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Hollywood's Detectives
Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir
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eBook - PDF
Hollywood's Detectives
Crime Series in the 1930s and 1940s from the Whodunnit to Hard-boiled Noir
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Exploring Detective Films in the 1930s and 1940s: Genre, Society and Hollywood
- 2 âSuch Lovely Friendsâ: Class and Crime in âThe Thin Manâ Series
- 3 Between Law and Crime: The Chivalric âCriminalâ Detective
- 4 Englishness and America: Basil Rathboneâs Sherlock Holmes
- 5 Ordering the World: The Uncompromising Logic of Charlie Chan and Mr Moto
- 6 The Rise of the Hard-boiled Detective
- Conclusion: Noir Detectives, Rogue Cops, Undercover Men and Police Procedurals
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index