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Hollywood's detectives : crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir / Fran Mason.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.D4 M38 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mason, Fran, 1962-
- Series:
- Crime files series
- Crime files
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery films--United States--History and criticism.
- Detective and mystery films.
- United States.
- Film noir--United States--History and criticism.
- Film noir.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 187 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Exploring detective films in the 1930s and 1940s: genre, society and Hollywood
- "Such lovely friends": class and crime in 'The thin man' series
- Between law and crime: the chivalric 'criminal' detective
- Englishness and America: Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes
- Ordering the world: the uncompromising logic of Charlie Chan and Mr Moto
- The rise of the hard-boiled detective
- Conclusion: noir detectives, rogue cops, undercover men and police procedurals.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-180) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230578357
- 0230578357
- OCLC:
- 748328751
- Online:
- Cover image
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