Tag: Boris Karloff
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This Way to Egress: Monster Performances
[This is the fifth in a series of posts on the filming of the “This Way to Egress” segment of Nightmare Cinema. The film is available for free on Freevee and Tubi or to rent or own on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu.] Creating the monsters in “This Way to Egress” was a team effort. Starting…
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First Impressions:
Discovering FrankensteinA recent episode of Prime Stage Mystery Theatre features responses to the question “Where did you first encounter Frankenstein?” The responses are varied, with listeners referencing Mel Brooks, Boris Karloff, and (appropriately) Mary Shelley. But a response closest to my own experience is from a Facebook friend who reports that she had been aware of…
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Live Theatre: On Stage and In Your Home
No doubt about it. We’re in the midst of a paradigm shift—a time for reconsidering old assumptions even as we hope for a so-called return to normal. Consider: the past two years have seen an explosion of teleconferences, delivery services, and online commerce. Mask wearing and physical distancing effectively canceled last year’s cold and flu…
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Celebrating a Performance that was …
“All part of the day’s work.”Ninety years ago this month, when James Whale’s Frankenstein was being made, “nobody recognized the importance of the film and the impact it would have on cinema history. It was just part of the day’s work, as far as my father was concerned.” That’s according to Sara Karloff, daughter of the man who created one…
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More than a Monster:
Karloff Reveals the Man behind the IconArrayed with costumes and memorabilia, the set of Karloff: The Man and the Monster presents a snapshot of the actor’s career. There’s a sheep’s wool vest from Son of Frankenstein, sarcophagus from The Mummy, gurney from The Bride of Frankenstein, wheelchair from the set of Targets. Behind it all, a projection screen displays the iconic…
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Talking Frankenstein
“You’re going to see and feel the essence of who this man was.” – Director Art DeConciliis discussing Prime Stage’s upcoming production of Karloff: The Man and the Monster. In an earlier post, I mentioned how actor Boris Karloff—the man who gave us cinema’s iconic performance as the Frankenstein creature—worked for years as a…