Hollywood's detectives : crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir / / Fran Mason
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Mason Fran <1962->
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| Titolo: |
Hollywood's detectives : crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir / / Fran Mason
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/6556 |
| Soggetto topico: | Detective and mystery films - United States - History and criticism |
| Film noir - United States - History and criticism | |
| Classificazione: | LIT004230PER004030PER004000LIT000000 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hollywood's detectives |
| ISBN: | 1-283-36115-9 |
| 9786613361158 | |
| 0-230-35867-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808151203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Crime files series.