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  • Of Gods and Monsters

    A Critical Guide to Universal Studios' Science Fiction, Horror and Mystery Films, 1929-1939

    de John T. Soister ...
    While Universal's Dracula and Frankenstein (both 1931) have received the most coverage of any of the studio's genre releases, it is the lesser known films that have long fascinated fans and historians alike. Starting with The Last Warning, a 1929 movie released as both a silent and a talkie, Universal provided a decade of films that entertained audiences and sometimes frustrated critics.Each of ... Leer más

    $24.99 USD

  • American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929

    de John T. Soister, Henry Nicolella, Steve Joyce ...
    During the Silent Era, when most films dealt with dramatic or comedic takes on the "boy meets girl, boy loses girl" theme, other motion pictures dared to tackle such topics as rejuvenation, revivication, mesmerism, the supernatural and the grotesque. A Daughter of the Gods (1916), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The Magician (1926) and Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) were among the unusual and ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Down from the Attic

    Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era through the 1950s

    de John T. Soister, Henry Nicolella ...
    Much has been written (and rewritten) about classic horror and science fiction films like Nosferatu and Metropolis, as well as not-so-classic pictures like Bride of the Monster and The Hideous Sun Demon. Yet some genre films have fallen through the cracks. The 24 films--some elusive, some easily found on YouTube--examined in this book all suffered critical neglect and were prematurely stacked in ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Up from the Vault

    Rare Thrillers of the 1920s and 1930s

    de John T. Soister ...
    A number of thrillers made in the 1920s and 1930s have become available again thanks to new technology. There are a few, however, that remain elusive to most, if not all, movie buffs. This book covers 21 thrillers from those decades that are well-regarded and eagerly sought, but difficult to find--The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu (1923), The Unknown Purple (1923), The Sorrows of Satan (1926), While ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

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    de Pauline Kael ...
    The celebrated, multi-award-winning film critic's intelligent guide to the movies—with more than 2,800 reviews."A master of synopsis, Pauline Kael has contrived to tell us between the covers of one book what eight decades of film are about and who is in them and behind them, and to reflect, swiftly but astutely, on what they signify. No one else has done that; no one else could have done that." ... Leer más

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  • Cary Grant

    A Celebration

    de Richard Schickel ...
    Richard Schickel's text, combining critical analysis and a re-interpretation of all the available biographical information, masterfully maps the intersections where a great star's personal history and his screen personality met in a style as elegant, graceful and witty as the actor himself. ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • A Reader's Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year

    True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year

    de Tom Nissley ...
    A witty and addictively readable day-by-day literary companion.At once a love letter to literature and a charming guide to the books most worth reading, A Reader's Book of Days features bite-size accounts of events in the lives of great authors for every day of the year. Here is Marcel Proust starting In Search of Lost Time and Virginia Woolf scribbling in the margin of her own writing, "Is it ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Citizen Welles

    A Biography of Orson Welles

    de Frank Brady ...
    A decade in the research and writing, biographer Frank Brady's Citizen Welles is the first comprehensive life story, definitive for our time, of Orson Welles through to his death in 1985. Welles's influence on several generations of American filmmakers, from Kubrick to Spielberg, for example, is incalculable. Welles's creative achievements, from the best known --- his all-time great movie Citizen ... Leer más

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  • Science-Fiction & Fantasy Cinema: Classic Films of Horror, Sci-Fi & the Supernatural

    de John Howard Reid ...
    John Howard Reid's books just seem to get bigger and better and more informative. His new 2011 e-book release will fill a void for all who are interested in movies that deal with science fiction, fantasy, horror and the supernatural. Many books deal with these subjects, but most are just glossy picture books. JHR's book delves into all of the films' actors, directors, producers, release dates, ... Leer más

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  • Universal Horrors

    The Studio's Classic Films, 1931-1946, 2d ed.

    de John Brunas, Michael Brunas, Tom Weaver ...
    Revised and updated since its first publication in 1990, this acclaimed critical survey covers the classic chillers produced by Universal Studios during the golden age of hollywood horror, 1931 through 1946.Trekking boldly through haunts and horrors from The Frankenstein Monster, The Wolf Man, *Count Dracula,*nd The Invisible Man, to The Mummy, Paula the Ape Woman, The Creeper, and The Inner ... Leer más

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  • The Grove Book of Hollywood

    de Christopher Silvester ...
    A "treasure trove" of insider accounts of the movie business from its earliest beginnings to the present day—"exceedingly savvy . . . astute and entertaining" ( Variety).The Grove Book of Hollywood is a richly entertaining anthology of anecdotes and reminiscences from the people who helped make the City of Angels the storied place we know today. Movie moguls, embittered screenwriters, bemused ... Leer más

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  • Memorable Films of the Forties

    de John Howard Reid ...
    Ingrid Bergman, the lovely star of "Casablanca", is featured on the cover. It's one of my all-time favorites. Other winning movies featured in this book include "The Black Swan", "All About Eve", "The Paleface", "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", "The Hasty Heart", "Yankee Doodle Dandy", "Gentleman's Agreement", "The Gunfighter", "Home in Indiana", "The Heiress", "The Three Musketeers", "The Bridge of ... Leer más

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