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Author:
Mallory, Michael, author.
Title:
Universal Studios monsters : a legacy of horror / Michael Mallory ; foreword: Jason Blum.
Edition:
Revised and updated edition.
Publisher:
Universe Publishing,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
268 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm.
Subject:
Monster films--United States--History and criticism.
Horror films--United States--History and criticism.
Universal Studios, Inc.
Universal Studios, Inc.
Horror films.
Monster films.
United States.
Horror films--History and criticism.
Universal Studios, Inc.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Authors:
Blum, Jason, writer of foreword.
Notes:
Originally published in 2009. Includes index.
Contents:
Hollywood's house of horror -- Silent nightmares -- Spotlight: Lon Chaney -- Dracula -- Spotlight: Bela Lugosi -- Frankenstein's monster -- Spotlight: Boris Karloff -- The wolf man -- Spotlight: Curt Siodmak -- The mummy -- Spotlight: Lon Chaney Jr. -- The invisible man -- Spotlight: Una O'Connor -- Spotlight: John P. Fulton -- Creatures, creepers, and chillers -- Spotlight: Dwight Frye -- Monsters, madmen, and freaks of science -- Spotlight: James Whale -- Abbott and Costello -- Spotlight: Rogue's gallery -- Spotlight: Jack P. Pierce -- Spotlight: Hans Salter -- The gill man -- Spotlight: scream sirens -- Monsters walk among us -- The legacy continues.
Summary:
Contains photographs and information about some of the horror films produced by Universal Studios between the 1920s and 1950s, providing insights into how the movies were made, and profiling key people involved in their creation.
ISBN:
078934100X
9780789341006
LCCN:
2021934433
Locations:
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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