Labels:text | human face | black and white | person OCR: John Carradine by Michael H. Price Feb. 6, 1906 - 1988 "He came on like this shrunken, disoriented old man," Francis Ford Coppola said of his brief collaboration with John Carradine during the filming of Peggy Sue Got Married in 1986. "But with 3 the lights and his cue, he surged to his full majestic presence and delivered a bit performance as though it were the center of our universe. One of the great moments in our little film, I believe." And yes, majesty is an apt description of Carradine's almostsix decades in the cinema, which he entered after deciding in 1925 on an acting career - starting with a New Orleans stock company. First featured to striking advantage in Bride of Frankenstein, Carradine excelled as a character Genre Movie Credits man for the major studios and as a leading player for the B-movie and Poverty Row units, where he 1935 Bride of Frankenstein created memorable portrayals of menace. A 1939 The Grapes of wrath resident of Los Angeles during most of his career, 1943 Hitler's Madman the Greenwich Village-bom Carradine became 1944 The Mummy's Ghost known as "The Bard of the Boulevard" in popular 1944 Bluebeard recognition of his habit of reciting Shakespeare in 1944 Revenge of the Zombies that booming voice while strolling along Sunset 1945 House of Frankenstein Boulevard. His five sons include the actors David, 1945 House of Dracula Keith, and Robert. 1957 The Unearthly 1959 Invisible Invaders
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