Gary Don Rhodes, Ph.D., is an American writer, filmmaker, and film
historian. His work includes research on early 20th century films and
key figures such as filmmakers and actors involved in the process. He
is best known for his contribution to classic horror films and his
multiple biographies on Bela Lugosi. Gary has also contributed to the
filmmaking process with both documentaries and mockumentaries. He is
also a tenured faculty member in Film Studies at The Queen's
University of Belfast, a Russell Group institution.Born in Ardmore,
Oklahoma on September 11, 1972, Rhodes is a member of the Cherokee
tribe. His books and films have been reviewed in such newspapers as
USA Today and The Washington Times, trade publications like The
Hollywood Reporter and American Cinematographer, magazines like
Fangoria, Rue Morgue and Cineaste, journals like Film Quarterly and
The Journal of Early Popular Visual Culture., and even Turner Classic
Movies.Rhodes’ key research interests include American film
exhibition, film genre, early cinema, and documentary filmmaking. His
scholarly journal essays on these subjects include: “Irish-American
Film Audiences, 1915-1930.†Post Script, Summer 2013: 70-96; “The
Film Company of Ireland and the Irish-American Press.†Screening the
Past No. 133, 2012; “Early Cinema and Oklahoma.†The Chronicles of
Oklahoma, Winter 2011-12: 388-429; “Reinventing a New Wheel: The
Films of Norman Mailer.†The Mailer Review, Fall 2011: 170-182;
“The Double Feature Evil: Efforts to Eliminate the American Dual
Bill.†Film History: An International Journal Vol. 23, No. 1, 2011:
57-74; “Drakula halála (1921): The Cinema’s First Dracula.â€
Horror Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2010: 25-47; “The Origin,
Development, and Controversy of the US Moving Picture Poster to
1915.†Film History: An International Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2007:
228-246; and "Mockumentaries and the Production of Realist Horror."
Post Script, Fall 2002: 46-60.Among his books are The Perils of
Moviegoing in America, 1896-1950 (Bloomsbury/Continuum, 2011), which
Kevin Brownlow heralded as “completely original†, and Emerald
Illusions: The Irish in Early American Cinema (Irish Academic Press,
2011), which the journal Film and History praised for its
“exhaustive research and crystalline prose.â€
historian. His work includes research on early 20th century films and
key figures such as filmmakers and actors involved in the process. He
is best known for his contribution to classic horror films and his
multiple biographies on Bela Lugosi. Gary has also contributed to the
filmmaking process with both documentaries and mockumentaries. He is
also a tenured faculty member in Film Studies at The Queen's
University of Belfast, a Russell Group institution.Born in Ardmore,
Oklahoma on September 11, 1972, Rhodes is a member of the Cherokee
tribe. His books and films have been reviewed in such newspapers as
USA Today and The Washington Times, trade publications like The
Hollywood Reporter and American Cinematographer, magazines like
Fangoria, Rue Morgue and Cineaste, journals like Film Quarterly and
The Journal of Early Popular Visual Culture., and even Turner Classic
Movies.Rhodes’ key research interests include American film
exhibition, film genre, early cinema, and documentary filmmaking. His
scholarly journal essays on these subjects include: “Irish-American
Film Audiences, 1915-1930.†Post Script, Summer 2013: 70-96; “The
Film Company of Ireland and the Irish-American Press.†Screening the
Past No. 133, 2012; “Early Cinema and Oklahoma.†The Chronicles of
Oklahoma, Winter 2011-12: 388-429; “Reinventing a New Wheel: The
Films of Norman Mailer.†The Mailer Review, Fall 2011: 170-182;
“The Double Feature Evil: Efforts to Eliminate the American Dual
Bill.†Film History: An International Journal Vol. 23, No. 1, 2011:
57-74; “Drakula halála (1921): The Cinema’s First Dracula.â€
Horror Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2010: 25-47; “The Origin,
Development, and Controversy of the US Moving Picture Poster to
1915.†Film History: An International Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2007:
228-246; and "Mockumentaries and the Production of Realist Horror."
Post Script, Fall 2002: 46-60.Among his books are The Perils of
Moviegoing in America, 1896-1950 (Bloomsbury/Continuum, 2011), which
Kevin Brownlow heralded as “completely original†, and Emerald
Illusions: The Irish in Early American Cinema (Irish Academic Press,
2011), which the journal Film and History praised for its
“exhaustive research and crystalline prose.â€
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