03912nam 2200589 450 991082090420332120230803205311.00-8135-6254-610.36019/9780813562544(CKB)3710000000248146(EBL)1794124(SSID)ssj0001349234(PQKBManifestationID)11788777(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349234(PQKBWorkID)11398683(PQKB)11465090(MiAaPQ)EBC1794124(OCoLC)891590824(MdBmJHUP)muse37983(DE-B1597)526291(DE-B1597)9780813562544(Au-PeEL)EBL1794124(CaPaEBR)ebr10943494(OCoLC)923709568(EXLCZ)99371000000024814620141010h20142014 uy 0engur||#||||||||txtccrDashiell Hammett and the movies /William H. MooneyNew Brunswick, New Jersey ;London :Rutgers University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (226 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-6253-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --Acknowledgments --Introduction: Inferior Hammett or Exemplary Hollywood? --1. Three Early Films: Roadhouse Nights (1930), City Streets (1931), and Mister Dynamite (1935) --2. Celebrity: The Thin Man (1934) --3. After The Thin Man: From Sequel to Series --4. Lillian Hellman: Woman in the Dark (1934) and Watch on the Rhine (1943) --5. Sexual Politics: The Maltese Falcon (1931), Satan Met a Lady (1936), and The Maltese Falcon (1941) --6. Ethnic Politics: The Glass Key (1935 and 1942) --7. Hammett in Retrospect: Miller's Crossing (1990) --Conclusion: Dashiell Hammett and the Movies --Notes --Bibliography --Index --ABOUT THE AUTHORAs the father of the hardboiled detective genre, Dashiell Hammett had a huge influence on Hollywood. Yet, it is easy to forget how adaptable Hammett's work was, fitting into a variety of genres and inspiring generations of filmmakers. Dashiell Hammett and the Movies offers the first comprehensive look at Hammett's broad oeuvre and how it was adapted into films from the 1930's all the way into the 1990's. Film scholar William H. Mooney reveals the wide range of films crafted from the same Hammett novels, as when The Maltese Falcon was filmed first as a pre-Code sexploitation movie, then as a Bette Davis screwball comedy, and finally as the Humphrey Bogart classic. He also considers how Hammett rose to Hollywood fame not through the genre most associated with him, but through a much fizzier concoction, the witty murder mystery The Thin Man. To demonstrate the hold Hammett still has over contemporary filmmakers, the book culminates in an examination of the Coen brothers' pastiche Miller's Crossing. Mooney not only provides us with an in-depth analysis of Hammett adaptations, he also chronicles how Hollywood enabled the author's own rise to stardom, complete with a celebrity romance and a carefully crafted public persona. Giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the complex power relationships, cultural contexts, and production concerns involved in bringing Hammett's work from the page to the screen, Dashiell Hammett and the Movies offers a fresh take on a literary titan.Film adaptationsHistory and criticismFilm adaptationsHistory and criticism.813/.52HU 3758rvkMooney William H.1948-853248MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820904203321Dashiell Hammett and the movies4021557UNINA