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Roots of film noir : precursors from the silent era to the 1940s / Kevin Grant.
Van Pelt Library PN1993.5.A1 G685 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, Kevin (Film historian), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Reviews.
- Genre:
- History.
- Reviews.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 244 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Individual reviews of 90 films created and released before 1941 are included here in the first title-by-title reference guide to the forerunners of film noir. Silent Hitchcock thrillers and German expressionist masterpieces, French poetic realist dramas and forgotten Hollywood B-movies, pseudo-Freudian gangster films and costume melodramas are among the works covered. The collection spans subgenres and cultures of filmmaking, aiming to demonstrate that the roots of noir were sown far and wide, long before the lasting and mysterious genre flowered in America during the war years"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476687483
- 147668748X
- OCLC:
- 1281249014
- Publisher Number:
- 99992597498
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