[HORROR FILMS]. MALLORY, MICHAEL (JULIE ADAMS). Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror. New York: Universe Publishing, 2009. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by the author Michael Mallory and by actress Julie Adams, star of the classic horror film The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Oversize format, 252 pages. Foreword by director Stephen Sommers. Illustrated. As new in an as new dust jacket. While much has been written over the years about horror films, this book offer new information and insight into the genre which Universal Studios dominated from the 1920s through the 1950s. This is the definitive volume for horror film fans and historians alike, featuring such all time horror film classics as The Phantom of the Opera, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, The Mummy, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and more. Includes chapters covering each of the minor and major film series, spotlights on the great actors (Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney, Boris Karloff, John Carradine, Abbott and Costello, Una O’Connor, etc.), screen sirens (Gloria Stuart, Valerie Hobson, Evelyn Ankers, Elena Verdugo, Anne Gwynne, etc.), and writers, directors, and film personnel (Curt Siodmak, John P. Fulton, James Whale, make-up artist Jack P. Pierce, composer and musical arranger Hans Salter, etc.). In addition to the better known horror films, this book gives importance to lesser known, yet terrific films we love to catch on late night t.v. - staying up way past our bedtimes such as The Pearl of Death, Jungle Captive, Tarantula, Monster on the Campus, and more. Lavishly illustrated in full-color and black & white, including posters, stills, set photos, and other promotional material. Julie Adams has enjoyed a long and successful career as an actress on both the large and small screen, including recent appearances in the hit T.V. shows Lost, CSI: NY, and Cold Case. In spite of her many other memorable roles, Miss Adams has noted: “No matter what you do, you can act your heart out, but people will always say, "Oh, Julie Adams - ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’.”