Overlook Film Encyclopedia
Subtitle: The Gangster Film
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Published: October 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780879518813
Subjects: Performing Arts; Detective/Mystery Films; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Film & Video - Guides & Reviews; Film & Video - Reference; Performing Arts / Film / General; Encyclopedias; Gangster films
First sentence: Joseph Von Sternberg's essay in poetic realism, the silent outing Underworld (1927), was the dominant influence on the gangster film as it emerged during the late 1920s.