Marihuana, Motherhood & Madness: Three Screenplays from the Exploitation Cinema of Dwain Esper Tapa dura - 1998

Scarecrow Press, Incorporated, 1998. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scarecrow Press, 1998-02-19. Hardcover. Good. good condition, pages are clean and free of markings, light wear to corners and edges, has dust jacket where applicable, ships same or next business day

Hardback. New. Marihuana, Motherhood & Madness features the complete shooting scripts of three Depression-era films directed by independent filmmaker Dwain Esper. A topic of growing interest among cinema aficionados and scholars, the lowbrow exploitation genre was the means by which small-scale entrepreneurs could compete with the major studios. Exploitation films addressed such controversial topics as drug use, prostitution, abortion, child marriage, and even bestiality—topics the major studios were forbidden to address by the Production Code Administration—salaciously exploiting the profitability of such taboo issues, while justifying their prurience by posing as educational tracts. Dwain Esper (1894-1982) was the exploitation industry's most audacious figure. Without any formal training in filmmaking, he operated his own film lab and studio (which he acquired when a debtor defaulted on a loan) and in 1932 began tapping into Depression America's… Leer más

Scarecrow Pr, 1998. Hardcover. New. 248 pages. 9.00x5.75x1.00 inches.

Scarecrow Press, 1998-02-19. Hardcover. New.

Scarecrow Press, 1998-02-19. Hardcover. Like New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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Scarecrow Press. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!