American silent horror, science fiction and fantasy feature films, 1913-1929

• Tác giả: Steve Joyce, Harry Long, Henry Nicolella, John T Soister
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 078643581X (softcover : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780786435814 (softcover : alk. paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 791.436164 Motion pictures, radio, television
• Thông tin xuất bản: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2012.
• Mô tả vật lý: 2 v. (xii, 810 p.) : , ill. ; , 28 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Kiến trúc, nghệ thuật, hội họa
• ID: 271181
• Chủ đề: 1. Fantasy films--United States; 2. Horror films--United States; 3. Science fiction films--United States; 4. Silent films--United States

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

"During the Silent Era there were films that dared to tackle such topics as mesmerism, the supernatural and the grotesque. Using surviving documentation and their combined expertise, the authors offer their thoughts on these departures from the norm in this encyclopedic discussion on the American view of cinematic horror, science fiction and fantasy 1913-1929"--Provided by publisher.