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Thrills Untapped
Neglected Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1936
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Book Presentation:
Giving deserved attention to nearly 150 neglected films, this book covers early sound era features, serials and documentaries with genre elements of horror, science fiction and fantasy, from major and minor studios and independents.
Full credits, synopses, critical analyses and contemporary reviews are provided for The Blue Light, The Cat Creeps, College Scandal, Cosmic Voyage, The Dragon Murder Case, The Haunted Barn, Lost Gods, Murder in the Red Barn, The New Gulliver, Return of the Terror, Seven Footprints to Satan, S.O.S. Iceberg, While the Patient Slept, The White Hell of Pitz Palu and many others.
About the Author:
Michael R. Pitts has written more than 40 books on motion picture history and entertainment and has also compiled more than three dozen volumes of local history and genealogy. He lives in Chesterfield, Indiana.
Press Reviews:
"Extensive descriptions along with black-and-white photographs of scenes and cinematic marketing billboards will delight film aficionados and history buffs…recommended"—ARBA.
See the publisher website: McFarland & Co
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