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(06/18/09 11:22 AM) Vazec |
That's the good news.
Now, for the REST of the story: It's a Phil Riley book. http://bearmanormedia.bizland.com/id428.html A brand-new book series so exciting, Stan Winston has returned from the Beyond to beat the drum! |
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(06/18/09 11:34 AM) |
Maybe it's a different guy. Maybe it's kindly old Stanley W. Winston who lives in the same apartment complex as Mr. Riley?
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(06/18/09 11:54 AM) |
I'll want to get a better idea of what all is in this thing before plunking down serious cash for this book.
"Some days its not worth the effort of chewing through the restraints".
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(06/19/09 11:00 AM) |
I seem to recall that one of James Skal's books told us DRACULA'S DAUGHTER had originally started life as an adaptation of Dracula's Guest
over at MGM before Selznick sold the project to Universal.
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(06/19/09 11:13 AM) Vazec |
Yes, David O. Selznick had the rights to the original story, and the rights were going to revert to him if Universal didn't start actually making it before
a certain date. So Universal had to hustle a little.
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(06/19/09 1:17 PM) |
I've read rumblings of controversy about Phil Riley before on this board, but does someone have specific examples of things in the Universal script books
that he fabricated? I'm not challenging the accusations against him, I'm just curious--I want to know what I can trust in those books and what I
can't!
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(06/19/09 1:27 PM) Vazec |
Recent discussion of another book with Riley participation:
http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/21531?page=1 |
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(06/19/09 9:28 PM) |
The short story "Dracula's Guest" has nothing in common with DRACULA'S DAUGHTER, neither characters nor story. My guess is that M-G-M bought
the film rights to it from Stoker's widow so that they could make a Dracula movie without having to pay royalties to whoever owned the film rights to
Stoker's novel.*
* Yes, I know Stoker's novel was in the public domain in the U.S., but it was under copyright just about anywhere else, and M-G-M and Universal normally counted on international distribution of their movies. |
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Michael Blake |
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(06/20/09 3:21 AM) |
I mean publisher.
Well, given that Riley has raised his head from under the rocks (again) and "written" this "book," it even casts a darker, deeper, doubtful shadow on the Chaney/Jeske book IMHO. Just remember, buyer beware! What you read will most likely will not be the entire truth...... |
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(06/20/09 7:30 AM) Vazec |
I hope Riley doesn't think Jane Wyatt was supposed to play Dracula's Daughter (as the cover art implies); to the best of my knowledge, she was
considered only for the goofy girl-secretary role eventually played by Marguerite Churchill. When I asked Jane Wyatt about being slated to appear in the movie,
she laughed and said this was the first she'd ever heard about it.
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(06/20/09 6:27 PM) |
TomWeaver999 wrote: That cover looks all wrong to me...her head just looks cut-and-pasted from a source totally different to the rest with little attempt made to blend it in. |
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BijouBob8mm |
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(06/22/09 8:16 AM) |
The short story "Dracula's Guest" has nothing in common with DRACULA'S DAUGHTER, neither characters nor story.And the novels You Only Live Twice and Diamonds Are Forever bear little resemblance to their cinematic counterparts, aside from having a chap named Bond in them. (That's show biz!) Don't know all the details, but I've heard the project that was initially being developed at MGM differed from the direction Universal took once they optioned the material. My guess is that M-G-M bought the film rights to it from Stoker's widow so that they could make a Dracula movieRight you are! Instead, MGM gave us MARK OF THE VAMPIRE.
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06/22/09 8:49 AM.
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