In The Blue and the Gray on the Silver Screen, film scholar Roy Kinnard presents a retrospective of nearly one hundred films which deal directly or peripherally with the Civil War period. Readers will relive such classics as The Red Badge of Courage and So Red the Rose as well as more recent films such as Sommersby and Gettysburg. Included are ...
"Destination Moon; George Pal's 1950 Technicolor" epic, is generally cited as the first noteworthy science fiction film. Usually ignored or casually dismissed in genre histories are the serials, the low-budget chapterplays exhibited as Saturday matinee fare and targeted almost exclusively at children. Lacking stars and top-notch writers or ...
Hundreds of entries for some 90 characters are arranged in alphabetical order by comic strip title, with brief historical backgrounds, critiques, information on the various movie and TV versions, and photos.
("Flash Gordon"), "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" and "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe", the most expensive and popular movie serials ever made, have been favorites of movie and comic fans for decades. The first serial was even designated a cultural treasure after being selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1996.This heavily ...
Widely acclaimed as a horror movie actress, Fay Wray is best remembered for her performances in "King Kong" and four other classic 1930s film thrillers, "Doctor X", "The Most Dangerous Game", "Mystery of the Wax Museum", and "The Vampire Bat". Yet her film career encompassed much more than these memorable turns as a damsel in distress. Wray ...
Though the horror film was not officially born until Frankenstein was released in 1931, there were many silent films that contained terrifying scenes and horrific elements. This filmography includes all such silent films.
Released in 1925 by First National Pictures, Willis OBriens The Lost World was a remarkably faithful adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyles book and served as a direct inspiration for the 1931 film classic King Kong (1933). Its story depended as much on OBriens pioneering special effects as it did on acting or directing. Film historians have long noted ...
Critiques films about prehistoric animals, ranging in quality from classics like The Lost World (1925), King Kong (1933), and One Million B.C. (1940), to duds like Reptilicus (1962).
What makes Jesus such a sexy film subject? Throughout the years, Jesus Christ has appeared as a character in many films. This book examines how the film industry has interpreted Bible stories, from the earliest days of silent movies through wide screen epics to today's controversial films. Films such as "Ben Hur", "The King of Kings" and "The Robe ...
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