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The book covers unusual and often surprising areas of horror film history: (1) The harrowingly tragic life of Dracula's leading lady, Helen Chandler, as intimately remembered by her sister-in-law. (2) John Barrymore's 1931 horror vehicles Svengali and The Mad Genius, and their rejection by the public. (3) The disastrous shooting of 1933's Murders in the Zoo, perhaps the most racy of all Pre-Code horror films. (4) A candid interview with the son of legendary horror star Lionel Atwill. (5) The censorship battles of One More River, as waged by Frankenstein director James Whale. (6) The adventures (and misadventures) of Boris Karloff as a star at Warner Bros. (7) The stage and screen versions of the horror/comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. (8) Production diaries of the horror noirs Cat People and The Curse of the Cat People. (9) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man revisited. (10) Horror propaganda: The production of Hitler's Madman. (11) Horror star John Carradine and the rise and fall of his Shakespearean Repertory Company. (12) The Shock! Theatre television phenomenon. And (13) A Tribute to Carl Laemmle, Jr., producer of the original Universal horror classics, including an interview with his lady friend of almost 40 years.
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. "A Very Lonely Soul": A Tribute to Dracula's Helen Chandler
2. Mad Jack Unleashed: Svengali and The Mad Genius
3. Paramount Horrors: Murders in the Zoo
4. The Mystery of Lionel Atwill: An Interview with the Son of the Late, Great Horror Star
5. James Whale, Colin Clive, Lionel Atwill and the Riding Whip: The Real-Life Horror Story of the Censorship of Universal's One More River
6. "Baby-Scarer!" Boris Karloff at Warner Bros., 1935-1939
7. Libel and Old Lace
8. Production Diaries: Cat People and The Curse of the Cat People
9. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man Revisited
10. Horror Propaganda: Hitler's Madman
11. John Carradine and His "Traveling Circus"
12. Shock! Theatre, the "Half-Witch and Half-Fairy" and Dr. Lucifer
13. Junior Laemmle, Horror's "Crown Prince" Producer
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index