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Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice

David J. Skal, Jessica Rains - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 337 pages
Late in Claude Rains's distinguished career, a reverent film journalist wrote that Rains "was as much a cinematic institution as the medium itself." Given his childhood speech ...
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American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913–1929

John T. Soister, Henry Nicolella, Steve Joyce - Performing Arts - 2014 - 830 pages
During the Silent Era, when most films dealt with dramatic or comedic takes on the “boy meets girl, boy loses girl” theme, other motion pictures dared to tackle such topics as ...
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Of Gods and Monsters: A Critical Guide to Universal Studios' Science Fiction ...

John T. Soister - Performing Arts - 2015 - 405 pages
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 ...
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Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography

John T. Soister - Performing Arts - 2009 - 345 pages
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 ...
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Down from the Attic: Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era through the 1950s

John T. Soister, Henry Nicolella - Performing Arts - 2016 - 248 pages
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 ...
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Popular Pictures of the Hollywood 1940s

John Reid - Performing Arts - 2004 - 157 pages
A detailed review of 120 popular films, mostly from the 1940s. Includes comprehensive cast and technical credits, plus background and release information.
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The Forties Gals

James Robert Parish, Don E. Stanke - Biography & Autobiography - 1980 - 472 pages
"Each of these Forties gals is given a chapter of her own, complete with the details of her life and career and illustrated with numerous beautiful photographs. At the end ...
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Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment

John Howard Reid - Performing Arts - 2005 - 250 pages
120 movies are detailed in this 8th book in the "Hollywood Classics" series. The movies range from marvels of special effects like "King Kong" to the first sound-on-disc ...
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