Record ID | marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part36.utf8:153953793:1916 |
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001 2009047853
003 DLC
005 20120802085833.0
008 091127s2010 ncu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2009047853
020 $a9780786445257 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aPN1991.8.H66$bS55 2010
082 00 $a791.44/616409730904$222
100 1 $aSmith, Ronald L.,$d1952-
245 10 $aHorror stars on radio :$bthe broadcast histories of 29 chilling Hollywood voices /$cRonald L. Smith.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c2010.
300 $a254 p. :$bill.,$c24 cm.
520 $a"This book chronicles the radio appearances of horror genre stars, including Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre, Vincent Price, and more, including "Scream Queens" like Fay Wray. It contains script excerpts from radio shows as well as narrated albums and music singles. Each star's appearances are listed by show and air date, with descriptions of the subject matter"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.249-251) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Boris Karloff -- The Wolfmen : Henry Hull and Lon Chaney Jr. -- Bela Lugosi -- Vincent Price -- Horror hams : Laird Cregar, John Carradine and Basil Rathbone -- Professors of pain : Lionel Atwill, Henry Daniell and George Zucco -- Peter Lorre -- Two-shot wonders : Claude Rains and Charles Laughton -- Strange ladies : Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor and Maria Ouspenskaya -- Sinister women : Gale Sondergaard and Agnes Moorehead -- Scream queens : Helen Chandler, Julie Bishop, Ann Doran, Louise Allbritton, Hillary Brooke, Evelyn Ankers, Jane Adams -- Gloria Stuart, Elena Verdugo and Fay Wray -- Radio's own horror stars.
650 0 $aHorror radio programs$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aRadio actors and actresses$zUnited States$vBiography.