{"product_id":"midnight-matinees-cult-cinema-classics-1896-to-the-present-day-paperback","title":"Midnight Matinees: Cult Cinema Classics (1896 to the present day) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Brode\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the earliest days\u003c\/strong\u003e of moving pictures, there have been the big blockbusters... \u003cem\u003eBirth of a Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Gold Rush\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSunrise\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Crowd\u003c\/em\u003e... featured the loftiest stars, most renown directors, largest budgets, garnering the strongest reviews. Most famous of them all? \u003cem\u003eGone With the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e (1939). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring that classic year for Tinseltown, another film did not fare nearly so well at the box-office. \u003cem\u003eThe Wizard of Oz\u003c\/em\u003e was written off as a failure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen came television. CBS executives decided to air \u003cem\u003eWizard\u003c\/em\u003e one Sunday evening, wondering how it might do. Ratings were beyond belief. From then on, once a year, \u003cem\u003eT.W.O.O.\u003c\/em\u003e would air, people of all ages eagerly awaiting 'the event.' They could not have known then that they were members of a 'cult following.' For \u003cem\u003eT.W.O.O.\u003c\/em\u003e swiftly became one of many wonderful, weird, whacky movies, too unique and original for the mainstream on original release, yet deeply appealing to aficionados. Wherever they live, devotees of previously misbegotten movies became a far-spread community of fans. 'Cultists, ' if you will. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are over 500 of the most enduring. \u003cem\u003eMidnight Matinees\u003c\/em\u003e offers a virtual encyclopedia of such 'special' pictures from their origination in the 1890s to the cutting-edge work being turned out today. Featuring more than 300 pictures, mostly rare, many never before published. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is more for fans of Orson Welles, Hollywood maverick, than John Ford, crowd-pleasing genius. If Joan Crawford was your favorite noir femme fatale, forget about it! Marie Windsor? That's the ticket! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd when it comes to a superstar like Marilyn Monroe, don't look for the gleeful \u003cem\u003eGentlemen Prefer Blondes\u003c\/em\u003e, though \u003cem\u003eThe Misfits\u003c\/em\u003e vividly recalls her darkest days... and finest acting! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs cultists like to say: 'Long live Tuesday Weld.' Not in \u003cem\u003eWild In the Country\u003c\/em\u003e, mind you, opposite Elvis Presley. Instead, \u003cem\u003ePretty Poison\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cult queen in a midnight matinee. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710907183411,"sku":"9781629337852","price":53.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WnIwUDF6a1RJelB2N2UvejQyVjROdz09.webp?v=1763503262","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/midnight-matinees-cult-cinema-classics-1896-to-the-present-day-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}