Dwight Frye's Last Laugh details the dramatic rise and fall of the actor who won immortality as the giggling Renfield of Dracula and the sadistic hunchback of Frankenstein. Authorized by Dwight's son Dwight David, the book includes detailed information of Frye's early stage work, his Broadway triumphs and his ghoulish typecasting in Hollywood—which ironically assured him a posthumous cult status among horror film disciples.
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A wonderful book.,
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I enjoyed this book a lot. It's very well written, and while reading it, I wished it'd go on forever. Frye was a remarkable actor, and deserved a better fate. So sad his life and career was cut short. (Shouldn't someone film this story ?.) I highly recommend the book, not just to Horror fans.
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THE ABSOLUTE BEST BIOGRAPHY,
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I have been a HUGE fan of Univrsal Horror since I was a small child. I am more a fan of Dwight Frye. He has for a long time been considered the more neglected actor of Universal Horror, after I have read all the books that contain facts about him,seen all the card sets of him,and seen all the the movies, I think he has earned his way into being considered one of the big name actors. This great biography tells all about this great man and his now famous carear.
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For fans of the genre, an invaluable and poignant survey of the life and films of one of horror's neglected masters. Written with the cooperation of Dwight Frye's only son, this biography is the last word on Frye's filmography, and a poignant human interest story of the man who was not only Renfield in Dracula, but an avid Christian Scientist, and who died at the age of fourty-four at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine. One might wish it was less of a Valentine and more of a study of Frye's complex personality, but the authors have done an invaluable service in filling in some missing pieces of this esoteric corner of Hollywood history. Now, if they would only tackle Laird Cregar!
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Charles Fry, Kansas farmer, and his devoutly religious wife, Ella, knew very little about actors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Dwight Frye, New York, Bela Lugosi, Los Angeles, Colin Clive, James Whale, Boris Karloff, Lionel Atwill, Bride of Frankenstein, The Crime of Doctor Crespi, Brock Pemberton, Sitting Pretty, Colonial Players, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Lon Chaney, Rita Coventry, Josephine Hutchinson, The Vampire Bat, Christian Scientist, Warner Bros, Dead Men Walk, The Love Habit, Tod Browning, Woodward Players, Edward Van Sloan New!
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Charles Fry, Kansas farmer, and his devoutly religious wife, Ella, knew very little about actors. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
poverty row horrors, company juvenile, circus queen, tower laboratory, monster maker, fantastic comedy, juicy role, stock season, character player Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Dwight Frye, New York, Bela Lugosi, Los Angeles, Colin Clive, James Whale, Boris Karloff, Lionel Atwill, Bride of Frankenstein, The Crime of Doctor Crespi, Brock Pemberton, Sitting Pretty, Colonial Players, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, Lon Chaney, Rita Coventry, Josephine Hutchinson, The Vampire Bat, Christian Scientist, Warner Bros, Dead Men Walk, The Love Habit, Tod Browning, Woodward Players, Edward Van Sloan New!
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