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Hollywood´s Detectives: Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir
F. Mason
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Description for Hollywood´s Detectives: Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir
Hardback. The study of Hollywood detectives has often overlooked the B-Movie mystery series in favour of hard-boiled film. Hollywood's Detectives redresses this oversight by examining key detective series of the 1930s and 1940s to explore their contributions to the detective genre. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
The study of Hollywood detectives has often overlooked the B-Movie mystery series in favour of hard-boiled film. Hollywood's Detectives redresses this oversight by examining key detective series of the 1930s and 1940s to explore their contributions to the detective genre.
The study of Hollywood detectives has often overlooked the B-Movie mystery series in favour of hard-boiled film. Hollywood's Detectives redresses this oversight by examining key detective series of the 1930s and 1940s to explore their contributions to the detective genre.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
Crime Files
Condition
New
Weight
356g
Number of Pages
187
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230578357
SKU
V9780230578357
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99-15
About F. Mason
FRAN MASON Lecturer in Film and American Studies at the University of Winchester, UK, where he teaches in Film Studies and American Studies. He teaches and researches in film and culture with particular interests in Classical Hollywood Cinema, Crime Films and Postmodernism, and is currently researching Assassin Films and representations of the city on film.
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