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Hollywood S Pre Code Horrors 1931 1934

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Author : Raymond Valinoti Jr.
language : en
Publisher: BearManor Media
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Hollywood S Pre Code Horrors 1931 1934 written by Raymond Valinoti Jr. and has been published by BearManor Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Performing Arts categories.

In the first few years of the Great Depression, before the Production Code was rigidly enforced in 1934, Hollywood took advantage of its laxity, producing racy and violent films that titillated filmgoers and outraged reformers. The American horror genre blossomed during this time and the studios exploited its lurid possibilities. The results were both shocking and controversial. Some of these films remain unsettling today. Hollywood's Pre-Code Horrors 1931-1934 appraises all of these films, from Dracula (1931), which spearheaded the American horror market, to The Black Cat (1934), the last chiller released before the strengthening of the Code. Each film is thoroughly analyzed, not only in its insinuations and/or portrayals of sex and violence, but in the context of the era in which it was made and the reactions of critics and filmgoers during this time. Raymond Valinoti, Jr. is a resident of Berkeley Heights, NJ. He has a Master's in Library Science from Rutgers University and is a freelance researcher. He is also the author of Another Nice Mess: The Laurel and Hardy Story. His articles on films have been published in the magazines Midnight Marquee and Films of the Golden Age. "Fans of classic horror films are in for an important and enlightening history lesson. The book recalls a time when Hollywood came under scrutiny by highly-vocal moral crusaders. But before cracking down on them with their strict new Production Code, cinematic horror thrived during a relatively permissive period in the early 1930s, with author Valinoti profiling 19 of these films, from the biggest hits (King Kong, Frankenstein) to financial flops that are now considered classics (Island of Lost Souls, Freaks). We get a brief history of each film’s production and marketing, as well as their assorted pre- and post-production censorship problems, with lots of favorites popping up along the way, including Mystery of the Wax Museum, The Black Cat, and Murders in the Zoo." - Shock Cinema

Hollywoods Pre Code Horrors 19

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Author : Raymond Valinoti Jr
language : en
Publisher: BearManor Media
Release Date : 2017-01-04

Hollywoods Pre Code Horrors 19 written by Raymond Valinoti Jr and has been published by BearManor Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-04 with Performing Arts categories.

In the first few years of the Great Depression, before the Production Code was rigidly enforced in 1934, Hollywood took advantage of its laxity, producing racy and violent films that titillated filmgoers and outraged reformers. The American horror genre blossomed during this time and the studios exploited its lurid possibilities. The results were both shocking and controversial. Some of these films remain unsettling today. Hollywood's Pre-Code Horrors 1931-1934 appraises all of these films, from Dracula (1931), which spearheaded the American horror market, to The Black Cat (1934), the last chiller released before the strengthening of the Code. Each film is thoroughly analyzed, not only in its insinuations and/or portrayals of sex and violence, but in the context of the era in which it was made and the reactions of critics and filmgoers during this time. Raymond Valinoti, Jr. is a resident of Berkeley Heights, NJ. He has a Master's in Library Science from Rutgers University and is a freelance researcher. He is also the author of Another Nice Mess: The Laurel and Hardy Story. His articles on films have been published in the magazines Midnight Marquee and Films of the Golden Age.

Hollywoods Pre Code Horrors 19

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Author : Jr. Raymond Valinoti
language : en
Publisher: BearManor Media
Release Date : 2017-01-06

Hollywoods Pre Code Horrors 19 written by Jr. Raymond Valinoti and has been published by BearManor Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-06 with Performing Arts categories.

Hollywood's Pre-Code Horrors 1931-1934 appraises all horror films from Dracula (1931), which spearheaded the American horror market, to The Black Cat (1934), the last chiller released before the strengthening of the Code.

The Turn To Gruesomeness In American Horror Films 1931 1936

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Author : Jon Towlson
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2016-09-13

The Turn To Gruesomeness In American Horror Films 1931 1936 written by Jon Towlson and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-13 with Performing Arts categories.

Critics have traditionally characterized classic horror by its use of shadow and suggestion. Yet the graphic nature of early 1930s films only came to light in the home video/DVD era. Along with gangster movies and "sex pictures," horror films drew audiences during the Great Depression with sensational content. Exploiting a loophole in the Hays Code, which made no provision for on-screen "gruesomeness," studios produced remarkably explicit films that were recut when the Code was more rigidly enforced from 1934. This led to a modern misperception that classic horror was intended to be safe and reassuring to audiences. The author examines the 1931 to 1936 "happy ending" horror in relation to industry practices and censorship. Early works like Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) and The Raven (1935) may be more akin to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and Hostel (2005) than many critics believe.

Hollywood Goes Oriental

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Author : Karla Rae Fuller
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2010-08-16

Hollywood Goes Oriental written by Karla Rae Fuller and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-16 with Performing Arts categories.

An in-depth look at the portrayal of Asian characters by non-Asian actors in classical Hollywood film.

Framing Monsters

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Author : Joshua David Bellin
language : en
Publisher: SIU Press
Release Date : 2005

Framing Monsters written by Joshua David Bellin and has been published by SIU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Performing Arts categories.

Beginning with celebrated classics, the author locates King Kong (1933) within the era of lynching to evince how the film protects whiteness against supposed aggressions of a black predator and reviews The Wizard of Oz (1939) as a product of the Depression's economic anxieties. From there, the study moves to the cult classic animated Sinbad Trilogy (1958-1977) of Ray Harryhausen, films rampant with xenophobic fears of the Middle East as relevant today as when the series was originally produced. Advancing to more recent subjects, the author focuses on the image of the monstrous woman and the threat of reproductive freedom found in Aliens (1986), Jurassic Park (1993), and Species (1995) and on depictions of the mentally ill as dangerous deviants in 12 Monkeys (1996) and The Cell (2000). An investigation into physical freakishness guides his approach to Edward Scissorhands (1990) and Beauty and the Beast (1991).

Monsters In The Closet

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Author : Harry M. Benshoff
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1997-11-15

Monsters In The Closet written by Harry M. Benshoff and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-11-15 with Performing Arts categories.

Monster in the Closet is a history of the horrors film that explores the genre's relationship to the social and cultural history of homosexuality in America. Drawing on a wide variety of films and primary source materials including censorship files, critical reviews, promotional materials, fanzines, men's magazines, and popular news weeklies, the book examines the historical figure of the movie monster in relation to various medical, psychological, religious and social models of homosexuality. While recent work within gay and lesbian studies has explored how the genetic tropes of the horror film intersect with popular culture's understanding of queerness, this is the first book to examine how the concept of the monster queer has evolved from era to era. From the gay and lesbian sensibilities encoded into the form and content of the classical Hollywood horror film, to recent films which play upon AIDS-related fears. Monster in the Closet examines how the horror film started and continues, to demonize (or quite literally "monsterize") queer sexuality, and what the pleasures and "costs" of such representations might be both for individual spectators and culture at large.

Trick Treat Transgress

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Author : Sandra Danneil
language : en
Publisher: Schüren Verlag
Release Date : 2021-09-01

Trick Treat Transgress written by Sandra Danneil and has been published by Schüren Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-01 with Performing Arts categories.

The Simpsons are not only the world's most famous TV family; they are also the protagonists of one of the longest-lasting animation programs in US television. Over the course of the past thirty years, the yellow five from Springfield have become an indispensable part of American popular culture which still turns academics into fans and inspires fans to research the objects of their fascination. This book focuses on the Halloween Special TREEHOUSE OF HORROR, a part of THE SIMPSONS which research has largely left unnoticed. If THE SIMPSONS revolutionized how we look through television at US-American culture and society, TREEHOUSE OF HORROR has changed the way we re-member popular-culture history by way of horror traditions. This study demonstrates how Matt Groening's cartoon shows have painted a yellow archive of the digital age.

Pregnancy In Literature And Film

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Author : Parley Ann Boswell
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-03-12

Pregnancy In Literature And Film written by Parley Ann Boswell and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-12 with Performing Arts categories.

This exploration of the ways in which pregnancy affects narrative begins with two canonical American texts, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter (1848) and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861). Relying on such diverse works as Frankenstein, Peyton Place, Beloved, and I Love Lucy, the book chronicles how pregnancy evolves from a conventional plot device into a mature narrative form. Especially in the 20th and 21st centuries, the pregnancy narrative in fiction and film acts as a lightning rod with the power to electrify all genres of fiction and film, from early melodrama (Way Down East) to noir (Leave Her to Heaven); from horror (Rosemary's Baby) to science fiction and dystopia (Alien, The Handmaid's Tale); and from iconic (Lolita) to independent (Juno, Precious). Ultimately, the pregnancy narrative in popular film and fiction provides a remarkably clear lens by which we can gauge how popular American film and fiction express our most profound--and most private--fears, values and hopes.

Fear Itself

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Author : Melvin E. Matthews, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2009-07-01

Fear Itself written by Melvin E. Matthews, Jr. and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with Performing Arts categories.

This book demonstrates how horror films of the 1930s and 1940s reflected specific events and personalities of the era, most notably the Great Depression and World War II. Beginning with Dracula and Frankenstein (1931), it relates the many ways that horror films and society intersected: Franklin D. Roosevelt's skepticism toward conventional wisdom and the public's distrust of experts was mirrored in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Murders in the Rue Morgue; the freaks in Tod Browning's 1932 film of the same name revolted against the powerful people of the circus, much like the Bonus Army protested the sufferings of the Depression; King Kong's rampage on New York personified the anti-New York sentiment in the nation at large; Lon Chaney Jr.'s Wolf Man symbolized the experience of his creator, Curt Siodmak, as a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany.