(Applause Books). From the early silent era to the present day, baseball movies have always been a staple of the cinema. Baseball Goes to the Movies chronicles America's fascination with the sport f
Many of the 20th century's most celebrated fictional sleuths appeared in Hollywood movie mystery scries of the forties.For each series, there is an overview of the source material, the individual fil
"This book examines 43 works of literature--from the famous to the obscure--that provided the basis for 62 horror films. Both the written works and the films are analyzed critically, with an emphasis
This companion to Mystery Movie Series of 1940s Hollywood looks at 167 films total, all from US film series that had at least three films. Chapters are devoted to specific detective characters, from P
