American Silent Horror, Science Fiction And Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929
by John T. Soister /
2012 / English / PDF
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During the Silent Era, when most films dealt with dramatic or
comedic takes on the "boy meets girl, boy loses girl" theme, other
motion pictures dared to tackle such topics as rejuvenation,
revivication, mesmerism, the supernatural and the grotesque. A
Daughter of the Gods (1916), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The
Magician (1926) and Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) were among the
unusual and startling films containing story elements that went far
beyond the realm of "highly unlikely." Using surviving
documentation and their combined expertise, the authors catalog and
discuss these departures from the norm in this encyclopedic guide
to American horror, science fiction and fantasy in the years from
1913 through 1929.
During the Silent Era, when most films dealt with dramatic or
comedic takes on the "boy meets girl, boy loses girl" theme, other
motion pictures dared to tackle such topics as rejuvenation,
revivication, mesmerism, the supernatural and the grotesque. A
Daughter of the Gods (1916), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The
Magician (1926) and Seven Footprints to Satan (1929) were among the
unusual and startling films containing story elements that went far
beyond the realm of "highly unlikely." Using surviving
documentation and their combined expertise, the authors catalog and
discuss these departures from the norm in this encyclopedic guide
to American horror, science fiction and fantasy in the years from
1913 through 1929.
