TOD BROWNING’S ‘DRACULA’ (1931): CHALLENGING THE REVISIONISTS
Guest review by Alfred Eaker Tod Browning’s Dracula is often compared to Murnau’s unauthorized Nosferatu. It is an unfair comparison:the two are very different films, which merely happen to share the...
View ArticleDIRECTOR RETROSPECTIVE: JAMES WHALE, PART ONE
Journey’s End (1930) marked several firsts. It was the first film directed by James Whale, and it was the screen debut for actors Colin Clive and David Manners (actually Manners did have one previous...
View ArticleTHE GOLEM (1920) AND FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
Paul Wegener’s The Golem (1920) is not as broadly known today as its German Expressionist peers, Nosferatu (1922) and Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), despite having been a considerable influence on...
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