Hollywood's detectives : crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir / / Fran Mason.
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| Superior document: | Crime files series |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Crime files series.
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| Physical Description: | viii, 187 p. |
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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.