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Three idiosyncratically macabre cabaret-restaurants in Monmartre, each with its own grotesque portrayal of the afterworlds of Hell, Heaven, and Nothingness.From 1892 until 1954, three cabaret-restaurants in the Montmartre district of Paris captivated tourists with their grotesque portrayals of death in the afterworlds of Hell, Heaven, and Nothingness. Each had specialized cuisines and morbid visual displays with flashes of nudity and shocking ...

Stanislavsky in America explores the extraordinary legacy that Constantin Stanislavskia (TM)s system of actor-training has left on acting in the US. Mel Gordon outlines the journey of Stanislavskia (TM)s theories through twentieth century American history, from the early US tours of the Moscow Art Theatre to the ongoing impact of 'The System' on modern American acting. This fascinating study by a leading theatre critic and practitioner provide...

Verrucht und zwielichtig - so lebt das Berlin der zwanziger Jahre bis heute fort. Bis heute gilt das damalige Berlin als Sinnbild für eine verkommene Stadt - als die moderne Antwort auf die Hure Babylon oder Sodom und Gomorrha. Kein Wunder, dass sich Regisseure, Musiker und Modeschöpfer noch heute von diesem dekadenten Charme inspirieren lassen. Sündiges Berlin erzählt vom moralischen Zusammenbruch durch den Ersten Weltkrieg, der harten Inflat...

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A contemporary biography of a notorious actress, dancer, and playwright who scandalized sex-obsessed Berlin during the 1920s chronicles the life of Anita Berber, who often haunted hotel lobbies, nightclubs and casinos, radiantly naked except for an elegant sable wrap, a pet monkey hanging from her neck, and a silver brooch packed with cocaine.

Mel Gordon's companion volume to his highly praised pictorial history Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin.

Rediscover the Paris stage sensation devoted to gruesome depictions of violence and sex, now with a color insert of posters.

The only collection of its kind, this volume includes writings by leading Dadaists.

This first English-language biography of Erik Jan Hanussen is the true story of the Jewish mind reader who became a member of Hitler's inner court. The psychic is the subject of a Werner Herzog film starring Tim Roth, scheduled to be released in 2001.

The classic illustrated exploration of pre-Nazi sex culture in Germany.

The Jewish jokester turned crime fighter as created by Superman's Siegel and Shuster.

THE STANISLAVSKY TECHNIQUE: RUSSIA

An important addition to the literature on Italian Commedia dell'Arte.--"Choice