Kyle Edwards

524 O'Dowd Hall
(248) 370-4118
[email protected]

Associate Professor of Film Studies & Production
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin

Bio
Kyle Edwards is Associate Professor of Film at Oakland University, where he teaches courses in film history and theory, media industries, and film genres. His research on the industrial history of Hollywood has appeared in a variety of academic journals and edited collections. Professor Edwards is currently working on a book-length manuscript examining the history of the Hollywood B-Film from the 1930s through the 1950s. He also serves as associate editor of Routledge’s Creative Industries Journal.

Areas of Study
Hollywood studio history; film adaptation; media industries; film authorship

Selected Courses
Introduction to Film
Methods of Screen Criticism
History of Film -- Sound Era to 1958
Understanding Media Industries
History of Warner Bros.
Screwball Comedy
The Hollywood B-Film

Publications
“B-Film Production and Risk Management at Warner Bros. in the Late 1930s.” In Resetting the Scene: Classical Hollywood Revisited, edited by Philippa Gates and Katherine Spring, 131-42. Detroit: Wayne Street University Press, 2021.

“‘House of Horrors’: Corporate Strategy at Universal Pictures in the 1930s.” In Merchants of Menace: The Business of Horror Cinema, edited by Richard Nowell, 13-30. London: Bloomsbury Press, 2014.

"Morals, Markets, and 'Horror Pictures: The Rise of Universal Pictures and the Hollywood Production Code." Film & History 42, no. 2 (2012): 23-37.

"'Monogram Means Business': B-film Marketing and Series Filmmaking at Monogram Pictures." Film History 23, no. 4 (2011): 386-400.

"'Poe, You Are Avenged!': Edgar Allan Poe and Universal Pictures' The Raven (1935)." Adaptation 4, no. 2 (Sept 2011): 117-136.

"Corporate Authorship, Film Adaptation and Universal Pictures' The Raven (1935)." In Media Res (Nov 2007).

"Brand-Name Literature: Film Adaptation and Selznick International Pictures' Rebecca (1940)." Cinema Journal 45, no. 3 (2006): 32-58.