Kategoria BISAC: Performing Arts >> Film - Reference

The Films of Sherlock Holmes is written as a follow-up to a book by the same authour (2015) entitled Sherlock Holmes: The Basil Rathbone Years & Other Films.  While the Rathbone films and others are included in the new volume, more than a dozen other films have been added.  Thre are the films in date oder (1931-1992) along with complete cast lists, director credits, run times, detailed plot synopses, and numerous photographs, many of which have never been seen previously.  Forty-six films are included, beginning with the 1931 Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Robert...

Animation: Critical and Primary Sources is a major multi-volume work of reference that brings together seminal writings on animation studies. Gathering historical and contemporary texts from a wide-ranging number of sources, the volumes provide a key resource in understanding and studying the past and future directions of animation studies. The four volumes thematically traces animation studies from its many definitions, or a lack thereof, to the institutional nature of animation production, to establishing greater space within animation discourse for the consideration of broadcast...

Great Comedy Films has been written to provide a cross-section of Hollywood as well as British motion pictures dealing with comedy.  Comedy can take many forms, whether they are subtle or broad slapstick, black comedies, or satirical or screwball in nature.   W.C. Fields, Peter Sellers, George Formby, Will Hay, Charlie Drake, Tony Hancock, Don Knotts, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Abbot & Costello and The Crazy Gang are among those represented in this book.

This book, which I call The Other Films of Agatha Christie, is a collection of films made for TV and the cinema which do not deal with films including the characters of Miss Jane Marple and Hercule Poirot. These films and characters can be found in books I have previously written, called The Films of Hercule Poirot, and The Films of Miss Marple. I have also written a book entitled Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians on Film and TV, which compares the nearly dozen filmed versions of that novel.

Herewith, we will find films that are NOT...

According to the dictionary, the word horror is defined as an overwhelming and painful feeling caused by something frightfully shocking, terrifying, or revolting; a shuddering fear. While it can be said that a number of motion pictures may contrain horror elements, the true horror film is something with a horror at its basis. Therefore inclusion of films listed in this book are based on primarily vampires, monsters, mutants, aliens and so forth. There are other films included that contain horror elements.

The aim of this book is to provide coverage of motion pictures made during the 1970s and 1980s dealing with the Second World War.  While many films contain elements of the war, or took place during the war, the inclusion of films in this book is based primarily on something dealing directly with the war, such as battles or missions.  Complete cast listings, running times, directorial credits, story synopses, and many photographs are provided to give the reader clear and concise details on each particular film.  Sub-genres are included, such as films dealing with spies or...