Showmanship (Hardback) by Medical Director Joe Jordan Md Frcog
This is the hardback edition. William Castle was cinema's Abominable Showman - the marketing genius who thought outside the coffin to dream up outrageous PR gimmicks like PERCEPTO and EMERGO He was also the talented director of 56 feature films, from the noir When Strangers Marry and the Whistler mysteries, to Westerns, swashbucklers and - his fearsome forte - celebrated shockers such as House on Haunted Hill, Strait-Jacket, Homicidal, The Tingler, and more Author Joe Jordan provides exhaustive scholarly analysis of each of Castle's directorial efforts, as well as production background, little-known anecdotes, and succinct plot synopses. Joe Jordan dissects the films of William Castle with delicious abandon, as if he wields the razor edge of Joan Crawford's axe from Strait-Jacket. Like slicing tendons from marrow, he carves into the masterful showman's work with surgical precision and pulls the mask from the myths. A genuine thriller from A-Z. Hardly a shadow misses his myopic scrutiny. Every page keeps you on the edge of your seat. - David W. Menefee, Pulitzer nominated author of Wally: The True Wallace Reid Story. Fills in the missing 'Fright Break' in every horror aficionado's film library - Lucy Chase Williams, The Complete Films of Vincent Price.
Joe Jordan, MA, is an Adjunct Instructor of Composition and Technical Writing in the Department of English at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He plans to pursue his PhD in Technical Communication with emphasis on Educative Technology, New Media, and Instructional Design.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781593935856 |
| ISBN 10 | 1593935854 |
| Title | Showmanship (Hardback) |
| Author | Medical Director Joe Jordan Md Frcog |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | BearManor Media |
| Year published | 2014-06-18 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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