Claude Rains: an Actor's Voice (Screen Classics)
by David J. Skal with Jessica Rains
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0813124328
- ISBN 13
- 9780813124322
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
The University Press Of Kentucky, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. Hardcover. x+ 290 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with photographs. Quite scarce. The first full-length biography of actor Claude Rains (1889-1967). Rains was born into poverty in a destitute London neighborhood and suffered from a speech impediment as a child. He wwnt on to become one of the most recognizable and respected actors in Hollywood in the 1930s and beyond. Among his acclaimed performances were roles in "The Invisible Man", "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington", "Notorious", "The Phantom of the Opera" and as Captain Renault in the iconic "Casablanca". Rains' daughter Jessica adds firsthand insights and account of the enigmatic man behind her father's refined screen presence and genteel public persona.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E24951x
- Title
- Claude Rains: an Actor's Voice (Screen Classics)
- Author
- David J. Skal with Jessica Rains
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0813124328
- ISBN 13
- 9780813124322
- Publisher
- The University Press Of Kentucky
- Place of Publication
- Lexington, Ky
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- actors, acting, claude rains, invisible man, casablanca, biography, movies, hollywood
- Bookseller catalogs
- Movies;
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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