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Like a lovingly guided midnight tour, this book covers the seductive shadows of the most fascinating horror films and melodramas from the 1930s and 1940s. From the bloody censorship battles behind 1935's Bride of Frankenstein, to the sexual controversies of 1941's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and the gruesome Nazi atrocities of 1943's Women in Bondage, this book delves into newly excavated research to tell the behind-the-scenes sagas of some of Hollywood's most frightening films.Peek behind the scenes, revel in on-the-set anecdotes and get a look at the script notes illuminating characters like WereWolf of London, Richard III, Panther Woman and Rasputin. Included are profiles of the performers and filmmakers who made the nightmares feel all too real in the darkened theaters of yesteryear, and an examination of the factors that have kept these films popular so many decades later.
Gregory William Mank has written and recorded many DVD and Blu-Ray audio commentaries, has won four Rondo Awards, and has written numerous books on classic horror films. He lives in Delta, Pennsylvania.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Bela, Bestiality and the Amours of Erik the Ape: Murders in the Rue Morgue2. “Why Won’t You Die?”: Rasputin and the Empress3. The Vanity of the Panther Woman: Island of Lost Souls4. “A Sin Against the Holy Ghost!”: Early Drafts, Studio Politics and Censorship Sagas of Bride of Frankenstein5. “It’s the Devil … Creeping Out of Hell”: WereWolf of London6. Procuring Mad Love7. Unholy Royalty: Universal’s Tower of London8. “A Madman’s Dream”: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)9. Monogram’s Nazi Horror Peep Show: Women in Bondage10. The Odyssey of Mildred Davenport—to Acquanetta—to Paula the Ape Woman11. How to Make a Monster Rally: The Production of House of Frankenstein12. His 20-Year-Long Last Bow: The Final Act of Basil Rathbone13. Horror Box OfficeChapter NotesBibliographyIndex
“With his hyper-dramatic style and flawless research, Mank has become one of the finest classic film writers/historians working today, and he has been raising the bar of film scholarship for decades”—Midnight Marquee
