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As the father of the hardboiled detective genre, Dashiell Hammett had a huge influence on Hollywood. Yet, it is easy to forget how adaptable Hammett's work was, fitting into a variety of genres and inspiring generations of filmmakers. Dashiell Hammett and the Movies offers the first comprehensi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mooney, William H., 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Hammett, Dashiell, > 1894-1961
Hammett, Dashiell, > 1894-1961 > Film adaptations.
Literatur
Verfilmung
Film adaptations.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Adaptations cinematographiques > Histoire et critique.
Film adaptations > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early films: Roadhouse nights (1930), City streets (1931), and Mister Dynamite (1935)
  • The Thin man (1934)
  • After The thin man: from sequel to series Woman in the dark (1934) and Watch on the Rhine (1943)
  • The Maltese falcon (1931), Satan met a lady (1936), and The Maltese falcon (1941)
  • The glass key (1935 and 1942)
  • Hammett in retrospect: Miller's crossing
  • Conclusion: Dashiell Hammett and the movies.

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