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Purchase a tote bag featuring the photograph "Film Homage Boris Karloff Targets 1968 Rodeo Drive In Marquee Tucson Arizona 1983-2008 #3" by David Lee Guss. Our tote bags are made from soft, durable, poly-poplin fabric and include a 1" black strap for easy carrying on your shoulder. All seams are double-stitched for added durability. Each tote bag is machine-washable in cold water and is printed on both sides using the same image.
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Targets (1968), which climaxed at a drive in theater, was a fitting end to the stellar career of William Henry Pratt, better known as Boris Karloff... more
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"Targets" (1968), which climaxed at a drive in theater, was a fitting end to the stellar career of William Henry Pratt, better known as Boris Karloff (1887-1969). Karloff had toiled mightily to make a living as an actor; even driving a truck for a time.
Once when walking home from the studio he was picked up by Lon Chaney (1883-1930) who advised the struggling actor to find a unique niche and fill it.
Karloff did just that with James Whale's "Frankenstein." He was 44 and had already appeared in 80 films to little acclaim. In 1931 alone, the year of the horror classic's release, he was in 15 other films.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H3dFh6GA-A
And Karloff even gets to talk in James Whale's campy sequel "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9t6NHlPJHA
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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