age ~46
from Middletown, PA
pre-Code Hollywood is the term often used to refer to the era between the demise of silent film in the late 1920s and the encroachment of mandatory self-censorship by conservative forces in mid-1934. During this period, creativity in Hollywood was at its peak, with films like Grand Hotel (1932), The...
Author
Kim Luperi, Clint Worthington, Cliff Aliperti, Letícia Magalhães, Jake Woehlke, Karen Burroughs Hannsberry
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
89
ISBN #
14
This latest issue from CMBA Presents looks at how classic films presented cars and trucks and things that go. Features essays about Our Hospitality (1923), Danger Lights (1930), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Sleepers West (1941), Detour (1945), I Know Where I'm Going! (1...
Author
Danny Reid, Karen Burroughs Hannsberry, John Greco, Amanda Garrett, Emily Rauber Rodriguez, Marsha Collock, Annette Bochenek, Patricia Nolan-Hall, Kristina Dijan, Leah Williams
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
65
ISBN #
13
Being a woman in the early 1930s wasn’t easy. These three movies portray the hazards of pursuing your dreams as a woman, whether it means losing your husband, losing your career, or even sacrificing your life. Also covered are three stars of the early 1930s, each of whom hit meteoric fame for a shor...
Author
Christina Rice, Judy Geater, Eloise Ross, Shane Bliss, Danny Reid
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
81
ISBN #
12
COME SEE HOW THE VAMPIRES DO IT! Presenting the third installment of The Collinsport Historical Society's MONSTER SERIAL feature. Featuring a special introduction by actress/author Kathryn Leigh Scott, this collection focuses on the best (and worst) movies ever made about vampires. From DARK SHADOWS...
Author
Wallace McBride
Binding
Paperback
Pages
222
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1508856885
EAN Code
9781508856887
ISBN #
4
Over the course of six theatrical features from RKO and one memorable television movie, amateur sleuth Hildegarde Withers has solved her fair share of impossible puzzles. This book celebrates that cinematic legacy, looking at Stuart Palmer's creation and the craftsmen who brought each of those endea...
Author
Danny Reid
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
143
ISBN #
3
Undoubtedly some of the most witty and urbane films of Hollywood’s Golden Age, the six movies that composed MGM’s Thin Man series showcased a pair of wealthy, inebriated detectives who solve murders in their down time. Through the series’ run from 1934 to 1947, William Powell and Myrna Loy turned Ni...
Author
Danny Reid, Andrew Wickliffe, Jake Woehlke, Cliff Aliperti, Clint Worthington, Shane Bliss, E.A. Botta, Vanessa Buttino, Judy Geater, Karen Burroughs Hannsberry, Andrew Hathaway, Jared Latore, Cameron Howard, Leticia Magalhaes, Christina Rice, Ryan Rinchiuso, Michael James Roberson, Ivan G. Shreve, Tars Tarkas, B.G. Voita
Binding
Paperback
Pages
230
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN #
1503361799
EAN Code
9781503361799
ISBN #
2
The 1930s was one of the most formative decades in Hollywood's history, from the stilted, early talkies to the hallmark year of 1939 that saw films such as Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz released. This collection of 19 essays by a selection of the best classic film bloggers currently writin...
Author
Cliff Aliperti, Annette Bochenek, Marsha Collock, Kristina Dijan, Amanda Garrett, Lesley Gaspar, Annmarie Gatti, John Greco, Karen Burroughs Hannsberry
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
132
ISBN #
1
Few can dispute the influence of two of this issue’s stars in the pre-Code era– Norma Shearer and Joan Blondell. For this issue we look at the revolutionary characters Shearer created in The Divorcee and A Free Soul as well as one of the most gleefully amoral films of the early 30s, Night Nurse. Als...
Author
Danny Reid, Karen Burroughs Hannsberry, Angela Petteys, Jake Woehlke, Cliff Aliperti, Andrew Wickliffe, Molly Bugamelli
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
72
ISBN #
11