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Rasputin and the Empress

Charles MacArthur

3/5 ( ratings)

Rasputin and the Empress. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Photoplay edition, novelized from the screenplay by Charles MacArthur. Octavo. 238 pages plus ads. Illustrated with the photographic images from the 1932 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Rasputin and the Empress, starring John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, and Lionel Barrymore. Novelization by the legendary Val Lewton, who at the time worked as a writer in the publicity department of the New York office of MGM. Ten years later he was named head of the horror unit of RKO where he produced many horror classics like Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie, and The Leopard Man.

This film starred John, Lionel, and Ethel Barrymore and was the only film in which the three famous siblings appeared together. This film was also the impetus for the now ubiquitous disclaimer on films "Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental" when members of the Romanov family sued MGM.

Language: English

Pages: 238

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap

Release: May 10, 2022

Rasputin and the Empress

Charles MacArthur

3/5 ( ratings)

Rasputin and the Empress. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Photoplay edition, novelized from the screenplay by Charles MacArthur. Octavo. 238 pages plus ads. Illustrated with the photographic images from the 1932 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film Rasputin and the Empress, starring John Barrymore, Ethel Barrymore, and Lionel Barrymore. Novelization by the legendary Val Lewton, who at the time worked as a writer in the publicity department of the New York office of MGM. Ten years later he was named head of the horror unit of RKO where he produced many horror classics like Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie, and The Leopard Man.

This film starred John, Lionel, and Ethel Barrymore and was the only film in which the three famous siblings appeared together. This film was also the impetus for the now ubiquitous disclaimer on films "Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental" when members of the Romanov family sued MGM.

Language: English

Pages: 238

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap

Release: May 10, 2022

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