BORIS KARLOFF: HOLLYWOOD'S HAPPIEST MONSTER

Sometimes it pays to be a monster, and no one knew this better than Boris Karloff. Acting in over 80 films before he was picked by director James Whale to play the monster in Universal's FRANKENSTEIN in 1931, he became an instant star. Soon, film titles would only need to use his last name for audiences to rush to see his next movie. So, why shouldn't he have been happy? Hard work and a bit of luck enabled him to become one of Hollywood's most recognizable stars.

In this article from HOLLYWOOD STUDIO MAGAZINE from November, 1967, author Frank Taylor remembers Karloff and his long career. Boris was still alive when this was published, and he would die only a little over a year later.