Posts tagged ‘Boris Karloff’

Here Comes the Bride… And the Censors

This week has been an interesting one, to say the least, both challenging and surprising. As many Melburnians contemplating their schedules for the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) will know, Bruce LaBruce’s L.A. Zombie has been crushed by the Aussie censors, which means us consenting adults won’t have the choice to watch what I was [...]

Frank and Kong

A couple of sample entries from my book, Monster Movies: FRANKENSTEIN (dir. James Whale, USA, 1931) When Mary Shelley first penned Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus) in 1818 as part of a literary parlour game with her husband and Lord Byron, she could not have fathomed the ‘monster’ she had created. Her story became the [...]

All Quiet on the Western Front (1929-1930)

Director: Lewis Milestone Producer: Carl Laemmle Jr Based on a Novel by: Erich Maria Remarque Screenplay: George Abbott Starring: Louis Wolheim, Lew Ayres & John Wray Fellow Nominees: The Big House – dir. George W. Hill, prod. Irving Thalberg Disraeli – dir. Alfred E. Green, prod. Jack Warner & Darryl F. Zanuck The Divorcee – [...]

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