Ghouls Gimmicks And Gold
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Ghouls Gimmicks And Gold
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Author : Kevin Heffernan
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2004-03-25
Ghouls Gimmicks And Gold written by Kevin Heffernan and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-25 with Business & Economics categories.
DIVThe history of horror films and the horror film industry in the 1950s and 1960s./div
Ghouls Gimmicks And Gold
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Author : Kevin Heffernan
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2004-03-25
Ghouls Gimmicks And Gold written by Kevin Heffernan and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-25 with Performing Arts categories.
The Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Tingler, the Mole People—they stalked and oozed into audiences’ minds during the era that followed Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein and preceded terrors like Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and Chucky (Child’s Play). Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold pulls off the masks and wipes away the slime to reveal how the monsters that frightened audiences in the 1950s and 1960s—and the movies they crawled and staggered through—reflected fundamental changes in the film industry. Providing the first economic history of the horror film, Kevin Heffernan shows how the production, distribution, and exhibition of horror movies changed as the studio era gave way to the conglomeration of New Hollywood. Heffernan argues that major cultural and economic shifts in the production and reception of horror films began at the time of the 3-d film cycle of 1953–54 and ended with the 1968 adoption of the Motion Picture Association of America’s ratings system and the subsequent development of the adult horror movie—epitomized by Rosemary’s Baby. He describes how this period presented a number of daunting challenges for movie exhibitors: the high costs of technological upgrade, competition with television, declining movie attendance, and a diminishing number of annual releases from the major movie studios. He explains that the production and distribution branches of the movie industry responded to these trends by cultivating a youth audience, co-producing features with the film industries of Europe and Asia, selling films to television, and intensifying representations of sex and violence. Shining through Ghouls, Gimmicks, and Gold is the delight of the true horror movie buff, the fan thrilled to find The Brain that Wouldn’t Die on television at 3 am.
Escape Velocity
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Author : Bradley Schauer
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 2017-01-03
Escape Velocity written by Bradley Schauer and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-03 with Performing Arts categories.
Today, movie theaters are packed with audiences of all ages marveling to exciting science fiction blockbusters, many of which are also critically acclaimed. However, when the science fiction film genre first emerged in the 1950s, it was represented largely by exploitation horror films—lurid, culturally disreputable, and appealing to a niche audience of children and sci-fi buffs. How did the genre evolve from B-movie to blockbuster? Escape Velocity charts the historical trajectory of American science fiction cinema, explaining how the genre transitioned from eerie low-budget horror like It Came from Outer Space to art films like Slaughterhouse-Five, and finally to the extraordinary popularity of hits like E.T. Bradley Schauer draws on primary sources such as internal studio documents, promotional materials, and film reviews to explain the process of cultural, aesthetic, and economic legitimation that occurred between the 1950s and 1980s, as pulp science fiction tropes were adapted to suit the tastes of mainstream audiences. Considering the inescapable dominance of today's effects-driven blockbusters, Escape Velocity not only charts the history of science fiction film, but also gives an account of the origins of contemporary Hollywood.
Australian Screen In The 2000s
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Author : Mark David Ryan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-11-23
Australian Screen In The 2000s written by Mark David Ryan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-23 with Performing Arts categories.
This book provides coverage of the diversity of Australian film and television production between 2000 and 2015. In this period, Australian film and television have been transformed by new international engagements, the emergence of major new talents and a movement away with earlier films’ preoccupation with what it means to be Australian. With original contributions from leading scholars in the field, the collection contains chapters on particular genres (horror, blockbusters and comedy), Indigenous Australian film and television, women’s filmmaking, queer cinema, representations of history, Australian characters in non-Australian films and films about Australians in Asia, as well as chapters on sound in Australian cinema and the distribution of screen content. The book is both scholarly and accessible to the general reader. It will be of particular relevance to students and scholars of Anglophone film and television, as well as to anyone with an interest in Australian culture and creativity.
The Battle For The Bs
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Author : Blair Davis
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2012-04-06
The Battle For The Bs written by Blair Davis and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-06 with Performing Arts categories.
The emergence of the double-bill in the 1930s created a divide between A-pictures and B-pictures as theaters typically screened packages featuring one of each. With the former considered more prestigious because of their larger budgets and more popular actors, the lower-budgeted Bs served largely as a support mechanism to A-films of the major studios—most of which also owned the theater chains in which movies were shown. When a 1948 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust ruling severed ownership of theaters from the studios, the B-movie soon became a different entity in the wake of profound changes to the corporate organization and production methods of the major Hollywood studios. In The Battle for the Bs, Blair Davis analyzes how B-films were produced, distributed, and exhibited in the 1950s and demonstrates the possibilities that existed for low-budget filmmaking at a time when many in Hollywood had abandoned the Bs. Made by newly formed independent companies, 1950s B-movies took advantage of changing demographic patterns to fashion innovative marketing approaches. They established such genre cycles as science fiction and teen-oriented films (think Destination Moon and I Was a Teenage Werewolf) well before the major studios and also contributed to the emergence of the movement now known as underground cinema. Although frequently proving to be multimillion-dollar box-office draws by the end of the decade, the Bs existed in opposition to the cinematic mainstream in the 1950s and created a legacy that was passed on to independent filmmakers in the decades to come.
In Theaters Everywhere
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Author : Brian Hannan
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2018-12-31
In Theaters Everywhere written by Brian Hannan and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-31 with Performing Arts categories.
Conflicts among Hollywood studios and exhibitors have been going on for years. At their heart are questions about how films should be released—where, when and at what speed. Both sides of this disagreement are losers, with exhibitors using the law via various Consent Decrees and studios retaliating by tightly controlling output. In the Silent Era, movies were not released nearly as widely as they are now. This book tells the story of how the few became the many. It explores the contraction of the release cycle, the maximization of the marketing dollar, and the democratization of consumer access. It also offers a comprehensive list of wide releases and rebuts much of what previous scholars have found.
In The Limelight And Under The Microscope
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Author : Su Holmes
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2011-03-17
In The Limelight And Under The Microscope written by Su Holmes and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-17 with Social Science categories.
A timely collection exploring the politics of female celebrity across a range of contemporary, historical, media and national contexts. >
New Constellations
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Author : Pamela Robertson Wojcik
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2012-01-01
New Constellations written by Pamela Robertson Wojcik and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Performing Arts categories.
American culture changed radically over the course of the 1960s, and the culture of Hollywood was no exception. The film industry began the decade confidently churning out epic spectacles and lavish musicals, but became flummoxed as new aesthetics and modes of production emerged, and low-budget youth pictures like Easy Rider became commercial hits. New Constellations: Movie Stars of the 1960s tells the story of the final glory days of the studio system and changing conceptions of stardom, considering such Hollywood icons as Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman alongside such hallmarks of youth culture as Mia Farrow and Dustin Hoffman. Others, like Sidney Poitier and Peter Sellers, took advantage of the developing independent and international film markets to craft truly groundbreaking screen personae. And some were simply “famous for being famous,” with celebrities like Zsa Zsa Gabor and Edie Sedgwick paving the way for today’s reality stars.
The Ghouls
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Author : Peter Haining
language : en
Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada
Release Date : 1971
The Ghouls written by Peter Haining and has been published by Richmond Hill, Ont. : Simon & Schuster of Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Film adaptations categories.
Collection of stories on which eighteen of the very best horror films were based.
Camera Obscura
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Camera Obscura written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Critical theory categories.
A journal of feminism and film theory.