Hollywood legends of horror : 6 masterworks of terror.
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LC Subjects
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Horror films.
Video recordings.

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Published
Burbank, CA : Turner Entertainment Co. :, [2006].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (412 min.) : sound, chiefly black and white with 1 color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
1419835157, 9781419835155, 1419834886, 9781419834882, 1419834894, 9781419834899, 1419834908, 9781419834905
UPC
012569792876

Notes

General Note
Title from slipcase.
General Note
Doctor X originally released as a motion picture in 1932; The return of Doctor X originally released as a motion picture in 1939; Mark of the vampire originally released as a motion picture in 1935; The mask of Fu Manchu originally released as a motion picture in 1932; Mad love originally released as a motion picture in 1935; The devil-doll originally released as a motion picture in 1936.
General Note
Special features include commentaries and trailers.
General Note
"79278A, 79278B, 79279A, 79279B, 79280A,79280B"--Containers; "79287"--Slipcase.
Creation/Production Credits
Minor credits for Doctor X: Based on a play by Howard W. Comstock and Allen C. Miller, cinematography by Ray Rennahan, film editing by George Amy, music by Leo F. Forbstein; minor credits for The return of Doctor X: From a story by William J. Makin, cinematography by Sid Hickox, film editing by Thomas Pratt; minor credits for Mark of the vampire: Cinematography by James Wong Howe, film editing by Ben Lewis; minor credits for The mask of Fu Manchu: From the story by Sax Rohmer, cinematography by Tony Gaudio, film editing by Ben Lewis; minor credits for Mad love: From the novel written by Maurice Renard, cinematography by Chester Lyons and Gregg Toland, film editing by Hugh Wynn, music by Dimitri Tiomkin; minor credits for The devil-doll: Based on the novel by Abraham Merritt, cinematography by Leonard Smith, film editing by Fredrick Y. Smith, music by Franz Waxman.
Participants/Performers
Major players for Doctor X: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, John Wray; major players for The return of Doctor X: Wayne Morris, Rosemary Lane, Humphrey Bogart; major players for Mark of the vampire: Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Jean Hersholt; major players for The mask of Fu Manchu: Boris Karloff, Lewis Stone, Karen Morley, Charles Starrett, Myrna Loy, Jean Hersholt; major players for Mad love: Peter Lorre, Frances Drake, Colin Clive, Ted Healy; major players for The devil-doll: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton.
Description
Plot for Doctor X: A monster lurks as a New York newspaperman investigates one of the "Moon Killer" murders in which victims are strangled, cannibalized, and surgically incised under the light of the full moon; plot for The return of Doctor X: A New York journalist finds himself out of a job when the actress that he reports as dead shows up alive and threatening to sue his newspaper; plot for Mark of the vampire: Local villagers believe a vampire is killing residents; plot for The mask of Fu Manchu: An infamous Asian mastermind and his diabolical daughter raid the tomb of Genghis Khan; plot for Mad love: An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her pianist husband's wounded hands with those of a murderer; plot for The devil-doll: A Paris banker framed for robbery and murder escapes from prison with a scientist.
System Details
DVD; standard presentation; dual-layer format; Dolby Digital; two features per disc.
Language
English with optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Curtiz, M., Tasker, R., Baldwin, E., Comstock, H. W., Miller, A. C., Atwill, L., Wray, F., Sherman, V., Katz, L., Makin, W. J. 1., Morris, W., Lane, R., Bogart, H., Browning, T., Endore, S. G., Schubert, B., Barrymore, L., Allan, E., Lugosi, B., Brabin, C. J., Kuhn, I., Woolf, E. A., Willard, J., Rohmer, S., Karloff, B., Stone, L., Morley, K., Freund, K., Wolfson, P. J. 1., Balderston, J. L. 1., Renard, M., Lorre, P., Fort, G., Von Stroheim, E., Merritt, A., & O'Sullivan, M. (2006). Hollywood legends of horror: 6 masterworks of terror . Turner Entertainment Co. :.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Michael Curtiz et al.. 2006. Hollywood Legends of Horror: 6 Masterworks of Terror. Burbank, CA: Turner Entertainment Co..

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Michael Curtiz et al.. Hollywood Legends of Horror: 6 Masterworks of Terror Burbank, CA: Turner Entertainment Co., 2006.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Curtiz, M., Tasker, R., Baldwin, E., Comstock, H. W., Miller, A. C., Atwill, L. and Wray, F. et al (2006). Hollywood legends of horror: 6 masterworks of terror. Burbank, CA: Turner Entertainment Co..

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Curtiz, Michael, et al. Hollywood Legends of Horror: 6 Masterworks of Terror Turner Entertainment Co. :, 2006.

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