Actor Pete Duel, most widely known for his starring role as outlaw Hannibal Heyes in television's Alias Smith and Jones, led an unpredictable and often tumultuous life. This second... Læs mere
Examines the career and the movies of Peter Cushing from his film debut in ""The Man in the Iron Mask"" (1939) through ""Biggles"" (1985). Using interviews and personal correspondence, this book provides Cushing's own views on many of his 91 films.
Filmmaker David Lynch's work is viewed here as patriotic and Puritanical. Also included is a history of moralistic criticism in American literature and a review of existing Lynch criticism within this context.
In 1945 a joint committee of the US Senate and House of Representatives... Læs mere
Superbly written, this is an account by a participant in the airlift that supplied the blockaded capital of the Khmer Republic and... Læs mere
The biography of actress Anna Maria Pierangeli, from her early life in Italy to her death at 39. Discovered by Vittorio De Sica, she soon after starred in her first film,... Læs mere
A survey of film and the modern girl, addressing themes for girls within ""coming of age"" films, the young feminine paradigm, and the ways these... Læs mere
Examines the films of director John Frankenheimer, assessing the thematic and stylistic elements of such films as ""The Iceman Cometh"", ""The Manchurian Candidate"", and ""The Bird Man of Alcatraz"". This work begins with an overview of Frankenheimer's life and career.
From the 1898 War with Spain through the disastrous 1915 Australian landing to the successful assaults in the... Læs mere