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Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster are horror cinema icons, and the actors most deeply associated with the two roles also shared a unique friendship. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starred in dozens of black-and-white horror films, and over the years managed to collaborate on and co-star in eight mov... More info →

Being able to know and work with Sara Jane Karloff on this project has been a highlight of my career. Hopefully this book is the most thorough, accurate and entertaining chronicle of her father, Boris Karloff''s, fascinating life. Perhaps a few Karloff mysteries have been solved.—Scott Allen Nol... More info →

Geraldine Page is excerpted from Tennessee Williams and Company: His Essential Screen Actors by John DiLeo. The essay focuses on Geraldine Page’s roles in the films Summer and Smoke (1961) and Sweet Bird of Youth (1962), which are based on plays by Tennessee Williams. More info →

The Hollywood B-Film offers readers a concise overview and compelling analysis of the so-called B-film in the United States between the late 1920s―when the emergence of the double-feature film exhibition format led to the creation of motion pictures intended for the bottom half of a theater's dual... More info →

Excerpt from The Life Story of an Ugly Duckling: An Autobiographical Fragment in Seven Parts; Illustrated With Many Pleasing Scenes From Former Triumphs and From Private Life More info →

Excerpt from My Own Story: As Told to Mildred HarringtonThe Publishers express regret that this volume could not have appeared before the death of Marie Dressler who saw and approved the greater part of the manuscript but who was too ill either to read or give her approval of the final proofs.About ... More info →

More than any other male movie star, the refined Clifton Webb (1889-1966) caused the movie-going public to change its image of a leading man. In a day when leading men were supposed to be strong, virile, and brave, Clifton Webb projected an image of flip, acerbic arrogance. More info →

From the advent of the talkies to the emergence of the ratings system, Ten Movies at a Time covers four decades of American movies, notably the glory days of the studio system, or, as it is more glamorously tagged, the Golden Age of Hollywood.Through reviews of 350 representative films, author John ... More info →