Kenneth Strickfaden, innovative genius of illusionary special
effects from silent films to the age of television, set the
standard for Hollywood's mad scientists. Strickfaden created the
science fiction apparatus in more than 100 motion picture films and
television programs, from 1931's Frankenstein to the Wizard of Oz
and The Mask of Fu Manchu to television's The Munsters. The skilled
technician, known around Hollywood's back lots as ?Mr. Electric, ?
once doubled for Boris Karloff in a dangerous scene and was nearly
electrocuted. From his birth in 1896 to his death in 1984,
Strickfaden's life was filled with adventure. He spent his early
years working the amusement parks on both coasts, served overseas
as a Marine during World War I, took a 1919 cross-country trip in a
dilapidated Model T, and favored risky pursuits like automobile and
speedboat racing. He worked as an aeronautical mechanic,
constructing airplanes for an historic around-the-world flight. A
science teacher at heart, he gave 1,500 traveling science
demonstration lectures across the U.S. and Canada. Besides covering
Strickfaden's entire personal and professional life, this book
discusses how later films show his influence. It reveals the fate
of his collection of equipment, and is richly illustrated with
numerous rare and previously unpublished photographs. Appendices
provide a selection of notes, doodles, and scribbles from
Strickfaden's notebooks, informal sketches, correspondence,
documents, a chronology of his film and television contributions, a
bibliography, a film index, and a complete subject index.
General
| Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2006 |
| First published: |
November 2005 |
| Authors: |
Harry Goldman
|
| Dimensions: |
228 x 155 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-2064-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
General
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| LSN: |
0-7864-2064-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780786420643 |
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