Book review: Sin in Soft Focus, by Mark A. Vieira
Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood, by Mark A. Vieira. (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1999). Cloth, $39.95, 340pp. ISBN 0-81094-475-8 “Pre-Code” is the catchall term, now familiar to[…]
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Book review: The Werewolf Book, by Brad Steiger
The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia of Shape-Shifting Things, by Brad Steiger. (Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1999). Trade paperback, $19.95, 397pp. ISBN 1057859-078-7 The werewolf, like most other monsters of folklore, has[…]
Book review: Little Joe, Superstar, by Michael Ferguson
Little Joe, Superstar: The Films of Joe Dallesandro, by Michael Ferguson. Laguna Hills, CA: Companion Press, 1998. ISBN 1-889138-09-6, Trade paper, $18.95. Monique von Vooren was mesmerized by his “translucent skin”; Sylvia Miles called it[…]
Book reviews: The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry; Joseph H. Lewis
The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry, by Anthony Slide. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press,1998. Oversize hardcover, ISBN 0-8108-3426-X, 207pp, $55.00. Film dictionaries have become a genre unto themselves lately, and[…]
Book review: Jean Arthur, by John Oller
Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody Knew, by John Oller (New York: Limelight Editions, 1999), Trade paper, $18.95, 358pp, ISBN 0-87910-278-0. Jean Arthur would seem to be an impossible subject for[…]
Book Review: VideoHound’s War Movies, by Mike Mayo
VideoHound’s War Movies: Classic Conflict on Film, by Mike Mayo (Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1999), Trade paper, $19.95, 638pp, ISBN 1-57859-089-2. VideoHound’s been shifting gears lately. Earlier on they concentrated on[…]
Book review: Detours and Lost Highways, by Foster Hirsch
Detours and Lost Highways: A Map of Neo-Noir, by Foster Hirsch (New York: Limelight Editions, 1999), Trade paper, $20.00, 358pp, ISBN 0-87910-288-8. Foster Hirsch’s The Dark Side of the Screen: Film[…]
Book review: The Ultimate Directory of Film Technicians, by Billy H. Doyle
The Ultimate Directory of Film Technicians: A Necrology of Dates and Place of Births and Deaths of More Than 9,000 Producers, Screenwriters, Composers, Cinematographers, Art Directors, Costume Designers, Choreographers, Executives,[…]
Book review: Eccentrics of Comedy, by Anthony Slide
Eccentrics of Comedy, by Anthony Slide (Metuchen, NJ:Scarecrow Press, 1998), Hardcover (no dust jacket), $36.00, 168pp, ISBN 0-8108-3534-7. I was sure the world had gone mad when I retrieved this[…]
Book review: The Vampire Book: by, J. Gordon Melton
The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead, by J. Gordon Melton. (Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1999). Trade paper, $19.95, 919pp. ISBN 1-57859-071-X. This is one encyclopedia that deserves the name. J.[…]
Book review: The St. James Women Filmmakers Encyclopedia, edited by Amy L. Unterberger
The St. James Women Filmmakers Encyclopedia: Women on the Other Side of the Camera, edited by Amy L. Unterberger. (Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1999). Trade paper, $29.95, 568pp. ISBN 1-57859-092-2. This is[…]
Book review: Stranger Than Paradise, by Geoff Andrew
Stranger Than Paradise: Maverick Film-makers in Recent American Cinema, by Geoff Andrew. (New York: Limelight Editions, 1999). Cloth, $38.00, 374pp, ISBN 0-87910-277-2. Geoff Andrew is the film editor of London’s esteemed Time[…]
Book review: Harvey Keitel, by Marshall Fine
Harvey Keitel: The Art of Darkness. The Unauthorized Biography, by Marshall Fine. New York: Fromm International, 1998. ISBN 0-88064-191-6, Cloth, 272pp, $25.00. Harvey Keitel, as rendered by film critic Marshall[…]
Book review: That’s Enough, Folks, by Henry T. Sampson
That’s Enough, Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960, by Henry T. Sampson. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8108-3250-X, Hardcover library binding (no dust jacket), 249pp, $60.00. Scarecrow Press[…]
Book review: The Vampire Gallery by J. Gordon Melton
The Vampire Gallery: A Who’s Who of the Undead, by J. Gordon Melton. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press (a division of Gale Research), 1998. ISBN 1-57859-053-1, Trade paper, 500pp, $19.95. J.[…]
Book review: Sing Out! by Boze Hadleigh
Sing Out! Gays and Lesbians in the Music World by Boze Hadleigh. New York: Barricade Books. $21.95 ($30.75 Cdn), ISBN 1-56980-116-9, 328pp. To order, call 1-800-59-BOOKS or e-mail lstuart@aol.com. America’s prisons[…]
Book reviews: VideoHound’s Soundtracks; VideoHound’s Independent Film Guide
VideoHound’s Soundtracks: Music from the Movies, Broadway and Television, ed. by Didier C. Deutsch. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. 1998. $24.95. ISBN: 1-57859-025-6. 1,024pp. To order, call 1-800-776-6265, or try your local[…]
Book review: Vamps, by Pam Keesey
Vamps: An Illustrated History of the Femme Fatale, by Pam Keesey, San Francisco: Cleis Press, 1997. $21.95. ISBN: 1-57344-026-4. Trade paperback, 171pp. To order, call the publisher at 800-780-2279, e-mail[…]
Book review: Billy Wilder: A Talent for Trouble
Billy Wilder, by Bernard F. Dick. New York: Da Capo Press (a division of Plenum Publishing), 1996 (updated edition). $13.95, ISBN 0-306-80729-7. Trade paperback, 198pp. To order, contact Da Capo Press[…]
Books: September Song; Marihuana, Motherhood, and Madness
Kudos to Scarecrow for finally wising up and using attractive, well-designed dust jackets on their books. Now if they can only do something about those high prices . . . but onto[…]
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