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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William H. MooneyPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.004kg ISBN: 9780813562520ISBN 10: 081356252 Pages: 227 Publication Date: 03 November 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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), andThe Maltese Falcon (1941) 6 The Glass Key (1935 and 1942) 7 Hammett in Retrospect: Miller’s Crossing Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsIn 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 Luhr Saint Peter's University (03/12/2014) 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. --Thomas Leitch author of Film Adaptation and Its Discontents (04/14/2014) 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. --William Luhr Saint Peter's University (03/12/2014) 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. --Thomas Leitch author of Film Adaptation and Its Discontents (04/14/2014) 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. --William Luhr Saint Peter's University 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. --Thomas Leitch author of Film Adaptation and Its Discontents Author InformationWILLIAM H. MOONEY is a professor of English and Coordinator of Film and Media at the Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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