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Ken Strickfaden Dr. Frankenstein's Electrician Goldman Sci-Fi Monster movie Lab

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Item specifics

Condition
Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See the ...
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Subject
Film / General, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Special Attributes
may be signed by Strick's granddaughter
ISBN
9780786420643
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
Publication Name
Kenneth Strickfaden, Dr. Frankenstein's Electrician
Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Item Length
9 in
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Item Height
0.5 in
Author
Harry Goldman
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Width
6 in
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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Product Information

Kenneth Strickfaden, innovative genius of illusionary special effects from silent films to the age of television, set the standard for Hollywood's mad scientists. Strickfaden created the science fiction apparatus in more than 100 motion picture films and television programs, from 1931's Frankenstein to the Wizard of Oz and The Mask of Fu Manchu to television's The Munsters . The skilled technician, known around Hollywood's back lots as "Mr. Electric," once doubled for Boris Karloff in a dangerous scene and was nearly electrocuted. From his birth in 1896 to his death in 1984, Strickfaden's life was filled with adventure. He spent his early years working the amusement parks on both coasts, served overseas as a Marine during World War I, took a 1919 cross-country trip in a dilapidated Model T, and favored risky pursuits like automobile and speedboat racing. He worked as an aeronautical mechanic, constructing airplanes for an historic around-the-world flight. A science teacher at heart, he gave 1,500 traveling science demonstration lectures across the U.S. and Canada. Besides covering Strickfaden's entire personal and professional life, this book discusses how later films show his influence. It reveals the fate of his collection of equipment, and is richly illustrated with numerous rare and previously unpublished photographs. Appendices provide a selection of notes, doodles, and scribbles from Strickfaden's notebooks, informal sketches, correspondence, documents, a chronology of his film and television contributions, a bibliography, a film index, and a complete subject index.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
0786420642
ISBN-13
9780786420643
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43552354

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Kenneth Strickfaden, Dr. Frankenstein's Electrician
Publication Year
2005
Subject
Film / General, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts
Author
Harry Goldman
Format
Perfect

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-022636
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"WOW...long overdue book!"- Little Shoppe of Horrors ; "well researched"- Serial Report ; "intriguing"- Spice ; "Goldman's biography is an homage to Strickfaden's significant contributions to the film industry"- Ithaca College Quarterly ; "thorough...essential"- Monsters from the Vault., "WOW...long overdue book!"-- Little Shoppe of Horrors "well researched"-- Serial Report "intriguing"-- Spice "Goldman's biography is an homage to Strickfaden's significant contributions to the film industry"-- Ithaca College Quarterly "thorough...essential"-- Monsters from the Vault., "WOW...long overdue book!"-- Little Shoppe of Horrors ; "well researched"-- Serial Report ; "intriguing"-- Spice ; "Goldman's biography is an homage to Strickfaden's significant contributions to the film industry"-- Ithaca College Quarterly ; "thorough...essential"-- Monsters from the Vault.
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
778.5/345
Lc Classification Number
Tr858
Table of Content
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Ed Angell Preface 1. Where Have We Met Before? 2. For Unto Us a Wizard Is Born 3. The Road Taken 4. From the Halls of Montezuma... 5. California, Here I Come! 6. Dr. Frankenstein's Electrician 7. The Man Who Doubled for Boris Karloff 8. On the, Road Again-and Again 9. The Tesla Coil Connection 10. "I Could Have Retired a Millionaire..." 11. The Last Frankenstein Picture Show 12. "We Had a Ball!" 13. No Ordinary Man! 14. Notes from Charles, the "Littler" One 15. "Re-Memories" (of Early Santa Monica) 16. Saying Goodbye to Mr. Electric 17. A Sampling of Mad Scientist Films 18. The Strickfaden Legacy 19. A Final Word Appendix A. Photographica Appendix B. Technical Notes and Sketches Appendix C. Miscellaneous Illustrations Appendix D. Film and Television Chronology Selected Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2005

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  • by jswa-6873
    Jan 24, 2022

    The title says it all

    Very well written lots of interesting personal details

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