Ed Wood and the Lost Lugosi Screenplays
Ed Wood and the Lost Lugosi Screenplays

Author: Gary D. Rhodes

Publisher: BearManor Media

Published: 2016-05-26

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 9781593939205

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With trowel and brush in hand, noted film archaeologist Gary D. Rhodes excavates the cinematic sepulcher of Ed Wood's unproduced scripts for Bela Lugosi, The Vampire's Tomb and The Ghoul Goes West. Joining Rhodes on the expedition are pith-helmeted horror movie expert Tom Weaver, plus Lugosi's original biographer Robert Cremer. These Raiders of the Lost Archives dig deep into the desert of unfilmed films, unearthing all manner of previously unknown artifacts and unseen relics. Ed Wood and the Lost Lugosi Screenplays puts these treasures on exhibit for the very first time. "Ed Wood would shout, 'Perfect!' if he saw this book. An amazing collection of unproduced work from the low budget maestro, lovingly curated and explained. Worth buying for the intros alone. These guys know their stuff." - Larry Karaszewski, screenwriter of Tim Burton's Ed Wood (1994) "Hot on the heels of Gary D. Rhodes' Bride of the Monster script book comes Ed Wood and the Lost Lugosi Screenplays. Delving into the most mythical aspects of the Wood saga, this book examines the facts and mysteries of these unproduced works. Essential for genre enthusiasts." - Jan Alan Henderson, author of Speeding Bullet, The Legendary Lydecker Brothers, and Crypt 39 - a Novel "Gary D. Rhodes, a living breathing encyclopedia of all things Bela Lugosi, now takes us into 'what might have been' territory ... Rhodes' research is, as always, impressively meticulous. How does he find some of this stuff?" - David-Elijah Nahmod, journalist and film critic "Anyone interested in film production history will find this book fascinating. Those who seek insights into the intriguing lives of Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi will be doubly rewarded. But I'm thinking right now of the number of readers who are increasingly interested in screenplay origins, screenplay histories: for that growing number of readers this book will prove to be a true gem!" - Graeme Harper, Dean of the Honors College, Oakland University, Michigan

Ed Wood
Ed Wood

Author: Scott Alexander

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 9780571175680

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The screenplay of a Tim Burton film featuring the eccentric Ed Wood, who directs trashy films while dressed in women's clothes. The story communicates his struggle to express creativity in a harsh and uncomprehending world.

Plan 9 from Outer Space: the Original Uncensored Screenplay
Plan 9 from Outer Space: the Original Uncensored Screenplay

Author: Edward Wood

Publisher:

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780615803142

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It's been called "the worst movie of all time..." Now is YOUR chance to read the original, uncensored screenplay of Ed Wood's infamous film Plan 9 from Outer Space and judge for yourself! Originally titled Grave Robbers from Outer Space, Wood reportedly wrote the film's script from start to finish in a matter of days, following the untimely death of the film's "star," Bela Lugosi. The movie became Plan 9 from Outer Space when, according to legend, the Baptist church funding part of the project found the original title to be "highly offensive." Both titles are contained on the script you have before you: a found-and-unaltered copy of the script that many believe to be the working version used by Ed Wood while filming the movie. Featuring hand-written annotations and corrections alongside the dialogue and scene descriptions that were hammered out on a typewriter back in 1956 (including content that never made it to the finished version of the film), this is a definitive collector's item for any fans of Plan 9, Ed Wood, or horror/sci-fi B-movie mania in general!

The Ghoul Goes West
The Ghoul Goes West

Author: Dale Bailey

Publisher: Tor Books

Published: 2018-01-17

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 1250186633

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The Ghoul Goes West by Dale Bailey is a fantasy novelette about two brothers, both obsessed with movies--one a not very successful screenwriter, the other an academic. When one dies from a drug overdose, his brother travels to Hollywood to investigate, and make amends for not being as supportive as he could have been. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Cinema of Norman Mailer
The Cinema of Norman Mailer

Author: Justin Bozung

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2017-09-07

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1501325515

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The Cinema of Norman Mailer: Film is Like Death not only examines the enfant terrible writer's thoughts on cinema, but also features interviews with Norman Mailer himself. The Cinema of Norman Mailer also explores Mailer's cinema through previously published and newly commissioned essays written by an array of film and literary scholars, enthusiasts, and those with a personal, philosophical connection to Mailer. This volume discusses the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and filmmaker's six films created during the years of 1947 and 1987, and contends to show how Mailer's films can be best read as cinematic delineations that visually represent many of the writer's metaphysical and ontological concerns and ideas that appear in his texts from the 1950s until his passing in 2007. By re-examining Mailer's cinema through these new perspectives, one may be awarded not just a deeper understanding of Mailer's desire to make films, but also find a new, alternative vision of Mailer himself. Norman Mailer was not just a writer, but more: he was one of the most influential Postmodern artists of the twentieth century with deep roots in the cinema. He allowed the cinema to not only influence his aesthetic approach, but sanctioned it as his easiest-crafted analogy for exploring sociological imagination in his writing. Mailer once suggested, "Film is legitimately more interesting than books..." and with that in mind, readers of Norman Mailer might begin to rethink his oeuvre through the viewfinder of the film medium, as he was equally as passionate about working within cinema as he was about literature itself.

Ed Wood, Mad Genius
Ed Wood, Mad Genius

Author: Rob Craig

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2009-09-12

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 0786454237

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Filmmaker Ed Wood was controversial and critically maligned, even labeled "the worst director of all time," yet he achieved cult status and remains of great interest today. This book frames Wood's work, such as the cross-dressing themed Glen or Glenda? and the haphazard Bride of the Monster, as reflections of the culture of their era. Wood invariably worked with infinitesimal budgets, shooting at breakneck speed, incorporating plot twists that defied all logic. Yet there was a tangible if unfocused thematic thrust to Wood's films, which meditate fitfully on gender, religion and society, revealing a "holy trinity" of fixations--sex, death and resurrection. Wood's infamous Plan 9 From Outer Space encapsulates the fixations and flaws that were his hallmarks, and with 22 other films, is explored here. A filmography and 47 photographs are included.

Queer Cinema in America
Queer Cinema in America

Author: Aubrey Malone

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2019-11-11

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 144086716X

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This reference helps readers navigate the perilous odyssey those of an LGBTQ orientation had to face in an age less enlightened than our own, when an attraction to members of the same gender could lead to horrendous abuse. Just as American society has changed dramatically from decade to decade, so has queer cinema. Taking us from a time when LGBTQ characters were often represented as either caricatures or figures of farce, this lively yet authoritative reference explores the sea change ushered in by such stars as Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s and '40s, androgynous figures such as Montgomery Clift, James Dean, and Marlon Brando in the '50s, and closeted gay men such as Rock Hudson and Liberace, whose double lives were exposed by the scourge of AIDS. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on stars, directors, films, themes, and other topics related to queer cinema in America, including films and persons from outside the U.S. who nonetheless figured prominently in America popular culture. Entries cite works for further reading, sidebars provide snippets of interesting trivia, a timeline highlights key events, and a selected, general, end-of-work bibliography cites the most important major works on the topic.