Say what you will, but Boris Karloff is Frankenstein, whether he's called that, "the monster" or otherwise, it's Karloff's lab-created creature that we see in our mind's eye when the name is mentioned. The marvelously talented Jack Pierce is responsible for the iconic visage that will remain indelible in horror cinema imagery for all time.
By the time the 1930s rolled around, Karloff's private life was being more publicized as a result of his increasing popularity, and in some ways was just as interesting as the characters he played.
This article by veteran journalist Walter Ramsey was published in the February 1933 issue of the Hollywood movie fan magazine, MODERN SCREEN. The scan was furnished by "Our Man in the UK", journalist Steve Green, for which I was grateful to receive as my own scan is in a lower resolution and not as legible. Thank you, Mr. Green.
You will find that this is only the first part of the article which covers his early life and years in Canada before he moved to the United States and Hollywood. My low-quality scan and the fact that I only have the first part are the reasons why I never posted it in the first place. So far, the second part has proved to be elusive except for a copy currently for sale on eBay--but that takes a bit of cash.
Walter Ramsey was a prolific writer and staffer for a number of Hollywood fan magazines in the 30s and 40s, including MOTION PICTURE, TALKING SCREEN and MOVIE MIRROR. He is notable for having interviewed and written articles on Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Jean Harlow, Lyle Talbot, Constance Bennett and many more.
He began a new series of articles for MOVIE MIRROR (May 1935) featuring interesting individuals living and working in Hollywood who weren't celebrities.
The topic of one article was a person who was an early--and maybe the first--to give guided tours of the stars homes.
After World War II, Ramsey was discharged from the Navy and went straight back to Hollywood to work as the managing editor of media for the heavily-promoted Ideal Movie Group, a division of the Ideal Women's Group that published a trio of film fan magazines.
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