{"product_id":"karloff-before-frankenstein-the-utah-kid-phantoms-of-the-north","title":"Karloff Before Frankenstein: The Utah Kid \/ Phantoms of the North","description":"William Henry Pratt left England at age 22 to join a theatrical touring company in Canada, and took on the stage name of Boris Karloff. A decade later he would migrate to Hollywood for his earliest surviving film appearance in the 1919 serial, \u003ci\u003eThe Masked Rider\u003c\/i\u003e. He began to appear in other cliffhangers including \u003ci\u003eThe Hope Diamond Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e (1920) and \u003ci\u003eKing Of The Wild\u003c\/i\u003e (1930) often cast as the exotic evil-doer. He portrays a half breed fur trader in 1929's \u003ci\u003ePhantoms of the North\u003c\/i\u003e, included in this collection. With the introduction of sound, he found substantial supporting parts such as the henchman with the British accent, as seen here in \u003ci\u003eThe Utah Kid\u003c\/i\u003e. This is a truly lost film mastered from the only known existing print. The following year he would rise to international super stardom and Hollywood legend, in James Whale's 1931 horror classic, \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Utah Kid\u003c\/i\u003e (1930, B\u0026amp;W):\u003c\/b\u003e Stars Rex Lease, Boris Karloff, Dorothy Sebastion, Lafe McKee; Directed by Richard Thorpe. Tiffany Productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhantoms of the North\u003c\/i\u003e (1929, B\u0026amp;W):\u003c\/b\u003e Stars Donald Keith, Boris Karloff, Joe Bonomo; Directed by Harry Webb. Biltmore Productions. \u003ci\u003eComplete surviving footage of this rare film!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e Trailer:\u003c\/b\u003e Realart reissue, 1948\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802167468182,"sku":"089218107497","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218107497.jpg?v=1762187944","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/karloff-before-frankenstein-the-utah-kid-phantoms-of-the-north","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}