Claude Rains: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference to His Work in Film, Stage, Radio, Television and Recordings

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The career of Claude Rains is often, and unfairly, overshadowed by the careers of the ever-popular Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney and Rathbone, but few can dispute that he was truly one of the world’s foremost character actors.
The Invisible Man , ironically, made him quite the visible star. In his own inimitable way, Rains later became John Jasper (in
Mystery of Edwin Drood ), Louis Renault ( Casablanca ), Julius Caesar ( Caesar and Cleopatra ), and Mr. Dryden ( Lawrence of Arabia ). While concentrating on Rains’ more than fifty films, this book also comprehensively examines his work in other media: the stage, radio, television and recordings. His only child, Jessica, in the foreword, provides a brief biography of her father. There are many rare photographs.