Horror and Mystery Photoplay Editions and Magazine Fictioniza... by Thomas Mann

Multiple stories that tie in to a variety of screen sleuths are also listed: Arsene Lupin, Bulldog Drummond, Charlie Chan, The Falcon, Lone Wolf, Hildegarde Withers, Nancy Drew, Nick Carter, Perry Mason, Philo Vance, The Saint, The Thin Man, Torchy Blane, and Mr. Other film book editions chronicled include: Several Alfred Hitchcock book editions are also cataloged. Carroll Naish, Marjorie Williams, George Zucco, and many others. and Lon Chaney Jr, and Peter Lorre, and supporting players from obscure mysteries featuring Robert Armstrong, Lionel Atwill, Ricardo Cortez, Frances Drake, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, J. Listed are multiple story versions of films that featured Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Sr. For example, the previously unknown short story version of Lon Chaney’s lost film, A Blind Bargain (1923) is reprinted here for the first time. As cultural artifacts of bygone eras, novels and short stories based on films that are now lost are often the only surviving record. Discover how many Photoplay editions were based on advance copies of scripts and contain scenes that were later deleted. In Thomas Mann’s second volume, hundreds of additional Photoplay editions and short stories of films are analyzed. Comparable short story versions frequently appeared in popular movie magazines, First published around 1912, they were in widest circulation during the 1920s and 1930s, and continue to be written and released today.

They were often illustrated with photos from the movies.

Photoplay editions were novels that were based on new movies and released as a promotional tie-in with the movie’s release.

Horror and Mystery Photoplay Editions and Magazine Fictioniza... by Thomas Mann