Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice

By Jessica Rains and David J. Skal

Book Overview

Late in Claude Rains's distinguished career, a reverent film journalist wrote that Rains "was as much a cinematic institution as the medium itself." Given his childhood speech impediments and his origins in a destitute London neighborhood, the ascent of Claude Rains (1889-1967) to the stage and screen is remarkable. Rains's difficulties in his formative years provided reserves of gravitas and sensitivity, from which he drew inspiration for acclaimed performances in The Invisible Man (1933), Mr.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813192617
• ISBN13: 9780813192611
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up