Bogdanovich, a former film critic and historian, got the job when legendary B-movie producer Roger Corman needed a cheaply-made flick starring horror-movie great Boris Karloff, who owed Corman two ...

Bodganovich, a cinephile and writer for the magazine Esquire, had come to the attention of Roger Corman, the genius of low-budget horror and sleaze. After assisting him on a feature, Corman asked the ...

Boris Karloff gave arguably the most famous performance in film history as Mary Shelley’s monster in the 1931 James Whale film “Frankenstein,” an early talking picture in which the actor delivered a ...

Boris Karloff and writer-director Bogdanovich onset. Mamie Van Doren, foreground. Directed by Bogdanovich (as Derek Thomas) From left: Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd and Timothy Bottoms. Written and ...