Rick Worland
Biographic Data
| ID | 1031961 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rick Worland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rick |
| FAMILY NAME | Worland |
| SIGNATURE | WORLAND R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Methodist University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Original Swingers
A cycle of romantic comedies made in the post-World War II era took the swinging “bachelor pad” as its subject and setting, using the metaphor to initiate consideration of other pertinent issues of gender and sexuality during a period of significant social transition
Dark Shadows 1970
This article examines industrial and stylistic aspects of the cult soap opera Dark Shadows (ABC, 1966–71), whose protagonist was a vampire. The series addressed two distinct audiences simultaneously: the traditional daytime target of housewives and a juvenile cohort of both sexes enthralled by its gothic horror format. In 1970, a plotline described the threat of a supernatural cult called the Leviathans that tangentially acknowledged the tumult o…
The Korean War Film as Family Melodrama
1999). The Korean War Film as Family Melodrama: 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri' (1954) Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 359-377
OWI Meets the Monsters
Standard historical accounts of the horror film consider the 1940s a dismal decade for the genre. Apart from the stylish films produced by Val Lewton at RKO from 1942 until 1946, films not so highly regarded in their day despite their current stature, forties horror cinema is commonly remembered for tired sequels to respected originals (Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man [Universal, 1943]); numbing poverty row quickies (King of the Zombies [Monogram…
Sign-Posts Up Ahead
The historical and political implications of the science-fiction/fantasy anthology television series The Twilight Zone (1959-64) and The Outer Limits (1963-65) in the Kennedy era are considered. Science fiction is usually a politically reverberant genre, frequently given to social allegory. These two fondly remembered programs often presented speculative and unsettling political visions of American society. The article considers the issues, event…
The Cold War Mannerists
Captain Kirk
OWI Meets the Monsters
Standard historical accounts of the horror film consider the 1940s a dismal decade for the genre. Apart from the stylish films produced by Val Lewton at RKO from 1942 until 1946, films not so highly regarded in their day despite their current stature, forties horror cinema is commonly remembered for tired sequels to respected originals (Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man [Universal, 1943]); numbing poverty row quickies (King of the Zombies [Monogram…
Dark Shadows 1970
This article examines industrial and stylistic aspects of the cult soap opera Dark Shadows (ABC, 1966–71), whose protagonist was a vampire. The series addressed two distinct audiences simultaneously: the traditional daytime target of housewives and a juvenile cohort of both sexes enthralled by its gothic horror format. In 1970, a plotline described the threat of a supernatural cult called the Leviathans that tangentially acknowledged the tumult o…
The Korean War Film as Family Melodrama
1999). The Korean War Film as Family Melodrama: 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri' (1954) Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 359-377
The Cold War Mannerists
Captain Kirk
The Cold War Mannerists
Sign-Posts Up Ahead
The historical and political implications of the science-fiction/fantasy anthology television series The Twilight Zone (1959-64) and The Outer Limits (1963-65) in the Kennedy era are considered. Science fiction is usually a politically reverberant genre, frequently given to social allegory. These two fondly remembered programs often presented speculative and unsettling political visions of American society. The article considers the issues, event…
OWI Meets the Monsters
Standard historical accounts of the horror film consider the 1940s a dismal decade for the genre. Apart from the stylish films produced by Val Lewton at RKO from 1942 until 1946, films not so highly regarded in their day despite their current stature, forties horror cinema is commonly remembered for tired sequels to respected originals (Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man [Universal, 1943]); numbing poverty row quickies (King of the Zombies [Monogram…
The Korean War Film as Family Melodrama
1999). The Korean War Film as Family Melodrama: 'The Bridges at Toko-Ri' (1954) Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 359-377
Dark Shadows 1970
This article examines industrial and stylistic aspects of the cult soap opera Dark Shadows (ABC, 1966–71), whose protagonist was a vampire. The series addressed two distinct audiences simultaneously: the traditional daytime target of housewives and a juvenile cohort of both sexes enthralled by its gothic horror format. In 1970, a plotline described the threat of a supernatural cult called the Leviathans that tangentially acknowledged the tumult o…
Original Swingers
A cycle of romantic comedies made in the post-World War II era took the swinging “bachelor pad” as its subject and setting, using the metaphor to initiate consideration of other pertinent issues of gender and sexuality during a period of significant social transition
Art (7 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Cold war (2 works)