Lon Chaney, Jr.: Midnight Marquee Actors Series

The Midnight Actors Series delves into pivotal films made throughout Lon Chaney's career (not only the mainstream Universal and horror classics, but his stunning performance in Of Mice and Men, his B Western career, his low-budget horror/exploitation movie career, his prestigious character performances in A productions, his television work, etc.), by having different authors offer distinct reflections and individual insights, and by including several firsthand interviews from people who worked with Chaney, Jr., we hope to offer the most complete and balanced portrait yet seen of Lon Chaney, Jr., working actor.

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Lon Chaney, Jr.: Midnight Marquee Actors Series

The Midnight Actors Series delves into pivotal films made throughout Lon Chaney's career (not only the mainstream Universal and horror classics, but his stunning performance in Of Mice and Men, his B Western career, his low-budget horror/exploitation movie career, his prestigious character performances in A productions, his television work, etc.), by having different authors offer distinct reflections and individual insights, and by including several firsthand interviews from people who worked with Chaney, Jr., we hope to offer the most complete and balanced portrait yet seen of Lon Chaney, Jr., working actor.

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Lon Chaney, Jr.: Midnight Marquee Actors Series

Lon Chaney, Jr.: Midnight Marquee Actors Series

Lon Chaney, Jr.: Midnight Marquee Actors Series

Lon Chaney, Jr.: Midnight Marquee Actors Series

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The Midnight Actors Series delves into pivotal films made throughout Lon Chaney's career (not only the mainstream Universal and horror classics, but his stunning performance in Of Mice and Men, his B Western career, his low-budget horror/exploitation movie career, his prestigious character performances in A productions, his television work, etc.), by having different authors offer distinct reflections and individual insights, and by including several firsthand interviews from people who worked with Chaney, Jr., we hope to offer the most complete and balanced portrait yet seen of Lon Chaney, Jr., working actor.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781887664158
Publisher: Midnight Marquee Press, Inc.
Publication date: 01/09/2009
Series: Midnight Marquee Actors
Edition description: REV
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.80(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

8 Introduction

10 Of Mice and Men

28 Man Made Monster

40 The Wolf Man

52 The Ghost of Frankenstein

68 The Mummy’s Tomb, The Mummy’s Ghost, and

The Mummy’s Curse

96 Calling Dr. Death

106 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

118 Son of Dracula

127 House of Frankenstein and House of Dracula

147 Weird Woman

156 Lon Chaney, Jr.,Tall in the Saddle

178 Strange Confession

186 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

196 Bride of the Gorilla

204 High Noon

220 Big House, U.S.A.

234 I Died a Thousand Times and Indestructible Man

240 The Cyclops

250 The Alligator People

258 Route 66: “Lizard’s Leg and Owlet’s Wing”

268 Witchcraft

286 Dr. Terror’s Gallery of Horrors

293 Spider Baby

302 When Time Ran Out: The Last Role

303 Epilogue

304 Filmography

317 Authors

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