The Film Photonovel: A Cultural History of Forgotten Adaptations

by Jan Baetens

Discarded by archivists and disregarded by scholars despite its cultural impact on post-World War II Europe, the film photonovel represents a unique crossroads. This hybrid medium presented popular films in a magazine format that joined film stills or set pictures with captions and dialogue balloons to re-create a cinematic story, producing a tremendously popular blend of cinema and text that supported more than two dozen weekly or monthly publications.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477318224
• ISBN13: 9781477318225
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"