Born in Dresden, Germany, in 1902, Curt Siodmak worked as an engineer and a newspaper reporter before entering the literary and movie fields. It was as a reporter that he got his first break . Because the film went over well, Siodmak says, he fell into the horror/science-fiction "groove."
Brother of director Robert Siodmak
Nephew of producer Seymour Nebenzal.
Decided to emigrate from his native Germany to England after hearing an anti-Semitic tirade by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
Obtained a PhD in Mathematics before turning to writing novels.
Siodmak spent much time in the small central California mountain town of Three Rivers before moving there permanently in the 1970s, and where he lived until his death. Three Rivers is not far from the city of Visalia--clearly the inspiration for the name of the fictional town of Visaria, the setting for the Wolfman movies.
There was too much acting in it. It was too intricate. .
