Gregory William Mank: 3 books
by Gregory William Mank
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
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...
The Very Witching Time of Night
Dark Alleys of Classic Horror Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
The book covers unusual and often surprising areas of horror film history: (1) The harrowingly tragic life of Dracula’s leading lady, Helen Chandler, as intimately remembered by her sister-in-law. (2) John Barrymore’s 1931 horror vehicles Svengali and The Mad Genius, and their rejection by the...
Laird Cregar
A Hollywood Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
In 1944, Laird Cregar played Jack the Ripper in The Lodger, giving one of the most haunting performances in Hollywood history. It was the climax of a strange celebrity that saw the young American actor—who stood 6’ 3” and weighed more than 300 pounds—earn distinction as a portrayer of psychopaths...