MIDNIGHT MARQUEE PRESS
BIOGRAPHIES/AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
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Peter Cushing: An Autobiography and Past Forgetting by Peter Cushing Reprint $25.00 Any Cushing fan must have this in their library. The witty and heartbreaking story of Cushing in his own words. |
A Gallery of Stars The Story of the Hollywood Brown Derby's Wall of Fame by Jack Lane Hardcover, $30.00 Artist Jack Lane provided drawings for the famed Brown Derby for many years. This book features his caricatures of stars such as Bob Hope, Cary Grant, Doris Day and many others along with amusing Hollywood anecdotes of those glory days of classic Hollywood. |
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Michael Ripper: Unmasked The touching life story of the ultimate character actor who helped make Hammer films so special. Reprint coming January 2006. Michael Ripper died several months after coming to the United States to launch his biography at Monster Rally. His onstage meeting with Christopher Lee will never be forgotten by those lucky enough to have been there. |
CHRISTOPHER LEE: TALL, DARK AND GRUESOME (autographed) by Christopher Lee International film actor Christopher Lee details his childhood, war years, friendships with Peter Cushing, Vincent Price, Robert Bloch and Boris Karloff, and, of course, his varied and interesting film career. Mr. Lee first published his autobiography in Britian in 1977. The Midnight Marquee edition is updated, Americanized and includes many new and rare photos personally selected by Mr. Lee A must for all film fans |
PAUL NASCHY: MEMOIRS OF A WOLFMAN by Paul Naschy Reprint 2004 There has never been a filmmaker like Paul Naschy. NaschyÕs involvement in cinema spans 40 years and counting, with work as an actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He has molded his own vision under these assignments and provided an unheard of spectrum of clues to his personality, passions and ethos. If we just speak of the horror genre, Paul Naschy is a distinctive talent. Perhaps one shouldnÕt step on the carefully protected toes of the familiar horror "kings" of the past and present, but Naschy is their equal, and in terms of involvement in the genreÑas a screenwriter, director and producerÑhe outdistances every one of them. This is not a man who simply sits by the phone waiting for an agent to call. This autobiography is NaschyÕs manifesto of will and dedication. It is also a great read, filled with engaging anecdotes, earthy asides, written with ease and intelligence, brimming with soul and a heart sometimes suffering, all the time passionate. |
Tuesday's Child: the Life and Death of Imogen Hassall by Dan Leissner Imogen Hassall's brief life ultimately paralleled the tumultuous 1960s—the freedoms, the joy of life, the reckless excesses and the searing uncertainty of life itself. This is not a traditional showbiz biography. It is not a celebration of a long and illustrious career, or the brief but brilliant life of some bright and fleeting comet that blazed unforgettably across the Hollywood firmament. It is the human tragedy of a warm and caring, loving individual, who was broken inside and was lost. "She would be delighted to know that we're all talking about her." |
HOLLYWOOD'S MADDEST DOCTORS A Biography of Lionel Atwill, Colin Clive and George Zucco by Gregory William Mank Finally a biography on those titans of terror from the Golden Age of Horror Films: Lionel Atwill (Doctor X, Mystery of the Wax Museum), Colin Clive (Frankestein) and George Zucco (The Flying Serpent). Author Gregory Mank delves into the lives and careers of three of the actors who helped shape the modern horror film. A thrilling and involving story as the reader delves into the Hollywood of the 1930s and 1940s and discovers a cast of characters whose tragic lives or distressing careers brought about their downfall. Fans of the golden age of horror films will not want to miss this story of Lionel Atwill, Colin Clive and George Zucco, three of Hollywood's Maddest Doctors. |
The Remarkable Michael Reeves: by John B. Murray 6x9 paperback, 282 pages, $25.00 Mike Reeves, a public schoolboy in the late 1950s, gets permission from his Housemaster to visit the local cinema every Saturday. There he worships Hollywood movies, especially those made by Don Siegel and Roger Corman, who become his idols. He dreams of emulating them. Ten years later, having directed only three films for a total budget less than £200,000, Mike Reeves is dead. A couple of years later, Roger Corman comes to England to make a film. Actor Nicky Henson, who worked with Mike Reeves, is invited to an interview for a part in the film. As he walks into the room, Roger Corman says, "Tell me about Michael Reeves!" Another couple of years pass. Don Siegel comes to England to make a film. Again Nicky Henson is invited to an interview for a part in the film. As he walks into the room, Don Siegel says, "Tell me about Michael Reeves!" Author John B. Murray does indeed tell film fans about The Remarkable Michael Reeves and His Short and Tragic Life in this intriguing biography of the talented but fragile filmmaker, whose death at an early age assured him eternal cult status among horror film fans. |
DWIGHT FRYE'S Reprint, 2003 $25.00 Dwight Frye's Last Laugh details the dramatic rise and fall of the actor who won immortality as the giggling Renfield of Dracula and the sadistic hunchback of Frankenstein. Authorized by Dwight's son Dwight David, the book includes detailed information of Frye's early stage work, his Broadway triumphs and his ghoulish typecasting in Hollywood—which ironically assured him a posthumous cult status among horror film disciples. |
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