Film noir
Subtitle: an encyclopedic reference to the American style
By: edited by Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward ; co-editors, Carl Macek and Robert Porfirio.
Contributors: Silver, Alain, 1947-; Ward, Elizabeth, 1952-
Edition: 3rd ed., rev. and expanded ed. / co-editor third edition, James Ursini.
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Woodstock, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 479
Subjects: Film noir -- United States -- History and criticism; Motion pictures -- United States -- Catalogs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 444-446) and index.

CONTENTS:

Films -- 

Appendix A1 : The gangster film -- Appendix A2 : The western -- Appendix A3 : The period film -- Appendix A4 : The comedy film -- 

Appendix B1 : chronology of film noir -- Appendix B2 : directors -- Appendix B3 : writers  -- Appendix B4 : directors of photography -- Appendix B5 : composers -- Appendix B6 : producers -- Appendix B7 : actors and actresses -- Appendix B8 : releasing companies -- Appendix B9 : a note on research sources -- Appendix B10 : film of the classic period on videotape -- 

Appendix C : other studies of film noir -- 

Appendix D1 : additional films from the classic period -- Appendix D2 : additional filmography  of the classic period -- Appendix D3 : additional directors  of the classic period -- 

Appendix E1 : neo-noir -- Appendix E2 : filmography  of neo-noir -- Appendix E3 : chronology of neo-noir -- Appendix E4 : directors of neo-noir.