Driven to darkness [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish émigré directors and the rise of film noir / / Vincent Brook
| Driven to darkness [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish émigré directors and the rise of film noir / / Vincent Brook |
| Autore | Brook Vincent <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J, : Rutgers University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | ix, 285 p. : ill. ; ; 23 cm |
| Soggetto topico |
Film noir - United States - History and criticism
Jewish motion picture producers and directors - United States |
| ISBN | 0-8135-4630-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Jews in Germany : torn between two worlds -- Jews and expressionism : "performing high and low" -- The father of film noir : Fritz Lang -- Fritz Lang in Hollywood -- The French connection : Robert Siodmak -- Viennese twins : Billy and Willy Wilder -- The ABZs of film noir : Otto Preminger and Edgar G. Ulmer -- Woman's directors : Curtis Bernhardt and Max Ophuls -- Pathological noir, populist noir, and an act of violence : John Brahm, Anatole Litvak, Fred Zinnemann. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996248243503316 |
Brook Vincent <1946->
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| New Brunswick, N.J, : Rutgers University Press, c2009 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Land of smoke and mirrors [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history of Los Angeles / / Vincent Brook
| Land of smoke and mirrors [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history of Los Angeles / / Vincent Brook |
| Autore | Brook Vincent <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina |
979.4
979.494 |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - California - Los Angeles - History
Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History Cultural pluralism - California - Los Angeles - History Minorities - California - Los Angeles - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8135-5458-6
1-283-71723-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- Introduction -- PART ONE. Original Si(g)n -- PART TWO. Si(g)n City -- PART THREE. L. A. Noir -- PART FOUR. Multicultural L.A. -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461862203321 |
Brook Vincent <1946->
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| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Land of smoke and mirrors [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history of Los Angeles / / Vincent Brook
| Land of smoke and mirrors [[electronic resource] ] : a cultural history of Los Angeles / / Vincent Brook |
| Autore | Brook Vincent <1946-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (316 p.) |
| Disciplina |
979.4
979.494 |
| Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - California - Los Angeles - History
Motion picture industry - California - Los Angeles - History Cultural pluralism - California - Los Angeles - History Minorities - California - Los Angeles - History |
| ISBN |
0-8135-5458-6
1-283-71723-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE -- Introduction -- PART ONE. Original Si(g)n -- PART TWO. Si(g)n City -- PART THREE. L. A. Noir -- PART FOUR. Multicultural L.A. -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786361703321 |
Brook Vincent <1946->
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| New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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