Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. Photographs (illustrateur). When movie studios have a box office hit, they try to keep the money rolling in by making sequels, and sequels, ad infinitum. That's where all those 'Son of.' and 'The Return of.' movies spring from. In Saturday Afternoon at the Bijou, movie historian David Zinman takes a long, loving look at some of the most popular movie series ever made. Evoking the innocent pleasures of our bygone Saturday afternoons, he reflects on these films-some new, others pleasant if dim memories-with a warm and engaging passion. He recalls how reassuring it was to see those familiar faces every week-'like dropping in on old friends for an afternoon visit.' And he notes that this attachment for the folks who lived in Series-land was very real. 'When small-town doctors visited Hollywood, they often went over to RKO to see Dr. Christian.' Recalling the often little-known origins of these treats that appeared on the bottom half of double bills, Zinman studies fascinating byways of popular culture: bestselling novels, children's books, Broadway smashes. An expert investigator, he reports on interviews he's had with many of the sources of inspiration for these movies, including such literary lights as Leslie Charteris, suave creator of The Saint, and Mrs. Harriet S. Adams, a grandmotherly widow who, under her Carolyn Keene nom de plume, has written 46 Nancy Drew books in 42 years. (Total sales': 40 million copies.) Delving still deeper into the quasi-art of series-making, Zinman tells the stories of actors like Boris Karloff. George Sanders, Peter Lorre, Sean Connery, Mickey Rooney, Lupe Velez, Gene Autry, Bill Boyd and army of Tarzans-performers who found themselves working in the thespian's dream, a show that never closes, and their surprising reactions to this treadmill to fortune. But most important, he helps you remember Saturday afternoon at the Bijou by reminiscing in detail about a typical picture from each film series - 30 incisive commentaries so evocative that you can once again smell the popcorn, hear the cheers of small boys, and see those old familiar faces on the screen. Complete with more than 250 photographs-many of them rare-hundreds of meticulous filmographies (including complete casts and credits), curious production details, back-stage stories and biographical studies of the actors, Saturday Afternoon at the Bijou is a landmark: a treasury of recall and a brilliantly written history of a happy side of Hollywood. DAVID ZINMAN is the author of 50 C/ass/'c Motion Pictures and The Day Huey Long Was Shot. He is presently a staff writer for Newsday, and lives with his wife and three children in Point Lookout, New York. All orders shipped protected in a box. Book. N� de r�f. du vendeur 000915

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