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Dashiell Hammett and the Movies, Paperback by Mooney, William H., Like New Us...
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- Book Title
- Dashiell Hammett and the Movies
- ISBN
- 9780813562520
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Performing Arts
- Publication Name
- Dashiell Hammett and the Movies
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Storytelling, Mystery & Detective, American / General, Film / History & Criticism
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Weight
- 0.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.9 in
- Number of Pages
- 227 Pages
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Publisher
Rutgers University Press
ISBN-10
081356252X
ISBN-13
9780813562520
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038669804
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
227 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Dashiell Hammett and the Movies
Subject
Storytelling, Mystery & Detective, American / General, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
2014
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Performing Arts
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
0.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2014-000067
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
In this ambitious work, Mooney seeks to give a broad-based sense of the influence of Dashiell Hammett's work on Hollywood film, demonstrating both great knowledge of and enthusiasm for Hammett's work., William Mooney's comprehensive survey of Dashiell Hammett's afterlife in the movies combines a logical core Sam Spade would admire with a story that moves as fast as the Continental Op., In this ambitious book, Mooney seeks to give a broad-based sense of the influence of Dashiell Hammett's writings on Hollywood film, demonstrating both great knowledge of and enthusiasm for Hammett's work.
Grade From
College Freshman
Illustrated
Yes
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Three Early Films: Roadhouse Nights (1930), City Streets (1931), and Mister Dynamite (1935) 2 The Thin Man (1934) 3 After The Thin Man : From Sequel to Series 4 Woman in the Dark (1934) and Watch on the Rhine (1943) 5 The Maltese Falcon (1931), Satan Met a Lady (1936), and The Maltese Falcon (1941) 6 The Glass Key (1935 and 1942) 7 Hammett in Retrospect: Miller's Crossing Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
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 Davis screwball comedy, and finally as the Humphrey Bogart classic. He also considers how Hammett rose to Hollywood fame not through the genre most associated with him, but through a much fizzier concoction, the witty murder mystery The Thin Man . To demonstrate the hold Hammett still has over contemporary filmmakers, the book culminates in an examination of the Coen brothers' pastiche Miller's Crossing . Mooney not only provides us with an in-depth analysis of Hammett adaptations, he also chronicles how Hollywood enabled the author's own rise to stardom, complete with a celebrity romance and a carefully crafted public persona. Giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the complex power relationships, cultural contexts, and production concerns involved in bringing Hammett's work from the page to the screen, Dashiell Hammett and the Movies offers a fresh take on a literary titan., 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 Davis screwball comedy, and finally as the Humphrey Bogart classic. He also considers how Hammett rose to Hollywood fame not through the genre most associated with him, but through a much fizzier concoction, the witty murder mystery The Thin Man . To demonstrate the hold Hammett still has over contemporary filmmakers, the book culminates in an examination of the Coen brothers? pastiche Miller?s Crossing . Mooney not only provides us with an in-depth analysis of Hammett adaptations, he also chronicles how Hollywood enabled the author?s own rise to stardom, complete with a celebrity romance and a carefully crafted public persona. Giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the complex power relationships, cultural contexts, and production concerns involved in bringing Hammett?s work from the page to the screen, Dashiell Hammett and the Movies offers a fresh take on a literary titan., Dashiell Hammett and the Movies offers the first comprehensive study of how this iconic American writer's work was translated to the silver screen. Comparing multiple versions of classics like The Maltese Falcon , William Mooney demonstrates that Hammett's work was widely adaptable, exploited by the Hollywood studios in a variety of genres and inspiring generations of filmmakers. Packed with behind-the-scenes detail on the writing and production of each movie, this book offers a fresh take on a literary titan.
LC Classification Number
PS3515
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Copyright Date
2014
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