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Kinescope: Boris Karloff — The Monster Goes Live
On this episode of Kinescope, John Siuntres, Jeff Parker, and Gabriel Hardman spotlight the remarkable live television work of Boris Karloff — best known as Hollywood’s original Frankenstein Monster but equally commanding on the small screen. From the tense anthology dramas of the early 1950s to his chilling appearances on Studio One, Westinghouse Studio One, Climax!, Suspense, and The United States Steel Hour, Karloff proved that terror and empathy could coexist in real time — without retakes.The hosts revisit surviving kinescopes that capture Karloff’s range — cultured villains, haunted…
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