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Features the complete shooting scripts of three Depression-era films directed by independent filmmaker Dwain Esper.

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...a useful addition to the very sparse, accurate documentation of the exploitation film racket. * Classic Images * Each script is appended with Wood's extensive annotations, which are an education in themselves...there's also an extensive introduction, which...lends candid insight into Esper's character. * Video Watchdog * ...a fascinating social commentary on liberal marriages, teenage drinking and facelifts. Bret Wood understands his subject better than anyone outside the Esper family. -- Paul Holbrook * The Big Reel * ...a wild youth tale. * Movie Collector's World, Feb. 99, #570 * ...valuable to students of the genre. We wish there were more...an interesting appendix includes correspondence between Mrs. Esper and the New York Censor Board. * Past Times *

...a useful addition to the very sparse, accurate documentation of the exploitation film racket. Classic Images Each script is appended with Wood's extensive annotations, which are an education in themselves...there's also an extensive introduction, which...lends candid insight into Esper's character. Video Watchdog ...a fascinating social commentary on liberal marriages, teenage drinking and facelifts. Bret Wood understands his subject better than anyone outside the Esper family. -- Paul Holbrook The Big Reel ...a wild youth tale. Movie Collector's World, Feb. 99, #570 ...valuable to students of the genre. We wish there were more...an interesting appendix includes correspondence between Mrs. Esper and the New York Censor Board. Past Times

...a fascinating social commentary on liberal marriages, teenage drinking and facelifts. Bret Wood understands his subject better than anyone outside the Esper family.--Paul Holbrook The Big Reel

Author Information

Bret Wood is a freelance writer who has published articles in Film Comment and Filmfax. He currently resides in New York.

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