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The Body Snatcher: Cold-Blooded Murder, Robert Louis Stevenson and the Making of a Horror Film Classic (hardback)

The Body Snatcher: Cold-Blooded Murder, Robert Louis Stevenson and the Making of a Horror Film Classic (hardback)

Allen Nollen, Scott
Yuningsih Nollen, Yuyun
William Mank, Gregory

Hardcover

Film StudiesFilmmaking

ISBN10: 1629336955
ISBN13: 9781629336954
Publisher: Bearmanor Media
Published: Mar 24 2021
Pages: 252
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In 1994, historian Scott Allen Nollen published the critically acclaimed Robert Louis Stevenson: Life, Literature and the Silver Screen, the only volume dedicated to screen adaptations of the prolific Scottish author's work. The Body Snatcher provides the same expansive treatment for this classic 1945 historical horror film. Opening with a foreword by Gregory William Mank, Nollen includes a detailed history of the serial murders committed by the infamous Burke and Hare in 1828 Edinburgh, a biography of Stevenson, his writing of the 1881 short story The Body-Snatcher, an account of the making, exhibition and reception of the Val Lewton film. a historical and critical analysis of the film, and a look at subsequent motion picture and television films based on the Burke and Hare murders and other Stevenson adaptations featuring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Illustrated with 150 rare photographs, posters, publicity materials and images from the film.

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