Director: Jeffrey Schwarz

Music: Michael Cudahy

Producer: Jeffrey Schwarz

Keywords: Documentary, Filmmaking, Biography

The life and work of William Castle, B-horror director and producer. His is best known for his gimmick films, such as The Tingler (1959) for which theatergoer's seats were fitted with a buzzer. In 1968 he produced Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby. Thoroughly engrossing documentary; family members an an array of Hollywood personalities contribute.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Forrest J. Ackerman	Author	24-Nov-1916	4-Dec-2008	Mr. Science Fiction
John Badham	Film Director	25-Aug-1939		Saturday Night Fever
Diane Baker	Actor	25-Feb-1938		Mirage
Budd Boetticher	Film Director	29-Jul-1916	29-Nov-2001	Seven Men From Now
William Castle	Film Director	24-Apr-1914	31-May-1977	House on Haunted Hill
Roger Corman	Film/TV Producer	5-Apr-1926		Frankenstein Unbound
Joan Crawford	Actor	23-Mar-1905	10-May-1977	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Joe Dante	Film Director	28-Nov-1946		The 'burbs
Ralph Edwards	Game Show Host	13-Jun-1913	16-Nov-2005	This Is Your Life
Mia Farrow	Actor	9-Feb-1945		Rosemary's Baby
Stuart Gordon	Film Director	11-Aug-1947		Re-Animator
Cary Grant	Actor	18-Jan-1904	29-Nov-1986	North by Northwest
Anne Helm	Actor	12-Sep-1938		Follow That Dream
Darryl Hickman	Actor	28-Jul-1931		The Happy Years
Alfred Hitchcock	Film Director	13-Aug-1899	29-Apr-1980	Master of Suspense
Adolf Hitler	Head of State	20-Apr-1889	30-Apr-1945	Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45
John F. Kennedy	Head of State	29-May-1917	22-Nov-1963	35th US President, 1961-63
John Landis	Film Director	3-Aug-1950		An American Werewolf in London
Bela Lugosi	Actor	20-Oct-1882	16-Aug-1956	Dracula
Leonard Maltin	Critic	18-Dec-1950		Film critic
Marcel Marceau	Performance Artist	22-Mar-1923	22-Sep-2007	Mime, created Bip the clown
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis	First Lady	28-Jul-1929	19-May-1994	Wife of John F. Kennedy
Roman Polanski	Film Director	18-Aug-1933		Chinatown
Vincent Price	Actor	27-May-1911	25-Oct-1993	Master of the macabre
Fred Olen Ray	Film Director	10-Sep-1954		Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
Jacqueline Scott	Actor	1935		Character actress
John Waters	Film Director	22-Apr-1946		Hairspray
Orson Welles	Actor	6-May-1915	10-Oct-1985	Citizen Kane

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