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A Guide to American Crime Films of the Forties and Fifties (Hardcover, New)
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A Guide to American Crime Films of the Forties and Fifties (Hardcover, New)
Series: Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts
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The only comprehensive guide to the crime films of the forties and
fifties, this volume focuses on the major events that shaped and
molded the genre: war, alienation, drugs, and organized crime. The
body of the work offers over 1,200 entries that feature concise
summaries, analyses, and credits. The volume is a continuation of
the author's earlier work, A Guide to American Crime Films of the
Thirties (Greenwood, 1995). The book includes those stars that the
public had already embraced as gangsters in the thirties such as
James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and Edward G. Robinson and brings
them into a new era in which they are transformed into enforcers of
the law. This work will be of interest to scholars, students, and
film buffs alike. The work demonstrates the shift from the simpler
gangster modes of the 1930s as it takes the reader forward to the
more sophisticated films of the late fifties. Although the book is
organized alphabetically, the introduction alerts the reader to the
major social phenomena that influenced the genre of these decades.
Also offered are credits that cover titles, release dates,
distributors, directors, screenwriters, and major players. The
1,200 entries include detailed plot summaries and thematic analyses
as well as relevant information on sources, remakes, and sequels.
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