TCM Library Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950 (Turner Classic Movies)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0762455233
ISBN 13
9780762455232
Category
Film History
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Publication Year
2016
Publisher
Pages
336
Subject
Film noir; Film noir Catalogs
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Abstract
You know film noir when you see it: the shadowed setting; the cynical detective; the femme fatale; and the twist of fate. Into the Dark captures this alluring genre with a cavalcade of compelling photographs and a guide to 82 of its best films.
Description
Contents:
Foreword / by Eddie Muller
Preface
Shadowed (1941-1943). 1941. Citizen Kane ; The Maltese Falcon ; I wake up screaming ; The Shanghai gesture
1942-1943. This gun for hire ; The glass key ; The seventh victim
Cynical (1944-1945). 1944. Phantom Lady ; Double indemnity ; Laura ; To have and have not ; The woman in the window ; Murder, my sweet
1945. Mildred Pierce ; Detour ; The lost weekend ; Fallen angel ; Leave her to heaven ; Scarlet Street
Alienated (1946-1947). 1946. The spiral staircase ; Gilda ; Deadline at dawn ; The Blue Dahlia ; The postman always rings twice ; The dark corner ; The stranger ; The strange love of Martha Ivers ; Black angel ; The big sleep ; The killers ; The locket ; Humoresque
1947. Dead reckoning ; Lady in the lake ; Smash-up-the story of a woman ; Born to kill ; Desperate ; The Brasher doubloon ; The woman on the beach ; Brute force ; They won't believe me ; Crossfire ; Possessed ; Desert fury ; Dark passage ; The unsuspected ; Ride the pink horse ; Nightmare Alley ; Out of the past
Obsessed (1948-1949). 1948. Secret beyond the door ; I walk alone ; The big clock ; Raw deal ; The lady from Shanghai ; Key Largo ; Pitfall ; Sorry, wrong number ; Moonrise ; Force of evil
1949. Criss cross ; Act of violence ; Caught ; Impact ; The set-up ; Champion ; Flamingo Road ; The window ; White heat ; Thieves' highway ; Beyond the forest ; Border incident ; They live by night ; Whirlpool ; The reckless moment
Doomed (1950). 1950. Gun crazy ; The file on Thelma Jordon ; D.O.A. ; The damned don't cry ; In a lonely place ; The alphabet jungle ; The underworld story ; Sunset Boulevard
Selected bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Foreword / by Eddie Muller
Preface
Shadowed (1941-1943). 1941. Citizen Kane ; The Maltese Falcon ; I wake up screaming ; The Shanghai gesture
1942-1943. This gun for hire ; The glass key ; The seventh victim
Cynical (1944-1945). 1944. Phantom Lady ; Double indemnity ; Laura ; To have and have not ; The woman in the window ; Murder, my sweet
1945. Mildred Pierce ; Detour ; The lost weekend ; Fallen angel ; Leave her to heaven ; Scarlet Street
Alienated (1946-1947). 1946. The spiral staircase ; Gilda ; Deadline at dawn ; The Blue Dahlia ; The postman always rings twice ; The dark corner ; The stranger ; The strange love of Martha Ivers ; Black angel ; The big sleep ; The killers ; The locket ; Humoresque
1947. Dead reckoning ; Lady in the lake ; Smash-up-the story of a woman ; Born to kill ; Desperate ; The Brasher doubloon ; The woman on the beach ; Brute force ; They won't believe me ; Crossfire ; Possessed ; Desert fury ; Dark passage ; The unsuspected ; Ride the pink horse ; Nightmare Alley ; Out of the past
Obsessed (1948-1949). 1948. Secret beyond the door ; I walk alone ; The big clock ; Raw deal ; The lady from Shanghai ; Key Largo ; Pitfall ; Sorry, wrong number ; Moonrise ; Force of evil
1949. Criss cross ; Act of violence ; Caught ; Impact ; The set-up ; Champion ; Flamingo Road ; The window ; White heat ; Thieves' highway ; Beyond the forest ; Border incident ; They live by night ; Whirlpool ; The reckless moment
Doomed (1950). 1950. Gun crazy ; The file on Thelma Jordon ; D.O.A. ; The damned don't cry ; In a lonely place ; The alphabet jungle ; The underworld story ; Sunset Boulevard
Selected bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
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