Edgar G. Ulmer (1904-1972) was an Austrian-American film director best known for The Black Cat and Detour. This volume, edited by Herzogenrath (American literature and culture, Goethe U. of
Frankfurt and the U. of Cologne, Germany), collects 15 writings analyzing those works and a number of Ulmer's more obscure works, including The Amazing Transparent Man, Beyond the Time Barrier,
The Naked Dawn, Isle of Forgotten Sins, Moon over Harlem, and From Nine to Nine. Also included are an interview with Ulmer's widow, Shirley, and an essay by Ulmer himself on some of the
individuals he had worked with, including Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi, who co- starred together in The Black Cat. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
