Early Film Noir: Greed, Lust and Murder Hollywood Style

by William Hare

Overview

The genre was born in Paris just after World War II, and was taken up by the small American company RKO as a way of creating popular films without the big budgets required for the extravaganzas being produced by the Hollywood giants. Film historian and playwright Hare looks at particular films and figures through 1957. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154105139
Publisher:	William Hare
Publication date:	05/26/2015
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Movie historian and writer William Hare is a contributor to Films of the Golden Age. He has also written for the Los Angeles Examiner and the Inglewood Daily News. He lives in Spain.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Introduction	1
1	Film Noir: Chandler and the American Institution with a French Name	7
2	A Blend of Three Great Talents: Double Indemnity (1944)	22
3	Women of Danger and RKO's Noir Factory	46
4	Dmytryk and the RKO Team	63
5	Jane Greer: Hollywood's Unforgettable Femme Fatale	80
6	Laura (1944)	106
7	An Obsession in White and a Final Reckoning: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)	130
8	British Noir: The Third Man (1949) and Across the Bridge (1957)	144
	Synopses of Major Films	201
	Bibliography	205
	Index	207

Editorial Reviews

excellent points about noir...fascinating interview excerpts”—Classic Images; “as well as providing interesting insights into some of the greatest noir screen epics, [this book] also includes fascinating stills from each of the dramas”—Hispanic Times.

From the Publisher

"as well as providing interesting insights into some of the greatest noir screen epics, [this book] also includes fascinating stills from each of the dramas"

Hispanic Times

excellent points about noir...fascinating interview excerpts

Classic Images