Influential serials such as The Phantom Empire (1935) and Flash Gordon (1936) finally brought science fiction themes to the big screen. Those serials and 29 others are exhaustively covered in this work, which provides complete cast and credit information along with plot descriptions and historical commentary for each serial. Video distributors (if available) are also listed.
Influential serials such as The Phantom Empire (1935) and Flash Gordon (1936) finally brought science fiction themes to the big screen. Those serials ...
This heavily illustrated filmography of Wrays work at last makes obvious her sizeable contribution to the silver screeen. It begins with an overview of her professional acting career, from her period of great demand after the making of King Kong to her gradual decline after her divorce in 1939. The filmography is divided into three sections that describe and discuss the complete collection of Fay Wrays films. The first section introduces Wrays early silent feature film appearances; the second covers her leading lady period in popular horror thrillers and other films in the sound era; and the...
This heavily illustrated filmography of Wrays work at last makes obvious her sizeable contribution to the silver screeen. It begins with an overview o...
Produced in Italy from 1908 the sword and sandal (or peplum) films are one of the screen's most neglected and marginalized film genres. The sword and sandal films were present in Italian cinema from the silent era, but attained their greatest popularity in the 1960s when the release of Hercules (1959) provoked a global craze for these fantasy-adventures.
Produced in Italy from 1908 the sword and sandal (or peplum) films are one of the screen's most neglected and marginalized film genres. The sword and ...
