Jack Pierce: The Man Behind The Monsters - Softcover

Essman, Scott

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9781434800145: Jack Pierce: The Man Behind The Monsters
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1434800148 ISBN 13: 9781434800145
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2000

Synopsis

JACK PIERCE - THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTERS chronicles the career exploits of Universal's classic monster creator, Jack Pierce, who was with the studio during their horror heyday of 1928-1947. After freelancing in Hollywood's earliest days as an actor, stuntman and assistant director, Pierce flourished in makeup in the 1910s and 1920s, first making himself into any variety of movie extras called for on fledgling studio lots. Then, from 1930-1947, Pierce created some of cinema history's most distinguishable icons of fright, including Frankenstein's Monster, The Mummy, The Bride of Frankenstein, Ygor, The Wolf Man, and The Phantom of the Opera among his many classic creations. Contained in this unique publication are detailed text and photos from every significant film of Pierce's career, spanning the mid-1910s to the mid-1960s.

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About the Author

Since the mid-1980s, Scott Essman has been writing and producing projects about motion picture craftsmanship and Hollywood history. In the past six years specifically, he has published over 250 articles as a freelancer for outlets including The Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Design, Cinefex, Creative Screenwriting, Directed By: The Cinema Quarterly, plus several Internet sites dealing with filmmaking. He has also produced twenty publicity projects for Universal Studios Home Entertainment where he made video documentaries about moviemakers and wrote publicity materials and interviewed movie craftspeople, including Peter Jackson (KING KONG), Zack Snyder (300), and David Twohy (RIDDICK). He published his first book, FREELANCE WRITING FOR HOLLYWOOD, for Michael Wiese in 2000.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1434800148
ISBN 13 
9781434800145
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
48
Rating
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