Philip Zwerling

In Search of The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett, William Powell and the Classic Film Series

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Produktbeschreibung

The man who created the boldest hard boiled fiction, Dashiell Hammett, wrote The Thin Man in 1933 and launched the fun-loving, booze-swilling, mystery-solving couple Nick and Nora Charles into American culture. MGM sold millions of movie tickets by casting William Powell and Myrna Loy as this classiest of romantic couples. Over 14 years and six films, these stars navigated grave periods of history: the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. The novel and films live on as gems of a unique gritty sophistication. This complete history of The Thin Man series covers the brightest stars, tastiest scandals, headlines and conflicts behind these classic films. With a cast of hundreds, we see Hammett, his lover Lillian Hellman, and their friend Dorothy Parker fight alcoholism, sexual convention and Senator Joe McCarthy in culture wars of eerie contemporaneity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781476686578
• ISBN-10: 1476686572
• Artikelnr.: 70541988

Autorenporträt

Philip Zwerling, director of the creative writing program at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, is the author of three books and many articles.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1.
Nick Charles and The Thin Man 2.
Dashiell Hammett, Acts I and II 3.
The Thin Man Movie 4.
William Powell 5.
Myrna Loy 6.
The Rest of the Cast and Crew 7.
The Thin Man and Race 8.
After the Thin Man and Another Thin Man 9.
Hammett, Act III 10.
Three More Thin Man Sequels 11.
Hammett, Act IV Epilogue: Who Was the Thin Man? Chapter Notes Bibliography Index