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It is quite rare to find between the covers of a film book a combination so exact between an interesting and well developed theme and graphic elements of very high caliber. This happens with "The Cinema of Adventure, Romance & Terror", a publication of the American Society of Cinematographers. This is not casual. The book was edited by the late George E.Turner, a staff member of ASC, a Hollywood professional, a special effects artist, animator, journalist, historian and professor. The book also has the valuable contributions of other experts such as Rudy Behlmer, Scott MacQeen, Paul Mandell, George J. Mitchell and Michael H. Price, most of them movie professionals, writers or illustrators. The book captures its reader with the wealth of data it gives on 24 films, and thoroughly covers the interests of any film fan or student. Each film is minutely narrated with information of how it came into being, how it was shot and includes details of the complexities faced. A complete technical file accompanies each film. The reader step by step will be thrust into the magic world of film production whose era is long gone. A vivid and nimble prose together with amazing images will awe the reader. The best techniques in restoring old photographs has been wisely combined with the wit of excellent diagraming and top notch printing. Many of those pictures (336 illustrations) never looked it its era as perfect in their grey values as they do now, and can be admired in this book that casts such a magical spell. Unforgetable Hollywood filmic landmarks such as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame","Dracula","Frankestein","Tarzan","Flash Gordon","Rope","Laura","The Night of the Hunter",etc.,reveal their secrets, detail their creation, and show the splendid results obtained. It is a must to own such a book. Don't wait till it is out of print. You owe it to yourself to own a copy and enjoy again and again the legacy those masters left for our awe.
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The early 1920s were years of great artistic and technical growth for motion pictures. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Flash Gordon, Carl Laemmle, All Quiet, Trader Horn, United Artists, Los Angeles, Notre Dame, Cat People, Van Helsing, World War, Gunga Din, Van Dyke, Western Electric, Bela Lugosi, Tarzan Escapes, Universal City, Boris Karloff, Bulldog Drummond, Hell Harbor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Out of the Past, Arthur Edeson, King Kong, United States New!
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The early 1920s were years of great artistic and technical growth for motion pictures. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Flash Gordon, Carl Laemmle, All Quiet, Trader Horn, United Artists, Los Angeles, Notre Dame, Cat People, Van Helsing, World War, Gunga Din, Van Dyke, Western Electric, Bela Lugosi, Tarzan Escapes, Universal City, Boris Karloff, Bulldog Drummond, Hell Harbor, Maureen O'Sullivan, Out of the Past, Arthur Edeson, King Kong, United States New!
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- Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond on 5 pages
- King Kong by Edgar Wallace on 5 pages
- The Black Cat and Other Stories (Penguin Readers, Level 3) by Edgar Allen Poe on page 181, page 182, and page 195
- The Black Cat by Robert Poe on page 181, page 182, and page 195
- Gunga Din and Other Favorite Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) by Rudyard Kipling on page 221, page 230, and page 231
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- The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror; Revised Edition with a New Afterword by David J. Skal in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Horror Film (Rutgers Depth of Field Series) by Stephen Prince on page 80
- Chronicles of Terror: Silent Screams by Steve Haberman in Back Matter
- American Cinematographer Manual, Ninth Edition 2 Vol Set by Stephen Burum in Back Matter
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