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Hollywood's Detectives : Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir / by F. Mason.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mason, Fran, 1962-
- Series:
- Crime Files, 2947-8359
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--History.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures, American.
- Television broadcasting.
- Film genres.
- Literature.
- Fiction.
- Film and TV History.
- American Film and TV.
- Film and Television Studies.
- Genre Studies.
- Fiction Literature.
- Local Subjects:
- Film and TV History.
- American Film and TV.
- Film and Television Studies.
- Genre Studies.
- Literature.
- Fiction Literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (197 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The study of Hollywood detectives has often overlooked the B-Movie mystery series in favour of hard-boiled film. Hollywood's Detectives redresses this oversight by examining key detective series of the 1930s and 1940s to explore their contributions to the detective genre.
- 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:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613361158
- 9781283361156
- 1283361159
- 9780230358676
- 0230358675
- OCLC:
- 767503036
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