The Overlook film encyclopedia. The gangster film / edited by Phil Hardy ; with contributions Jerem...
The Overlook film encyclopedia. The gangster film / edited by Phil Hardy ; with contributions Jerem...
The Overlook film encyclopedia. The gangster film / edited by Phil Hardy ; with contributions Jeremy Clarke ... [et al.] ; illustrations by the Kobal Collection.
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Full title
Publisher
Woodstock, NY : The Overlook Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
GQ 2013/2825
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
512 p : ill., ports ; 31 cm.
Contents
The Twenties: Racketeers and bootleggers: a genre emerges -- The Thirties: Chattering guns, spluttering typewriters and squealing tyres: the gangster triumphant -- The Forties: A genre in transition -- The Fifties: Biopics and syndicates -- The Sixties: Enter the yakuza -- The Seventies: Enter the M...
Publication information
Publisher
Woodstock, NY : The Overlook Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Included are critical entries of more than 1,500 films dealing with gangsters, complete with plot synopses, credits, and 650 black-and-white photographs to capture the very essence of this exciting genre. Arranged chronologically, The Gangster Film offers deliciously opinionated and detailed descriptions, statistical information, credits and trivia...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The Overlook film encyclopedia. The gangster film / edited by Phil Hardy ; with contributions Jeremy Clarke ... [et al.] ; illustrations by the Kobal Collection.
Portion of title
Gangster film.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF NQ791.4355/1.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2013/2825
Record Identifier
74VvoRkO5Wzy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvoRkO5Wzy
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0879518812
9780879518813
DDC
791.4355
MMS ID
991013219519702626
