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Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff , 1887-1969, Anglo-American actor, b. Dulwich, England; his original name was William Henry Pratt. A distinguished character actor with a superb speaking voice, Karloff was famous for his monster roles in Hollywood horror films, notably Frankenstein (1931). His other movies include ... Read more

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Karloff, Boris
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Boris Karloff British actor Boris Karloff (1887 – 1969) created a cinematic icon when he played...Kamloops, British Columbia, to audition. He devised the stage name Boris Karloff, claiming that Karloff was a name from his mother's family background... Read more
Boris Karloff
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Dulwich, England; his original name was William Henry Pratt. A distinguished character actor with a superb speaking voice, Karloff was famous for his monster roles in Hollywood horror films, notably Frankenstein (1931). His other movies include The Ghoul... Read more
Frankenstein
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body Frankenstein The clanking, bolted Boris Karloff, whose latest incarnation is the parodic Herman Munster, has become the popular image of the Frankenstein monster — in defiance... Read more
Actors Who Faced (or Became) Movie Monsters
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...creatures of movie monsterdom and the actors who portrayed them — such as the Frankenstein monster, as enacted by Boris Karloff (1887 – 1969); the Wolf Man, as played by Lon Chaney, Jr. (1906 – 1973); and the vampire Count Dracula... Read more
Lugosi, Bela
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Lugosi, Bela (1884–1956) US film actor, b. Hungary. In 1927 he achieved fame on Broadway in the play Dracula . Lugosi reprised his role in the classic horror film Dracula (1931). He appeared with Boris Karloff in films such as The Black Cat (1934) and The Raven (1935). Read more
Arsenic and Old Lace
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre ...learns of the sisters' activities; and matters get more farcical when another Brewster nephew, the criminal Jonathan ( Boris Karloff) on the lam, and a strange Dr. Einstein ( Edgar Stehli) arrive with the body of their latest victim. As next of kin... Read more
Richardson, Ralph
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...at the wrong part of the performance. Made Film Debut with Karloff Within a year, however, Richardson had graduated from walk-o...debut in film as well. It came in 1933's The Ghoul alongside Boris Karloff. "I played a parson," Richardson recalled with his characteristic... Read more
Rachmaninov, Sergei Vasilievich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...Rachmaninov's music was included in film scores. Among these was the eerie music of "Isle of the Dead" in a 1945 film with Boris Karloff. Various parts of his other works turn up in many films. Rachmaninov's music is considered Romantic while bearing traces... Read more
The Top Ten Movie Monsters
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained ...metal talons on his fingers, from A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). The Frankenstein monster, the original version with Boris Karloff, Frankenstein (1931). Godzilla, the prehistoric giant reptile that spews radioactive rays and stomps cities to rubble... Read more
Wise, Robert
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...prostitute who saves a carriage-load of aristocrats during the Franco-Prussian War, and The Body Snatcher , starring Boris Karloff, inaugurated Wise's involvement with the horror genre. Wise was behind the camera regularly in the late 1940s, but... Read more

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Karloff, Boris
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers KARLOFF, Boris Nationality: British. Born: William Henry...host and star in TV series Starring Boris Karloff ; 1954 – 55 panelist on TV series...Mullins); The Devil's Chaplain (Worne) (as Boris); The Phantom of the North (Webb) (as Jules... Read more
Frankenstein
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Clive ( Dr. Henry Frankenstein ); Boris Karloff ( The Monster ); Mae Clarke...Underwood, Peter, Karloff: The Life of Boris Karloff , New York, 1972. Gifford, Denis...A Tribute to Mary Shelley and Boris Karloff , Metuchen, New Jersey, 1973... Read more
The Bride of Frankenstein
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Fulton; make-up: Jack Pierce. Cast: Boris Karloff ( The Monster ); Colin Clive...and Kenneth Beale, The Films of Boris Karloff , Secaucus, New Jersey, 1974...cacklings provide a blithe foil for Karloff's Monster. Here the Monster is... Read more
Pierce, Jack P.
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...which placed the Chaney mantle on Boris Karloff's square shoulders, the rightful...But it was his transformation of Boris Karloff into Frankenstein's monster in...Pierce's design was that it left Karloff's gaunt features free enough to... Read more
Scarface: The Shame of a Nation
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Paul Muni ( Tony Camonte ); Ann Dvorak ( Cesca Camonte ); Karen Morley ( Poppy ); Osgood Perkins ( Johnny Lovo ); Boris Karloff ( Gaffney ); George Raft ( Guido Rinaldo ); Vince Barnett ( Angelo ); C. Henry Gordon ( Inspector Guarino ); Ines Palance... Read more
Osbourne, Ozzy
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...other club bands before meeting up with school chum, guitarist Tony Iommi. They formed Black Sabbath, the name of a Boris Karloff movie. Their intent was to follow the blues/rock path of Led Zeppelin and other English bands on the rise. However... Read more
Abbott, Bud, and Lou Costello
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Abbott and Costello Meet the Ghosts ) (Barton); Mexican Hayride (Barton) 1949 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (Barton); Africa Screams (Barton) 1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (Lamont); The Real McCoy (Abbott only... Read more

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"Robert Rauschenberg: Cardboards and Related Pieces"; Menil Collection, Houston.
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; BORIS KARLOFF IN THE MUMMY. Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra. Whether inspired by such luminous Hollywood hieroglyphs or (according to Menil director... Read more
Val Lewton at RKO: the social dimensions of horror.(RKO Pictures Inc.)
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...informed Lewton that RKO had lured Boris Karloff away from Universal Studios and...immediately. Lewton, who associated Karloff with the kind of Grand Guignol...Death is good! As it turned out, Karloff was as disgusted as Lewton by the... Read more
Where lurks '30s radio? KKNX knows.(Columns)(Tune in AM-840 radio and enter a twilight zone where The Shadow and his pals never faded out)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 9/30/2005; 456 words ; ...reminisce about the days of old, Bob Seger sang, but he was pining for old time rock 'n' roll - not Hopalong Cassidy, Boris Karloff, Arthur Godfrey and Charlie Chan. When Team Best of ... craves old radio dramas, comedies and mysteries - or new shows... Read more
Children of Hollywood; accounts of growing up as the sons and daughters of stars.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2006; 102 words ; ...these interviews, the children and grandchildren of such stars as W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, Douglas Fairbanks and Boris Karloff tell their versions of the lives of the rich and famous. The interview summaries do not reveal as many scandals as... Read more
Under Fire: An American Story.
Magazine article from: National Review; 1/20/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...fellow, you might recall, who tries to stop Christmas from coming by stealing all the presents from Whoville while Boris Karloff sings You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch in an appropriately sinister tone. Being not quite four years old, Emily has a... Read more
Three graves: not fare well, but fare forward, voyagers. (reflections on influence of authors Jack London, Emily Dickinson and T.S. Eliot)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 12/4/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...grave to look. They wrap cheesecloth around themselves and limp toward their little sisters in amateurish imitation of Boris Karloff, or secrete away, for evening delectation, the latest edition of Horror Comics. They are ghouls. Not seriously deranged... Read more
Ruiz Cortines, el presidente honesto.(TT: Ruiz Cortines, the honest president)
Magazine article from: Contenido; 10/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...baja de vigor sexual típica de los sexagenarios. Otros encontraban a Ruiz Conines cieno parecido con el actor Boris Karloff, por lo que lo llamaban Frankenstein . Los chistes no pudieron habérsele hecho a un hombre menos inclinado a las... Read more
The Daydreamer.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch; 5/1/2008; 134 words ; ...this delightful DVD sure to entertain kids and adults alike, starring the voices of such well-known personalities as Boris Karloff, Patty Duke, Robert Goulet and more. 99 minutes, closed-captioned, full frame presentation. Read more
The Mummy.(Review)
Magazine article from: Sensible Sound; 12/1/1999; ; 295 words ; ...irresistible. First, there was the series started in 1932 with Boris Karloff and its sequels. Then in 1959 came the Hammer Films...feeling of those earlier efforts, especially the old Karloff outing. Unfortunately, most of the new music is imminently... Read more
De la Cruz, José Miguel: Noche Martirio y Goce.(Reseña de libro)
Magazine article from: Mensaje; 8/1/2003; ; 344 words ; ...no te importe la voz de otros ... sella con lacre sus manos inútiles . Hasta allí parece un poema de Boris Karloff entrenando al socio en la fabricación de monstruos. En la página 29 el poema con un apasionado y romá... Read more