Gregory William Mank has written and recorded many DVD and Blu-Ray audio commentaries, has won four Rondo Awards, and has written numerous books on classic horror films. He lives in Delta, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Acknowledgments

1. "I Created My Own Monster!"

2. In the Hall of the Mountain King

3. The Friendly Panther

4. The Strangest Passion

5. "A Death Mask of a Monster"

6. Jimmy

7. Billy

8. "I Owe It All to Dr. Frankenstein's Jolly Old Monster!"

9. Booby Prize

10. 1932

11. KARLOFF the Uncanny in The Mummy

12. Wives, Rivals, London, The Screen Actors Guild, John Ford, Broadway, Walt Disney and Others

13. "Improper Faces"-The Black Cat

14. The Film Stars Frolic

15. Gift of Gab and Other Curiosities

Between pages 214 and 215 are 8 color plates containing 10 photographs

16. 1935: Bride of Frankenstein vs. Mark of the Vampire

17. The Rivals

18. "Unsubtle Acting"-The Raven

19. "They Were Both Totally Darling!"-The Invisible Ray

20. Limbo Approaches

21. Horrible, Horrible Men

22. Monster Eve

23. "All the Demons of Hell"-Son of Frankenstein

24. Feathering the Nest

25. "Stanley Ridges and Karloff "-Black Friday

26. "Their Royal Slynesses": You'll Find Out

27. Arsenic and Old Lace

28. "Toneless Voice and Mr. Potato Head Features": Young Lon

29. Universal Production # 1279

30. 1943-New Work, New Rivals

31. 1944

32. The Body Snatcher

33. Unholy Three-Bedlam, Genius at Work, and House of Dracula

34. 1946-1947

35. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

36. 1949-1953

37. The Film That Never Was

38. "The Greatest Pain in the World"

39. The Last Bride of Dracula

40. Dracula's Revenge-and Death

41. Karloff 's Last Act

42. The Myth and the Rivalry

Appendix 1. The Bela Lugosi Career
Appendix 2. The Boris Karloff Career
Appendix 3. Filmography of Their Films Together
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index