Brian Taves: 2 books
Hollywood Presents Jules Verne
The Father of Science Fiction on Screen
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Even for those who have never read Jules Verne (1828--1905), the author's very name conjures visions of the submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the epic race in Around the World in Eighty Days, the spacecraft in From the Earth to the Moon, and the daring descent in Journey to the Center...
Thomas Ince
Hollywood's Independent Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Thomas H. Ince (1880--1924) turned movie-making into a business enterprise. Progressing from actor to director and screenwriter, he revolutionized the motion picture industry through developing the role of the producer. In addition to building the first major Hollywood studio facility, dubbed "Inceville,"...