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1 online resource |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 comprehensive look at Hammett's broad oeuvre and how it was adapted into films from the 1930s all the way into the 1990s. Film scholar William H. Mooney reveals the wide range of films crafted from the same Hammett novels, as when The Maltese Falcon was filmed first as a pre-Code sexploitation movie, then as a Bette |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 -- Film adaptations
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| SUBJECT |
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 fast |
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Film adaptations -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Film adaptations
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Verfilmung
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Literatur
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Film adaptations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813562544 |
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0813562546 |
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