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Directed by Jack Arnold

Directed by Jack Arnold( )
Author: Reemes, Dana M.
Foreword by: Ackerman, Forrest J.
ISBN:978-0-89950-331-8
Publication Date:Jul 1988
Publisher:McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $39.95
Book Description:

Arnold made some of the most enduring science fiction films of the 1950s--It Came from Outer Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and The Incredible Shrinking Man. But only recently has he been recognized as a distinguished genre director, 3-D pioneer, and artist of international repute.This is the first complete critical appreciation of his career and works. Extensive interview material, many rare and previously unpublished photographs, storyboards, and the first complete Arnold...
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Pages:255
Detailed Subjects: Performing Arts / Individual Director
Author Biography
Reemes, Dana M. (Author)
Forrest J. Ackerman was born in Los Angeles, California on November 24, 1916. During World War II, he served in the army. Afterwards, he started a literary agency that eventually represented over 200 writers including Ray Bradbury, H. P. Lovecraft, and L. Ron Hubbard. He is credited with creating the term sci-fi in 1954. He wrote and edited Famous Monsters of Filmland from 1958 to 1983. During his lifetime, he wrote over 50 short stories and created the comic character Vampirella. He was inducted into the Horror Hall of Fame in 1990 and received a lifetime achievement award at the 2002 World Fantasy Convention. He died due to heart failure on December 4, 2008 at the age of 92.

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