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Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir
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Description

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.

Author Biography:

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.
Release date Australia
December 15th, 2011
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Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
IX, 187 p.
Pages
187
Dimensions
152x229x17
ISBN-13
9780230578357
Product ID
16076034

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