Roger Manvell
Contributor
Biographer and film historian. University Professor of Film, Boston University. Director, British Film Academy, 1947–59. Author of Ellen Terry; coauthor of Hermann Göring; The Technique of Film Animation; and many others.
Primary Contributions (5)
Film, series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light. Because of the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision, this gives the illusion of actual, smooth, and continuous movement. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film…
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Publications (1)
Goering: The Rise and Fall of the Notorious Nazi Leader
A revealing portrait of a notorious Nazi henchman,
the head of Germany’s Luftwaffe.
In Goering, Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel use first-hand testimonies and a variety of historical documents to tell the story of a monster lurking in Hitler’s shadows. After rising through the ranks of the German army, Hermann Goering became Hitler’s right hand man and was hand-picked to head the Luftwaffe,
one of history’s most feared fighting forces. As he rose in power,...
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