Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein – 1948
When I was a boy, I got a couple of books about the Universal Monsters out from my local library, and they were both scathing
Steampunk, Frankenstein, Fantasy soap operas, Leonard Nimoy and More
When I was a boy, I got a couple of books about the Universal Monsters out from my local library, and they were both scathing
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