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Other Works:
Magazine contributions to the following Hearst magazines: Cosmopolitan; Redbook; Adventure; Romance; Biography; Little Review; American Mercury; The Mentor; The American; New York Times Magazine Section; New York Morning World Edition Page
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Publicity Listings:
2 Biographical Movies
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3 Print Biographies
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7 Articles
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Alternate Names:
Cosmo Forbes | Carlos Keith | H.C. Kerkow | Herbert Kerkow | Sidney Valentine
Height:
6' (1.83 m)
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Personal Quote:
[in a letter to his sister] You shouldn't get mad at the New York reviewers. Actually, it's very difficult for a reviewer to give something called
I Walked with a Zombie a good review.
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Trivia:
Although two of his most famous films concerned cats--
Cat People and
The Curse of the Cat People--he in fact suffered from ailurophobia, a morbid fear of cats. He came up with the idea for "Curse of the Cat People" when he was swimming in a lake one night, saw some cats sitting on the shore staring at him, panicked and almost drowned.
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Star Sign:
Taurus
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