The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir (A Da Capo Paperback)

The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir (A Da Capo Paperback)

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Book Description
The classic study of the most menacing and original genre of American cinema.

A backlist best seller and the definitive take on one of today's reigning screen influences, film noir, this is an essential guide to the extraordinary genre that launched the careers of such luminaries as Burt Lancaster, Billy Wilder, Joan Crawford, Orson Welles, and Stanley Kubrick. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author
Foster Hirsch is the author of fifteen books on film and theater. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir (A Da Capo Paperback),Foster Hirsch,Da Capo Pr,0306802031,Film - General,Film - History & Criticism,Films noirs,Gangster films,History,History and criticism,Performing Arts/Dance,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,United States

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