Shadows of the Silver Screen
Shadows of the Silver Screen

Author: Christopher Edge

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2014-09-01

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0807573205

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As the age of the silent film dawns, a mysterious filmmaker approaches the Penny Dreadful with a proposal to turn Montgomery Flinch's sinister stories into motion pictures. With Monty starring in the production, filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events. As Monty pleads with Penelope to help him, she is drawn into the mystery, but soon finds herself trapped in a nightmare penned by her own hand. Can Penelope uncover the filmmaker's dark secret in time?

Flickering Shadows
Flickering Shadows

Author: Ed Hulse

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-09-10

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9781537559391

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Created as the mysterious narrator of a 1930 radio drama, The Shadow immediately enthralled listeners and became the star of his own pulp-fiction magazine, which at its peak had a paid circulation of some 300,000 copies per issue. And in the depths of the Depression, to boot! Success like this was bound to be noticed by Hollywood, which came calling right away. This fact-filled monograph charts The Shadow's lengthy history in movies, from modestly produced short subjects made in 1931 to the multi-million-dollar spectacular released in 1994 with Alec Baldwin as the legendary Master of Darkness. Brimming with behind-the-scenes production info and illustrated with rare photos, posters, lobby cards, magazine covers, and even frame captures from the movies themselves, FLICKERING SHADOWS is one of the most absorbing pop-culture histories published in years.

Twelve Minutes to Midnight
Twelve Minutes to Midnight

Author: Christopher Edge

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2015-03-01

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0807581348

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Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of Victorian Britain's bestselling magazine, the Penny Dreadful. Her spine-chilling tales—concealed under the pen name Montgomery Finch—are gripping the public. One day she receives a letter from the governor of the Bedlam madhouse requesting Finch's help to investigate the asylum's strange goings-on. Every night at precisely twelve minutes to midnight, the inmates all begin feverishly writing-incoherent ramblings that Penelope quickly realizes are frightening visions of the century to come. But what is causing this phenomenon? In the first book of this smart new series, Penelope is drawn into a thrilling mystery more terrifying than anything she could ever imagine!

Projected Shadows
Projected Shadows

Author: Andrea Sabbadini

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-04-11

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1134089295

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Sacred Terror
Sacred Terror

Author: Douglas E. Cowan

Publisher:

Published: 2016-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781481304900

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Sacred Terror examines the religious elements lurking in horror films. It answers a simple but profound question: When there are so many other scary things around, why is religion so often used to tell a scary story? In this lucid, provocative book, Douglas Cowan argues that horror films are opportune vehicles for externalizing the fears that lie inside our religious selves: of evil; of the flesh; of sacred places; of a change in the sacred order; of the supernatural gone out of control; of death, dying badly, or not remaining dead; of fanaticism; and of the power--and the powerlessness--of religion.

An Amorous History of the Silver Screen
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen

Author: Zhang Zhen

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 9780226982373

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Illustrating the cultural significance of film and its power as a vehicle for social change, this book reveals the intricacies of the cultural movement and explores its connections to other art forms such as photography, drama, and literature.