Mcfarland: 2486 books
The CBS Radio Mystery Theater
An Episode Guide and Handbook to Nine Years of Broadcasting, 1974-1982
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Almost every evening for nine years during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the CBS Radio Mystery Theatre brought monsters, murderers and mayhem together for an hour. Created, produced and directed by Himan Brown, the series remains a landmark in radio drama. This book is a detailed history and episode...
by Roy Kinnard, Tony Crnkovich
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
Widely acclaimed as a horror movie actress, Fay Wray is best remembered for her performances in King Kong and four other classic 1930s film thrillers, Doctor X, The Most Dangerous Game, Mystery of the Wax Museum and The Vampire Bat. Yet Wray appeared in 77 feature films between 1925 and 1958, playing...
George Raft
The Films
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
In the early 1930s, George Raft, an actor and dancer from New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, gained a name for himself playing stylish and charismatic gangsters in films like 1932’s original Scarface. Raft’s own real-life connection to the New York mob added frightening authenticity to his portrayals,...
by Roberto Curti
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Italian Gothic horror films of the 1970s were influenced by the violent giallo movies and adults-only comics of the era, resulting in a graphic approach to the genre. Stories often featured over-the-top violence and nudity and pushed the limits of what could be shown on the screen. The decade marked...
The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen
A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2014
Inspired by the real life post-divorce experiences of television comedy writer Danny Simon, The Odd Couple has touched multiple generations of fans. Playwright Neil Simon embellished his brother Danny’s pseudo-sitcom situation and created an oil-and-water twosome with memorable characters showcasing...
Paul Bartel
The Life and Films
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Director Paul Bartel enjoyed poking holes in the expectations of audiences and critics with amusing films about murder, greed and transgressive sex—among them Death Race 2000 (1975), Eating Raoul (1982) and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989). He believed that strange stories...
Single Season Sitcoms of the 1980s
A Complete Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
As the cable TV industry exploded in the 1980s, offering viewers dozens of channels, an unprecedented number of series were produced. For every successful sitcom—The Golden Girls, Family Ties, Newhart—there were flops such as Take Five with George Segal, Annie McGuire with Mary Tyler Moore, One...
The Top 100 American Situation Comedies
An Objective Ranking
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
A number of books and articles have been written ranking the best situation comedies of all time. These have all had something in common—subjective criteria based on the authors’ opinions. This book attempts an objective ranking of the best 100 American sitcoms, based on a mathematical formula...
by Vincent Terrace
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This reference work, the most complete guide to aired and unaired television pilot films ever published (or made available in any way), contains 5,190 alphabetically arranged programs, each with storyline information, performer and character cast listings, producers, air dates (where applicable),...
Cool Hand Lou
My Fifty Years in Hollywood and on Broadway
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
In this candid memoir, actor and director Lou Antonio recounts his five decades in television, film and theater, from live television to Broadway to Emmy-nominated Movies of the Week. Antonio describes with humor and insight the changes in audience tastes and technical developments during his career,...
Flamenco
Conflicting Histories of the Dance
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
This analytical history traces representations of flamenco dance in Spain and abroad from the twentieth century to the present, using histories, film, accounts of live performances, and practitioner interviews. Beginning with an analysis of flamenco historiography, the text examines images of the...
Plie Ball!
Baseball Meets Dance on Stage and Screen
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2016
From the vaudeville gyrations of New York Giants star pitchers Rube Marquard and Christy Mathewson, to Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra as hoofing infielders in Take Me Out to the Ball Game, to the stage and screen versions of Damn Yankees, the connection between baseball and dance is an intimate, perhaps...
Movies as History
Scenes of America, 1930-1970
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Popular movies can enhance the study of history. A dominant form of entertainment throughout the 20th century, they can serve as nontraditional primary sources and offer remarkable opportunities to observe attitudes about social concerns, gender or racial issues, politics, and historical events that...
Combat Films
American Realism, 1945-2010, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
This critical text offers a behind-the-scenes look at fifteen of the most important American war films of the last 60 years. Based on original interviews and archival research and featuring rare photographs, this book covers films considered unusually realistic for the genre. The original edition...