Gary¿D.¿Rhodes is professor of media production at OklahomäBaptist¿University. He is author¿of numerous books, including¿The¿Perils¿of Moviegoing in America: 1896-1950 and The¿Birth¿of the American Horror Film. He is also writer/director of such films as Lugosi:¿Hollywood's Dracula and Banned in Oklahoma. Robert Singer is retired professor of liberal studies at CUNY Graduate Center. He is author of Beyond Realism: Naturalist Film in Theory and Practice. Rhodes and Singer are coeditors (with Frances Smith) of ReFocus: The American Directors Series and (with Stefanie Van de Peer) of ReFocus: The International Directors Series for Edinburgh University Press.