Frank Lovejoy
1) Beachhead
Description
"Four marines embark on a hazardous island mission to verify reports about a secret Japanese minefield. The intelligence comes from a French planter -- who may or may not be a spy -- and his beautiful daughter. If their story is true, can the marines outgun their enemies, make it through the treacherous jungle and rendezvous with American forces in time to prevent disaster?"--Container.
Description
Grover Cleveland Alexander is the Hall of Fame pitcher whose baseball victories paralleled triumphs in his personal life. Suffering from double vision and fainting spells, Alexander sees his career bottom out. But, helped by his wife, he makes a successful return that reaches its peak in the 1926 Yankees/Cardinals World Series.
5) House of wax
Description
[House of wax] A renowned wax sculptor, plunged into madness after an arsonist destroys his life's work, builds a wax museum out of things that used to be alive.
[Mystery of the wax museum] A deranged wax sculptor who almost loses his life in a fire set by his partner. Instead of dying in the blaze, he returns for revenge, hiding his horribly disfigured face behind a wax mask.
Series
Criterion collection volume 810
Description
A down on his luck screenwriter reluctantly agrees to adapt a trashy bestseller to the silver screen. Rather than read the book himself, Steele convinces a star-struck hatcheck girl, Mildred Atkinson, to accompany him home and tell him the story in her own words. Later that night, Mildred is found murdered and Steele, who has a history of violent behavior, becomes the prime suspect. A neighbor who is attracted to him lies to the police providing him...