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White Zombie

Anatomy of a Horror Film

By: Gary D. Rhodes

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White Zombie

Anatomy of a Horror Film

By: Gary D. Rhodes

The 1932 horror film White Zombie starring Bela Lugosi has received controversial attention from film reviewers and scholars--but it is unarguably a cult classic worthy of study. This book analyzes the film text from nearly every possible viewpoint, using both academic and popular film theories. Also supplied is an extensive intellectual history of the predecessor works to White Zombie, as well as information on the significance it carried for subsequent books and films, its theatrical release around the country, its modern cultural influence, and the attempts to restore the film to its original state. Other noteworthy features of this work include an in-depth biography of White Zombie director Victor Halperin, the first complete study of his life and career, and 244 images and photographs.

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McFarland

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1476604916

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9781476604916

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of American Horror Film Shorts

1915–1976

By: Gary D. Rhodes,David J. Hogan

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The Palgrave Encyclopedia of American Horror Film Shorts

1915–1976

By: Gary D. Rhodes,David J. Hogan

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of American Horror Film Shorts chronicles for the first time over 1,500 horror and horror-related short subjects theatrically released between 1915, at the dawn of the feature film era when shorts became a differentiated category of cinema, and 1976, when the last of the horror-related shorts were distributed to movie theaters. Individual entries feature plot synopses, cast and crew information, and – where possible – production histories and original critical reviews. A small number of the short subjects catalogued herein are famous; such as those featuring the likes of Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, Bugs Bunny, and Daffy Duck; but the bulk are forgotten. The diverse content of these shorts includes ghosts, devils, witches, vampires, skeletons, mad scientists, monsters, hypnotists, gorillas, dinosaurs, and so much more, including relevant nonfiction newsreels. Their rediscovery notably rewrites many chapters of the history of horror cinema, from increasing our understanding of the sheer number horror films that were produced and viewed by audiences to shedding light on particular subgenres and specific narrative and historical trends.

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718

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Springer Nature

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3030975649

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9783030975647

Consuming Images

Film Art and the American Television Commercial

By: Rhodes Gary D. Rhodes

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Consuming Images

Film Art and the American Television Commercial

By: Rhodes Gary D. Rhodes

The American television commercial has an aesthetic and historical dynamic linking it directly to cinematic and media cultures. Consuming Images: Film Art and the American Television Commercial establishes the complex vitality of the television commercial both as a short film and as an art form. Through close and comparative readings, the book examines the influence of Hollywood film styles on the television commercial, and the resulting influence of the television commercial on Hollywood, exploring an intertwined aesthetic and technical relationship. Analysing key commercials over the decades that feature new technologies and film aesthetics that were subsequently adopted by feature filmmakers, the book establishes the television commercial as a vital form of film art.

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474460712

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9781474460712

The Perils of Moviegoing in America

1896-1950

By: Gary D. Rhodes

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The Perils of Moviegoing in America

1896-1950

By: Gary D. Rhodes

Recaptures the lost history of the physical and moral perils that faced audiences at American movie theatres during the first fifty years of the cinema.

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A&C Black

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144113610X

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The Perils of Moviegoing in America

1896-1950

By: Gary D. Rhodes

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The Perils of Moviegoing in America

1896-1950

By: Gary D. Rhodes

Recaptures the lost history of the physical and moral perils that faced audiences at American movie theatres during the first fifty years of the cinema.

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The Adventures of Little Eli in Cuba

By: Gary D. Rhodes

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The Adventures of Little Eli in Cuba

By: Gary D. Rhodes

Imagination can lead to a gateway of imaginary worlds of adventure and fantasy especially for Little Eli. Little Eli is a wonderful highly-spirited spiritual little boy who was born with a physical condition, cerebral palsy, that has restricted him to a lifetime in a wheelchair. He does not have the ability to go out and make friends and play with the other little kids in the neighborhood or do any of the other things that kids his age would normally do, although he does not let this sway his faith or stop him from enjoying his life to the fullest. He is a very positive, fun-loving and energetic little boy who has figured out a way to create his own fun and entertain himself by escaping off into his own imaginary worlds filled with fantasy and adventures. With each adventure Little Eli will go on amazing journeys to different places far from his home. During his different adventures, he will spend the entire day traveling around meeting new friends who will often help guide him along a sacred path back to a spiritual gateway, which he must use after each journey to return home in time for dinner because he does not want his parents to worry. Having love and faith can be wonderful, and Little Eli is a courageous and inspirational little boy who has a tremendous amount of both.

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Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

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1098071697

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9781098071691

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

A Clinician's Guide, 3rd Ed

By: Gary Gitnick

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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

A Clinician's Guide, 3rd Ed

By: Gary Gitnick

Provides the clinician with information about causation, complications, natural course, and management of GERD. The efficacy, safety, and suggested regimens of pharmacologic therapies are discussed. Data on the relationship between GERD and asthma are presented. The clinical presentation of GERD patients with chronic cough and laryngitis is discussed in detail.

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209

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Professional Communications

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1932610278

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9781932610277

Consuming Images

Film Art and the American Television Commercial

By: Rhodes Gary D. Rhodes

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Consuming Images

Film Art and the American Television Commercial

By: Rhodes Gary D. Rhodes

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474460712

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No Traveler Returns

The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi (hardback)

By: Gary D. Rhodes,Bill Kaffenberger

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The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi (hardback)

By: Gary D. Rhodes,Bill Kaffenberger

Gary Rhodes and Bill Kaffenberger have added the final chapter to Bela Lugosi's career, combining fascinating unknown details of his film and stage activities with post-WWII film history. Superbly researched and written as an engrossing story of an actor's struggle against professional decline. A must-read!" - Robert Cremer, author of Lugosi: The Man Behind the Cape (Henry Regnery, 1976). "Gary Rhodes represents that elusive Gold Standard in narrative research into the full depth and breadth of Bela Lugosi's complicated career. Rhodes' devotion to the banishment of myth, and to its replacement with frank and humanizing truth, has provided a wealth of historical storytelling that, in turn, renders the actor's known body of work all the more fascinating and comprehensible. Just when I catch myself believing I know all there is to be known about Lugosi -- along comes Gary Rhodes and Bill Kaffenberger with a fresh brace of revelations. The process advances immeasurably in No Traveler Returns: The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi." - Michael H. Price, coauthor of the Forgotten Horrors series. In No Traveler Returns, Bela Lugosi scholar extraordinaire Gary D. Rhodes and Bill Kaffenberger provide a fascinating time travel journey back to the late 1940s/early 1950s, when Lugosi - largely out of favor in Hollywood - embarked on a Gypsy-like existence of vaudeville, summer stock, and magic shows. While many historians have considered this era a limbo in Lugosi's career, with precious few facts unearthed, Rhodes and Kaffenberger take the reader along for a wide-eyed ride as Bela performs in a nightclub so notorious that armed guards keep watch on the roof, dresses as Dracula in a magic show where he and a gorilla (a man in a suit) play football with the guillotined head of a woman (a dummy), and races from one stock engagement to another without ever missing a cue. Never in his American career was Bela so busy, and never did his light shine so brightly as he valiantly troupes to support his family, dominate age and illness, and please his audiences. It's a fastidiously researched education in the show business world of the time - and a stirring tribute to the charm, brilliance and inexhaustible professionalism of the star who was Dracula. - Gregory William Mank, author of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff: The Expanded Story of a Haunting Collaboration (McFarland, 2009).

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1629333174

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Consuming Images: Film Art and the American Television Commercial

By: Gary D. Rhodes,Robert Singer

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Consuming Images: Film Art and the American Television Commercial

By: Gary D. Rhodes,Robert Singer

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1474460690

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Book's by Gary D. Rhodes

White Zombie

White Zombie

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of American Horror Film Shorts

The Palgrave Encyclopedia of American Horror Film Shorts

Consuming Images

Consuming Images

The Perils of Moviegoing in America

The Perils of Moviegoing in America

The Perils of Moviegoing in America

The Perils of Moviegoing in America

The Adventures of Little Eli in Cuba

The Adventures of Little Eli in Cuba

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Consuming Images

Consuming Images

No Traveler Returns

No Traveler Returns

Consuming Images: Film Art and the American Television Commercial

Consuming Images: Film Art and the American Television Commercial

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