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Part of the Encore Film Book Classics series, this is a reprint of the original text to The Great Spy Pictures: Volume 1 by James Robert Parish and Michael R. Pitts.This detailed volume covers 463 spy films, serials, and TV movies produced over many decades in Hollywood and elsewhere. The entries include The Better ‘Ole (1926), Mysterious Lady (1928), Mata Hari (1931), British Agent (1934), Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Casablanca (1942), Saboteur (1942), Confidential Agent (1945), O.S.S. (1946), Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950), I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951), Betrayed (1954), North by Northwest (1959), The Counterfeit Traitor (1961), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Goldfinger (1964), The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (1965), Casino Royale (1967), The Kremlin Letter (1970), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Zepplin (1971). Each entry includes in depth cast/characters and technical credits, a discussion of the film, and review quotes. This book also provides a history of spy films, a list of genre radio and TV series, and an extensive bibliography of spy novels over the ages.This engaging reference guide is a treasure trove for both movie enthusiasts and film historians. It is also an excellent sourcebook to many of the genre entries now available for viewing on television, the Internet, and DVDs.
Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: JAMES ROBERT PARISH, a former entertainment reporter, publicist, and book series editor, is the author of many published major biographies and reference books on the entertainment industry including Whitney Houston: We Will Always Love You; The Hollywood Book of Extravagance; It’s Good to Be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks; The Hollywood Book of Breakups; Fiascos: Hollywood’s Iconic Flops; The Hollywood Book of Scandals; The Hollywood Book of Love; Hollywood Divas; Jet Li; Hollywood Bad Boys; The Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups in Hollywood; The Hollywood Book of Death; Whoopi Goldberg; Rosie O’Donnell’s Story; The Unofficial “Murder, She Wrote” Casebook; Today’s Black Hollywood; Let’s Talk! America’s Favorite TV Talk Show Hosts; Prison Pictures from Hollywood; The Great Cop Pictures; Prostitution in Mainstream Cinema; The Jeanette MacDonald Story; Hollywood’s Great Love Teams; and The Fox Girls. Mr. Parish is a frequent oncamera interviewee on cable and network TV for documentaries on the performing arts. The author resides in Studio City, California. MICHAEL R. PITTS has written or co-authored numerous books on entertainment, including Kate Smith: A Bio-Bibliography; Western Movies; Hollywood and American History; Famous Movie Detectives; Famous Movie Detectives II; Famous Movie Detectives III; Hollywood on Record; The Bible on Film; Charles Bronson; Poverty Row Studios 1929-1940; The Rise of the Crooners; Radio Soundtracks; Horror Film Stars ; the CD-ROM Television and Film: An Annotated Bibliography of Research Materials; Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films; Allied Artists Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, and RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films. With Mr. Parish he has written several entries in The Great . . . Pictures series. In addition he has contributed to many other published books and his magazine articles have been published in the U.S. and abroad. He wrote columns on record collecting for Classic Images and The Big Reel. With degrees in history and journalism he also has a certificate in American Genealogy and has compiled more than thirty volumes of local history and genealogy. He has written record album liner notes, lectured on film history and entertainment, and contributed to Oxford University Press’ American National Biography and American National Biography Online. Mr. Pitts resides in Indiana with his wife, Carolyn.
Titel: The Great Spy Pictures: Volume 1
Verlag: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
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