Entertainment

As two of the most popular entertainers of the mid-century film industry, comic greats Bud Abbott and Lou Costello offered an essential balm to ...

The 13 essays in this volume explore Stephenie Meyer's wildly popular Twilight series in the contexts of literature, religion, fairy tales, film...

Ever since Sean Connery donned the tuxedo for the first time in 1962s Dr. No, every James Bond film has been met with much fanfare and excitement t...

In 1944, Laird Cregar played Jack the Ripper in The Lodger, giving one of the most haunting performances in Hollywood history. It was the climax...

Rock n Roll Movies presents an eclectic look at the many manifestations of rock in motion pictures, from teen-oriented B-movies to Hollywood blockb...

Exploring the early westerns of John Wayne--from his first starring role in the The Big Trail (1930) to his breakthrough as the Ringo Kid in Joh...

What audacity! exclaimed Robert Wagner when he heard about the authors adolescent exploits in nabbing interviews with celebrities of Hollywoods Gol...

The birth and rise of popular Italian cinema since the early 1950s can be attributed purely to necessity. The vast number of genres, sub-genres,...

The Russian masterpiece by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is adapted for the stage by Irish playwright Philip McDonagh. Stunningly illustrated, the book also i...

Dark, dangerous and transgressive, Bram Stoker's Dracula is often read as Victorian society's absolute Other--an outsider who troubles and distr...

Founded by Robert M. Savini in 1933, Astor Pictures Corporation distributed hundreds of films in its 32 years of operation. The company distribu...

Actor and director John Derek was born in Hollywood, where his striking good looks helped get him a contract with David O' Selznick. Derek's career...

The comic archetype of the Little Man--a nobody who stands up to unfairness--is central to the films of Woody Allen and Charlie Chaplin. Portrayi...

From silents of the early American motion picture era through 21st century films, this book offers a decade-by-decade examination of portrayals ...

This critical examination of two dystopian television seriesBlack Mirror and Electric Dreamsfocuses on pop culture depictions of technology and its...

Throughout cinematic history, the buildings characters inhabit--whether stately rural mansions or inner-city apartment blocks--have taken on ext...

The West Wing, first broadcast in 1999, is thought by many to have been one of the most significant dramas shown on network television. Despite ...

The BBC America series Orphan Black (2013-2017) won acclaim for its compelling writing, resonant themes and innovative special effects. And for ...

Formed by five young black men from Chicago, the Flamingos rose to prominence as one of the top vocal acts of the 1950s rock and roll explosion....

Transmediationthe telling of a single story across multiple media platformsis a relatively new phenomenon. While there has been adaptationbooks to ...

Quest narratives are as old as Western culture. In stories like The Odyssey, The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Harry Potter, men set out on j...

Tony and Olivier Award-winning Bob Avian's dazzling life story, Dancing Man: A Broadway Choreographer's Journey, is a memoir in three acts. Act I r...

This is a complete reference work to the history of Batman big screen works, from the 1940s serials through the campy 1960s TV show and film, an...