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House of Dracula (Paperback)
Philip J Riley; Introduction by John Carradine; Foreword by Paul Malvern
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R789
Discovery Miles 7 890
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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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R800
Discovery Miles 8 000
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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
Over 200 Reproductions in Full Color Within are Vintage Poster Art
images from all the titles of the Ackerman Archives, Universal
Filmscript and Filmonster Series' Billboards, 6-sheets, 3-sheets,
One-sheets, inserts and lobby cards. From the most Famous of the
Classic Monster Films
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Dr. Cyclops (Paperback)
Will Garth; Edited by Philip J Riley
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R649
Discovery Miles 6 490
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The story of the 1940 film by Will Garth The strange adventures of
Dr. Cyclops, the superscientist, makes a thrilling and amazing
horror story. Dr. Bulfinch, noted biologist and his young and
pretty assistant, Mary Phillips had travelled thousands of miles to
the Peruvian jungle to answer the call of the scientist, Alexander
Thorkel. Near the place where Thorkel carried on his experiments,
natives talked fearfully of black magic. But even their weird
stories were less strange than the truth. For the hermit scientist
had discovered how to reduce people to one sixth their natural
size. And he turned Dr. Bulfinch, Phillips and theit team into
midgets at grips with world grown suddenly large and frightening.
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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