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(0)David J. Skal
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"A groundbreaking biography reveals the haunted origins of the man who created Dracula and traces the psychosexual contours of late Victorian society. Bram Stoker, despite having a name nearly as famous as his legendary undead Count, has remained a puzzling enigma. Now, in this psychological and cultural portrait, David J. Skal exhumes the inner world and strange genius of the writer who conjured an undying cultural icon. Stoker was inexplicably paralyzed...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Late in Claude Rains's distinguished career, a reverent film journalist wrote that Rains was as much a cinematic institution as the medium itself." In Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice, noted Hollywood historian David J. Skal draws on more than thirty hours of newly-released Rains interviews to create the first full-length biography of the actor nominated multiple times for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This portrait of a universally respected...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Cultural critic David J. Skal takes an in-depth look at one of America's most perplexingly popular holidays in this original mix of personal anecdotes and social analysis. Skal examines the tradition's dark Celtic history and traces its evolution in the course of a few generations from a quaint, small-scale celebration to a mammoth marketing event"--
10) Bram Stoker
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Growing up in Ireland, Bram Stoker spent nearly a decade in civil service, before he left his job and nation behind. Stoker's name is inextricably linked with that of his most famous creation: Count Dracula. Published in 1897, it won Stoker worldwide acclaim and has remained one of the cornerstones of horror ever since. This program tells how Stoker came to write his masterpiece, and explores the sometimes surprising details of his life. See how he...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Fullscreen.
Language
English
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The mummy (1932): "In 1921 a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Also found in the tomb is the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to life. One night a young member of the expedition reads the Scroll out loud, and then goes insane, realizing that he has brought Im-Ho-Tep back to life. Ten years later, disguised as a modern Egyptian, the mummy...
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