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The Wizard of Oz FAQ is a fact-filled celebration of the beloved 1939 fantasy masterpiece starring Judy Garland. It's all here from L. Frank Baum and his Oz novels to the complete background story of the movie's conception, development, and shoot, with special attention given to the little-known parade of uncredited directors, casting difficulties, and on-set accidents and gaffes, as well as more than 75 sidebars devoted to key cast members, d...

With the queasy U.S.-Soviet wartime alliance long dissolved into mutual suspicion, the House Un-American Activities Committee launched aggressive investigations of alleged communist activity in the Hollywood film industry in 1947--and again in 1951. Studio chiefs, terrified of scandal, scrambled to display their patriotism by producing anti-communist films, from melodramas to thrillers to animated cartoons. Twenty-one lively new essays by fil...

The Wizard of Oz FAQ is a fact-filled celebration of the beloved 1939 fantasy masterpiece starring Judy Garland. It's all here from L. Frank Baum and his Oz novels to the complete background story of the movie's conception, development, and shoot, with special attention given to the little-known parade of uncredited directors, casting difficulties, and on-set accidents and gaffes, as well as more than 75 sidebars devoted to key cast members, d...

FILM NOIR FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE OF DAMES DETECTIVE

This entertaining and informative study of the Three Stooges focuses on the nearly 190 two-reel short comedies the boys made at Columbia Pictures during the years 1934-59. Violent slapstick? Of course, but these comic gems are also peerlessly crafted and enthusiastically played by vaudeville veterans Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp, and Joe - arguably the most popular and long-lived screen comics ever produced by Hollywood. Detailed production and c...

From the inception of the science fiction film, writers, directors, producers, and actors have understood that the genre lends itself to a level of social commentary not available in other formats. Viewers find it easier to accept explorations of such issues as domestic violence, war, xenophobia, faith, identity, racism, and other difficult topics when the protagonists exist in future times or other worlds that are only vaguely similar to our ...

An all-inclusive guide to UFO history and lore, with 100 photos and drawings.

Der lange Schatten der Vergangenheit hält Tilly, die als Kind des Mordes beschuldigt wurde, nicht davon ab, in ihre verschlafene Heimatstadt zurückzukehren. Die schwierige gesellschaftliche Situation, mit der sich die Frau auseinandersetzen muss, wird dadurch entschärft, dass ihre Modekreationen bei den Frauen der Gegend sehr gut ankommen. So gelingt es Tilly, die Vorurteile mithilfe ihrer schönen Kleider abzubauen.Denn Mode ist mehr als nur e...

Sexual values as interpreted by the horror film (silent era to present day): the erotic allure of the vampire, the taboo of beauty and the beast, "slasher" films, women as victims, etc. Separate chapters on Alfred Hitchcock, Barbara Steele, David Cronenberg.