Hollywood's detectives
Subtitle: crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir
By: Fran Mason
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780230578357
Subjects: Detective and mystery films; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; History and criticism; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism; Film noir
Description: ix, 187 p. ; 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Exploring detective films in the 1930s and 1940s: genre, society and Hollywood; title: "Such lovely friends": class and crime in 'The thin man' series; title: Between law and crime: the chivalric 'criminal' detective; title: Englishness and America: Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes; title: Ordering the world: the uncompromising logic of Charlie Chan and Mr Moto; title: The rise of the hard-boiled detective; title: Conclusion: noir detectives, rogue cops, undercover men and police procedurals.