Richard Matheson on Screen: A History of the Filmed Works

by Matthew R. Bradley

Though innumerable biographies have been written about novelists, playwrights, and poets, screenwriters are rarely granted this distinction, even ones as prolific and successful as Richard Matheson. He has occupied a unique position in cinema as the writer or original author of films from The Incredible Shrinking Man in 1957 through I Am Legend in 2007. This book documents his rise to prominence, parallel literary career, and role...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786442166
• ISBN13: 9780786442164
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 315 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher