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With the success of Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, Universal
Pictures was quick to capitalize on creating a new Lon Chaney in
Bela Lugosi. Chaney had been the original choice to portray a duel
role as both Dracula and Professor van Helsing, Dracula's
adversary. Before production could begin Chaney died suddenly
leaving Carl Laemmle Jr. without a star. Laemmle Jr. had seen
Dracula on the stage in New York City, although he could not recall
if he had seen Lugosi or Raymond Huntley in the role of Count
Dracula. However Lugosi was performing in the touring company which
happened to be in Los Angeles at that time. Was he the new Lon
Chaney? Lugosi was not Carl Jr's first choice for the role. However
he eventually won the part and now they needed more ideas for him.
"Murders in the Rue Morgue," "Cagliostro," "The Invisible Man" and
"Frankenstein" were top on the list. One day in March 1931 Robert
Florey, recently returned to Hollywood from Europe, was having
lunch at the Musso and Frank Restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard. He
was approached by an old acquaintance, Richard Schayer, head of
Universal's story department. Schayer told him that his studio was
looking for ideas for a new horror film to star Bela Lugosi and he
knew Florey was involved with The Theatre du Grand-Guignol de
Paris, (a small theater, in an obscure alley in Paris which
specialized in sadistic, shocking, explicit, violent melodramas and
became known as the "Theater of Horrors." It opened in 1897 and
closed in 1962.) They both agreed on "Frankenstein" being the best
choice. Schayer suggested that Florey would stand a better chance
at being asigned writer and director if he were to present the idea
to Carl Laemmle Jr. We present now the script for"Frankenstein" as
it would have been had Bela Lugosi starred; and Rober Florey
directed.
THE SEQUEL OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS SHOCKER Vaunting ambition led
FRANKENSTEIN to try and outdo Nature. He created a MONSTER. In this
sequel FRANKENSTEIN is compelled to repeat his experiment and
create a bride for the monster. He hesitates-but his task-master,
by most dastardly threats, forces him to complete the work with the
result that - - A terrifying story which contains an underlying
idea that is particularly applicable at the present time when
machinery, has become a MONSTER-a dominating and revolutionizing
power in the economics of the MODERN WORLD HORROR - FASCINATION -
ROMANCE
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House of Dracula (Paperback)
Philip J Riley; Introduction by John Carradine; Foreword by Paul Malvern
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Thunder was the last silent film for Lon Chaney. His health was not
good during the shoot and for the first time in his career he held
up production while he recuperated. He plays Grumpy Anderson, a
near retirement, old workhorse of a train engineer. It is said that
a piece of artificial snow, used in the production, lodged in his
throat causing an infection that led to his untimely death at age
47 on August 26, 1930. Only a few fragments exist. The novel was
published in 1930 in France and has been translated by Eric
McNaughton. "The 1929 audiences were up on their feet and cheering
Chaney at the exciting climax of Thunder." - Chauncey Haines -
Silent Film Organist
THIS IS THE HARDBACK EDITION. Thunder was the last silent film for
Lon Chaney. His health was not good during the shoot and for the
first time in his career he held up production while he
recuperated. He plays Grumpy Anderson, a near retirement, old
workhorse of a train engineer. It is said that a piece of
artificial snow, used in the production, lodged in his throat
causing an infection that led to his untimely death at age 47 on
August 26, 1930. Only a few fragments exist. The novel was
published in 1930 in France and has been translated by Eric
McNaughton. "The 1929 audiences were up on their feet and cheering
Chaney at the exciting climax of Thunder." - Chauncey Haines -
Silent Film Organist
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Gorgo (Paperback)
Bill Cooke; Edited by Philip J Riley
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Discovery Miles 8 000
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Sam Slade didn't believe in Gorgo until he saw the monster's
hideous scaly face, its slimy green talons and the massive mouth
that could swallow a killer whale. If this was not enough he was to
have even bigger problems in his future. The story mixes
familiarity with a couple of neat plot twists; the special effects
are ambitious and oftentimes stunning; and the use of a man in a
rubber dinosaur suit, a technique usually met with derision, is
undoubtedly one of the best on record. But perhaps the reason that
supersedes them all is that Gorgo is the rare city-stomping monster
spectacle with heart. Released by MGM in 1961, Gorgo is that
oft-told cinematic fable of the giant beast that threatens humanity
This volume contains the shooting script and the original tie-in
novel by Carson Bingham and a production background by Bill Cooke.
A Philip J. Riley's NightMare Series volume. Commentary and "About
the Author" Henry Slesar by Randall D. Larson - edited by Philip J.
Riley The clouds of yellow dust rolled and swirled and whistled in
agonized motion, and their sound obscured the needle-thin cries of
men in anguish. The pain had come upon them suddenly, pain that
gripped their chests like the giant talons of some rapacious bird,
pain that sent them scurrying, reeling, stumbling towards the
silvery object that stood half-buried in the volatile sands. Some
were to make the ship in time; others were to die later. One was to
live to see the horror of the dust-shrouded planet transplanted to
the world of his birth, twenty million miles away. The Ymir, as the
creature was named by Forrest J Ackerman is one of Ray
Harryhausen's best remembered stop motion creations. Originally
published as an Amazing Stories special edition.
Over 200 Reproductions in Color Vintage Spanish Heralds, Posters,
Lobby cards, Window cards and Memorabilia from the Classic Horror,
Mystery and Science Fiction Films Mas de 200 imagenes en color
entre programas de mano, posters y fotocromos espanoles y
sudamericanos de epoca pertenecientes a los grandes clasicos del
cine de terror, misterio y ciencia ficcion
When "Dracula" and "Frankenstein" became box office hits for
Universal, Carl Laemmle Junior immediately ordered that sequels be
written for both films. Scripts were prepared but Junior's choice
of director - James Whale - had had enough of monster films and was
doing everything he could to avoid them. Finally in 1935, after
getting out of shooting "Dracula's Daughter" Whale agreed to direct
"The Return of Frankenstein." In this volume is the final shooting
script by John L. Balderston. Balderston added more scenes from the
novel, such as the monster hiding in a peasant's hut and learning
to read and speak. But Whale thought his version of the Monster's
personality too brutish and evil. He wrote a new script with
screenwriter William Hurlbut, added new characters such as Mini and
Dr. Pretorius, keeping Balderston's script as just an outline. Most
historians and fans feel that when Return of Frankenstein was
renamed "Bride of Frankenstein" it became the most beloved film in
Universal's Classic Monster films.
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