| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 325 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Prologue : Gunslingers to gangsters -- Mean streets -- Archetypes -- The mobster of a thousand faces -- A landscape of night and shade -- Molls, twists, babes, and B girls -- The shame of a nation -- The green-eyed mobster -- "Made it, Ma! Top o' the world!" -- Bustin' out -- Once upon a time in New York -- An offer Hollywood couldn't refuse -- Epilogue : Through the looking glass |
| Summary |
A lively history of gangsters in American film and an insightful look at why we love them |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages 264-300 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-313) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Gangster films -- United States -- History and criticism
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Gangster films.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780786738755 |
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0786738758 |
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