Bullets Over Hollywood : The American Gangster Picture From The Silents To ""The Sopranos""

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarty, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gangster films--United States--History and criticism.

Gangster films--History and criticism--United States.

Gangster films.

Local Subjects:

Gangster films--United States--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Edition:

1st Da Capo Press ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Da Capo Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>A lively history of gangsters in American film and an insightful look at why we love them</div>

Contents:

COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; PROLOGUE: GUNSLINGERS TO GANGSTERS; HEIR TO THE WESTERN; CROSSBREEDS AND RETREADS; CHANGING LANDSCAPE; THE TOMMY GUN AND THE POISONED CUP; THE KINGS OF THE UNDERWORLD; THE GANGSTER OUTLAWS; THEY WENT THAT-A-WAY; THE SAGA CONTINUES; PART ONE: THE DEVIL'S TRIANGLE; 1: MEAN STREETS; FATHER OF FILM; CROSSCUTTING AND DARK DOINGS; "THE GANGSTER EVIL"; ON THE BOWERY; TRUST THE TALE; 2: ARCHETYPES; BACK ALLEY BOYS; MOB RULE; MOUTHPIECES; 3: THE MOBSTER OF A THOUSAND FACES; A GENIUS FOR MAKEUP; THE PENALTY; THE CHANEY-BROWNING GANG; GANGLAND SOUP

VIOLENCE AND VENTRILOQUISMLIMEHOUSE BLUES; CHANEY UNMASKED; THE GANGSTER DEFINED; 4: A LANDSCAPE OF NIGHT AND SHADE; THE SUN NEVER RISES; SALVATION HUNTER; "SHAKESPEARE OF THE MOVIES"; A GALA OF BOOZE AND BROADS; THE DRAGNET; YOU AIN'T HEARD NOTHIN' YET; 5: MOLLS, TWISTS, BABES, AND B GIRLS; LADIES OF THE PAVEMENT; THEIR KIND OF TOWN; LOVE AND BULLETS; NOIR BABES; PANDORA'S BOX; PART TWO: THE HOODS; 6: THE SHAME OF A NATION; BOSS OF BOSSES; POET LAUREATE OF THE AMERICAN GANGSTER FILM; GUTTER MACBETH; BIG FELLAS; 7: THE GREEN-EYED MOBSTER; DRESSED TO KILL

"MOTHER OF MERCY, IS THIS THE END OF RICO?"VARIATIONS ON A RICO THEME; 8: "MADE IT, MA! TOP O' THE WORLD!"; THE BIG SWITCH; KILLER INSTINCT; "IT DIDN'T FIT"; GOING STRAIGHT; BAD TO THE BONE; MUG TO END ALL MUGS; DIRTY RATS; LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS; "LADY, I DON'T HAVE THE TIME"; "YOU THINK I'M FUNNY?"; 9: BUSTIN' OUT; FOLK HERO; SON OF PRIVILEGE; FILM NOIR; "YOUR HEAD ALWAYS LOSES"; CURTAINS; "YOU MOVE FAST, BUT THINK SLOW"; A GOOD THING FOR A BAD MAN; PART THREE: THE FAMILY; 10: ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW YORK; AMERICAN EAGLE; PAY OR DIE; MURDER, INCORPORATED; "NEVER RAT ON YOUR FRIENDS"

11: AN OFFER HOLLYWOOD COULDN'T REFUSENOTHING PERSONAL-JUST BUSINESS; THE GODFATHER RIDES AGAIN; EPILOGUE: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS; MY LIFE AS A MOVIE; BADA BING; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX I: THE OSCARS; MAJOR AWARD NOMINATIONS AND WINNERS* 1927-PRESENT; APPENDIX II: THE AMERICAN GANGSTER PICTURE (FEATURE LENGTH); A SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY, 1915-PRESENT; NOTES; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; CHAPTER 6; CHAPTER 8; CHAPTER 9; CHAPTER 10; CHAPTER 11; EPILOGUE; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes filmography (p. 264-300).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-313) and index.

ISBN:

9780786738755

0786738758

OCLC:

881566606

Publisher Number:

2027/heb07716 hdl