American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929

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American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 is written by John T. Soister and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0786487909 (ISBN 10) and 9780786487905 (ISBN 13).

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.