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Author : Valerie McKenzie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0959498257
Author : Bayard Veiller
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : EAN:4064066107819
'The Thirteenth Chair' is a three-act play written by Bayard Veiller. The story unfolds at a dinner party, where the wealthy Crosby family is on the brink of revealing their son's engagement to Mrs. Crosby's secretary, a beautiful young woman with a mysterious past. However, tragedy struck as one of the dinner party guests, Edward Wales, a man consumed with finding his best friend's murderer, was suddenly found dead in the same manner as his best friend. Who could be the culprit in this twisted tale of murder and mystery?
Author : Bayard Veiller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Murder
ISBN : OCLC:1008369102
Author : Michael R. Pitts
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476673516
Giving deserved attention to nearly 150 neglected films, this book covers early sound era features, serials and documentaries with genre elements of horror, science fiction and fantasy, from major and minor studios and independents. Full credits, synopses, critical analyses and contemporary reviews are provided for The Blue Light, The Cat Creeps, College Scandal, Cosmic Voyage, The Dragon Murder Case, The Haunted Barn, Lost Gods, Murder in the Red Barn, The New Gulliver, Return of the Terror, Seven Footprints to Satan, S.O.S. Iceberg, While the Patient Slept, The White Hell of Pitz Palu and many others.
Author : Ken Wlaschin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786454297
The silent film era was known in part for its cliffhanger serials and air of suspense that kept audiences returning to theaters week after week. Icons such as Douglas Fairbanks, Laurel and Hardy, Lon Chaney and Harry Houdini were among those who graced the dark and shadowy screen. This reference guide to silent films with mystery and detective content lists more than 1,500 titles in one of entertainment’s most popular and enduring genres. While most of the films examined are from North America, mystery films from around the world are included.
Author : John Cline,Robert G. Weiner
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810876552
This collection of essays represents key contributions to 'transgression cinema:' overlooked, forgotten, or under-analyzed movies that walk the fine line between 'arthouse' and 'grindhouse' film.
Author : Dave Shelton
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780545823111
A spine-tingling collection of ghost stories When a boy finds himself drawn into an empty house one cold night, he enters a room in which twelve unusual-looking people sit around a table. And the thirteenth chair is pulled out for him.One by one, each of those assembled tells their ownghost story: tales of doom and death; of ghostly creatures and malevolent spirits; of revenge and reward. It is only at the end of the night that the boy starts to understand what story he must tell . . .
Author : Charles Edward Coulter
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780826265180
Unlike many cities farther north, Kansas City, Missouri-along with its sister city in Kansas-had a significant African American population by the midnineteenth century and also served as a way station for those migrating north or west. "Take Up the Black Man's Burden" focuses on the people and institutions that shaped the city's black communities from the end of the Civil War until the outbreak of World War II, blending rich historical research with first-person accounts that allow participants in this historical drama to tell their own stories of struggle and accomplishment. Charles E. Coulter opens up the world of the African American community in its formative years, making creative use of such sources as census data, black newspapers, and Urban League records. His account covers social interaction, employment, cultural institutions, housing, and everyday lives within the context of Kansas City's overall development, placing a special emphasis on the years 1919 to 1939 to probe the harsh reality of the Depression for Kansas City blacks-a time when many of the community's major players also rose to prominence. "Take Up the Black Man's Burden" is a rich testament not only of high-profile individuals such as publisher Chester A. Franklin, activists Ida M. Becks and Josephine Silone Yates, and state legislator L. Amasa Knox but also of ordinary laborers in the stockyards, domestics in white homes, and railroad porters. It tells how various elements of the population worked together to build schools, churches, social clubs, hospitals, the Paseo YMCA/YWCA, and other institutions that made African American life richer. It also documents the place of jazz and baseball, for which the community was so well known, as well as movie houses, amusement parks, and other forms of leisure. While recognizing that segregation and discrimination shaped their reality, Coulter moves beyond race relations to emphasize the enabling aspects of African Americans' lives and show how people defined and created their world. As the first extensive treatment of black history in Kansas City, "Take Up the Black Man's Burden" is an exceptional account of minority achievement in America's crossroads. By showing how African Americans saw themselves in their own world, it gives readers a genuine feel for the richness of black life during the interwar years of the twentieth century.
Author : James Zeruk, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786473137
This is the first complete biography of actress Peg Entwistle, known as the "Hollywood Sign Girl" because of her suicide fall from the HOLLYWOODLAND sign in 1932. It details her childhood, stage and film career, marriage and divorce, and her suicide and almost cult-like pop culture status today. Extensively researched and written with the complete cooperation of the Entwistle family, this work includes excerpts from interviews with Peg Entwistle's brother Milton and her cousin Helen Reid, both of whom recalled much of Peg's years living in Hollywood, her career and private life, and her final weeks. It also features many of Peg Entwistle's own words from extant letters to her family and newly discovered interviews with theatrical reporters. Nearly 30 previously unpublished images from the author's collection, the Entwistle family, and a number of other sources complete an intimate look at a life that was defined by far more than its famously unhappy end.
Author : Raymond Borde,Etienne Chaumeton
Publisher : City Lights Books
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 087286412X
This first book published on film noir established the genre--a classic, at last in translation.
Author : Arthur Lennig
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813143750
Bela Lugosi won immediate fame for his portrayal of the immortal count in the 1931 film Dracula. After a decade of trying vainly to broaden his range and secure parts to challenge his acting abilities, Lugosi resigned himself to a career as the world's most recognizable vampire. His last years were spent as a forgotten and rather tragic figure. When he died in 1956, Lugosi could not have known that vindication of his talent would come—his face would adorn theaters, his image would appear on greeting cards and postage stamps, his film memorabilia would sell for more than he earned in his entire career, and his Hungarian accent would be instantly recognized by millions of people. Martin Landau's Oscar-winning role as Lugosi in the 1994 film Ed Wood added an ironic twist to a career that had ended in oblivion. In 1974, devoted Lugosi fan Arthur Lennig published a highly regarded biography of the unsung actor. More than twice the length of the original and completely rewritten, The Immortal Count provides deeper insights into Lugosi's films and personality. Drawing upon personal interviews, studio memos, shooting scripts, research in Romania and Hungary, and his own recollections, Lennig has written the definitive account of Lugosi's tragic life.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:C2649752
Author : Tom Johnson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-07-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786427314
As Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931) ushered in the golden age of horror films in the United States, studios and distributors were faced with a major problem in their number one overseas market: the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) were demanding extensive cuts, enforcing age restrictions, and banning outright many of Hollywood's horror movies. The issue most often used to limit the showing of horror films was their "unsuitability" to children. With that in mind, the BBFC developed specific film codes--the "A" (for adults) and the "H" (for horrific), both of which restricted viewing to those 16 or older--and then applied them liberally. This work examines how and why horror films were censored or banned in the United Kingdom, and the part these actions played in ending Hollywood's golden age of horror.
Author : Bernd Herzogenrath
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786434473
As a director, actor, writer and producer, Tod Browning was one of the most dynamic Hollywood figures during the birth of commercial cinema. Known for his fantastic collaborations with Lon Chaney in numerous silents, and for directing the horror classic Dracula and the still-controversial Freaks, Browning has been called "the Edgar Allan Poe of the cinema." Despite not entering the profession until he began acting in his early thirties, he went on to helm more than 60 films in a 25-year career. His work continues to influence directors such as David Lynch, John Waters, and Alejandro Jodorowsky. These essays critically explore such topics as the connection between Browning, Poe and Kant; Browning's cinematic techniques; disability; masochism; sound and suspense; duality; parenthood; narrative and cinematic trickery; George Melford; surrealism; and the occult. A Browning filmography is included.
Author : American Film Institute
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0520209699
After more than fifteen years, this initial volume of the American Film Institute Catalog series is again in print. The 1920s set covers the important filmmaking period when "movies" became "talkies," and the careers of many influential directors and actors were launched. Films such as Wings, The Phantom of the Opera, All Quiet on the Western Front, and The Jazz Singer are included in this volume.
