Mervyn Cooke

Mervyn Cooke provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dominant Hollywood practices but also offering an international perspective by including case studies of the national cinemas of the UK, France, India, Italy, Japan and the early Soviet Union.

Apollo's New Light

Martin M. Winkler

This book interprets films as visual texts and provides the first systematic theoretical and practical demonstration of the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema.

Jana F. Bruns

This book examines the careers of three of Nazi cinema’s preeminent movie actresses, painting a unique portrait of mass entertainment and stardom under Nazi rule.

Stage and Cinema

Christopher Bigsby

In the first full-length study on LaBute, Christopher Bigsby examines his darkly funny work which explores the cruelties, self-concern and manipulative powers of individuals who inhabit a seemingly uncommunal world.
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An Excellent Dumb Discourse

Judith Buchanan

Through a series of close readings, and drawing upon a wealth of fresh primary research, this engaging account tells an evolving story that both illuminates silent Shakespeare films already known, and brings into critical circulation other films not yet commercially available and therefore little known.