Wonderful movies for every taste are now available on DVD. This book examines a rich selection from "As Good As It Gets" through "You'll Never Get Rich". Musicals include "The Dolly Sisters" and "Wonder Bar", noir thrills take in "Out of the Past" and "T-Men", mysteries include "Crossfire" and "Song of the Thin Man", comedies explore classics such as "Another Fine Mess" and "Fun on a Weekend", suspense thrillers take us on a "Pursuit to Algiers" with a "Special Agent". Other genres are well represented too. For example, quirky humor can be found "Alice" and "Broadway Danny Rose"; romance in "The Garden of Allah" and "My Heart Is Calling"; horror in "The Thing" and "White Zombie"; big budget drama in "City for Conquest" ...
Wonderful movies for every taste are now available on DVD. This book examines a rich selection from "As Good As It Gets" through "You'll Never Get Rich". Musicals include "The Dolly Sisters" and "Wonder Bar", noir thrills take in "Out of the Past" and "T-Men", mysteries include "Crossfire" and "Song of the Thin Man", comedies explore classics such as "Another Fine Mess" and "Fun on a Weekend", suspense thrillers take us on a "Pursuit to Algiers" with a "Special Agent". Other genres are well represented too. For example, quirky humor can be found "Alice" and "Broadway Danny Rose"; romance in "The Garden of Allah" and "My Heart Is Calling"; horror in "The Thing" and "White Zombie"; big budget drama in "City for Conquest" and the spectacular "Noah's Ark"; nostalgia in "The Sun Shines Bright" and "I Found Stella Parish". And then there are series pictures: The complete "Thin Man" movies and all the "Torchy Blane" titles are dealt with in detail. In fact, the only major category of movies not included in this book are westerns. And the good news is that most of these DVDs can be purchased outright from the listed stores, manufacturers or distributors for less than it costs to rent current releases.
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Meet the Author
Author of over 100 full-length books, of which around 60 are currently in print, John Howard Reid is the award-winning, bestselling author of the Merryll Manning series of mystery novels, anthologies of original poetry and short stories, translations from Spanish and Ancient Greek, and especially books of film criticism and movie history. Currently chief judge for three of America's leading literary contests, Reid has also written the textbook, "Write Ways To Win Writing Contests".
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Wonderful movies for every taste are now available on DVD. This book examines a rich selection from "As Good As It Gets" through "You'll Never Get Rich". Musicals include "The Dolly Sisters" and "Wonder Bar", noir thrills take in "Out of the Past" and "T-Men", mysteries include "Crossfire" and "Song of the Thin Man", comedies explore classics such as "Another Fine Mess" and "Fun on a Weekend", suspense thrillers take us on a "Pursuit to Algiers" with a "Special Agent". Other genres are well represented too. For example, quirky humor can be found "Alice" and "Broadway Danny Rose"; romance in "The Garden of Allah" and "My Heart Is Calling"; horror in "The Thing" and "White Zombie"; big budget drama in "City for Conquest" ...