Scarface: Ruling the Underworld
Paul Muni. Photo: United Artists The film begins with a stern warning, an indictment of gang rule in America and the government that does too little to stop it. The…
The Mummy: Beneath the Bandages
Boris Karloff. Photo: Universal After World War I, British archeologist Howard Carter resumed his search for tombs in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. He had been doing it for many…
Bride of Frankenstein: They Belong Dead
Elsa Lanchester and Colin Clive. Photo: Universal Perhaps the filmmakers felt that their original adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" came up short. The 1931 film left out much of the…
Frankenstein: Dethroning God
Boris Karloff. Photo: Universal Mary Shelley was only 19 years old when she finished writing the story of Frankenstein. I don't know what kind of childhood she had that led…