Arkoff, Samuel Z. 1918-2001

Overview

Works:	120 works in 169 publications in 4 languages and 3,647 library holdings
Roles:	Producer, Production personnel
Classifications:	pn1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

1950 |

|2010

Key

Publications about Samuel Z Arkoff

Publications by Samuel Z Arkoff

Publications by Samuel Z Arkoff, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Samuel Z Arkoff

Schlock the secret history of American movies ( Visual )
It conquered Hollywood the story of American International Pictures ( Visual )
Samuel Z. Arkoff ( Visual )

Most widely held works by Samuel Z Arkoff

Wuthering heights ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1990 and 2001 in English and held by 332 libraries worldwide
A love story set in the Yorkshire moors in the early 19th century.

Flying through Hollywood by the seat of my pants : from the man who brought you I was a teenage werewolf and Muscle beach party by Sam Arkoff ( Book )
7 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 231 libraries worldwide

Boxcar Bertha ( Visual )
2 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 161 libraries worldwide
Set in the 1930's, a homeless woman and an union organizer team up on a crime spree to get revenge from a railroad company.

Fireball 500 ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and held by 139 libraries worldwide
Fireball 500: Stock car racer Dave Owens plays into the hands of whiskey runners by agreeing to drive in a cross-country road race. He is assisted by Jane Harris and Sonny Leander Fox. Soon Dave and Sonny begin a friendly rivalry for Jane.

Boxcar Bertha ( Visual )
4 editions published between 2002 and 2005 in English and held by 138 libraries worldwide
Set in the 1930's, a homeless woman and an union organizer team up on a crime spree to get revenge from a railroad company.

Wild in the streets ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 109 libraries worldwide
Wild in the streets: When 15 year olds are given the right to vote, they elect a rock star as president and take over the government enforcing mandatory retirement at age 30.

The born losers ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2000 and 2009 in English and held by 102 libraries worldwide
The mysterious loner/ex-marine Billy Jack single-handedly battles a rampaging bunch of rough bikers in a sleepy little California community. First of four films with Billy Jack.

Beach blanket bingo ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 101 libraries worldwide
Beach blanket bingo: A motorcycle gang led by Eric Von Zipper kidnaps singing star Sugar Kane. She is managed by Bullets, who hires sky-diving surfers Steve and Bonnie from Big Drop for a publicity stunt. With the usual gang of kids and a mermaid named Lorelei.

Beach party ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 98 libraries worldwide
Beach party: Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are at the beach studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric Von Zipper and dance to Dick Dale and the Del Tones.

The comedy of terrors The raven / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; American International Pictures ; Alta Vista Productions ; James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff present ; screenplay, Richard Matheson ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 97 libraries worldwide
Comedy of Terrors: The Hinchley and Trumbull Funeral Parlor is on the verge of financial ruin. Hinchley, 92 years old and senile, had entrusted the business to his lazy, drunken son-in-law, Trumbull. To make matters worse, their landlord is now threatening to evict them. Forced to act, Trumbull devises a murderous scheme that will drum up new "customers" and pay back his landlord at the same time.

Beach blanket bingo and, How to stuff a wild bikini ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 92 libraries worldwide
Beach blanket bingo. Singing sensation Sugar Kane parachutes onto the beach in a rigged publicity stunt, and Frankie, Dee Dee and the gang decide to take sky diving lessons -- How to stuff a wild bikini. Continuing antics of Frankie and Dee Dee. When Frankie goes into the reserves, he fears Ricky will steal Dee Dee away, so with the help of a witch doctor he sends sea beauty Cassandra as a distraction.

After sunset the life and times of the drive-in theater ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1996 and 2005 in English and held by 86 libraries worldwide
As the subtitle implies, the history of drive-in movie theaters in the United States, chronicling their rise and subsequent fall.

The island of Dr. Moreau ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 83 libraries worldwide
Dr. Moreau is brilliant geneticist on the brink of superseding evolution. When a U.N. diplomat visits the island laboratory he discovers experiments turning animal life forms into human-like beasts. The beasts revolt, threatening not only the island but ultimately all mankind.

Scream, Blacula, scream ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in English and held by 79 libraries worldwide
Story of voodoo power versus vampire fury when a crazed member of a voodoo cult unwittingly summons the true prince of darkness, Dracula's bloodbrother, from his eternal grave.

The comedy of terrors ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1995 and 2000 in English and held by 73 libraries worldwide
The Hinchley and Trumbull Funeral Parlor is on the verge of financial ruin. Hinchley, 92 years old and senile, had entrusted the business to his lazy, drunken son-in-law, Trumbull. To make matters worse, their landlord is now threatening to evict them. Forced to act, Trumbull devises a murderous scheme that will drum up new "customers" and pay back his landlord at the same time.

Bucket of blood ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 73 libraries worldwide
Walter Paisley, a strange little busboy at a beatnik coffeehouse, seeks love and acceptance from the poets and artist he serves by becoming a "sculptor". When his more than life-like creations are declared masterpieces, fame and fortune follow until the horrible truth behind his work is revealed.

Blacula ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1998 and 2009 in English and held by 71 libraries worldwide
Blacula: African Prince Manuwalde, introduced to Count Dracula at a party, pleads for the Count's assistance in freeing his people from the slave trade. Dracula is so incensed at the request he vampirizes, curses, and imprisons Manuwalde in a coffin in the dungeon. Two hundred years later the contents of Castle Dracula are bought and shipped back to the US by antique dealers. Among these is Manuwalde's coffin. He is accidentally set free when this is opened. Making his way onto the nightclub scene, Manuwalde pursues a girl that he believes to be the reincarnation of his wife.

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 71 libraries worldwide
Heathcliff and Cathy's tortured love affair ends when Cathy marries the wealthy Edgar. Heathcliff's retaliation concludes the tale of terror and hatred on the Yorkshire Moors.

Beach party Bikini beach ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 71 libraries worldwide
Side A. : A college professor nearly blows his credentials when one of his gorgeous students decides the subject she wants to study is romance.

Pajama party ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1964 and 2000 in English and held by 63 libraries worldwide
"The beach party crowd moves indoors for some scantily-clad, rock 'n' roll fun ... A Martian scout named Go-Go is sent to Earth to explore our planet for possible conquest. Fortunately for us Earthlings, he lands in the middle of a teenage pajama party, giving Mars second thoughts about expansion plans ..."--Container.