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  • Claude Rains - Madness, Magic, & Mayhem
    Jessica Rains / JoAnna Jones / John T. Soister
    Although my grandfather had passed away before I was born, my mother’s memories of him - and love for him - became part of my life. Still, having grown up in the ’70s and ’80s, I was very much down on black and white films; as I grew older - and more tolerant - I slowly came to know and love his work. This book has been written with so much devotion and love to who he was, I ho...
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    38,06 €

  • Claude Rains - Madness, Magic, & Mayhem (hardback)
    Jessica Rains / JoAnna Jones / John T. Soister
    Although my grandfather had passed away before I was born, my mother’s memories of him - and love for him - became part of my life. Still, having grown up in the ’70s and ’80s, I was very much down on black and white films; as I grew older - and more tolerant - I slowly came to know and love his work. This book has been written with so much devotion and love to who he was, I ho...
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    48,24 €

  • Universal ’40s Monsters
    John T. Soister / John TSoister
    'I have here collection of the world’s most astounding horrors' boasted Professor Lampini in House of Frankenstein, but really all he had to offer was Dracula’s bones. We can do far better than the hapless professor. These pages offer Frankenstein’s monster, the Wolf Man, a mummy in search of his lost love, invisible intruders, ape women, a spine-breaking serial killer, and twi...
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    44,69 €

  • Universal ’40s Monsters (hardback)
    John T. Soister / John TSoister
    'I have here collection of the world’s most astounding horrors' boasted Professor Lampini in House of Frankenstein, but really all he had to offer was Dracula’s bones. We can do far better than the hapless professor. These pages offer Frankenstein’s monster, the Wolf Man, a mummy in search of his lost love, invisible intruders, ape women, a spine-breaking serial killer, and twi...
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    54,87 €

  • Down from the Attic
    Henry Nicolella / John T. Soister
    Much has been written (and rewritten) about classic horror and science fiction films like Nosferatu and Metropolis, as well as not-so-classic pictures like Bride of the Monster and The Hideous Sun Demon. Yet some genre films have fallen through the cracks. The 24 films--some elusive, some easily found on YouTube--examined in this book all suffered critical neglect and were ...
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    58,62 €

  • Many Selves
    Henry Nicolella / John T. Soister / John TSoister
    The very first film actor to be identified with horror roles was Paul Wegener. A distinguished stage actor, Wegener was fascinated by film and its potential to portray the uncanny and the macabre. Sometimes acting as director and writer as well as performer, Wegener played in a series of fantastic films in the tens, the most famous of which are 'The Student of Prague' and 'The ...
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    34,92 €

  • Up from the Vault
    John T. Soister
    A number of thrillers made in the 1920s and 1930s have become available again thanks to new technology. There are a few, however, that remain elusive to most, if not all, movie buffs. This book covers 21 thrillers from those decades that are well-regarded and eagerly sought, but difficult to find--The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu (1923), The Unknown Purple (1923), The Sorrows of...
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    51,41 €

  • Conrad Veidt on Screen
    John T Soister / John T. Soister
    Conrad Veidt, a native of Berlin, began acting in small parts as an extra until called into service during World War I. After his discharge he began a theater career that subsequently led to films and more than one turn as a director. This work thoroughly details Veidt’s film career. It lists all movies that he was involved in and provides a synopsis, cast and crew, and re...
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    58,95 €

  • Claude Rains
    JoAnna Wioskowski / John T. Soister
    The career of Claude Rains is often, and unfairly, overshadowed by the careers of the ever-popular Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney and Rathbone, but few can dispute that he was truly one of the world’s foremost character actors. The Invisible Man, ironically, made him quite the visible star. In his own inimitable way, Rains later became John Jasper (in Mystery of Edwin Drood), Louis...
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    44,13 €

  • Of Gods and Monsters
    John T. Soister
    While Universal’s Dracula and Frankenstein (both 1931) have received the most coverage of any of the studio’s genre releases, it is the lesser known films that have long fascinated fans and historians alike. Starting with The Last Warning, a 1929 movie released as both a silent and a talkie, Universal provided a decade of films that entertained audiences and sometimes frustra...
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    59,16 €