release information, an essay on the music score, an interview with producer Herman Cohen, a Lon Chaney Timeline, Production Code correspondence, script, pressbook and more.
Gary D Rhodes returns to the Graveyard of Forgotten Facts, unearthing a treasure trove of terrific illustrations and a casket-full of new information and insights on Bela Lugosi, Ed Wood and Bride of the Monster Dig deep into the desert of unfilmed films, unearthing all manner of previously unknown artefacts and unseen relics.
A story was prepared, originally for Lugosi then quickly switched to Karloff, based on the 18th century alchemist Cagliostro - a master of black arts, who was said by his followers to be 3, years old. Included are biographies and credits for Putnam and Balderston. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley tells the story of Victor Frankenstein and the man he creates in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Although it was never performed on a stage, it remains an important document in American theatre history. The Hunchback of Notre Dame was acclaimed as the first million-dollar production. Also contains hundreds of rare photos, many of which have never been published, from the library of Wallace Worsley Jr. Power to walk into the gold vaults of nations, amidst the secrets of kings, into the Holy of Holies! Power to make multitudes run squealing in terror, at the touch of my little invisible finger!
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Includes the shooting script, pressbook and an introduction by Jessica Rains. The film went ahead without Karloff and with Claude Rains in the starring role, but it was still a huge success.
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This volume is a portfolio of the development of The Invisible Man and the attempts by numerous writers to come up with a shooting script that would satisfy Universal. When Dracula and Frankenstein became box office hits, Universal ordered sequels to be written for both films. It is presented here in its full original form. Following Phantom of the Opera , a sequel to Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman was considered for a Technicolor production: This volume also contains a biography of Shubert, with commentary by effects cinematographer David Stanley Horsley.
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Introduction by Richard A Ekstedt. In 12th century Italy, Prince Prospero Price , a devoted worshipper of Satan, rules a land stricken by a mysterious plague. This is the first volume of a series whose purpose is to preserve the s and s horror movie tie-in novels in a new format for a new century. These are the original novels by various authors, not the scripts as in the Filmonster Series and the MagicImage Filmbook series.
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There are, however, plenty of interesting and amusing stories from an era when it was still possible make a movie on a shoestring budget and get it into theaters across the country and beyond. This was guerilla filmmaking, and these dispatches capture an interesting tributary in film history, one rarely acknowledged or appreciated by mainstream tastemakers. Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers.
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