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Dashiell Hammett and the movies / William H. Mooney.
LIBRA PS3515.A4347 Z78 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mooney, William H., 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961--Film adaptations.
- Hammett, Dashiell.
- Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.
- Film adaptations--History and criticism.
- Film adaptations.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, New Jersey ; London : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Three early films: Roadhouse nights (1930), City streets (1931), and Mister Dynamite (1935)
- Celebrity: The Thin man (1934)
- After The thin man: from sequel to series
- Lillian Hellman: Woman in the dark (1934) and Watch on the Rhine (1943)
- Sexual Politics: The Maltese falcon (1931), Satan met a lady (1936), and The Maltese falcon (1941)
- Ethnic Politics: The glass key (1935 and 1942)
- Hammett in retrospect: Miller's crossing (1990)
- Conclusion: Dashiell Hammett and the movies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813562537
- 0813562538
- 9780813562520
- 081356252X
- OCLC:
- 871200203
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