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From Turner Classic Movies and the creators of @precodedotcom, this is the essential film-by-film guide to must-see cinema from the pre-Code era—a wild and wonderful time in Hollywood history before strict enforcement of a censorship code that ruled moviemaking for decades. With unparalleled...

Warum wurde den Schattenwölfen der Starks in der Serie eine so große Rolle zugeschrieben? Welche realen Orte dienten als Vorlage für die Schauplätze? Wie machten sich die Produzenten Fantheorien für den Fortlauf der Story zunutze? Kim Renfro schaut hinter die Kulissen - von der ersten Folge bis zum großen Finale. Interviews mit Produzenten, Regisseuren, Darstellern und Autoren werfen ein neues Licht auf Schauplätze, Handlungsstränge, Charakterentwicklung, Musikwahl oder die Bedeutung der finalen Folge und deuten an, was die Fans nach dem Ende der Serie zu erwarten haben.

Christina Crawford's book was an immediate bestseller, addressing the infrequently discussed topic of child abuse. When Paramount Pictures released the film, starring Faye Dunaway as Crawford, it was critically panned, and remains one of the most legendary critical bombs in film history. The lavish, big-screen adaptation drew unexpected laughter in the scenes depicting life in the Crawford household. Rarely have such good intentions been met with such ridicule.

Movies under the Influence charts the entangled histories of moviegoing and mind-altering substances from early cinema through the psychedelic 1970s. Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece examines how the parallel trajectories of these two aspects of American culture resulted in them being treated and regulated in similar ways. Rather than looking at drug use within film, she regards cinema and intoxicants as kindred experiences of immersion that have been subject to corresponding forces of ideology and power.

Apocalypse Television features a dramatic insider's account of the making of and backlash against The Day After. No other book has told this story in similar fashion, venturing behind-the-scenes of the programming and news divisions at ABC, the backlash from the conservative movement and Religious Right, the challenges encountered by the film's production team, and the experiences of the citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, where the film was set and shot.