{"product_id":"claude-rains","title":"Claude Rains","description":"\u003cp\u003e   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. \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Man,\u003c\/i\u003e ironically, made him quite the visible star. In his own inimitable way, Rains later \u003ci\u003ebecame\u003c\/i\u003e John Jasper (in \u003ci\u003eMystery of Edwin Drood\u003c\/i\u003e), Louis Renault (\u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e), Julius Caesar (\u003ci\u003eCaesar and Cleopatra\u003c\/i\u003e), and Mr. Dryden (\u003ci\u003eLawrence of Arabia\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243611083096,"sku":"9780786428557","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780786428557.jpg?v=1765375221","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/claude-rains","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}