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James Whale (22 July 1889 – 29 May 1957) was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who spent the greater part of his career in Hollywood. He is best remembered for several horror films : Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932), The Invisible Man (1933) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935), all considered classics.
Nov 2, 1998 · The note’s existence was known only to the director’s closest friends until the mid-1970s, when Curtis, a film enthusiast fascinated by the Whale films he had seen on television, began ...
Beset by personal, health and professional problems, James Whale committed suicide by drowning himself in the swimming pool of his Pacific Palisades (CA) home on 29 May 1957 at the age of 67. He left a suicide note, which his longtime companion David Lewis withheld until shortly before his own death decades later.
- July 22, 1889
- May 29, 1957
Mar 19, 1999 · By Chicago Tribune. PUBLISHED: March 19, 1999 at 1:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 10, 2021 at 9:11 p.m. On a cloudy California Memorial Day in 1957, James Whale was found lying face down at the bottom ...
Beset by personal, health and professional problems, James Whale committed suicide by drowning himself in the swimming pool of his Pacific Palisades (CA) home on 29 May 1957 at the age of 67. He left a suicide note, which his longtime companion David Lewis withheld until shortly before his own death decades later.
- January 1, 1
- Dudley, Worcestershire, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jan 17, 2022 · When it came to frightening people, James Whale had few peers. ... Whale's long-time companion David Lewis released a suicide note that Whale had left. The pair had split sometime around 1952, but ...
Mar 9, 2024 · James Whale was a notable filmmaker who hailed from our very own Dudley. His life is documented by extracts from the British Newspaper Archives ... It turns out he wasn't though – a suicide note ...
