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Guide to the Archival Materials of the German-speaking Emigration to the United States after 1933. Volume 3
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On Sunset Boulevard
On Sunset Boulevard, originally published in 1998, describes the life of acclaimed filmmaker Billy Wilder (1906-2002), director of such classics as Sunset Boulevard, The Lost Weekend, The Seven Year Itch, and Sabrina. This definitive biography takes the reader on a fast-paced journey from Billy Wilder's birth outside of Krakow in 1906 to Vienna, where he grew up, to Berlin, where he moved as a young man while establishing himself as a journalist and screenwriter, and triumphantly to Hollywood, where he became as successful a director as there ever was. Double Indemnity, Sunset Boulevard, Some Like It Hot, and The Apartment"Wilder's cinematic legacy is unparalleled. Not only did he direct the...
Whomsoever I Shall Kiss
THE MOUNTAINS WERE SILENT... He was handsome, shrewd, lustful—a scoundrel who would do anything for money. She was beautiful, innocent, lonely—and she possessed a fortune... Alina would not be the first woman Royal Ludovici had pretended to love—but she might be the first with whom his practiced deceit would fail...For, unscrupulous as he was, Royal now found himself confronted by forces greater than his own insatiable greed. And they were teaching Royal, for the first time, that in the end a man can betray only himself...
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff
Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster are horror cinema icons, and the actors most deeply associated with the two roles also shared a unique friendship. Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff starred in dozens of black-and-white horror films, and over the years managed to collaborate on and co-star in eight movies. Through dozens of interviews and extensive archival research, this greatly expanded new edition examines the Golden Age of Hollywood, the era in which both stars worked, recreates the shooting of Lugosi and Karloff's mutual films, examines their odd and moving personal relationship and analyzes their ongoing legacies. Features include a fully detailed filmography of the eight Karloff and Lugosi films, full summaries of both men's careers and more than 250 photographs, some in color.
The Werewolf Filmography
From the horrific to the heroic, cinematic werewolves are metaphors for our savage nature, symbolizing the secret, bestial side of humanity that hides beneath our civilized veneer. Examining acknowledged classics like The Wolf Man (1941) and The Howling (1981), as well as overlooked gems like Dog Soldiers (2011), this comprehensive filmography covers the highs and lows of the genre. Information is provided on production, cast and filmmakers, along with critical discussion of the tropes and underlying themes that make the werewolf a terrifying but fascinating figure.
Riders to the Stars
Three men, each driven by secret reasons, volunteered to take the strangest trip since the beginning of time: GORDON—filled with a need for power, enough power to wipe out the memory of an earlier terrible shame. LOCKWOOD—to whom life was worth very little without Susan—maybe it was worth nothing at all. STANTON—a man haunted by the knowledge that a special and mysterious fate awaited him. Behind them were their pasts. Ahead of them—infinity. In this different and suspense-filled novel, the author of Donovan's Brain tells the story of a strange quest whose outcome might mean the difference between survival and extinction for mankind.
Robert Siodmak
Trained in the German Expressionist tradition, Robert Siodmak brought a uniquely European flavor to Hollywood. Such Siodmak features as Phantom Lady, Cry of the City, and The File on Thelma Jordan contributed to the establishment of film noir as a movie genre. This study opens with a detailed biography of the director, focusing on the development and evolution of his thematic and visual style. Critical analyses of each of his noir films are next presented, as well as plot synopses and comments on the movie's place in the Siodmak canon. An exhaustive filmography of all of Siodmak's works, including those uncompleted, is then given, with full cast and credits, running time, release date, alternate titles, and studio.
Donovan's Brain
The SF classic novel of the terror that lurked in DONOVAN'S BRAIN. DEAD...Doomed by disease, then mangled in a plane crash, there was no doubt that Donovan was dead. YET...floating in a tank of nutrient, linked to complex apparatus, Donovan's brain still lived... ALIVE...someone walked with Donovan's gait, wrote his signature, knew his foulest secrets—and carried out his last, weirdest plan! "Donovan's Brain is terrific!"—THE NEW YORK TIMES
