Mark A. Vieira
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
You know film noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.
Author
Publisher
Running Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Forbidden Hollywood is a history of "pre-Code" like none other: you will eavesdrop on production conferences, read nervous telegrams from executives to censors, and hear Americans argue about "immoral" movies. You will see decisions artfully wrought, so as to fool some of the people long enough to get films into theaters. You will read what theater managers thought of such craftiness, and hear from fans as they applauded creativity or condemned crassness....
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"The fandom of Pre-Code Hollywood meets the cult of Prohibition-era libations in this stylish cocktail book"-- Provided by publisher.
"Classic Hollywood and cocktails... uncensored. Prepare to shake, stir, and sip your way through fifty tantalizing Pre-Code [i.e., Motion Picture Production Code] films paired with both original and classic Prohibition-era elixirs celebrating the brazen and provocative period when sin ruled the movies and the drinks."...
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