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The Rise and Fall of Thriller Cinema

by Bill Mesce Jr.

Type
Studies
Subject
GenreThriller
Keywords
thriller, history of cinema
Publishing date
2007
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 344 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)
ISBN
978-0-7864-2751-2
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Book Presentation:
The work examines the evolution of the thriller from the heyday of the Hollywood mogul era in the 1930s when it was primarily bottom-of-the-bill fodder, through its maturity in the World War II years and noir-breeding 1950s, its commercial and critical ascendancy in the 1960s and 1970s, and finally its subsequent box office dominance in the age of the blockbuster.

About the Author:
Bill Mesce, Jr., is an adjunct instructor at several New Jersey universities and colleges, and an author, screenwriter, and playwright. He lives in Linden, New Jersey.

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