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An in-depth look at the film serials of the kings ofhorrorBoris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, Jr.Includesinformation on The Hope Diamond Mystery, King of the Kongo, ThePhantom Creeps, Undersea Kingdom and much more.Contains many rarephotos.A must for fans of serials. ... Read more

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Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's Monster...weekly, for your pleasure!
Leonard Kohl's book fills a much needed gap in my personal knowledge of cinema history.The serial is a form I remember with great fondness.As a child, it was a part of my first forays into the world on my own when my chums and I hoofed it to the Strand Theater on Saturday mornings for an hour of cartoons, a cowboy double feature, a humiliating go in the yo-yo contest and, of course, to catch the latest installment of .....Radio Patrol....Don Winslow of the Navy...Tim Tyler's Luck...Whatever! By then (circa 1950), the heyday of the cheap and keep-em-coming-back cinema serial was ending and the subjects of Mr. Kohl's excellent work had gone on to bigger things (except, sadly, for Bela Lugosi, who -- as I discovered in "Sinister Serials" -- began his American film career with bigger things, only to slide into the world of serials).

This book is clear, concise, and well written.Kohl spins out the stories of these three seminal film figures and provides us with an outstanding look at a now-past era in film history.An excellent piece of work!

If you're wearing a hat, hold on!!!
Because Mr. Kohl will blow you away!!!! This is a fine book. The research is impeccable. The photos are sublime. Kudos to the author!!! I saw Mr. Kohl give the commencement address at the University of Chicago and the crowd was mesmerized. Most likely, because he hadn't been invited by the school to give it.

Thumbs up for a fine job
Leonard Kohl's first book is a fine effort, a splendid purchase for any fan of the big three horror icons who made serials.It is loaded with interesting facts.Where else could you discover that silent comedy starHarry Langdon almost co-starred with Lugosi in THE WHISPERING SHADOW. Thebook is chock full of rare photos, and they are a genuine treat. Fans ofCharle Chan would be happy to find rare photos of Warner Oland from silentserials.This volume is a recommended purchase.As an author myself, Ican see the hard work and dedication that went ito this volume.

Agreat read, and handy reference, for movie buffs
Kudos to Kohl, who has done a fine job of presenting an informative, and always fair-handed, look at a fascinating period in movie making. This is clearly the product of painstaking research, resulting in a heaping-helping of historical data, elucidating testimonials, with a rich array of pictures to boot. Every true fan of "The Sreamsome Threesome"--Karloff, Lugosi, and Chaney--and the too-often overlooked serials genre, should get their hands on this. ... Read more

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Chapters: Joseph Chamberlain, Claude Rains, Robert Browning, Boris Karloff, Leslie Grantham, Ida Lupino, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Anthony James Leggett, Benjamin Jowett, Wayne Gray, Shaun Newton, Martin Mcdonagh, Pat Coombs, Oliver Percy Bernard, Pete Bennett, Sydney Wooderson, George Ndah, Hyacinth Morgan, Martin Ruane, Chris Sulley, Charles Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon, Bob Johnson, Carlton Fairweather, Peter Perrett, Dave Mehmet, Alfred Domett, Barry Driscoll, Nosher Powell, Frank C. Papé, Mark Debolla, Sidney Bates, Mickey Bennett, Kenneth Oxford, John Oxenford, B. L. Driscoll, Albert Evans, George Perren, Peter Scantlebury, Albert Smith, Madeline Brock. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 214. 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: Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 2 July 1914) was an influential British businessman, politician, and statesman. In his early years Chamberlain was a radically minded Liberal Party member, a campaigner for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He later became a Liberal Unionist in alliance with the Conservative Party and was appointed Colonial Secretary. At the end of his career he led the tariff reform campaign. Despite never becoming Prime Minister, he is regarded as one of the most important British politicians of the late 19th century and early 20th century, as well as a colourful character and renowned orator. Chamberlain was the father of Sir Austen Chamberlain and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Chamberlain was born in Camberwell in London to a successful shoemaker and manufacturer also named Joseph (17961874). He was educated at University College School (then still in Euston) between 1850 and 1852, in which he excelled academically, achieving prizes in French and mathematics. The elder Chamberlain was not able to send all his children into...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=88256 ... Read more

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Chapters: Joseph Chamberlain, Claude Rains, Robert Browning, Boris Karloff, Leslie Grantham, Ida Lupino, Rikki Beadle-Blair, Anthony James Leggett, Benjamin Jowett, Wayne Gray, Shaun Newton, Martin Mcdonagh, Pat Coombs, Oliver Percy Bernard, Pete Bennett, Sydney Wooderson, George Ndah, Hyacinth Morgan, Martin Ruane, Chris Sulley, Charles Ammon, 1st Baron Ammon, Bob Johnson, Carlton Fairweather, Peter Perrett, Dave Mehmet, Alfred Domett, Barry Driscoll, Nosher Powell, Frank C. Papé, Mark Debolla, Sidney Bates, Mickey Bennett, Kenneth Oxford, John Oxenford, B. L. Driscoll, Albert Evans, George Perren, Peter Scantlebury, Albert Smith, Madeline Brock. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 214. 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: Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 2 July 1914) was an influential British businessman, politician, and statesman. In his early years Chamberlain was a radically minded Liberal Party member, a campaigner for educational reform, and President of the Board of Trade. He later became a Liberal Unionist in alliance with the Conservative Party and was appointed Colonial Secretary. At the end of his career he led the tariff reform campaign. Despite never becoming Prime Minister, he is regarded as one of the most important British politicians of the late 19th century and early 20th century, as well as a colourful character and renowned orator. Chamberlain was the father of Sir Austen Chamberlain and Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Chamberlain was born in Camberwell in London to a successful shoemaker and manufacturer also named Joseph (17961874). He was educated at University College School (then still in Euston) between 1850 and 1852, in which he excelled academically, achieving prizes in French and mathematics. The elder Chamberlain was not able to send all his children into...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=88256 ... Read more

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Chapters: Boris Karloff, Steve Morison, Vernon Handley, Philip Tew, Walter Pater, Michael Duberry, Robin Millar, Jim Crace, Norman Lewis, Andrew Turnbull, Baron Turnbull, Hugh Jenkins, Edward Brooker, Alec Merrison, Ryan Mason, Derek Austin, Bob Cobbing, Trevor Peacock, Frederic Wood Jones, Leslie Wilfrid Brown, Christo Kasabi, John Hope, Martin Cole, Mark Tami, Jack Howe, Michael J. Smith, David Hutton, Derek Taunt, Alan Hopes, Ronald Edward Perrin, Mizanur Rahman, Terry Lightfoot, Colin Metson, Christopher Hughes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 140. 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:Appearances (Goals). National team caps and goals correct as of 14:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)Steven William "Steve" Morison (born 29 August 1983) is an English footballer who plays for Millwall as a striker. Born in Enfield, London, Morison attended Enfield Grammar School. After leaving school aged 16, Morison joined Northampton Town as part of the club's youth system. He impressed manager Kevan Broadhurst and subsequently made his debut at the end of the 200102 season in a 22 draw against Cambridge United. The following season, Morison featured regularly as a substitute, playing a total of 15 games, scoring his first goal for the Northamptonshire side in a 22 draw against Plymouth Argyle. However, the 200304 season witnessed Morison feature in only 5 games, getting on the scoresheet once. In June 2004, he was offered a new six-month contract at the club, and told by Calderwood that he had to prove his worth at the club. Morison played the opening five games of the club's 200405 campaign, but failed to score. He featured two more times for the club, scoring Northampton's equaliser away at Darlington in September 2004. The following month, Morison joined Conference South side Bishop's Stortford for an un...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7179947 ... Read more

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Der Erwerb des Buches enthält gleichzeitig die kostenlose Mitgliedschaft im Buchklub des Verlags zum Ausprobieren - dort können Sie von über einer Million Bücher ohne weitere Kosten auswählen. Das Buch besteht aus Wikipedia-Artikeln: Mary Shelley, Boris Karloff, Gothic, The Munsters, Abbott und Costello treffen Frankenstein, Frankensteins Sohn, Frankenstein trifft den Wolfsmenschen, Frankensteins Haus, Frankensteins Braut, Draculas Bluthochzeit mit Frankenstein, Draculas Haus, Frankenstein kehrt wieder, Lady Frankenstein, Frankensteins Ungeheuer, Frankensteins Tante, Mary Shelleys Frankenstein, Frankenstein Junior, Frankensteins Fluch, Frankenstein muß sterben!, Frankenstein schuf ein Weib, Frankensteins Höllenmonster, Frankensteins Schrecken, Frankensteins Rache, Andy Warhols Frankenstein, Familie Munster, Die Rückkehr der Familie Frankenstein, Frankenstein - Das Gesicht, Frankenstein-Dracula-Variante,. Online finden Sie die kostenlose Aktualisierung der Bücher. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Boris Karloff, eigentlich William Henry Pratt (* 23. November 1887 in London, im heutigen Bezirk Southwark; † 2. Februar 1969 in Midhurst, West Sussex, England), war ein britischer Theater- und Filmschauspieler. Karloff wurde vor allem als Darsteller in Horrorfilmen bekannt, nachdem er 1931 die Rolle des Monsters in Frankenstein gespielt hatte. Während seines mehr als fünfzig Jahre währenden Berufslebens war er jedoch in unterschiedlichen Rollen im Film, im Fernsehen und auf der Bühne zu sehen sowie im Radio und auf Schallplatte zu hören. Er erhielt Spitznamen wie Karloff the Uncanny (Karloff der Unheimliche) oder The Master of Horror. William Henry Pratt war das jüngste von neun Kindern. Früh verwaist wuchs er bei seinen erheblich älteren Geschwistern auf. Die weitverzweigte, alte angelsächsische Familie Pratt war seit dem Mittelalter in England ansässig und stand traditionell in Diensten der britischen Krone. Sein Vater war als britischer Z...http://booksllc.net/?l=de&id=54618 ... Read more

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Chapters: Stephen Fry, Donald Campbell, Boris Karloff, Malcolm Campbell, John Schlesinger, Brian Horrocks, Cecil Sharp, Uppingham School, Johnny Vaughan, Jonathan Agnew, David Ross, Stephen Dorrell, Rick Stein, George Stanhope, Hardwicke Rawnsley, Ernest John Moeran, James Wilks, Jonathan Routh, Charles Howard Hinton, Charles Plumpton Wilson, Ralph Tollemache, Ernest Newton, Charles Dunstone, Edward Timpson, John Suchet, Louis Vaughan, Elliot Cowan, Ed Stafford, Christopher R. W. Nevinson, Vivian Henderson, Robert Adley, Robert Noton Barclay, Patrick Abercrombie, Andrew Caldecott, Mark Haddon, Robin Blaze, Tom Ryder, George Ivatt, Arthur Rotherham, Gregor Macgregor, Johnny Hammond, Percy Chapman, A. W. F. Edwards, Jenny Willott, Eric Dorman-Smith, Toby Spence, John Aldridge, Christopher Beckett Denison, Tom Taylor, William Yates, James Everard, Nigel Crisp, Baron Crisp, Harry Judd, Anthony Russell, John Sydney Lethbridge, William Sansom, Thomas George Bonney, Charles Joseph Newbold, Sydney Pyman Bell, Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne, Thomas Harold Broadbent Maufe, Sam Riley, William Newbolt, Peter Powell, James Whitaker, Charles Longbottom, Adrian Bell, George Martin Stephen, Robert Lightfoot, George Allan Maling, Cecil Henry Boutflower, Claude Maxwell Macdonald, George Davies, Roland Leighton, George Peck, Frederick de Winton, Ralph Shove, Noel Charles Christopherson, Henry Leach, Derek Watson, Ivor Erskine St Clair Ramsay, Ernle Bradford, John H. Edwards, Charles Edward Cornish, John Worthington Poole Hughes, Gerald Shove, Arthur Moore Lascelles, Arthur Whitcliffe Davies, William Allen Stewart, Richard Lewis Nettleship, Annesley Kingsford, Johnny Hon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 381. 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: Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an Engli...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=63401 ... Read more

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ALL HAIL BORIS!
THIS SET JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW VERSATILE BORIS KARLOFF WAS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT FIELD. SOMETIMES FREAKY,ALWAYS QUIRKY AND FUNNY, WHILE BRIMMING WITH DARK HUMOR AND MORBID SENTIMENT,THIS SET HAS IT ALL;BUT THE MAIN STAR OF THIS COLLECTION IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THAT VOICE! ... Read more