Claude Rains: An Actor's Voice

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.

Author: David J. Skal, Jessica Rains
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.68h x 5.60w x 1.06d
ISBN13: 9780813192611
ISBN10: 0813192617
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism
- Performing Arts | Acting & Auditioning

About the Author

David J. Skal, the author of numerous books about film and popular culture, including Hollywood Gothic and The Monster Show.

Jessica Rains, the only child of Claude Rains, is a producer and actress.

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