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...

• 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"