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A Universe of Horrors: A History of Universal's Horror Movies and the Men Who Made Them

By Adam Roche

Book information

Publisher
Adam Roche
Year
2016
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
34 MB (35324033 bytes)
Series
The Secret History of Hollywood
Pages
\212
Time added
2022-07-03 14:19:31
Horror

Description

The story of Universal Studios' horror movies is the story of cinema itself. Universal were there at the beginning, being one of the first studios to make Hollywood its home, and more than any other studio, took the horror movie to its heart. In this book, hear the stories of how Universal Studios came to be, of Lon Chaney and his son, of Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and genius director James Whale. Of creature designer and make-up king, Jack Pierce, of Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, of Evelyn "Queen Of The Screamers" Ankers, the Laemmle empire, and of every Universal Horror movie from Hollywood's Golden Age... **

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