Riley, Philip J
Entry updated 16 March 2026. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1948- ) US author and editor best known for publishing a number of classic Universal Pictures film scripts with commentary and additional material including photographs, beginning with Frankenstein (1989) (see Frankenstein), The Bride of Frankenstein (1989) (see The Bride of Frankenstein) and The Mummy (1989), opening the Classic Horror Films sequence (although the last is actually given as #7 in the series with #4 to #6 released in 1990-1991). Riley also made genre-relevant contributions to the Classic Comedy Films and Classic Science Fiction Films with, respectively, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1990) (see Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein) and This Island Earth (1990) (see This Island Earth). [DRL]
Philip J Riley
born USA: 1948
works
nonfiction
- The Wizard of MGM: Memoirs of A. Arnold Gillespie (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania: BearManor Media, 2012) with Robert A Welch [nonfiction: pb/]
works as editor
series
Universal Filmscripts: Classic Horror Films
- Frankenstein (Absecon, New Jersey: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1989) [nonfiction: includes film script: foreword by Forrest J Ackerman: Universal Filmscripts: Classic Horror Films: pb/]
- The Bride of Frankenstein (Absecon, New Jersey: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1989) [nonfiction: includes film script: foreword by Forrest J Ackerman: Universal Filmscripts: Classic Horror Films: pb/]
- "The Mummy" (Absecon, New Jersey: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1989) [nonfiction: includes film script: Universal Filmscripts: Classic Horror Films: pb/]
- "Son of Frankenstein": 50th Anniversary Edition (1939-1989) (Absecon, New Jersey: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1989) [nonfiction: includes film script: Universal Filmscripts: Classic Horror Films: pb/]
- "The Ghost of Frankenstein" (Absecon, New Jersey: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1990) [nonfiction: includes film script: Universal Filmscripts: Classic Horror Films: pb/]
- "Dracula": The Original 1931 Shooting Script (Absecon, New Jersey: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1990) [nonfiction: includes film script: Universal Filmscripts: Classic Horror Films: pb/]
- "Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man": The Original 1943 Shooting Script (Absecon, New Jersey: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1990) [nonfiction: includes film script: Universal Filmscripts: Classic Horror Films: pb/]
- "House of Frankenstein": The Original 1944 Shooting Script (Absecon, New Jersey: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1991) [nonfiction: includes film script: Universal Filmscripts: Classic Horror Films: pb/]
Universal Filmscripts: Classic Comedy Films
- Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Absecon, New Jersey: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1990) [nonfiction: includes film script: Universal Filmscripts: Classic Comedy Films: pb/]
Universal Filmscripts: Classic Science Fiction Films
- This Island Earth (Absecon, New Jersey: MagicImage Filmbooks, 1990) [nonfiction: includes film script: Universal Filmscripts: Classic Science Fiction Films: pb/]
individual titles as editor
- The Return of Frankenstein (Boalsburg, Pennsylvania: BearManor Media, 2013) with John L Balderston [nonfiction: includes Balderston's script for what became The Bride of Frankenstein plus other early scripts for that film: pb/]
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