Hollywood's detectives crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir
Title:
Hollywood's detectives crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir
Author:
Mason, Fran, 1962-
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Publication Information:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Physical Description:
viii, 187 p.
Series:
Crime files series
Crime files series.
Contents:
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.
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