Description Created as the mysterious narrator of a 1930 radio drama, The Shadow immediately enthralled listeners and became the star of his own pulp-fiction magazine, which at its peak had a paid circulation of some 300, 000 copies per issue.
His other books on film include a two-volume history of "cliffhanger" serials (DISTRESSED DAMSELS AND MASKED MARAUDERS and HANDSOME HEROES AND VICIOUS VILLAINS), FILMING THE WEST OF ZANE GREY, THE FILMS OF BETTY GRABLE, and FRANCES DEE: A FILM HISTORY..
He is also the author of THE BLOOD \'N\' THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION, said to be the definitive work covering that subject matter.
About the Author Ed Hulse is the editor and publisher of the award-winning BLOOD \'N\' THUNDER, an award-winning journal dedicated to the study of adventure, mystery and melodrama in American popular culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Brimming with behind-the-scenes production info and illustrated with rare photos, posters, lobby cards, magazine covers, and even frame captures from the movies themselves, Flickering SHADOWS is one of the most absorbing pop-culture histories published in years.
This fact-filled monograph charts The Shadow\'s lengthy history in movies, from modestly produced short subjects made in 1931 to the multi-million-dollar spectacular released in 1994 with Alec Baldwin as the legendary Master of Darkness.
And in the depths of the Depression, to boot Success like this was bound to be noticed by Hollywood, which came calling right away.
Description Created as the mysterious narrator of a 1930 radio drama, The Shadow immediately enthralled listeners and became the star of his own pulp-fiction magazine, which at its peak had a paid circulation of some 300, 000 copies per issue
