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An edition of Hollywood's detectives (2012)

Hollywood's detectives

crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir

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ix, 187 p. ; 23 cm

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Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
187

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Subjects
Detective and mystery films, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, History and criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, Film noir, Film criticism, Detective and mystery films -- United States -- History and criticism, Film noir -- United States -- History and criticism
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Hollywood's detectives: crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir
2012, Palgrave Macmillan
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
791.43/6556
Library of Congress
PN1995.9.D4 M38 2012, PN1993.5PN1993.5.U6P

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
187

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OL25094741M
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ISBN 13
9780230578357
LCCN
2011044504
OCLC/WorldCat
748328751

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