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Edward Erskholme Clive was born on the 28th of August, 1879 in Blaenavon in Monmouthshire, Wales. He studied at St Bartholemew’s Hospital in London […]
Dracula’s Daughter, Universal’s first follow-up to their original classic monster success story, was released on the 11th of May, 1936. A sequel to the […]
More Victoria Wood than victorious vampire flick, The Return of the Vampire was also the return of Bela Lugosi. The ageing star had long […]
Universal had been keen to make sequels featuring almost all of their classic monsters. Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy and the Wolf Man had all […]
Paramount’s slick thriller Murder by the Clock was released on the 21st of July, 1931. Although the film is a tense murder mystery and […]
American director and writer Lambert Hillyer was born on the 8th of July, 1889 to character actress Lydia Knott. Hillyer proved to be a […]
The American short story writer, playwright and screenwriter Garrett Elsden Fort was born on June the 5th, 1900. Although he worked on a number […]
