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Born January 21, 1948
After 15 years as a professional musician (Philip J Riley played on 8 Grammy Award albums) - He switched to journalism when he found out that many silent films were lost and that the American Screenwriter was falling through the cracks of American Literary History - He wrote a series of Books all containing the origianl shooting scripts to promote awareness of the great American art, that of Screenwriter: For MGM a series on Lost Films like the 1927 "London After Midnight" and his Universal FilmScript Series which also included acknowledgments for the photograhers, designers, directors, musicians and other cast and crew members who were almost forgotten today. This series includes Classic Universal Titles.
His third series is an Alternate History of Classic Monster films; which contain the rare "lost" scripts for legenday titles such as: James Whale's Dracula's Daughter starring Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff as Cagliostro and The Invisable Man, Lon Chaney as Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr in Wolfman vs Dracula. His publisher, BearManor media is now owner of MagicImage Film books and will be reprinting older volumes as well as continuing with new titles. It should be noted that Gregory Mank provided the production background on many of the titles and also George Turner, ASC magazine's editor.
His fourth series "NightMare Series" consists of reprints of original 50s and 60s horror film movie tie-ins novels by authors Dean Owen, Eunice Sudak, John Burke and others in titles, such as "Brides of Dracula', "The Revenge of Frankenstein" etc., and will continue with American International and Hammer Films titles, where the original pulp paper is deterorating, thus continuing their shelf life into the new century.
After 15 years as a professional musician (Philip J Riley played on 8 Grammy Award albums) - He switched to journalism when he found out that many silent films were lost and that the American Screenwriter was falling through the cracks of American Literary History - He wrote a series of Books all containing the origianl shooting scripts to promote awareness of the great American art, that of Screenwriter: For MGM a series on Lost Films like the 1927 "London After Midnight" and his Universal FilmScript Series which also included acknowledgments for the photograhers, designers, directors, musicians and other cast and crew members who were almost forgotten today. This series includes Classic Universal Titles.
His third series is an Alternate History of Classic Monster films; which contain the rare "lost" scripts for legenday titles such as: James Whale's Dracula's Daughter starring Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff as Cagliostro and The Invisable Man, Lon Chaney as Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr in Wolfman vs Dracula. His publisher, BearManor media is now owner of MagicImage Film books and will be reprinting older volumes as well as continuing with new titles. It should be noted that Gregory Mank provided the production background on many of the titles and also George Turner, ASC magazine's editor.
His fourth series "NightMare Series" consists of reprints of original 50s and 60s horror film movie tie-ins novels by authors Dean Owen, Eunice Sudak, John Burke and others in titles, such as "Brides of Dracula', "The Revenge of Frankenstein" etc., and will continue with American International and Hammer Films titles, where the original pulp paper is deterorating, thus continuing their shelf life into the new century.
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A look into the best of the Universal Monster rallies.,
This review is from: House of Dracula (Universal Filmscript Series - Classic Horror, Vol 16) (Universal Filmscripts Series: Classic Horror Films) (Paperback)
Produced near the end of the Classic Horror era (and near the end of World War II), HOUSE OF DRACULA provides an entertaining storyline populated by the top three Universal Monsters: Count Dracula, the Wolf Man, and the Frankenstein Monster, in their last all-out horror venture before co-starring with Abbott and Costello for their final film appearances.
Within this thoroughly-researched filmbook lies an informative production background, a comprehensive look at the script's evolution (including a shot--but deleted--scene of the doctor healing a youthful patient), a wonderful narrative synopsis by film historian Gregory Mank, an introduction by star John Carradine, an exclusive interview with star Jane Adams, and much much more. A nice addition to anyone's collection of Classic Horror memorabilia, the HOUSE OF DRACULA filmbook, like the movie itself, has something for just about everyone. Scary fun!
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