Ronald L. Smith

Horror Stars on Radio

The Broadcast Histories of 29 Chilling Hollywood Voices

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book chronicles the radio appearances of horror genre stars, including Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, and more, including "Scream Queens" like Fay Wray. It contains script excerpts from radio shows as well as narrated albums and music singles. Each star's appearances are listed by show and air date, with descriptions of the subject matter"--Provided by publisher.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780786445257
• ISBN-10: 0786445254
• Artikelnr.: 26572714

Autorenporträt

Bronx native Ronald L. Smith has written 19 books and produced and DJ'd a continuous 24 hour radio broadcast. He has edited three national magazines, appeared on a variety of television programs including "A&E Biography," and written a dozen radio scripts for the series "Comedy College." He lives in New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction     
1. Boris Karloff     
2. The Wolfmen: Henry Hull and Lon Chaney, Jr.     
3. Bela Lugosi     
4. Vincent Price     
5. The Horror Hams: Laird Cregar, John Carradine and Basil Rathbone     
6. Professors of Pain: Lionel Atwill, George Zucco and Henry Daniell     
7. Peter Lorre     
8. Two-Shot Wonders: Claude Rains and Charles Laughton     
9. Strange Ladies: Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor and Maria Ouspenskaya     
10. Sinister Women: Gale Sondergaard and Agnes Moorehead     
11. Scream Queens: Helen Chandler, Julie Bishop, Ann Doran, Louise
Allbritton, Hillary Brooke, Evelyn Ankers, Jane Adams, Gloria Stuart, Elena
Verdugo and Fay Wray     
12. Radio's Own Horror Stars     
Bibliography     
Index