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New 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Hard Cover First Edition In 1945, a reviewer remarked on the emergence of a "cycle of mystery and horror pictures (that were) placed in the gaslight era of the turn of the century". This title examines these films and looks to explain what prompted film-makers to look to the gaslight era at the time they did.

1st edition. ~ Paperback, F. xii+212pp, 11 b/w illustrations, index, a nice fine as new copy. ~ Examination of the Hollywood film genre of melodramas set inthe murky foggy world of Victorian London. The book looks at British films of the same ilk, and the Gothic novel of the 19th century.