William K. Everson (1929–1996)

Author of Classics of the Horror Film: From the Days of the Silent Film to The Exorcist

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About the Author

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William K. Everson is a film historian who writes primarily on film. William Everson (1912-1994) is a poet and small-press printer of the San Francisco Renaissance. He also wrote under the name Brother Antoninus during his years spent as a Dominican friar in Oakland.

Series

Goldmann Citadel-Filmbücher

Works by William K. Everson

American Silent Film (1978) 109 copies

The Art of W. C. Fields (1967) 83 copies

Bad Guys: A Pictorial History of the Movie Villain (1964) 65 copies

The Western: From Silents to the Seventies (1962) 60 copies

The Detective in Film (1972) 59 copies

The Films of Laurel and Hardy (1967) 53 copies

A Pictorial History of the Western Film (1969) 46 copies

The Complete Films Of Laurel & Hardy (Film Books) (2000) 42 copies

More Classics of the Horror Film (1986) 24 copies

Love in the Film (1979) 15 copies

Hollywood Bedlam: Classic Screwball Comedies (1994) 13 copies

The Hollywood Western: 90 Years of Cowboys and Indians, Train Robbers, Sheriffs and Gunslingers, and Assorted Heroes… (1992) 11 copies

Claudette Colbert (A Pyramid illustrated history of the movies) (1976) 8 copies

The films of Hal Roach (1971) 5 copies

The American Movie (History of Film) (2016) 4 copies

El western de Hollywood (1995) 2 copies

American Bard: 2 1 copy

A Pictorial History of the Western Film by William K. Everson (1969-06-03) 1 copy

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Associated Works

Castle of Frankenstein No. 10 (1966) — Consulting Editor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1929-04-08
Date of death: 1996-04-14
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
USA
Birthplace: Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK
Place of death: Manhattan, New York, USA
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Occupations: film historian
archivist
author
critic
film collector
Organizations: British Army
Disambiguation notice: William K. Everson is a film historian who writes primarily on film. William Everson (1912-1994) is a poet and small-press printer of the San Francisco Renaissance. He also wrote under the name Brother Antoninus during his years spent as a Dominican friar in Oakland.

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American Silent Film by William K. Everson

Few people knew more about American film history than William K. Everson. This survey of the art and industry of the silent film in the U.S. is an exquisite historical artifact itself. It brings that long-ago and (to some) obscure period in American art and entertainment fully to life and makes one ready and willing to watch those great works of a different time. I highly recommend this to anyone with an interest in film.

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jumblejim | Aug 26, 2023 |

Claudette Colbert (A Pyramid illustrated history of… by William K Everson

Colbert's films are critiqued by the well known historian Everson who seems a bit overly critical.

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mrsfiskeandco | May 26, 2012 |

The Films of Laurel and Hardy by William K. Everson

Everson is one of the best and most thoughtful of movie historians, and I recommend his books highly, especially this, the most comprehensive and accurate record of the boys' career. . . although he was writing from memory without the benefit of video or DVD or easy access to the films, and occasionally you will find a misremembered detail here and there.

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FrederFrederson | Apr 22, 2009 |

The Art of W. C. Fields by William K. Everson

Everson is one of the best and most thoughtful of movie historians, and I recommend his books highly. . . although he was writing from memory without the benefit of video or DVD or easy access to the films, and occasionally you will find a misremembered detail here and there.

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FrederFrederson | 1 other review | Apr 22, 2009 |

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