Film, TV & Radio books

The most universal civilian privation in World War II Britain, the blackout possessed many symbolic meanings. Among...  Read More >>

This rich, wide-ranging book explores Italy's national film style by relating it closely to politics and to the...  Read More >>

The entrepreneur of phonograph concerts and motion-picture programs Lyman H. Howe was the leading traveling exhibitor...  Read More >>

Besides documenting the predominant presence of privileged patrons in the audience, the author discusses the shape...  Read More >>

Hadley Cantril's study was launched immediately after the broadcast to give an account of people's reactions and...  Read More >>

Through her study of the narrative themes and strategies of Italian commercial sound films of the fascist era, Marcia...  Read More >>

Reinterpreting twelve of Renoir's best-known works, Professor Faulkner attributes their qualities not to the director's...  Read More >>

Noting that motherhood is a common metaphor for film production, Lucy Fischer undertakes the first investigation...  Read More >>

Film, a latecomer to the realm of artistic media, alludes to, absorbs, and undermines the discourses of the other...  Read More >>

The works of Shakespeare and Dante or the figures of George Washington and Moses do not often enter into popular...  Read More >>

Robert T. Eberwein uses a hypothesis from psychoanalytic theory to explore the frequently noticed similarity between...  Read More >>

Peter Brunette and David Wills extend the work of Jacques Derrida into a new realm--with rewarding consequences....  Read More >>

This account of Thomas Sheridan's career as theater manager has been based on biographies written by his contemporaries,...  Read More >>

Hugh Aitken describes a critical period in the history of radio, when continuous wave technology first made reliable...  Read More >>

When the great filmmaker Carlos Saura was a young man, he desired to create a book about his native Spain. Saura...  Read More >>

First book dedicated to the twin films of Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone.  Read More >>

Originally published: UK: Profile Books, 2015.  Read More >>

On the evening of October 30, 1938, radio listeners across the United States heard a startling report of a meteor...  Read More >>

Despite an unconventional childhood, she has built a life and career of her own that millions of fans admire. Wildflower...  Read More >>

Gender in general, and masculinity in particular, might not be the first associations the mind produces when presented...  Read More >>

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This is the HARDBACK version. A BROADWAY LEGEND OF 1924 Includes more than eighty rare photographs, some published...  Read More >>

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2015 im Fachbereich Filmwissenschaft, Note: 1,3, Universitat zu Koln (Institut fur Medienkultur...  Read More >>

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She has been called America's princess - and with good reason. Long before she married a prince, Grace Kelly had...  Read More >>