Boris Karloff: A Critical Account of His Screen, Stage, Radio, Television and Recording Work - Softcover

Nollen, Scott Allen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786440732 ISBN 13: 9780786440733

Publisher: McFarland, 2008

Synopsis

The result of nearly 15 years of research, this comprehensive analysis of Boris Karloff's life and career, incorporates criticism, in-depth production information, discussion of major cinematic themes and characters, and a look at the historical periods and events depicted in the films. Extensive biographical and career information is dovetailed with a discussion of the classic Hollywood era in order to examine Karloff's overall contribution to American cinema.

Each of Karloff's horror films is examined at length, as well as his contributions to other media. Over 100 posters, portraits, film scenes and candid photos illustrate the text, and numerous contemporaries (Evelyn Karloff, Laurence Olivier, Henry Brandon, Ian Wolfe, Zita Johann, others) are quoted throughout.

About this title

From the Author:

The original title of this book was "Boris Karloff and the Classic Terror Film," but was changed by the publisher against my wishes.  That is why the book focuses so heavily on the genre, while devoting less textual space to his work in other genres.  (And when I wrote it, I was not a "horror buff," but a professional historian, federal archivist and filmmaker.)  His entire life and career is included in my second book on Karloff, the authorized biography "Boris Karloff: A Gentleman's Life" (Midnight Marquee Press, 1999).  These two books are companion pieces.  My wife, Yuyun Yuningsih Nollen, is now assisting me with my third and final volume on Karloff, "The Eastern Films of Boris Karloff" (forthcoming from McFarland and Company).-Scott Allen Nollen

About the Author:

Historian Scott Allen Nollen was educated in film and history at the University of Iowa.  Since 1986, he has written and edited more than 40 books on the history of film, literature and music, including volumes on Boris Karloff (now finishing his third), Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John Ford, John Wayne and Ward Bond, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart, Louis Armstrong, Paul Robeson, Frank Sinatra, Takashi Shimura and (with his wife, Yuyun Yuningsih Nollen) Chester Morris.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0786440732
• ISBN 13: 9780786440733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 487