Very Witching Time of Night
The book covers unusual and often surprising areas of horror film history: (1) The harrowingly tragic life of Dracula''s leading lady, Helen Chandler, as intimately remembered by her sister-in-law. (2) John Barrymore''s 1931 horror vehicles Svengali and The Mad Genius, and their rejection by the public. (3) The disastrous shooting of 1933''s Murders in the Zoo, perhaps the most racy of all Pre-...
The book covers unusual and often surprising areas of horror film history: (1) The harrowingly tragic life of Dracula''s leading lady, Helen Chandler, as intimately remembered by her sister-in-law. (2) John Barrymore''s 1931 horror vehicles Svengali and The Mad Genius, and their rejection by the public. (3) The disastrous shooting of 1933''s Murders in the Zoo, perhaps the most racy of all Pre-...
