Book DescriptionKenneth Strickfaden, innovative genius of illusionary special effects from silent films to the age of television, set the standard for Hollywoods mad scientists Strickfaden created the science fiction apparatus in more than 100 motion picture films and television programs, from 1931s Frankenstein to the Wizard of Oz оввиг and The Mask of Fu Manchu to televisions The Munsters The skilled technician, known around Hollywoods back lots as "Mr Electric," once doubled for Boris Karloff in a dangerous scene and was nearly electrocuted From his birth in 1896 to his death in 1984, Strickfadens life was filled with adventure He spent his early years working the amusement parks on both coasts, served overseas as a Marine during World War I, took a 1919 cross-country trip in a dilapidated Model T, and favored risky pursuits like automobile and speedboat racing He worked as an aeronautical mechanic, constructing airplanes for an historic around-the-world flight A science teacher at heart, he gave 1,500 traveling science demonstration lectures across the U S and Canada Besides covering Strickfadens entire personal and professional life, this book discusses how later films showhis influence It reveals the fate of his collection of equipment, and is richly illustrated with numerous rare and previously unpublished photographs Appendices provide a selection of notes, doodles, and scribbles from Strickfadens notebooks, informal sketches, correspondence, documents, a chronology of his film and television contributions, a bibliography, a film index, and a complete subject index.  Составитель:2005 г 224 стр ISBN 0786420642.