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During the Great Depression, pulp fiction writers created a new, distinctly American detective story, one that stressed the development of fascinating, often bizarre characters rather than the twists and turns of clever plots. This new crime fiction adapted brilliantly to the screen, birthing a cinematic genre that French cinema intellectuals following World War II christened "film noir." Set on dark streets late at night, in cheap hotels and bars, and populated by the dangerous people who frequented these locales, these films introduced a new antihero, a tough, brooding, rebellious loner, embodied by Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep. This volume provides a detailed exploration of film noir, tracing its evolution, the influence of such legendary writers as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, and the films that propelled this dark genre to popularity in the mid-20th century.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
One. Film Noir and the Great Depression
Two. The Hammett Touch and a Huston Launching
Three. Raymond Chandler and His Symphony of the Streets
Four. Captain Joseph Shaw and the Flowering of Film Noir
Five. Horace McCoy's Dance Marathon
Six. Chandler's Blueprint for Mystery and His Career in Hollywood
Seven. The Outsider and Film Noir
Eight. Bogart's Dark Passage and Moorehead's Blockbuster Performance
Nine. Berlin and Vienna, Film Noir Influences
Ten. Siodmak's Phantom Femmes
Eleven. Billy Wilder and Alcoholism Noir
Twelve. Preminger's Noir Touch with Fallen Angel and Alice Faye
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
