Henry Nicolella: 3 books
by John T. Soister, Henry Nicolella, Steve Joyce
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
During the Silent Era, when most films dealt with dramatic or comedic takes on the “boy meets girl, boy loses girl” theme, other motion pictures dared to tackle such topics as rejuvenation, revivication, mesmerism, the supernatural and the grotesque. A Daughter of the Gods (1916), The Phantom...
Down from the Attic
Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era through the 1950s
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
Much has been written (and rewritten) about classic horror and science fiction films like Nosferatu and Metropolis, as well as not-so-classic pictures like Bride of the Monster and The Hideous Sun Demon. Yet some genre films have fallen through the cracks. The 24 films—some elusive, some easily...
Frank Wisbar
The Director of Ferryman Maria, from Germany to America and Back
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
German director Frank Wisbar (1899–1967) had the misfortune of achieving success as a filmmaker just as Hitler came to power. While critics praised his work, Nazi cultural watchdogs were scornful of his attempts to chart “the landscape of the soul” in films like Ferryman Maria (1936) and Anna...