Dashiell Hammett and the Movies, 2014, p.172
2014
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Conclusion: Dashiell Hammett and the Movies
- Ist Teil von
- Dashiell Hammett and the Movies, 2014, p.172
- Ort / Verlag
- Rutgers University Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2014
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- Alma/SFX Local Collection
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Hammett’s most recognizable impact on the film industry began withThe Thin Man’ssuccess, making Myrna Loy a star and reinvigorating William Powell’s career. The film spawned not only the series ofThin Manfilms and helped to pair the actors in a half-dozen other pictures, it also contributed, along withIt Happened One Night(Frank Capra, 1934), to establishing screwball comedy as a popular sub-genre, while creating a precedent for films featuring married couples lovingly at war with one another.The Maltese Falcon(1941) had a similar effect, augmenting Humphrey Bogart’s success on his way to the triumph of
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISBN: 0813562538, 9780813562537Titel-ID: cdi_jstor_books_j_ctt9qh1gd_12
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Anthropology, Applied anthropology, Arts, Behavioral sciences, Business, Communications, Cultural anthropology, Cultural industries, Cultural studies, Entertainment industries, Femme fatale, Fiction, Film genres, Film noir, Film studies, Gender identity, Gender studies, Industrial sectors, Industry, Literary characters, Literary elements, Literary genres, Literature, Masculinity, Motion picture industry, Movies, Narratives, Novels, Performing arts, Protagonists, Screenplays, Scripts, Social sciences, Stagecraft, Theater