Pulp fiction to film noir : the Great Depression and the development of a genre / William Hare.
"This new crime fiction adapted brilliantly to the screen, birthing a cinematic genre that was christened "film noir." This volume provides a detailed exploration of film noir, tracing its evolution, the influence of such legendary writers as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, and...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Film noir and the Great Depression
- The Hammett touch and a Huston launching
- Raymond Chandler and his symphony of the streets
- Captain Joseph Shaw and the flowering of film noir
- Horace McCoy's Dance marathon
- Chandler's blueprint for mystery and his career in Hollywood
- The outsider and film noir
- Bogart's Dark passage and Moorehead's blockbuster performance
- Berlin and Vienna, film noir influences
- Siodmak's phantom femmes
- Billy Wilder and alcoholism noir
- Preminger's noir touch with fallen angel Alice Faye.