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1940s fright king Val Lewton didn’t need special effects or big budgets to produce a scare. The power of suggestion was more than enough.
Jan. 27, 2008
Movies
A documentary on the producer, who broke ground with films based on psychological terror, settles in as a solid tale.
Jan. 14, 2008
William Castle and Val Lewton remain much admired for their work in the genre. Two films document the men behind the screams.
Nov. 7, 2007
Entertainment & Arts
The Val Lewton Horror Collection Warner Home Video, $60 for the set; $20 each AFTER RKO took a financial bath with the commercial failures of Orson Welles’ landmark 1941 film, “Citizen Kane,” and his 1942 drama, “The Magnificent Ambersons,” the studio decided to recoup its losses by producing low-budget horror films, a genre that was extremely popular.
Oct. 2, 2005
I read Mary McNamara’s review of “Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows” [“The Frightening Talent of Lewton, Jan. 14].
Jan. 19, 2008
Television
The Leopard Man (AMC Monday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.) is notable as one of producer Val Lewton’s fabled ‘40s horror pictures.
Oct. 30, 1994
“The Seventh Victim” (1943). RKO. $29.95.
May 20, 1986
Bedlam (AMC Sunday at 1:30 p.m., again at 8 p.m.): Directed by Mark Robson, this Val Lewton-produced chiller stars Boris Karloff as the head of the notorious London madhouse. (1:30) Breezy (Channel 13 Tuesday at 3:30 a.m.): Clint Eastwood’s memorable, heart-tugging May-December romance with Kay Lenz and William Holden. (2:00) The Old-Fashioned Way (Channel 5 Thursday at 4 a.m.): W.
July 2, 1989
Music
FILM CRITIC Carina Chocano Strum like the man in black At his house near Bon Aqua, Tenn., Johnny Cash kept a Model D-28 guitar from C.F.
Dec. 8, 2005
Pascali’s Island (Showtime Thursday at 6 p.m.)
Oct. 25, 1992