With Fire and Sword: Italian Spectacles on American Screens, 1958-1968A study and filmography of English-dubbed Italian spectacles produced in the 1960s. Defines the genre's characteristics and analyzes its iconography and narrative patterns, and presents an annotated filmography of some 300 films. Includes bandw photos. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Peplum | 12 |
An Annotated Filmography of Peplum Features | 57 |
Precursors of Peplum | 376 |
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