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    <title>American silent horror, science fiction and fantasy feature films, 1913-1929</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Soister, John T.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Nicolella, Henry.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Joyce, Steve</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1952-</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Long, Harry.</namePart>
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    <place>
      <placeTerm type="text">Jefferson, N.C</placeTerm>
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    <publisher>McFarland</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2012</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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    <extent>2 v.  ill.</extent>
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  <abstract>"During the Silent Era there were films that dared to tackle such topics as mesmerism, the supernatural and the grotesque. Using surviving documentation and their combined expertise, the authors offer their thoughts on these departures from the norm in this encyclopedic discussion on the American view of cinematic horror, science fiction and fantasy 1913-1929"--Provided by publisher.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>v. 1. After His Own Heart-The Mystic -- v. 2. Neptune's Bride-The Zero Hour.</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>HKBU library</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">John T. Soister and Henry Nicolella ; with Steve Joyce and Harry Long ; researcher/archivist Bill Chase.</note>
  <note type="venue">YT2025 M09</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Horror films</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Science fiction films</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Fantasy films</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
  </subject>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Silent films</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">PN1995 S683 A 2012</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9780786435814</identifier>
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