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Mabel Normand
The Life and Career of a Hollywood Madcap
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
American silent film star Mabel Normand (1892–1930) appeared in a string of popular movies opposite the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle during the 1910s and 1920s, before dying of tuberculosis at age 37. Her brief but remarkable career, which included director and writer credits as well...
Will Cuppy, American Satirist
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2013
Back in the golden age of humor books (late 1920s–early 1950s), when wits of the pantheon like Robert Benchley, James Thurber, and S.J. Perelman were producing their signature works, there was another singular satirist who more than held his own with such fast company: Will Cuppy (1884–1949)....
Breaking the Appalachian Barrier
Maryland as the Gateway to Ohio and the West, 1750-1850
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2018
In 1750 the Appalachian Mountains were a formidable barrier between the British colonies in the east and French territory in the west, passable only on foot or horseback. It took more than a century to break the mountain barrier and open the west to settlement. In 1751 a private Virginia company pioneered...
George Burns Television Productions
The Series and Pilots, 1950-1981
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
An elementary school dropout, George Burns went on to become one of America’s most beloved entertainers. This book covers a neglected part of his career—his work as a television producer. Burns was not only a behind-the-scenes producer, but also filled the role of producer in various comedies...
Champion of the Lark
Harold Churchill and the Presidency of Studebaker-Packard, 1956-1961
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
A career engineer at Studebaker, Harold E. Churchill became president of the recently merged Studebaker-Packard Corporation in 1956, at a time when finances were shaky and an aging product line was losing ground to the Big Three. Quickly launching a program of “realism and common sense,” he focused...
The 72nd New York Infantry in the Civil War
A History and Roster
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
This is the story of the men who fought and died in the 72nd New York Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Part of Dan Sickles’ famed Excelsior Brigade, the 72nd New York served in all the major actions associated with the III Corps, losing one-fourth or more of the regiment in three different...
Western Movies
A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
This revised and greatly expanded edition of a well-established reference book presents 5105 feature length (four reels or more) Western films, from the early silent era to the present. More than 900 new entries are in this edition. Each entry has film title, release company and year, running time,...
A Year in Hell
Memoir of an Army Foot Soldier Turned Reporter in Vietnam, 1965-1966
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2015
This memoir relates the author’s experiences during his year-long tour of duty in the early days of American involvement in Vietnam. Serving in Bravo Company of the 1st Infantry Division, Ray Pezzoli provided protection for engineers constructing the deep water port in Cam Ranh Bay. From July 11,...
by Charlene Fix
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
The author invites readers to spend time in the pleasure of Harpo’s cinematic company while comparing him to tricksters from folklore, myth and legend. The book demonstrates how Harpo, the sweetest, wildest, most magical Marx brother, accomplishes the archetypal trickster’s work. Thirteen chapters...
Up from the Vault
Rare Thrillers of the 1920s and 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
A number of thrillers made in the 1920s and 1930s have become available again thanks to new technology. There are a few, however, that remain elusive to most, if not all, movie buffs. This book covers 21 thrillers from those decades that are well-regarded and eagerly sought, but difficult to find—The...
Film Out of Bounds
Essays and Interviews on Non-Mainstream Cinema Worldwide
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
Operating outside the commercial boundaries of Hollywood cinema, alternative and independent filmmakers have much to offer the discriminating viewer. Yet they struggle for a place in the popular culture, and even more for recognition by the scholarly community. The specific aim of this book is to...
The Richardson Light Guard of Wakefield, Massachusetts
A Town Militia in War and Peace, 1851-1975
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
This book traces the history of the Richardson Light Guard of Wakefield, Massachusetts, from its origins in 1851 until its end in 1975. What had been an institution of community members and local elites passed to town, then state, and finally federal government. During the same period, Wakefield evolved...
The Making of The Magnificent Seven
Behind the Scenes of the Pivotal Western
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
The story behind The Magnificent Seven could have been a movie in itself. It had everything—actors’ strike, writers’ strike, Mexican government interference and a row between the screenwriters that left one removing his name from the credits, all under the lingering gloom of post–McCarthy...
American International Pictures
A Comprehensive Filmography
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
American International Pictures was in many ways the "missing link" between big-budget Hollywood studios, "poverty-row" B-movie factories and low-rent exploitation movie distributors. AIP first targeted teen audiences with science fiction, horror and fantasy, but soon grew to encompass many genres...