William H Mooney

Dashiell Hammett and the Movies

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Produktbeschreibung

As the father of the hardboiled detective genre, Dashiell Hammett had a huge influence on Hollywood. Yet, it is easy to forget how adaptable Hammett's work was, fitting into a variety of genres and inspiring generations of filmmakers. Dashiell Hammett and the Movies offers the first comprehensive look at Hammett's broad oeuvre and how it was adapted into films from the 1930s all the way into the 1990s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 227
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780813562520
• ISBN-10: 081356252X
• Artikelnr.: 40843755

Autorenporträt

Mooney, William H

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1          Three Early Films: Roadhouse Nights (1930), City Streets
(1931), and Mister Dynamite (1935)
2          The Thin Man (1934)
3          After The Thin Man: From Sequel to Series
4          Woman in the Dark (1934) and Watch on the Rhine (1943)
5          The Maltese Falcon (1931), Satan Met a Lady (1936), andThe
Maltese Falcon (1941)
6          The Glass Key (1935 and 1942)
7          Hammett in Retrospect: Miller’s Crossing
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index