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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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Hollywood's detectives : crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir...

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Hollywood's detectives : crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir / Fran Mason.

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Full title

Hollywood's detectives : crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir / Fran Mason.

Author / Creator

Publisher

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Date

2012.

Call Numbers

G 2014/3963

Record Identifier

74VvjywrV5kA

MMS ID

991015289909702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

ix, 187 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents

Preface -- Exploring detective films in the 1930s and 1940s: genre, society and Hollywood -- "Such lovely friends": class and crime in 'The thin man' series -- Between law and crime: the chivalric 'criminal' detective -- Englishness and America: Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes -- Ordering the world...

Publication information

Publisher

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Place of Publication

New York (State)

Date Published

2012.

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Full title

Hollywood's detectives : crime series in the 1930s and 1940s from the whodunnit to hard-boiled noir / Fran Mason.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Crime files.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contextual Information

Related resource (online)

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2014/3963

Record Identifier

74VvjywrV5kA

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvjywrV5kA

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0230578357 (hardback)

9780230578357 (hardback)

DDC

791.43/6556

MMS ID

991015289909702626

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