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For most people, film adaptation of literature can be summed up in one sentence: ?The movie wasn?t as good as the book.? This volume undertakes to ... More

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This book takes readers into the world of comedy and helps them discover what makes people laugh. With easy-to-use guidelines, the book reveals the ... More

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Authoring a film adaptation of a literary source not only requires a media conversion but also a transformation as a result of the differing dramatic ... More

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This latest addition to Philip J Riley's Alternate History of Classic Filmonsters series is a collaborative effort with fellow film historian David ... More

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This latest addition to Philip J Riley's Alternate History of Classic Filmonsters series is a collaborative effort with fellow film historian David ... More

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A readable, funny, vividly told account of everything you ever wanted to know about the Spaghetti West

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The A to Z of Italian Cinema provides a better understanding of the role Italian cinema has played in film history through a chronology, an ... More

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A readable, funny, vividly told account of everything you ever wanted to know about the Spaghetti West

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Larry Gelbart has contributed to some of the most important and successful comedy works in radio, television, film, and theatre A Funny Thing ... More

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Few movies in the entire history of Hollywood cinema are as beloved as Steven Spielberg's E.T., the story of a remarkable friendship between a young ... More

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The scripts of award-winning film director Ingmar Bergman have been among the most important documents in film history. Though his vision in such ... More

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(Applause Books). The totally restored, revamped and researched blow-by-blow recounting of the most spectacular title bout in the blood-soaked ... More

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This unlikely romantic adventure, set in Europe in the fourteenth century and filmed mostly in Prague, was written, produced, and directed by Academy ... More

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Though Ingmar Bergman effectively retired from feature film making in 1982, he continued to be a prolific writer, both of stage plays (many of which ... More

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Nominated for a nonfiction Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America, "Scripting Hitchcock" explores the collaborative process ... More

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The 'femme fatale' figure in film noir has long served as a central defining feature of these rich and compelling films of the post-war American ... More

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The definitive book on the Frank Capra classic that has garnered an enormous cult following. Film historian Jeanine Basinger draws from the Capra ... More

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Peopled by a cast including Carole Lombard, Louis B. Mayer, Dalton Trumbo, Marlene Dietrich, Otto Preminger, Darryl F. Zanuck, Bertolt Brecht, Bert ... More

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