This book provides details about the lives and careers of 21 cinematic leading ladies, femmes fatales, monsters, and misfits, putting into perspective their contributions to the films and folklore of Hollywood terror--and also the sexual harassment, exploitation, and genuine danger they faced on the job.
This book provides details about the lives and careers of 21 cinematic leading ladies, femmes fatales, monsters, and misfits, putting into perspective...
As with Hollywood's golden age of horror in the 1930s, the women of 1940s horror were still playthings. Yet, in the romantic tradition of 1930s horror, they were alive and well in the final reel. As before, women in the 1940s fit into three basic categories: monsters, femme fatales and misfits. Full of rare facts and fascinating stories, this book describes women in each category.
As with Hollywood's golden age of horror in the 1930s, the women of 1940s horror were still playthings. Yet, in the romantic tradition of 1930s horror...
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...
The book covers unusual and often surprising areas of horror film history: (1) The harrowingly tragic life of Dracula's leading lady, Helen Chandler, ...
