The Shadow on the Screen by Henry Kuttner

About this episode

This episode features 'The Shadow on the Screen', a horror short story by Henry Kuttner set in Hollywood.

"The Shadow on the Screen" is a short story by Henry Kuttner, first published in the March 1938 edition of Weird Tales. "A weird story of Hollywood, and the grisly horror that cast its dreadful shadow across the silver screen as an incredible motion-picture was run off." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topics covered

• horror
• Hollywood
• weird fiction
• short story
• motion picture

Keywords

• horror
• Hollywood
• Henry Kuttner
• Weird Tales
• short story

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Weird Tales

Books & works: The Shadow on the Screen

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