Hollywood's detectives : crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir / Fran Mason.

Author/Creator:

Mason, Fran, 1962-

Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Series:

Crime files

Format/Description:

Book
ix, 187 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects:

Detective and mystery films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Film noir -- United States -- History and criticism.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 176-180) and index.

ISBN:

9780230578357 (hardback)
0230578357 (hardback)

OCLC:

748328751

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