James Whale was the most brilliant director of horror films Hollywood has ever seen, director of such classics as Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (and indeed every horror film rated with four stars in Halliwell's Film Guide). But he was by no means a typical Hollywood product, both because he was English and because he was openly gay in the Hollywood of the 30s. Christopher Bram's moving and powerful novel portrays Whale in his last weeks of life in 1957, overwhelmed by images of his past, his working class childhood ...
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James Whale was the most brilliant director of horror films Hollywood has ever seen, director of such classics as Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein (and indeed every horror film rated with four stars in Halliwell's Film Guide). But he was by no means a typical Hollywood product, both because he was English and because he was openly gay in the Hollywood of the 30s. Christopher Bram's moving and powerful novel portrays Whale in his last weeks of life in 1957, overwhelmed by images of his past, his working class childhood in Britain, Hollywood premieres in the 30s, friendships with Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton and Elizabeth Taylor. Consumed by the contrast between his past and his present obscurity, he conspires with his young gardener to provide his life with the dramatic ending it deserves.
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Add this copy of Father of Frankenstein to cart. $6.99, very good condition, Sold by Brit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milton Keynes, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1999 by Phoenix.
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1999, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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Fair. Corners are bent. There are tears on paperback. Cover/Case has some rubbing and edgewear. Access codes, CD's, slipcovers and other accessories may not be included.
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Add this copy of The Father of Frankenstein to cart. $18.97, good condition, Sold by In Other Words Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Plymouth, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1998 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
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1998, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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1998
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English
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Good. 12mo-over 6¾-7¾" tall. pp. 276. Book in good, tight condition, pages clean and unmarked. Spine faded and back cover has crease at bottom LH corner. A novel imaginatively exploring the last days of the British-born Hollywood director James Whale ('Frankenstein' and 'Bride of Frankenstein'), found dead of unnatural causes in his mansion in 1957.
