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Chapters: Sharon Tate, Chick Hearn, Bing Crosby, Charles Boyer, Béla Lugosi, Mack Sennett, Lawrence Welk, John Candy, Gary Cooper, Fibber Mcgee and Molly, Fred Macmurray, Leo Mccarey, Jimmy Durante, John Ford, Walter O'malley, Rita Hayworth, William Wilkerson, Mary Astor, Mario Lanza, Spike Jones, Loretta Young, Sam Barry, Evelyn Nesbit, Ella Margaret Gibson, Rosalind Russell, Jackie Coogan, Barney Oldfield, Chris Penn, Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, Pat O'brien, Mary Frann, Edmond O'brien, Louella Parsons, Ray Bolger, Jean Acker, John Farrow, Henry Hathaway, Juanita Hansen, Paul Kelly, Dorothy Sebastian, Audrey Meadows, George Marshall, Frank Lovejoy, Anne Nagel, Gia Scala, Hayden Rorke, Marion Martin, Wallace Ford, Vince Edwards, Jim Murray, Pat Paterson, Helen O'connell, Alejandro Rey, Rita Johnson, Polly Ann Young. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 435. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Ford (February 1, 1894 August 31, 1973) was an American film director of Irish heritage famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. His four Best Director Academy Awards (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, although only one of those films, How Green Was My Valley, also won Best Picture. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed over 140 films (although nearly all of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford's films and personality were held in high regard by his colleagues, with Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles among those who have named him as one of the greatest directors of all time. In particular, Ford was a pioneer of location shooting and t...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=280738 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Jules White, Antal Páger, Béla Lugosi, Géza Von Bolváry, Paul Lukas, Victor Varconi, S. Z. Sakall, J. Edward Bromberg, Richard Ryen, Ladislao Vajda, Félix Lajkó, Marton Csokas, George Tabori, Simon Shandor, Kornél Mundruczó, József Katona, Árpád Miklós, Roland Selmeczi, Mickey Hargitay. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Jules White est un producteur, réalisateur, acteur et scénariste hongrois né le 17 septembre 1900 à Budapest (Hongrie), décédé le 30 avril 1985 à Van Nuys (Californie). ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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The Stars Beyond A Biographical Graveside Guide
I was given this book recently by Jim Perry personally. It is a very good guide to some of the great Hollywood stars. It was very interesting to get some interesting facts on some of the late great Hollywood greats. I highly rec amend this book to anyone whom is fascinated with the stars. ... Read more

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AWESOME BOOK, DONT PAY OVER 100 BUCKS FROM THESE GREEDY SELLERS
IF YOURE A LUGOSI FAN YOULL LOVE THIS BOOK. FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEHIND THE STAGE. I HAVE TO SAY THOUGH, DO NOT PAY THESE GREEDY SELLERS PRICES OF OVER A HUNDRED PLUS DOLLARS FOR THIS BOOK. I JUST GOT AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY ON EBAY FOR 5 DOLLARS, THATS RIGHT 5 DOLLARS PLUS 6 DOLLARS POSTAGE. IF YOU WANT I'LL EVEN SEND YOU THE LINK TO PROVE IT. HUNT THIS BOOK DOWN, ITS WORTH IT!!

For All Lugosi Fans
This book is not likely to be a best seller, for the subject matter is geared toward the fans of Bela Lugosi. Lugosi has a very strong fan base, despite the actor's death in the middle 1950's.

This book chronicles Lugosi's last big tour in the play that was has claim to fame, and also the play that typecast him, 'Dracula'. It also tells the story of Lugosi's three films made in England, 'The Mystery of The Marie Celeste, Deads Eyes Of London, Mother Riley Meets The Vampire'.

There is much detail of the English tour of 'Dracula', and for Lugosi fans there is a lot of information about him and his life that will interest them. For the Lugosiphile, this book is a must read. ... Read more

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Few could play the bad guy as well as Bela Lugosi, who was the incarnation of evil with his macabre face and accent. So not surprisingly one of his most famous roles was Dracula in Tod Browning's 1931 adaption. This autobiography looks at the cinema's most brilliant villan in a record of his career, from his days as a romantic lead and Shakespearean star in native Hungary to his stage and screen triumph as Dracula and through the nearly 80 features which followed. ... Read more

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Stan Lee presents vamptastic insider publication on behind the scenes stories of the most classic monster films of all time ... Read more

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Welcome to my Amazon storefront. All comics and magazines are bagged & boarded, and in near mint condition (unless otherwise noted). Standard shipping for comics is $3.99 for one listing, and only .25 more for each additional comic listing when you order at one time (the excess shipping is refunded after comics are shipped). This listing is for the following magazines in near mint condition: Scarlet Street #43. ... Read more

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Welcome to my Amazon storefront. All comics and magazines are bagged & boarded, and in near mint condition (unless otherwise noted). Standard shipping for comics is $3.99 for one listing, and only .25 more for each additional comic listing when you order at one time (the excess shipping is refunded after comics are shipped). This listing is for the following magazines in near mint condition: Scarlet Street #38. ... Read more

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Monsterama Magazine Issue #2, Spring 1992. Lots of articles, photos, etc. including King Boris the Benign, The Lon Chaney Factory, Frankenstein from Space, The Mark of Zorro, You Axed for it, The Search for Ygor's Brain, rare fantastic imagi-movie stills galore and much, much more. ... Read more

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Rare FILMFAX #56 magazine (May/June 1996) issue with BELA LUGOSI cover! Articles include Loretta King interview, Jonathan Haze, AIP X-Files, Ib Melchoir's Angry Red Planet, Bettie Page Striporama bubble bath (I was there!) & more! NICE COLLECTIBLE ITEM! ... Read more

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Rare FILMFAX #35 magazine (Oct/Nov 1992) issue with BELA LUGOSI DRACULA & BORIS KARLOFF FRANKENSTEIN cover! Articles include David J Skal book The Monster Show, Rick Baker & Jack Pierce, Colin Clive, Dwight Frye, Helen Chandler, Edward Van Sloan & more! NICE COLLECTIBLE ITEM! ... Read more

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Monsters! Mods! Madness! Murder!During the 1940s, dapper British thespian Burton Lazlow was one of the top monster movie stars in Hollywood, appearing as the dreaded "Tarantula" in a string of successful pictures. But that was twenty years ago. Now it's the '60s, and the best he can do is get humiliating work in fast food commercials and silly American sitcoms, forever forced to don the phony fangs and monster make-up that made him famous. His wife having left him, his career in the loo, and himself an alcoholic with a tendency to hallucinate, Lazlow commits an act that forces him to flee Hollywood for his homeland where the Swinging London era is just dawning.Curse of the Tarantula is an acid-spiked black comedy from Independent Book Publisher Award nominee Mike Segretto. ... Read more

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Curse Mike Segretto!
I've been a serious Mike Segretto fan since his debut novel, Dead Dog. Each novel since then has been more twisted than the last, and Curse of the Tarantula is as good as it gets. A great mix of campy humor, gory horror, and mod history, I'd recommend this one to anyone who loves John Waters, Joe Lansdale, or reading books that don't suck. ... Read more

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With the success of Dracula, starring Bela Lugosi, Universal Pictures was quick to capitalize on creating a new Lon Chaney in Bela Lugosi. Chaney had been the original choice to portray a duel role as both Dracula and Professor van Helsing, Dracula's adversary. Before production could begin Chaney died suddenly leaving Carl Laemmle Jr. without a star.Laemmle Jr. had seen Dracula on the stage in New York City, although he could not recall if he had seen Lugosi or Raymond Huntley in the role of Count Dracula. However Lugosi was performing in the touring company which happened to be in Los Angeles at that time. Was he the new Lon Chaney?Lugosi was not Carl Jr's first choice for the role. However he eventually won the part and now they needed more ideas for him. "Murders in the Rue Morgue", "Cagliostro", "The Invisible Man" and "Frankenstein" were top on the list.One day in March 1931 Robert Florey, recently returned to Hollywood from Europe, was having lunch at the Musso and Frank Restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard. He was approached by an old acquaintance, Richard Schayer, head of Universal's story department. Schayer told him that his studio was looking for ideas for a new horror film to star Bela Lugosi and he knew Florey was involved with The Théâtre du Grand-Guignol de Paris, (a small theater, in an obscure alley in Paris which specialized in sadistic, shocking, explicit, violent melodramas and became known as the "Theater of Horrors". It opened in 1897 and closed in 1962.)They both agreed on "Frankenstein" being the best choice. Schayer suggested that Florey would stand a better chance at being asigned writer and director if he were to present the idea to Carl Laemmle Jr.We present now the script for"Frankenstein" as it would have been had Bela Lugosi starred; and Rober Florey directed. ... Read more