Hollywood Bedlam
Author | : William K. Everson |
Publisher | : Citadel Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780806515342 |
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Author | : William K. Everson |
Publisher | : Citadel Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780806515342 |
Author | : Gregory William Mank |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2010-06-21 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 0786462558 |
Thirteen of Hollywood's horror classics in detail: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), The Old Dark House(1932), The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), Mark of the Vampire (1935), Mad Love (1935), The Black Room (1935), The Walking Dead (1936), Cat People (1942), Bluebeard (1944), The Lodger (1944), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), Hangover Square (1945) and Bedlam (1946). From original interviews and research, the styles of the various studios (from giant M-G-M to Poverty Row's PRC), along with the performers, directors, and backstage events, are examined.
Author | : Glen Cadigan |
Publisher | : Rocketship Press |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 2023-10-28 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1778199585 |
Bedlam & Belfry are back -- again! This time around the solicitors from 32 London Lane face conspiracies, scandals, and online dating apps as they ply their trade in the New London legal arena. Follow them from lower to higher court as they take on stakes that range from life and death to beyond! Contains the stories: Bedlam & Belfry Get Cursed Bedlam & Belfry Swipe Right Bedlam & Belfry Fight The Power and three squared more! Also! A flashback to their early days! A hint of romance! Questionable moral judgement and sizable monetary rewards! All the legal nonsense that fits between two covers, and it can be yours today! Don't delay!
Author | : Gregory William Mank |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2015-09-15 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1476609551 |
They had more in common than just a scream, whether they faced Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, the Mummy, Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde, King Kong, the Wolf Man, or any of the other legendary Hollywood monsters. Some were even monsters themselves, such as Elsa Lanchester as the Bride, and Gloria Holden as Dracula’s Daughter. And while evading the Strangler of the Swamp, former Miss America Rosemary La Planche is allowed to rescue her leading man. This book provides details about the lives and careers of 21 of these cinematic leading ladies, femmes fatales, monsters, and misfits, putting into perspective their contributions to the films and folklore of Hollywood terror—and also the sexual harassment, exploitation, and genuine danger they faced on the job. Veteran actress Virginia Christine recalls Universal burying her alive in a backlot swamp in full “mummy” makeup for the resurrection scene in The Mummy’s Curse—and how the studio saved that scene for the last day in case she suffocated. Filled with anecdotes and recollections, many of the entries are based on original interviews, and there are numerous old photographs and movie stills.
Author | : Mercedes Lackey |
Publisher | : Baen Publishing Enterprises |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2005-08-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1618244914 |
Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill are the biggest names in the urban fantasy subgenre-where elves, banshees, trolls, and even stranger creatures walk modern city streets, their presence, and even their existence unsuspected by the human inhabitants. Now these two present a volume of all new urban fantasy, with a stellar lineup of the best new fantasy writers, such as Roberta Gellis, Dave Freer and Eric Flint, Diana Paxton, and more-including two new stories and an afterword by Mercedes Lackey herself, as well as a story by Rosemary Edghill. This is an indispensable volume for fans of urban fantasy in general, and the thousands of fans of Mercedes Lackey in particular. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author | : Kenneth Paul Rosenberg |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2019-10-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0525541314 |
A psychiatrist and award-winning documentarian sheds light on the mental-health-care crisis in the United States. When Dr. Kenneth Rosenberg trained as a psychiatrist in the late 1980s, the state mental hospitals, which had reached peak occupancy in the 1950s, were being closed at an alarming rate, with many patients having nowhere to go. There has never been a more important time for this conversation, as one in five adults--40 million Americans--experiences mental illness each year. Today, the largest mental institution in the United States is the Los Angeles County Jail, and the last refuge for many of the 20,000 mentally ill people living on the streets of Los Angeles is L.A. County Hospital. There, Dr. Rosenberg begins his chronicle of what it means to be mentally ill in America today, integrating his own moving story of how the system failed his sister, Merle, who had schizophrenia. As he says, "I have come to see that my family's tragedy, my family's shame, is America's great secret." Dr. Rosenberg gives readers an inside look at the historical, political, and economic forces that have resulted in the greatest social crisis of the twenty-first century. The culmination of a seven-year inquiry, Bedlam is not only a rallying cry for change, but also a guidebook for how we move forward with care and compassion, with resources that have never before been compiled, including legal advice, practical solutions for parents and loved ones, help finding community support, and information on therapeutic options.
Author | : Edmund G. Bansak |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 2003-10-09 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 9780786417094 |
Cat People (1942) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943) established Val Lewton's hauntingly graceful style where suggestion was often used in place of explicit violence. His stylish B thrillers were imitated by a generation of filmmakers such as Richard Wallace, William Castle, and even Walt Disney in his animated Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949). Through interviews with many of Lewton's associates (including his wife and son) and extensive research, his life and output are thoroughly examined.
Author | : Gene D. Phillips |
Publisher | : Lehigh University Press |
Total Pages | : 640 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Expatriate motion picture producers and directors |
ISBN | : 9780934223492 |
The book deals with five European film directors who were forced to remain in exile in the wake of the rise of Hitler and who subsequently enriched the American motion picture industry with a reservoir of new talent that had been nurtured in Europe. The directors treated are Fritz Lang, William Wyler, Otto Preminger, Fred Zinnemann, and Billy Wilder.
Author | : M. Henderson Ellis |
Publisher | : New Europe Books |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2013-03-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0982578199 |
Not long ago, John Shirting--quiet young Chicagoan, wizard of self-medication--held down a beloved job as a barista at Capo Coffee Family, a coffee chain and global business powerhouse. When he is deemed "too passionate" about his job, he is let go. Shirting makes it his mission to return to the frothy Capo's fold by singlehandedly breaking into a new market and making freshly post-communist Prague safe for free-market capitalism. Unfortunately, his college nemesis, Theodore Mizen, a certified socialist, has also moved there, and is determined to reverse the Velvet Revolution, one folk song at a time. After Shirting experiences the loss of his sole "new-hire" -- a sad, arcade game-obsessed prostitute -- it is not long before his grasp on his mission and, indeed, his sanity, comes undone, leaving him at the mercy of two-bit Mafiosi, a pair of Golem trackers, and his own disgruntled phantom. A dazzling combination of Everything is Illuminated and Don Quixote, with a jigger of Confederacy of Dunces, and Lord of the Barnyard, Keeping Bedlam at Bay in the Prague Café is the first novel to so exquisitely capture the ambiance of expat Prague. Poised to be an underground classic, it asks: what does it mean to be sane in a fast-changing world? From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author | : Michael Patrick Gillespie |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2019-01-10 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : 1476635501 |
Our love of films often leads us to discuss them in enthusiastic, if not necessarily sophisticated, conversations. Many moviegoers want a better understanding so that they might better articulate their experiences. This midpoint between theorizing and plot summary is not difficult to achieve. Since their introduction just before the turn of the 20th century, the vast majority of narrative films have followed the same structure—now known as Classic Hollywood Cinema. This book examines what “classic” means, particularly in Westerns, gangster films, film noir, horror, science fiction, slapstick comedy and screwball comedy/romance. The reader is introduced to concepts of film theory, which leads to a better and deeper appreciation of the movies. A 20-page comprehensive industry glossary of film terms is included for easy reference.