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Article: Fan of fright casts a spell on `Beast' with magical masks
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 28, 1987
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The horrifying and scary always intrigued theatrical wizard
Willy Richardson, even when he was a boy.
When Charles Laughton came on the screen with one eye and a huge
hump on his back in the 1939 film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," the
34-year-old designer remembers being "enthralled." Lon Chaney in
"The Phantom of the Opera," the 1925 silent horror film, tantalized
him.
"I've been fascinated by the special effects in old horror films
since I was old enough to stay up and watch them on television,"
Richardson said.
Instead of just watching horrible creatures on film, however, he
tried to create his own terrifying characters at home, using himself
as a guinea pig. At hobby stores in ...
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... ... happy endings, watch a Disney movie. But, in this case, I'm glad the Pantagraph helped Beauty fend off the beast. Scott Richardson is Pantagraph outdoor editor. Phone (309) 820- 3227 or email srichardson@pantagraph.com
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