Hollywood's Detectives : Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir / / by F. Mason
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| Autore: |
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 / / by F. Mason
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2012. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/6556 |
| Soggetto topico: | Motion pictures - History |
| Motion pictures, American | |
| Motion pictures | |
| Television broadcasting | |
| Film genres | |
| Literature | |
| Fiction | |
| Film and TV History | |
| American Film and TV | |
| Film and Television Studies | |
| Genre Studies | |
| Fiction Literature | |
| 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: | 9786613361158 |
| 9781283361156 | |
| 1283361159 | |
| 9780230358676 | |
| 0230358675 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910961922603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Crime Files, . 2947-8359