About the Author

Joan Mellen is Professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University, Philadelphia. Among her books are Marilyn Monroe (1973), Voices from the Japanese Cinema (1975), The Waves at Genji's Door: Japan Through Its Cinema (1976) and the dual biography Hellman and Hammett: The Legendary Passion of Lilian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett (1996).

Reviews

"One of the invaluable British Film Institute series about the world's most significant films."--"Los Angeles Times Book Review