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John Appleby (author)
John Appleby is a 20th-century British author of pulp novels, many of them mysteries or suspense fiction. His works include ''Captive City'', which was made into a film, '' Conquered City''. Publications *''Tin trumpet at dawn'' (London : Werner Laurie, 1950) OCLC 10746780 *'' Aphrodite Means Death.'' (London : Werner Laurie, 1951) Sydney: Shakespeare Head, 1952. OCLC 223707016. "American edition has title: ''The arms of Venus.''" *''Barbary Hoard.'' New York: Coward-McCann, 1952. OCLC 1662872 *''The Singing Cave.'' Laurie, 1952. OCLC 30168577 *''The Dark Corsican.'' Werner Laurie, UK, 1953 *''Stars in the Water.'' New York: Coward-McCann, 1953. OCLC 1662348. Published in the United States by Dell in 1958, with the title "Grounds for Murder" *''Venice Preserve Me.'' Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. OCLC 30198989 *''The Captive City'' New York: W. Sloane Associates, 1955. OCLC 1662373 *''The Secret Mountains.'' Hodder & Stoughton, 1955 OCLC 59016005 *''The Stuffed Swan''. London: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulp Magazine
Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late 1950s. The term "pulp" derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. In contrast, magazines printed on higher-quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks". The typical pulp magazine had 128 pages; it was wide by high, and thick, with ragged, untrimmed edges. The pulps gave rise to the term pulp fiction in reference to run-of-the-mill, low-quality literature. Pulps were the successors to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short-fiction magazines of the 19th century. Although many respected writers wrote for pulps, the magazines were best known for their lurid, exploitative, and sensational subject matter, even though this was but a small part of what existed in the pulps. Successors of pulps include paperback books, digest magazines, and men's adventure magazines. Modern superhero comic books are sometimes considere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conquered City
''The Captive City'' (Italian: ''La città prigioniera'') is a 1962 Italian English-language war film directed by Joseph Anthony and starring David Niven, Lea Massari and Ben Gazzara. It is based on the 1955 novel ''The Captive City'' by John Appleby. The film was released in the US as ''Conquered City'' by American International Pictures as a double feature with ''The Day the Earth Froze''. Plot At the end of the Second World War, Athens is liberated by the Allies. Greek soldiers and partisans, fresh from waging guerilla warfare on the Germans join with local insurgents in an attempt to seize power and the British are finally compelled to vacate the city to encamp around its perimeter.Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper; dated 15th October 1966; Page 5 Meanwhile, a small group of men and women in a hotel find themselves besieged by a rebel army that wants the Nazi armaments in the basement. Cast * David Niven as Major Peter Whitfield * Lea Massari as Lelia Mendores * Ben Gazzara as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
