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Son of Frankenstein, Universal’s third episode in their Frankenstein series, was the last to feature Boris Karloff and the first to feature Bela Lugosi. […]
Frankenstein was not the automatic next choice for Universal despite the unprecedented commercial success of Dracula (1931), and their fortunes remained precarious. In addition to […]
The English gentleman of the classic horror film, Boris Karloff, was born William Henry Pratt on the 23rd of November, 1887, at number 36 […]
American actress Mae Clarke was born Violet Mary Klotz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 16th of August, 1910. Studying dancing as a child, she […]
British actor Frederick Kerr was born Frederick Grinham Keen on the 11th of October, 1858 in London. He appeared on stage in both London […]
Lionel Belmore was born on 12th May 1867, at Wimbledon in Surrey, England. With a career spanning more than a quarter of a century, […]
French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor Robert Florey was born in Paris on the 14th of September, 1900. Florey moved to America in […]
