David J. Skal is the author of numerous books about film and popular culture, including Hollywood Gothic and The Monster Show. He is a frequent lecturer and talk-show guest and has produced several documentaries about Hollywood history, including documentaries about Claude Rains's The Invisible Man and Phantom of the Opera. Jessica Rains, the only child of Claude Rains, is a producer and actress whose performance credits include The Sting, Pete and Tillie, Islands in the Stream, and Portnoy's Complaint.

"Claude Rains was a consummate actor whose remarkable life and career has been covered in fascinating detail in this book." - Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker "Most movie stars eventually are forgotten, and almost all character actors are, but the reputation of Claude Rains has survived for more than forty years since his death. David Skal's biography, written with Rains's daughter, probably will provoke even more welcome - and justified - reassessments of his gifts." - Scott Eyman, Cox News Service"

David J. Skal is the author of numerous books about film and popular culture, including Hollywood Gothic and The Monster Show. He is a frequent lecturer and talk-show guest and has produced several documentaries about Hollywood history, including documentaries about Claude Rains's The Invisible Man and Phantom of the Opera. Jessica Rains, the only child of Claude Rains, is a producer and actress whose performance credits include The Sting, Pete and Tillie, Islands in the Stream, and Portnoy's Complaint.

"Claude Rains was a consummate actor whose remarkable life and career has been covered in fascinating detail in this book." - Kevin Brownlow, filmmaker "Most movie stars eventually are forgotten, and almost all character actors are, but the reputation of Claude Rains has survived for more than forty years since his death. David Skal's biography, written with Rains's daughter, probably will provoke even more welcome - and justified - reassessments of his gifts." - Scott Eyman, Cox News Service"