A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde

Interviews with 62 Filmmakers
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4766-7828-3
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 412 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 775 g

In this jam-packed jamboree of conversations, more than 60 movie veterans describe their experiences on the sets of some of the world’s most beloved sci-fi and horror movies and television series. Including groundbreaking oldies (Flash Gordon, One Million B.C.); 1950s and 1960s milestones (The War of the Worlds, Psycho, House of Usher); classic schlock (Queen of Outer Space, Attack of the Crab Monsters); and cult TV favorites (Lost in Space, Land of the Giants), the discussions offer a frank and fascinating behind-the-scenes look.

Among the interviewees: Roger Corman, Pamela Duncan, Richard and Alex Gordon, Tony “Dr. Lao” Randall, Troy Donahue, Sid Melton, Fess Parker, Nan Peterson, Alan Young, John “Bud” Cardos, and dozens more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weaver, Tom

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1. Jimmy Lydon on Robert Armstrong
- 2. Joanne Fulton on John P. Fulton
- 3. Memories of Serials House Peters, Jr., on Flash Gordon (1936)
- Frankie Thomas on Tim Tyler’s Luck (1937)
- 4. Jean Porter on One Million B.C. (1940)
- 5. Memories of Boris Karloff Jo Ann Sayers on The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
- Herbert Rudley on On Borrowed Time (1946)
- Tommy Ivo on On Borrowed Time (1946)
- Henry Corden on The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and The Black Castle (1952)
- Fintan Meyler on Thriller ’s “Well of Doom” (1961)
- 6. Michael A. Hoey on Dennis Hoey
- 7. Memories of Bela Lugosi Earl Bellamy on The Return of the Vampire (1943)
- Alex Gordon on Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
- Herman Cohen on Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
- 8. Memories of Lon Chaney, Jr. Karolyn Grimes on Albuquerque (1948)
- Mickey Knox on Of Mice and Men (1948)
- Irving Brecher on The Life of Riley (1949)
- Barbara Knudson on Born Yesterday (1950)
- 9. Richard Kline on Sam Katzman
- 10. Sid Melton on Lost Continent (1951)
- 11. Memories of Five (1951) William Phipps
- Arthur L. Swerdloff
- 12. Marilyn Nash on Unknown World (1951)
- 13. Diana Gemora on The War of the Worlds (1953)
- 14. Fess Parker on Them! (1954)
- 15. Rosemarie Bowe on The Golden Mistress (1954)
- 16. Memories of Bel-Air Productions Paul Wurtzel
- John G. Stephens
- 17. Pamela Duncan on The Undead (1957) and Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
- 18. Marsha Hunt on Back from the Dead (1957)
- 19. Herbert L. Strock on Blood of Dracula (1957)
- 20. Peggy Webber on The Screaming Skull (1958)
- 21. Lisa Davis on Queen of Outer Space (1958)
- 22. Troy Donahue on Monster on the Campus (1958)
- 23. Nan Peterson on The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)
- 24. Richard Erdman on Face of Fire (1959)
- 25. The Calvin Beck–“Norman Bates” Connection
- 26. Roger Corman on House of Usher (1960)
- 27. Alan Young on Jack P. Pierce
- 28. David Whorf on Thriller ’s “Pigeons from Hell” (1961)
- 29. Alex Gordon on The Underwater City (1962)
- 30. Arch Hall, Jr., on Ray Dennis Steckler
- 31. Arnold Drake on 50,000 B.C. (Before Clothing) (1963)
- 32. Tony Randall on 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
- 33. Frederick E. Smith on Devil Doll (1964)
- 34. Memories of Tickle Me (1965) Edward Bernds
- Merry Anders
- 35. Ib Melchior on Lost in Space (1965–1968) and Lost in Space (1998)
- 36. Memories of The Wild Wild West (1965–1969) Whitey Hughes
- Richard Kiel
- Kenneth Chase
- 37. Burt Topper on Space Monster (1965)
- 38. Peter Marshall on Edgar G. Ulmer
- 39. Tom Reese on Murderers’ Row (1966)
- 40. Richard Gordon on Protelco Productions
- 41. Nick Webster on Mission Mars (1968)
- 42. Gary Conway on Land of the Giants (1968–1970)
- 43. Memories of Nightmare in Wax (1969) John “Bud” Cardos
- Martin Varno
- 44. Jan Merlin on The Twilight People (1973)
- 45. Robert Pine on Empire of the Ants (1977)
- 46. Ken Kolb on Sinbad Goes to Mars
- Index